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How to breed potted banyan trees and how to raise them in winter?

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-07-10 08:11:49
It's a light loving plant. When it's being maintained, it should be placed in a place with good light and exposed to the sun more often. Keep the pot soil moist. Don't water it often to avoid rotten roots. Its growth likes loose soil with good air permeability. It can be prepared by mixing garden soil and rotten leaf soil. Fertilizer should be applied frequently in the growing season to supplement nutrients, but it should be stopped in winter. In addition, in winter, it is necessary to move to the room for maintenance in time, and provide a temperature of more than 5 degrees to avoid frostbite.

I. breeding methods

1. Light: small banyan is a very light loving plant. It should be placed in a place with good light during maintenance, and it should be exposed to the sun as much as possible. If the light is not enough, yellow leaves or leaves will appear, but pay attention to the appropriate shade in summer, can't insolate.

Ficus microcarpa

2. Watering: during maintenance, only the basin soil is wet, and no frequent watering is required. If the amount of water is too much, it is easy to accumulate water and rot roots, which will affect the growth.

3. Soil: it likes loose soil with good air permeability. It can be mixed with garden soil and rotten leaf soil.

Ficus microcarpa

4. Fertilization: during the maintenance period, fertilizer should be applied frequently to supplement nutrients, especially in the spring and autumn growth season. The fertilizer is mainly nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, which should not be splashed on the leaves. After application, water and dilute the fertilizer in time.

Ficus microcarpa

II. Maintenance methods in winter

The temperature in winter is low, but its cold resistance is very poor. It should be moved to the room for maintenance in time to provide a temperature environment of more than 5 degrees. The temperature difference in the morning and evening should not be greater than 10 degrees, otherwise it will easily lead to plant death. This season, let it more sun, can improve the resistance. In addition, to stop fertilization, because at this time almost stop growing, fertilizer nutrients it will not only not absorb, may also bring fertilizer damage.

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