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Culture method of yellow cicada

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-07-01 09:04:16
It's also called Oriole because of the color of its flowers. It is an evergreen shrub and its native country is Brazil. Its height is about two meters. Its branches are very soft and the color is green to dark brown. Its leaves are three to five whorls in a broad lanceolate shape. After it was introduced into China, it has been widely used in landscape architecture.

I. maintenance method

1. Temperature: the soft branch cicada likes a slightly higher temperature, so that it can grow well. Specifically speaking, it is more appropriate to be at 20-30 degrees. Below zero, it grows slowly. More than 30 degrees, there are also adverse effects.

2. Light: the Yellow cicada on the soft branch likes light. Under good sunshine conditions, it will grow well and blossom well. However, the strong light in summer should be covered, and the other is after breeding. In both cases, artificial shading is required, and the degree of shading should be between 50% and 80%.

3. Watering: the soft branch yellow cicada likes to be wet, and the substrate should be kept wet. At the same time, the air humidity should be between 75% and 85%. When it's very dry, spray some water every day. After breeding, we also need to ensure the air humidity.

4. Fertilization: the Yellow cicada with soft branches does not need much fertilizer. Can choose the soil with more nutrients, after topdressing can be once a month, or twice

2. Cultivation techniques

1. Propagation: cuttage can be used. In spring and autumn, it is more suitable to carry out this way. It is better to choose one to two-year-old branches with a length of 15 to 20 cm, and it is better to have three or four knots on them. It can be used as the substrate of cutting. After insertion, it should be placed in a cool place and kept moist. The temperature should be about 20 ℃. In about twenty days, it will take root. When it is about ten centimeters high, it can be transplanted

2. Pruning: first of all, the procedure of picking is very important, because it directly affects the number of flowers after that. Moreover, it is not suitable for pruning other branches, such as dry, yellow and so on.

3. Problem diagnosis and treatment

1. Disease: in summer and autumn, the disease that is easy to appear is called "leaf blight", which causes the leaves to fall. In the case of poor ventilation, the disease will be relatively serious. Can use chlorothalonil to treat, and more ventilation.

2. Insect damage: it is mainly "red spider" and "shell insect", which can be killed quickly.

4. Other issues

1. Toxicity: it is toxic. Toxicity concentrated in bark, leaves, flowers, seeds and other parts.

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2. Whether it can be raised at home: generally not, because it is poisonous

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