Lime pepper is a relatively unpopular succulent, the maintenance of flower friends is not much, the reason for the initial start is because of seeing the flower friends raised jelly color, plus the name is also more curious. When receiving the courier, the leaves are only crisp green, fortunately, their leaves are very compact, the plant is also very wrapped, it looks fresh, not ugly at all. In the early spring and late autumn, the jelly color is really cultivated, which is very beautiful. Varieties like this that are not ugly and can also cultivate jelly color are definitely worth recommending.
Lime peppers are relatively well-skinned varieties, and we need to make sure that they can be successfully served after starting. The flower market can hardly find this variety, can only start online, the price is very cheap, online shopping of lime peppers, are de-soiled delivery, when receiving succulents, we need to carry out simple pruning of them, clean off the capillary roots and the bottom of the dead leaves, rotten leaves, leave the main root, dry for 1 to 3 days, see the wound scab when you can go to the pot.
Some merchants will do sterilization and insecticidal protection before shipping, we can start without carbendazim soaking, if not, it is recommended to deal with it to prevent the breeding of pests and diseases from spreading to other succulents at home. When potting, try to choose the fluvo-aquic soil on the pot, after planting it, put it in a place where the scattered light is sufficient, do not move at will, ensure that the soil has a certain moisture in the early stage, feed water along the edge of the pot, see the water flow out, the temperature is suitable for the season for about 15 days to take root, this time can slowly increase the light.
Because the leaves of lime pepper are very compact and thick, so the drought tolerance is also very strong, we can appropriately increase the content of particles when we are in the soil, to ensure sufficient water permeability, if it is a balcony maintenance, you can use 70% of the granules with 30% of the nutrient soil, if you worry about the rooting problem, then put a layer of nutrient soil in the root position, the use of the pot is relatively high, you can also pad a layer of particles at the bottom.
Such soil can ensure that the excess water in the soil is discharged in time to achieve the purpose of controlling the maintenance, when watering them, you can be a little fierce, and wait until the leaves at the bottom are slightly consumed in watering, and the leaves of the plants will become more and more fat, just like the thickness of the pepper. Summer temperatures above 35 degrees, can cut off the water, once a month to give water is no problem, so that the soil in a dry state to help its safety in the summer. Long-term open-raised lime peppers, in the state of water control can resist the low temperature of minus 3 degrees, for safety, when the temperature is below 0 degrees, you can consider moving back to a warm place for maintenance.
Want to make the lime pepper appear jelly color, light has enough light is not enough, I found that in the low temperature environment out of the jelly color probability is very large, so in the early spring and late autumn morning and evening low temperature, we can properly open the window ventilation, put them in the window to blow a cool breeze, last for a week or so will find that the color of the leaves has a significant change. For the partner of open nutrition, it is easy to raise jelly color, especially when the minimum temperature is in the range of 5 to 15 degrees, the most prone to the ultimate state, of course, the maintenance process must have enough light, direct light time is not less than 4 hours.
When you see the lime pepper pulling out the flower arrow, it is best to cut it directly, and when it is cut, wait until the flower arrow has a certain length, and the best cut can be cut when the color of the flower can be faintly seen, which can be inserted and prevented from cutting and drawing the flower arrow. In spring and autumn, when watering, you can also add some liquid fertilizer in the water, and the compound fertilizer with balanced nutrients is the best, so that the luster of the succulent leaves will be stronger.
Jelly-colored lime pepper, must be the effect of light, temperature difference, water control, in the maintenance must be flexible, such as light enough to give more water, there is a temperature difference in the pursuit of color and less watering. Fortunately, for the lime pepper variety, as long as it is not excessive lack of light, hard watering, emerald green color is still very beautiful, if you have the conditions, you can pursue the jelly color.