Summer is coming, flower friends are also starting to eat insects, flowers and plants, they not only look good, but also can control annoying mosquitoes. Since it's a plant. So the growth must be inseparable from water, but many flower friends lack relevant experience, so they don't know how to water the insectivorous plants. This paper introduces some matters needing attention for watering the insectivorous plants.
Matters needing attention in watering insectivorous plants the watering times of insectivorous plants should be determined according to the factors such as the airtight condition of the environment, the temperature, the size of the basin, the size of the plant and the way of water supply. Regular watering is not suitable for the growth of plants. We should supply water according to the needs of plants and achieve "regular inspection and water supply on demand".
Insectivorous plants like to be wet and dry. Most pitcher soil needs to be dry, loose and breathable, and can't accumulate water; Flytrap, most species of caltrop, and Beaver like to be wet. The soil in the basin should be moist, or the basin can be soaked in shallow water; Bottle grass and other requirements are not high, dry and wet can be.
Generally, the humidity of basin soil can be measured visually. When the basin soil is wet, the color is dark gray, and there will be a little white water light when it is very wet or accumulated water; When the basin soil is dry, the color is gray and lusterless, and when the basin soil is dry, the color is gray and white.
An insectivorous plant nepenthes
When the basin soil is dry, we need to water it. The watering methods can be watering, spraying and soaking.
1. Watering, watering with a kettle, suitable for pitcher, bottle grass and other large insectivorous plants.
2. It is suitable for cleaning the leaves of plants every week and supplying water for the propagation of pitcher plants. It can also supply daily water for most insectivorous plants (except for the plants with mucus such as caltrop, Cordyceps. Frequent spraying will wash away the mucus and make the glands secreting mucus decay and "dewdrop" difficult to form)
3. Soak in water, put the water into the basin mat under the basin, and keep the basin soil moist by siphoning. This is the most convenient way of watering. One time watering can last for a long time. It is especially suitable for wet insectivorous plants. It is also the most suitable for mucilaginous insectivorous plants such as caltrop, Cordyceps. It can also be used to dry insectivorous plants by adjusting the formula of basin soil and putting more coarse-grained drainage and breathable matrix.
Insectivorous plant -- Venus Flytrap