Golden branches and jade leaves, like jade trees, are a relatively common bonsai material. High appearance, far-reaching meaning, easy to feed, easy to take care of, fast growth, many branches, resistant to pruning, perennial, it can be said that golden branches and jade leaves are excellent green plants that combine a variety of advantages. Especially after several years of raising the golden branches and jade leaves of the old pile, the branches are thick and vigorous, simple and charming, and have high ornamental value.
However, many flower lovers bought back the golden branches and jade leaves, and after raising them for a while, they found that their own potted leaves fell down in a hurry, and the fallen leaves that had to be swept every day did not say, and the branches became bare, and there was no ornamentation at all. That's because you haven't yet learned that the golden branches and jade leaves have this "6 big fears" thing, after understanding it, give reasonable maintenance, I believe that your family's golden branches and jade leaves will grow bigger and bigger, more and more, the more they are raised, the more they look, and they will become old piles in three years.
▲The golden branches and jade leaves are about to fall out
The golden branches and jade leaves mainly have these "six fears": 1. afraid of buying medicine brocade, 2. afraid that the pot is too large, 3. afraid of bad soil, 4. afraid of applying the wrong fertilizer, 5. afraid of insufficient light, 6. afraid of not pruning. A detailed analysis is given below
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Under normal circumstances, the leaves of the golden branches and jade leaves are emerald green. But nature is so magical, in some cases the gene will mutate, the emergence of albino varieties, not only people or animals have albinism, plants also have, so there are a lot of brilliant plants, such as flowers and leaves of green roses, flowers and leaves of ivy and so on.
The leaves of the golden branches and jade leaves will also have some bleaching phenomenon, mainly in these two situations: 1. The middle of the leaf still retains green, while the edge shows a milky white, this variety is called the dance of Gagaku; 2. The leaf remains green around the leaf, and a white appears in the middle, which is called yale hua. Because the natural emergence of plants is something that can not be sought, and it also enhances the ornamentality of golden branches and jade leaves, the price is slightly higher.
Therefore, in order to maximize the benefits, some merchants use drugs on the original normal golden branches and jade leaves, so that they are forced to come out of the brocade, so that the jinhua leaves produced are unnatural and abnormal. Flower lovers who have a certain understanding of medicinal brocade can see at a glance which succulents are administered by the merchant with medicine.
The golden branches and jade leaves that have been turned into medicinal brocade with medicinal drugs have very poor resistance, and the leaves are milky white that has been corroded by chlorophyll by drugs. Such leaves can not withstand wind and rain and sun, a little sun, or even touch the branches, these leaves will fall down in a hurry.
Therefore, friends who like this plant must first understand this plant. Look more, learn more, and then start, don't buy medicine to come back to raise. For the medicinal gold branches and jade leaves that have been bought back, it is recommended to put them in a place where there is no direct sunlight to maintain. With good luck, leaves that have lost chlorophyll will gradually turn green and slowly recover.
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Golden branch jade leaf is also known as "purslane tree", it is a plant of the purslane family, also belongs to the purslane family and sunflowers, for these plants everyone knows, they have one thing in common, that is, special drought tolerance.
Golden branches and jade leaves are super drought tolerant, but it also has its own shortcomings, that is, the root system is relatively shallow, not tolerant to waterlogging, and easy to rot. Therefore, the usual maintenance should pay attention to less watering, and planted in small pots.
If the pot used to plant golden branches and jade leaves is too large, then the soil inside the pot is too thick, then it is difficult to dry through after watering, causing the soil in the pot to silt up, always wet, then the root system of the golden branches and jade leaves is easy to rot.
The size of the diameter of the pot used must be smaller than the crown width of the golden branch and jade leaf itself.
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In fact, the golden branches and jade leaves are not difficult to raise, its nature is still relatively strong, do not pick the soil. However, if you use pots to plant, it is best to plant with loose and breathable soil.
Be sure not to have a simple and convenient map, and dig up some topsoil on the side of the road to plant. If the surface soil is fertile sandy soil, it is fine, if it is easy to settle yellow soil, then after watering will make you cry. Why? Because if it becomes a lump of yellow soil, even if it is watered every day, the water will not be poured into it, and eventually the golden branches and jade leaves will die due to dryness.
Therefore, raising gold branches and jade leaves does not need to be a good imported soil, with a slightly looser, more breathable, more fertile soil can be used. If you have to dig up soil, then it is recommended to dig up the sandy humus under the pine forest, and if you buy soil, you can buy general nutrient soil.
If the soil is used well, it is not afraid to water more.
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Although the golden branches and jade leaves are placed in our families as a kind of green plant for viewing leaves, don't think that it is enough to just apply nitrogen fertilizer to it.
Although nitrogen fertilizer can promote the emerald green and lush foliage of the branches. But it is not enough to apply nitrogen fertilizer alone, and if the branches and roots of the golden branches and jade leaves want to grow thick, they cannot lack potassium fertilizer. If you want the plant to be healthy, you can't grow it year after year, and you can't lack other trace elements.
Therefore, to fertilize the golden branches and jade leaves, to apply the right fertilizer, it should be fertilized with a compound type of slow-release fertilizer contained in each element. Coupled with some decomposing organic fertilizers, while providing sufficient fertilizer, it can also play a role in loosening the soil.
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Golden branches and jade leaves are a sun-loving plant, and it must have sufficient light to make its branches grow thicker and thicker. Otherwise, the branches will grow long, the branches will grow long and thin, the longer and weaker, and the plant will eventually die.
However, the golden branches and jade leaves are afraid of the hot sun, because if the sun is too poisonous on the three-volt day, the leaves will be easily burned.
Therefore, to bask in the sun for the golden branches and jade leaves, we must pay attention to avoid the sun exposure during the high temperature in summer, and give sufficient sun exposure in other seasons.
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Golden branches and jade leaves are easy to germinate side buds, its branching ability is very strong, even if it is not pruned, not topped, it is easy to grow side branches. Because of this, it is easy to grow like an octopus, and if it is not pruned, the branches are very messy.
Therefore, it is usually necessary to prune more to be able to shape a more beautiful plant type. The branches of the golden leaf are very flexible, and in the semi-woody state, it can be bundled and pulled to create the bonsai form you want. For example, cliff type, water side type, bouldering type, small forest type, tree type and so on.
For friends with different shapes, Xiaomei suggests that you take a look at it first, see how other masters raise golden branches and jade leaf bonsai, collect more pictures of different shapes, and then. Try to trim yourself, tie and pull with aluminum thread, and I believe that soon you will also get a work that satisfies you.
Pay attention to the "6 fears" of the golden branches and jade leaves, after avoiding, you can raise them well, live year after year, and become an old pile after three years.