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Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

author:Tianyan looking for rain

The dragon's blood tree is a plant of the agave family, and many plants in the agave family are tropical flowers. For example, our common bottle orchid, Brazilian iron, banana, rich bamboo, agave, dragon blood tree are all from this family, they are very good indoor flowers, suitable for improving the home environment, better than woody stump bonsai to feed and survive.

Among them, the turquoise, weeping and swaying leaves of the dragon's blood tree bring a tropical atmosphere to the northern flower lovers. However, the dragon's blood tree also has a fatal weakness, especially in the north China area of indoor cultivation, when wintering, you need to pay attention to the three points of light, watering, and potting soil. Many flower lovers are unable to do these points, resulting in the dragon's blood tree drying up and rotting roots.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

Light ventilation foot, Figure 1

1. The 3 fears of the Dragon's Blood Tree

(1) Fear of insufficient light and ventilation Many flower friends put dragon blood trees in the place where light is scarce at home, and these dragon blood trees will soon dry, dry and dried up. For example, the current indoor dragon blood tree is not enough light, and it will dry out before the Spring Festival.

This is because the dragon's blood tree itself is a light-loving plant, and it cannot lack sufficient light during conservation, especially in the northern winter. We know that putting the dragon's blood tree in a dark place is not only poor in light, but also insufficient ventilation, and it is a small matter that affects the oil of the leaves, and the key is not to dare to water.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

The temperature and humidity are suitable, Figure 2

As soon as it is watered, the roots are rotten and dry, the main trunk is soft and soft, and it is poured when it is touched, and it cannot be prevented. Therefore, when the dragon's blood tree overwinters, it must have sufficient light and ventilation; Then there's the temperature. Another difficulty in maintaining the dragon's blood tree in winter is the growth temperature, because the dragon's blood tree is not hardy and has no dormancy period, and we need to ensure that it can grow normally above 15 degrees.

In general, temperatures below 12-13 degrees do not produce frost damage, and there are very few frozen dragon blood trees. But below this temperature can lead to rotten roots, which is a fatal factor.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

Dragon's Blood Tree after Autumn, Figure 3

(2) Fear of water accumulation in potting soil. If light is the element of the growth of the dragon's blood tree, the potting soil is the condition for the dragon's blood tree to save its life. Potted dragon blood trees must have loose and breathable acidic humus soil, which is the fundamental condition for home cultivation. Without the soil conditions of no water, acidity, loose and breathable, nothing can be talked about.

We can make it from a mixture of saprophyll and sandy soil, which ensures sufficient nutrient content and its breathability. If we pour water once and can't penetrate within 2-3 minutes, we must change the pots and soil in time.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

Good growth momentum and sufficient light, Figure 4

(3) Afraid of watering too much. The dragon's blood tree has a long lifespan in the tropics and is also a drought-tolerant plant. Because the indoor maintenance ventilation is insufficient, the evaporation is small, and the transpiration pull of the plant in winter is also low, remember to water less, so as to ensure its vigorous growth.

If you water too much, it will be easy to accumulate water and rot roots, rotten cores, and dry shoots. Watering it does not look at watering every few days, depending on the specific situation, keeping the dry room wet, that is, dry and thorough. Generally speaking, the room temperature of about 20 degrees can be watered once in 10 days, and some dragon blood trees with poor indoor ventilation are fine if they do not water for half a month.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

The potting soil is loose and breathable without compaction, Figure 5

2. Common problems of wintering in dragon's blood trees

(1) The breeding environment is too dark and not ventilated, and it is easy to dry up the black tip. (2) In winter, there is too much water and fertilizer, and the permeability of the potting soil is poor, causing rotten roots to dry out. Although the dragon's blood tree likes fertilizer, it should be noted that it needs thin fertilizer to be applied diligently in spring and summer, and it must be controlled by water and fertilizer in winter.

This is because the temperature difference in winter changes too much, and the doors and windows are tightly closed and the ventilation is poor. If it is fat, it is necessary to water more water and wash the roots, and more water is easy to cause drying. This is the reason why our common dragon's blood tree withers.

(3) In winter, the air is dry, and the leaves are dry and pointed. Again, agave plants are not hardy, such as bottle orchids, threaded iron, rich bamboo, dragon blood tree, although the northern indoor freezing can not be frozen. However, drying will appear dry and slightly dry, and at low temperatures, it will be too wet to rot the roots.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

Nitrogen fertilizer was used in autumn, Figure 6

3. Solution to common problems of Dragon's Blood Tree

If the main stem is dry and the epidermis is black, it can only be cut off. In this case, most of the root system is rotten, it is necessary to turn over the pots and change the soil, just adjust the light, ventilation, and moisture, and the use of drugs to control it is useless, do not hold a fluke mentality.

Prune the roots after depoting, cut obliquely from the rot area of the main trunk, and wash the cutttes with potassium permanganate or erythromycin ointment. After potting, you can wait for the next day to water, put the dragon's blood tree in a semi-shade with scattered light ventilation, and keep the pot soil permeable, not too dry and too wet, must not be completely light and ventilated. After changing the pot, do a good job of indoor cold insulation, and after 10 days, as long as the weather is sunny, you should bask in more sun.

Dragon's Blood Tree overwinters, dodge these 3 fears, more light and less watering, and easily solve the rotten dry black leaves

The potted soil has a lot of organic fertilizer and sufficient light, Figure 7

Summary: The common problems of dragon's blood tree overwintering are mostly caused by poor maintenance environment and improper watering, as long as the potting soil is loose and breathable, more sun, less watering, in fact, it is very good maintenance. As long as the vernal equinox has passed, we can use decomposed organic fertilizer and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and add a small amount of urea to enhance trunk growth.

Remember to use flower fertilizer must be mixed with decomposed organic fertilizer, can not use flower fertilizer alone, so that the dragon blood tree owner is very crisp, easy to break.

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