Thousand-Hand Guanyin is a perennial evergreen plant. The plant is short and easy to move, so it is very suitable for display at home. The following are the breeding methods and precautions for Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara: Breeding methods of Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara
1. Soil: Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara can be mixed with leaf mold soil, peat soil, river sand and a small amount of soaked cake fertilizer. Nutrient soil cultivation.
2. Planting: Generally, when the temperature is high every spring and summer, plants with dense underground tuber tillers are divided along the tuber separation points so that each part has 2 to 3 plants, and then they are planted in pots. Try to damage the roots as little as possible when dividing the plants. At the same time, it should be placed in a damp environment after potting, keep the pot soil constantly moist, and pay attention to foliar spraying to facilitate the recovery of new plants.
3. Watering: Thousand-Hand Guanyin particularly likes moisture. During the growing season, not only the pot soil is required to be moist, but also the air humidity is required to be no less than 60{bf}. When the temperature is high in summer, water spraying should be strengthened to create a relatively cool and humid environment for it. If it is placed in an indoor air-conditioned hall, it is necessary to ensure that the pot soil is moist and the leaves should be sprayed with water from time to time. If the room temperature cannot reach 15 degrees in winter, watering should be controlled, otherwise it will easily cause plant root rot.
4. Light: Thousand-Hand Guanyin is a shade-tolerant plant and prefers a semi-shady environment. It should be placed in an environment that can provide both shade and ventilation. It should not be exposed to the scorching sun to avoid extensive burns on the plant.
5. Temperature: The growth temperature of Thousand-Hand Guanyin is 20-30℃, and it can withstand low temperatures as low as 8 degrees. In high temperatures in summer, it can still grow normally as long as the soil is kept moist, frequently sprayed with water, and shaded. In winter, it can be grown at room temperature. Not lower than 5℃.
6. Fertilization: Thousand-Hand Guanyin prefers fertilizer. Liquid fertilizer should be applied every half month from March to October. The proportion of nitrogen can be appropriately increased. It would be better if a little ferrous sulfate can be added. In this way, the leaves will grow as big as lotus leaves and be smooth and pleasant. Long-term lack of fertilizer will easily cause the plant's leaves to droop, affecting the ornamental value. Fertilization should be stopped when the temperature falls below 15 degrees.
7. Repot: Usually repot once a year in spring, and loosen the soil once a month to keep the pot soil in a transparent and good condition.
8. Plastic surgery: If you want to keep the Thousand-Armed Guanyin small and exquisite indoors, then just wait until its seedlings grow to about one foot and are suitable for home display, and immediately use 2{bf} After spraying the whole plant with paclobutrazol solution, the stems and leaves that grow back are no more than 40 cm high, and the leaves are thick and have high ornamental value. Spraying once every six months or so can play a good role in height control.
9. Disease prevention: one is leaf spot and the other is anthracnose. For leaf spot disease, you can spray chlorothalonil or carbendazim 800 times on the leaves 2-3 times in a row, every 7 days. For anthracnose, 75 {bf} of thiophanate methyl 500 times should be sprayed on the leaves. Precautions for breeding Thousand-Hand Guanyin
1. Lighting: Thousand-Hand Guanyin requires growth in semi-shade conditions. If the light is too strong, it will easily make the leaves dim and cause sunburn; but the light is too weak. It is also prone to leggy growth, with the plants growing slender and prone to lodging.
2. Fertilization: During the vigorous growth period, according to the growth of the plant, loosen the soil once a month to keep the pot soil in a transparent and good state. Apply thin liquid fertilizer 1-2 times a month, and apply additional phosphorus and potassium fertilizers to help the plant stems stand upright and grow robustly. At the same time, it is beneficial to the growth of the ground tuber and resistance to cold in winter.
3. Cleaning: For reused old pots, they must be soaked in 2000 times potassium permanganate solution for more than half an hour, then rinsed with clean water and dried for use.