A quick way to feed cactus for novices
Abstract of this article: Experience with succulent plant cactus, quick method for newbies to feed cactus, and share the details next.
The article is shared with people who have no concept of cactus, or some entry-level novices who only raise ordinary ball games and just want to feed them. In fact, it is very simple and nothing more than putting pots, matching soil, watering, fertilizing and other aspects. Here is a summary of my personal experience and hope to communicate with each other.
1. Preliminary preparation 1. Knowledge preparation: Take a soak in the forum more, flip through the essence of old posts written by the forum for novices, and initially understand the varieties, classification, origin, habits, planting, maintenance, reproduction of immortal succulent plants. etc.
2. Material preparation: ① Flower pot: Ordinary plastic round-mouth or square-mouth pots, each ranging from a few corners to a few yuan; ② Planting materials: burned coal stove balls, homemade or purchased leus soil, small gravel to decorate the surface of the pot and keep it clean; The coal stove balls are crushed, remove the oversized blocks, sieve off the fine powder, dry it in the sun, and then mix it with leus soil to keep it loose and breathable. ③ Anther carbendazim, carbofuran, etc., usually one yuan per package; Flower fertilizer for succulent plants, pick the cheapest one, one yuan per package; ④ Colourless plastic bottles of different sizes are used for medicine, fertilizer filling, drying water, watering, fertilizing, etc.; they can also be cut into suitable sizes and inverted on the pot to moisturize and maintain heat; they can even be made into seedling pots or directly used to raise balls after processing; ④ Others: Long bamboo sticks are used to judge whether the soil is dry or wet; small flower shovels; potassium permanganate sowing disinfection medium, sealed in plastic bottles; Pressure cookers and microwave ovens at home can sometimes be used when your parents are away, which saves a lot of trouble, hehe; notebooks and pens can memorize things at will, and a good memory is not as good as a bad pen; sifts are used to sieve soil, and you can go to the grocery store. Turn around; A glass box with a transparent lid can put the meat you raise. If the winter temperature in your home is above 5 ℃, you can consider eliminating this item. After all, it is a large cost; hang a hygrometer where the ball is kept; Put various materials for raising balls in a small bucket or small storage cabinet, which can make your balcony a lot cleaner... 3. Plants generally prepare to obtain plants by themselves, exchange and gift from flower friends, purchase online, and purchase at the flower and bird market. Purchase, etc. Because we are all novices, we have to buy our own. Plants suitable for beginners are most suitable for buying at the flower and bird market, such as Silica Jade, Ordinary Pocket, Cactus, Dragon King, Jade Weng, Baixueguang, Sea King, etc. The prices are all within 10 yuan. Choose healthy ones that can bloom that year. If you succeed, you can immediately increase your confidence in raising flowers.
As long as you keep in mind when selecting varieties, the cheapest ones are also the easiest ones to raise. Of course, we must also consider the local climate and environment. Buying plants grown in local greenhouses will make it easier to survive. If you are in some places with a suitable climate such as Fujian, then congratulations, your chance of success is greater than others. Beginners should not pursue rare, exotic, and expensive varieties unless you are really rich. Beginners don't rush to buy a large number of balls at the beginning. Buy a few cost-effective ball games that are praised by everyone first and practice your hands. When you understand the temper of cactus, you have successfully raised them, gradually accumulate some taste, and you will naturally discover your favorite variety. Don't think that there is no room for balls at home!
2. How to maintain cactus at the beginning of planting should be the topic that flower friends discuss most. Everyone has their own experience, and experiences can be exchanged with each other, but they may not be copied. "There is no fixed method for raising balls" is the best summary. The most important thing is to gradually find a simple, regular and correct maintenance method that suits you during the maintenance process. My slogan is "Keep balls simple and Resist all troubles." My experience is that raising cactus is easier than you think!
1. Pooling: The keyword "dry" is best to have the balls you just purchased without soil. This has several benefits: you can observe the quality of the root system; prevent the introduction of soil pests and diseases; provide your own plant materials; and facilitate transportation. There are three reasons why it is best not to buy exquisite finished ornamental balls with pots: not all planting materials are correct; pots are too expensive and inconvenient; and plants are generally of poor quality. Don't ask the shopkeeper to help you plant and then take it home, because the damaged roots of the potted plants have not been directly dried and planted directly. Coupled with the bumps of transportation on the road, they can easily rot and die.
My experience is: After the naked ball is bought back, there are many ways to say about the process of pruning the roots. We novices just cut some sick and weak roots slightly, and then put them in the shade to dry. This process is extremely important. After a few days, wounds on the surface of the plant and roots that are invisible to the naked eye will gradually heal. Take out the prepared pot, soil, and floret shovel, plant them well, gently compact them, spread a layer of gravel on the surface, and water or soak them. Some people say not to rush to water. I think as long as it is dried well, water and raise the roots immediately. No problem. If you are worried, let it sit for a few days, water it, and leave it for a week or two. During this period, don't let the sun dry until it is dehydrated. The weak sunlight can make the plants return to their natural state faster. After survival, they can be placed under the sun for normal maintenance.
2. Maintenance: There are many aspects to pay attention to in the keyword "drying" maintenance, but the most important thing is to be able to get sunlight. Healthy balls are all exposed in the sun! The most common reason why students raised the cactus to death was to place it next to the computer in the dark study room, which is euphemistically called "radiation absorbing". Some students even bought the cactus because it could "absorb radiation". christ! Do you know what "radiation" is? Anyone with some basic knowledge of physics knows that it is impossible for cactus to absorb radiation. If you want to stay healthy, eat less, sleep more, and exercise more!
Just like the importance of raising orchids for ventilation, the problem of hungry, thirsty, hot spots, and freezing spots for cactus is not too big. The most important thing is to be exposed to the sun!
Other problems such as temperature and humidity control, watering, fertilization, and pest control are not too major. If the temperature is comfortable, it will be comfortable. In winter, move the house to keep warm and cover the shade slightly in summer; watering is deep. One word: "Between dry and wet" In fact, I am not serious about watering. If I remember, I will water it thoroughly, and if I don't remember, I will not water it, as long as I don't water it too frequently, heh!; Fertilization can be omitted, and the application must be minimal and light; there are very few pests and diseases, and once you get the help of anthers, the focus is on prevention. Picking healthy and non-toxic plants, disinfecting the plant materials, and mixing some anthers into the soil when putting into pots are all good preventive measures. There is too much to write in this part, and novices can't say well. Please refer to other good posts for details.
3. After turning pots and planting for a period of time, one of the knowledge that needs to be involved in other than maintenance is turning pots. There are also different opinions about turning pots. Many people suggest turning pots once a year or two. The reasons are to update the soil, prune the roots, promote growth, etc.; some people think that the pots cannot be turned too frequently. The reason is also the roots. They think that every time pruning the roots will cause the plant to "greatly damage its vitality" and will need to recover for a while. Excessive nutrients are consumed. How can we talk about growing? Personally, I support the latter. As long as I grow healthy plants, I will leave them alone, and I will pour them out of the basin and check the roots if they are half dead! To be honest, when turning the pot, we have to deal with the burrs and thorns. We have to repeat the process of putting the pot again. Finally, we have to clean the balcony. It's really troublesome. Save it if we can. Anyway, our goal is just to feed the ball. Haha~3. After breeding and planting for a while, I found out some of the ball's small temper, and I felt itchy to learn from others to breed. Reproduction should be the most "thrilling" and "dream" thing for people, whether it is humans themselves or the cats, small fish, and grass they raise. If you want to reproduce, you have to involve biological knowledge, remember? Pull out the high school biology book from the bottom of the bookshelf. Mastering the basics will make the breeding process a lot of trouble.
There are two general methods for breeding cactus in families: sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction.
1. Sexual reproduction Sexual reproduction refers to the reproduction method in which a fertilized egg is formed. Most higher organisms can carry out this reproduction method. You and I both reproduce through this method. Facts have proved that this breeding method is very successful. It not only allows the offspring to inherit the basic traits of their parents, but also produces certain mutations. This is proof that we and our parents look different. This "mutation" is the most precious resource in nature. It is precisely because of thousands of years of continuous mutation of organisms and nature's continuous screening that these rich and magical species on earth today have emerged. When you know that a species has gradually accumulated through countless generations of tiny mutations and eventually produced earth-shaking changes, you will feel awe of it from the bottom of your heart. So, be kind to all living things and don't let them disappear from the earth before they are discovered by humans.
It is generally believed that the advantage of sexual reproduction is that random variation can be obtained while the traits of the offspring are relatively stable, that is, each offspring is a unique individual in the world. This is really exciting to think about. The sexual reproduction method of cactus is seed reproduction. The flowers of two different individuals pollinate each other to obtain seeds, and then sow with the seeds. This process is the sexual reproduction process of cactus. It is worth noting that many cactus must be pollinated by flowers from different individuals to be strong. Some of them can self-pollinate and the specific varieties are in-depth. No article that fully introduces this part of information has been found. Hehe~. This strict pollination mechanism is a clever choice by cactus. Only the offspring of individuals of different genotypes can gain more mutations and be more likely to adapt to the changing natural environment. This requires us to have at least two different plants when reproducing, which cannot be asexually propagated from the same female parent, and must bloom at the same time. So if you want to start sexual reproduction so that you have more ball babies on your balcony, it is best to prepare more than three different genes of ball seedlings, graft, land, and tissue culture. As long as the source is different, use tweezers to pinch off the anthers when blooming. Point each other on the stigmas and wait for the results. When the seeds mature, some need to go through a post-ripening period and can be sown in the right season.
Pay attention to moisturizing when sowing, and the temperature is appropriate. Teacher Yan Ming summarized it as the "three highs" method, namely high temperature, high humidity, and potassium permanganate. Even if the seeds are disinfected carefully and thoroughly, they will inevitably contract bacteria and even die during the growth process. In fact, the existence of beneficial bacteria in the soil will competitively inhibit the reproduction of harmful bacteria, so disinfection is really a Dilemma job. It must also be noted that although fungi and bacteria both cause harm to seedlings, they are completely different and their killing mechanisms are different. Fungicides have no effect on fungal infections, that is,"white hairs" on seedlings. Once fungi are found to be infected, let the seedling pot breathe and reduce humidity. Fungi are less resistant to drying than seedlings.
2. Don't look down on asexual reproduction! Some people don't care about asexual reproduction and even have resistance to grafted seedlings and tissue culture seedlings. In fact, they don't have to. They can just regard it as a normal reproduction method, although many human factors have been added now. Its biggest advantage is that offspring can perfectly retain all the traits of their parents to the greatest extent possible. Therefore, in the plant kingdom, asexual reproduction is a very widely used method of reproduction. Another advantage of asexual reproduction is that the reproduction speed is fast. The rafting and grafting products are much faster than sowing. Tissue culture can quickly obtain a large number of identical descendants. Therefore, if you want to get excellent varieties, in addition to breeding them yourself, selecting asexual seedlings can reduce a lot of costs.
In nature, cactus only has a method of individual reproduction in addition to flowering and flowering. When the environment is suitable for growth, cactus grows in large numbers of small balls, quickly forming new plants and occupying new territory; when the environment is harsh, cactus has to blossom and blossom, allowing the seeds to migrate to other more suitable places to grow and relocate, although the chance is very slim. This can also remind us that if we want the cactus to bloom more flowers, we must let it experience more harsh environments. This is proof that the ball that is almost dead can bloom particularly good flowers after being resurrected. That is because it places all its hopes on the child. What about it!
Breeding by individual plants is very simple. You can break off the small balls and dry them and plant them directly. Those that are not easy to produce small globules can be destroyed by destroying the top growth point to inhibit the "top advantage", promoting them to produce more small globules, and other methods such as spraying spraying. It is worth noting that asexual reproduction of mutant plants is not a very stable way, and it is not certain whether the descendants can retain the parental variation.
Many precious varieties are propagated through grafting, and grafting may be the most controversial method of reproduction. It has many advantages: for example, it is the only way of survival for some varieties with all chlorophyll degraded. It reproduces and grows quickly and matures quickly. Some difficult varieties can be grafted on grass balls, etc. But it also has many shortcomings: for example, triangular grafting is not cold resistant, the grafted ball is difficult to land, the grafted ball shape changes, etc. We should have an objective attitude towards grafting. Some people suggest that the grafting balls should be raised into large and divided into small balls before throwing them away. When it comes to this matter, let's see for ourselves.
Tissue culture cannot be carried out in the family and requires a special institution. What concerns us is to identify whether we have bought tissue culture seedlings. I remember Teacher Yan Ming discussed the understanding related to organizational training very professionally in a reply, so I won't talk nonsense here.
Different from other technical articles, I talk a little more nonsense in this article. I only hope that this article can give some inspiration to novices, and thank the forum for its long-term nurturing.
The above is [] related to the quick method for newbies to feed cactus (also suitable for succulent plants) for reference by green plant fans, hoping to solve your problems in the management of green plants and flowers.