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Breeding methods and precautions of horseshoe gold

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-08-31 11:00:03
Horseshoe is a perennial creeping herb, which is a common folk medicine. Most of them are on the roadside, hillside, grassland or ditch. They have been introduced and cultivated by human.

Culture method of horseshoe gold

Light and temperature

The growth of horseshoe gold should keep enough light, and contact more sunlight every day, so that horseshoe gold can grow strong and green. Horseshoe gold has the growth habit of both light and shade resistance. It can grow in the semi wet place, and the temperature requirement is not high, but it will be frostbitten when the temperature drops to - 6 ℃ to - 7 ℃.

Water and fertilizer management

It is necessary to irrigate and fertilize horseshoe regularly. The seedlings of Dichondra repens should be watered once or twice a week after being unearthed, and the times of irrigation should be increased in dry season. Watering should be controlled in early spring and early winter after the plant is mature, and the watering times should be determined according to the soil quality in the Spring Festival growth season.

Horseshoe like nitrogen fertilizer, usually combined with rain and watering, should be appropriate amount of nitrogen fertilizer, after fertilization to pour a lot of water, reduce the degree of burn leaves. Or fertilize first, then sweep the fertilizer under the leaves, and then combine with watering. At the same time, fertilization is not allowed in high temperature in summer.

soil

Horseshoe gold is not very strict to the soil, as long as the drainage condition is moderate, it can be planted on sandy soil and clay.

Most of them grow in fertile fields or mountains.

Culture method of Dichondra repens

Notes on the culture of horseshoe

Weed removal

When the horseshoe gold is used for lawn greening, because it can be completely covered after a period of time, there will be weeds. When there are less weeds, they can be pulled out manually. If there are more weeds, they can be sprayed with herbicides.

Breeding methods of horseshoe

Horseshoe is often propagated by sowing and rametting.

Pest control of horseshoe

The disease resistance of horseshoe turf is strong, only white silk disease and a small amount of leaf spot mildew occur. Rust also occurs.

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

The larvae of scarabs, grubs, armyworms and tigers are the main pests on horseshoe turf. There are other pests such as snails, meadow moths and locusts.

Matters needing attention in breeding Dichondra repens

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