The white butterfly soil should use the sandy loam which is fertile, loose and well drained. The best choice is to use our common rotten leaf soil, your fill and coarse sand mixed soil made of potted soil culture.
White butterflies like humid environment, so they are afraid of drying. In the summer growth period of white butterfly, it is necessary to fully add water to it, keep the basin soil moist, and facilitate the rapid growth and development of stems and leaves.
Every day, spray water around the leaves, keep the air humidity around high, the leaves will grow strong and have a good ornamental effect. If the water is insufficient or suffer from drought, it will make the leaves rough and small.
White butterfly can quickly adapt to the growing environment, healthy growth, and more adapt to different degrees of light environment. The stems and leaves growing in strong light will be lavender, and the leaves are thicker and lighter in color.
Growing in a weak light place, the sepals will be narrow and the leaves will be dark and thick. White butterfly is most suitable for growing in the place where there is scattered light of Ming love, and shading 50% is the most suitable. The variegated leaf varieties will also show no obvious color spots when the light is insufficient.
White butterfly is not hardy. Its growth temperature should be controlled in the range of 22-30 ℃. It grows slowly at 15 ℃. Its stem and leaf will stop growing at 10 ℃. In winter, freezing damage will occur at about 5 ℃.
In the growing period, the white butterfly needs to be fertilized once every 1-2 weeks. Pay attention to the maintenance of white butterflies. If they are placed indoors, they don't need to grow too fast and control the amount of fertilizer. The brightness of leaves can be improved by properly reducing the use of nitrogen fertilizer, so that the white stripes of leaves are more obvious.
The common insect pests of white butterfly are leaf spot and grey mould. When insect pests occur, 70% of zineb wettable powder can be used for spraying control. White butterflies are infested with thrips and whiteflies. When infested with insects, they can spray 40% Omethoate 1500 times as much as the liquid medicine to kill them.
