Friends who have raised potted bamboo flowers know that this plant often has yellow leaves, it is afraid of drought, and it is afraid of water. Even if the yellow leaves are cut off, within a few days the leaves will turn yellow again. If you don't take care of it for a while, the leaves will all wither, what is the situation? Is it really so difficult to raise potted bamboo?
After a period of time, it becomes a "plant specimen"
Wenzhu is a foliage plant belonging to the genus Tianmendong of the family Asparagus, Wenzhu was originally a vine-like plant, as long as there is a flower trellis to let it climb vines to grow, it can grow to 3 to 5 meters tall.
The environment of maintaining potted bamboo has more scattered light, coupled with the warm environment, it can occasionally bloom off-white flowers, and successful pollination after flowering can also breed small green berries. The berries turn red when ripe.
Above are the flowers of Wenzhu
Wenzhu is an indoor foliage plant with certain requirements for the environment, as long as it meets its growth needs, it will rarely appear yellow leaves or dead leaves.
First, the cause of the yellow leaves of Wenzhu, how to solve?
Point 1, the air is over-dry
Wenzhu is like higher air humidity, the most common reason for its yellowing is that the air is over-dry, its leaves are particularly thin, the demand for moisture is more, and once the air is dry, such as air humidity for a long time below 50%, it is easy to appear leaf yellow.
If you want to increase the ambient humidity, you can often spray water on the branches and leaves of Wenzhu, such as spraying it with misty water once in the morning and evening, which can increase the ambient humidity in a short period of time, but pay attention to the leaves do not often retain water.
There is also a good way to increase the humidity, put a relatively large pot at the bottom of the pot, put water on the pot, put some pebbles on the water, and the potted bamboo is placed above the pebbles, and the water level on the pot should not exceed the pebbles, which can continue to increase the humidity, but it will not cause the potting soil to be wet.
In addition, if there are some places with relatively high environmental humidity in the home, and there is appropriate scattered light, you can move Wenzhu to such a position, such as moving Wenzhu to the side of the pool, or placing a basin of water next to Wenzhu, or placing Wenzhu on the windowsill of the bathroom, these methods can increase the speed.
You can also buy a humidifier directly, often open next to Wenzhu, so that you can also maintain a high air humidity.
Point 2, too much lighting
The maintenance of Wenzhu requires sufficient scattered light, which can make it grow rapidly. However, potted bamboo cannot be over-exposed, and excessive light intensity will cause the leaves to be sunburned. In addition, if the light is strong, the potting soil dries up quickly, and it is not added to water in time, it will also cause the leaves to turn yellow.
If the potted bamboo is raised on the balcony, when the temperature is high, such as in the summer temperature is higher than 33 degrees, it must be properly shaded, otherwise the leaves are easily sunburned, and the leaves are particularly easy to fall off.
Point 3, excessive shading
If Wenzhu is raised in an excessively dark environment, the leaves are also easy to yellow. For example, many friends like to keep some potted bamboo in the study and desk, only a little bright light, so far from meeting its growth needs.
Maintenance of potted bamboo at least to give a little soft scattered light, if placed under the light, it should be raised in a relatively close place, and to maintain about 12 hours of light illumination every day, so that it can maintain a healthy state. If there is no way to provide proper scattered light to Wenzhu, its leaves are also very easy to yellow.
Point 4, over-watering
In indoor maintenance of potted bamboo is most likely to appear yellow leaves, it may be too much watering. If the potting soil has not dried, it is watered with a lot of water, and the bottom of the pot is still watery, which will lead to continuous moisture in the soil, which is easy to cause rotten roots, which is why I remind everyone to check the dryness and wetness of the potting soil before each watering.
Wenzhu is a succulent root plant, its roots can grow into small radish-like (characteristic of asparagus plants), if the potting soil is often wet, it is easy to cause its root system to rot. The first thing that manifests itself is that the leaves are constantly yellowing.
If you find that the pot soil is continuously wet and the soil is difficult to dry, then be sure to put it in a well-ventilated, sunny place in time, let the pot soil dry as soon as possible, let the pot soil dry and wet cycle faster, which is conducive to its root growth, which can also reduce yellow leaves.
Second, how to solve the yellow leaves of Wenzhu?
If your potted bamboo has yellowed leaves, then judge the cause of the yellow leaves first.
If it is a yellow leaf caused by excessive drought, you can cut off all the dead yellow leaves in time to water the potted bamboo.
You can even prepare a pot of water, soak the potted plant in it for 10 minutes, and then pick up the potted plant to drain the water, just to make the root system of Wenzhu suck up the water.
After that, it is placed in a ventilated and transparent place, so that the water in the pot soil can be drained as soon as possible, so that wenzhu can be restored to health as soon as possible.
If you raise potted bamboo in a well-ventilated location, in addition to watering the potting soil, you can also spray more spray water on its leaves.
In addition, sudden changes in the environment, such as sudden changes in temperature, light or humidity, will also lead to bamboo yellow leaves, which can only be slowly adapted, only the yellow leaves can be cut off, and the branches are withered and cut off from the bottom of the rhizome to let it sprout. And let Wenzhu gradually adapt to the new environment, do not suddenly move to a place where the environment is too different.
Third, the technique of avoiding yellow leaves
Wenzhu is fond of a warm and humid environment, more afraid of cold, once there is frost it will hang up, the minimum maintenance temperature is maintained above 5 degrees, after the temperature is lower than 15 degrees to gradually reduce watering.
The potted soil of the potted bamboo should be as loose and breathable as possible to ensure good drainage, generally use the common peat soil with perlite, mix it in a 4:1 ratio, and then properly mix into the slow-release fertilizer to meet its growth needs.
In the spring, summer and autumn three seasons, the temperature is between 20 and 28 degrees, we must pay attention to the scattered light, 3 cm under the pot soil is dry, it is necessary to water it in time. In addition, you can also add water-soluble fertilizer to it every 2 to 3 weeks, and the concentration is lower.
If the environmental light of the potted bamboo is particularly small, it can be supplemented with slow-release fertilizer once a year in the spring.