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The neighbor's snake plant jumped to 1 meter high, blossoming and bearing! Your family is not long. What's the matter?

Walter White
2020-05-13 17:27:08
Hua Hua goes to the neighbor's house and finds that their snake plant has blossomed! How well you have to keep it! Huahua asked for advice quickly, and decided to pass on the maintenance tips to the flower friends. I believe our snake plant will certainly open!

Common problems and solutions of snake plant

Root:

1. If too much water is poured and the basin soil is too wet, the accumulation of water will lead to the rotten roots of tiger skin and orchid

2. In this case, first take off the tiger skin and wash the root with clear water.

3. Use the sterilized scissors to cut off the rotten part of the root. Be sure to clean it thoroughly, otherwise it will lead to re infection.

4. Put the treated snake plant in carbendazim or 0.1% potassium permanganate solution to soak the root for half an hour, and disinfect it.

5. After detoxification, put snake plant in a cool and ventilated place to dry the wound. After airing, put it in water for root induction.

6. Wait for the snake plant to grow a new root, and then transplant it into a pot.

Rotten leaves:

1. Tiger skin, orchid and rotten leaves are also watered in a wrong way. What should I do when I meet them?

2. Cut off the rotten part of the leaf directly, don't be distressed, otherwise the rotten spot will continue to spread.

3. After cutting off, apply some carbendazim to the wounds of the remaining intact leaves of snake plant for disinfection.

4. When watering in the future, pay attention not to pour it on the leaves, and try to pour it on the soil surface

Dry yellow soft leaves:

1. Too strong light or too little water will lead to the problem of dry and yellow leaves.

2. snake plant does not need too strong light, or the leaves will become dry and white. Pay attention to the place where the scattered light comes from at home.

3. The leaves of snake plant become soft, generally due to the lack of water, about 15 days can be poured once.

Tiger skin orchid's conservation treasure

Illumination:

1. The snake plant is more shade resistant, and the demand for light is not too high. The scattered light can meet the demand.

2. At ordinary times, we can put the snake plant in the living room. In summer, we should pay attention to avoid exposure to the sun and shade.

Watering:

1. Tiger skin orchid likes to be wet, but it can't be watered too much, otherwise it will make the leaves too hard.

2. In spring and autumn, you can water once in about 10 days; in summer, you can water once in 7-10 days, and in winter, you don't need to water.

3. If you really don't know whether to water, you can dig 2-3cm down from the soil surface. If that part of the soil is dry, you should water it.

Fertilization:

1. The requirement for fertilizer is not too high. When the temperature is above 20 ℃, the growth rate of snake plant will be accelerated. At this time, we can apply fertilizer to promote growth.

2. Usually, mix the rotten rice washing water and clear water at 1:30 to water it.

3. You can also buy compound fertilizer once a month, dig a small hole beside the basin, and bury 2-3 grains each time.

4. If we want to make the leaves greener, we can use 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to spray on the leaves of snake plant, once every 2-3 weeks.

Soil:

1. The soil of snake plant should be loose and ventilated, with good drainage capacity.

2. The mixture of sapropel and river sand is 1:1.

The breeding method of snake plant

Cutting:

1. Divide the cut leaves into 5-10cm segments and put them in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

2. Insert the leaves of dried snake plant into the water permeable sand to take root.

3. After the roots are planted, transplant them to the basin.

Ramets:

1. Cut off the water one week before splitting, then take off the basin, clean up the soil at the root, and separate each plant.

the root of snake plant

2. Apply carbendazim to the cleaned root of snake plant for disinfection, and then put it in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

3. Prepare new soil (saprophytic soil: river sand = 1:1), and plant the plants of snake plant into the basin respectively.

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Through our careful maintenance, snake plant will not only blossom, but also bear fruit!

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