Rat's paw likes fertile soil with good drainage and air permeability. It can be mixed with saprophytic soil, sand, etc.
Rat tail paw likes warm growing environment and can endure Yin. The winter temperature shall be above 10 ℃. It shall enter the room in time and be placed in a sunny place. The indoor temperature shall not be lower than 10 ℃. It shall leave the room after the Qingming Festival. In summer, we should keep ventilation and put it outside for breeding. Pay attention to shading and cooling.
To avoid rain, or it will lead to rotten roots. In summer, keep a certain humidity, avoid long-term drying, which is not conducive to the growth of rat tail paw. In winter, it is necessary to keep relatively dry and control the watering. The principle is not to dry or not to pour, but to pour thoroughly. The soil is not easy to get wet. Reduce the amount of watering after the flower bud appears to prevent the flower bud from falling. During the growing period, water should be sprayed regularly to keep wet and increase the humidity of indoor air.
Rat tail palms should be applied with liquid fertilizer once every two weeks, mainly organic fertilizer, no fertilizer in winter and summer.
Rat tail palm is easy to suffer from the harm of red spider, the disease site is generally yellow brown, you can spray dimethoate for prevention.
The rat tail palm needs to change the basin twice a year. After flowering, if the root is full of a basin, it needs to change a large basin.
