Fleshy Plant Seed Sowing Management
For most women, the content about fleshy plants, especially the management of sowing fleshy plant seeds, let's get to know it together.
Many people say that it's easy to germinate fleshy plant seeds but hard to grow them big, which shows that the difficulty lies in the management of sowing fleshy plant seeds (after germination). This article is a summary of post-germination care by flower enthusiasts, which is aimed at the Aizoaceae family, but it is also applicable to the Crassulaceae family and is easy to understand.
In the seedling stage of fleshy plants, it's okay to have higher humidity, the most important thing is to prevent mold infection, avoid excessive exposure to sunlight, and keep the temperature not too high or too low. Because there are too many varieties of fleshy plants, it's impossible to write about how to care for all of them, so I'll just mention a few extremes.
1. When not at home, do not freely place the seedlings on the balcony;
2. Two to three hours of sunlight per day is enough;
3. It's best not to expose them to sunlight before the seedlings have all germinated, place them in a place with diffused light;
4. Maintain humidity, higher humidity is fine, but pay attention to fungicide disinfection;
5. Once the lid is opened, it cannot be closed again because mold will definitely get in. Therefore, even if you want to continue to keep it covered, you must ventilate for several hours or all night;
6. If the seedlings stretch, it means that they are not getting enough sunlight, gradually increase the exposure;
7. If the seedlings turn yellow, black, purple, or red, it means you have given them too much sunlight, be careful;
8. If the seedlings haven't all come out (Aizoaceae) and have mold, and the mold hasn't disappeared, causing the seedlings to rot, I strongly recommend covering with fine sand! If you are not brave enough to use fine sand, don't cover the soil;
9. If the seedlings are top-heavy and tilting, I suggest covering with soil, for Aizoaceae, I recommend covering with sand (the benefits and methods of covering with soil are mentioned in the following section);
10. About dealing with pests later on, I can only tell you that the microwave can kill all eggs and pests in the early stage, but later on, if pests appear, you must kill them in time. How to kill pests, please search online, as this is something I really can't help with.
Summary of the benefits of covering with sand:
1. Support the seedlings, this is the most direct, as the PP is top-heavy, so if you don't support the seedlings, the consequences will be...;
2. Prevent the growth of moss, as everyone knows who has been to the beach, sand becomes very hot when exposed to the sun, so moss won't grow either!
3. Reduce pest damage, of course, this only reduces the adult insects from laying eggs. If you have encountered adult black flies laying eggs, you'll know! The principle is as above, the sand soil heats up when exposed to the sun, which affects the development of insect eggs, of course, adult insects are not stupid, they know this, so they like to lay eggs on materials with good water retention!
4. Aesthetics, this is very clear from the above picture, no need for me to explain (I don't want to upload the picture of the pot without covering the soil before, just imagine it, mainly the dark color of peat);
5. Clearly distinguish the water absorption of each small square during the immersion process, this also doesn't need explanation, dry sand and wet sand have different colors (those who have used akadama know this), and it can well control the amount of water for immersion!
The above mentioned many benefits of covering with soil, next, let's continue to talk about the skills or techniques of covering with soil:
1. It is recommended to use sand soil for covering the soil of living stones, I usually use fine sand because it is more useful, and it doesn't matter if it falls on the PP head, there are no adverse effects found.
2. Before covering the soil, make sure the surface of the pot to be covered is dry, at least on the drier side. If you cover the soil on wet soil, you'll find that once the sand particles fall on a spot, they will accumulate quickly, making it difficult to cover the soil!
3. Similarly, use dry sand soil for covering, which makes it easy to shake off the sand and it falls off one particle at a time, making the soil coverage very uniform.
4. The tool for covering soil. In fact, no special tool is needed, just put the sand soil in a cup, tilt the cup, and use an auxiliary stick or spoon to gently move the sand from the edge of the cup and sprinkle it on the seedling tray, with a height of about ten centimeters from the cup to the seedling tray! Be sure to gently move the sand. Unless you want to create a sand mountain to press down the PP.
5. If you can't ensure that there are no eggs or pests in the sand soil (in fact, it's very rare, because sand soil is mainly silica, completely nutrient-free, pests generally don't lay eggs on it), wet it with water and use a microwave! Of course, as with the third point, you must wait for the sand to dry.
The above is the full content of the management of sowing fleshy plant seeds (after germination), hoping it is helpful to green plant enthusiasts!