The hot summer is coming! Summer is one of the most difficult seasons for meat lovers, and it is also the most troublesome time for flower lovers. Water control of succulent plants has always been a hot topic among flower friends. Water control in summer is even more popular among the hot topics, and flower friends also have their own views on water control. This article is from some flower friends' views on water control of succulent plants in summer. These experiences are worth learning for those who have difficulties in controlling water.
Succulent plants control water (summer) succulent plants control water (summer) first of all, about water - succulent plants are drought tolerant, not drought loving. Sufficient water (of course, not too much ~) is a good thing for any creature. Drought tolerance is just a matter of last resort and a habit of last resort.
Secondly, temperature - whether high or low temperature will inhibit the activity of biological enzymes and other proteins, so that the growth rate will slow down, but only slow down, not stop. Any living thing, as long as it does not die, has metabolism, even seeds, and respiration.
Therefore, at any time, meat needs water, and once the lack of water for a long time, the root hair will dry and die. So, even if it's dormant in summer, we still need to water it properly... Of course, this should also raise a series of questions. Please continue to read patiently
1、 Why control water in summer?
Firstly, the biological activity of plants is reduced, and the water demand is indeed reduced; secondly, or most importantly, to prevent black rot.
High temperature can not only reduce the activity of plants, but also provide the best breeding temperature for fungi. Especially when the water is sufficient, the basin soil is a paradise for fungi. Therefore, plants are easy to rot in summer. In order to prevent black rot, some people came up with a way to control or even cut off water, because it's impossible for any organism to lose water, and it's the same for fungi. Without water, they can't reproduce, so they won't be black rot.
However, this is a way to hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred by oneself - it will eventually cause the leaves to shrink due to lack of water, or even drop, and the root hairs will dry up and die. It's like this:
1. Healthy root hair will not rot when it meets with fungi, because the cell wall itself is the protective layer, which can prevent fungal infection (this is also the reason why the root needs to be dried after root pruning to let the wound heal and then put into the basin). When the water is not enough, the root hair that is too dry will be destroyed because it is dry and dead, which is equivalent to our skin with wound. When we meet with water (bacteria in the water), it will rot. So, when you water next time, because the root hair is injured, the fungus immediately takes advantage of the weakness, and soon becomes black and rotten. ——This is why some people obviously control the water, but once in a while, the water turns black and rotten. Then they scold the sky and blame themselves for not controlling who well. In fact, they don't have to control well. If not controlled at the beginning, the root hair will not be injured, and the subsequent watering will not cause black rot.
2. As for dormancy, I'm afraid most people think that dormancy means that plants become dead and fall into silence completely. It seems that this is a subjective behavior. But in fact, the so-called dormancy is the expression of enzyme and protein activity decreasing under the influence of temperature. They don't know the seasons. They don't decide to sleep when summer comes and wake up in autumn.
The so-called dormancy is just because the activity of enzymes and proteins is affected by the high temperature, so the metabolic rate is reduced. When the temperature is appropriate, the enzyme activity will be released to the maximum, and the activity will be activated immediately. This is a real-time dynamic process, not a process that lasts for one season (in winter, when the temperature is over 40 degrees, the metabolic rate of the plant decreases, and it immediately enters the so-called dormancy state). No creature will fall into complete silence at any stage, that is, there is no complete dormancy at all.
Succulent dormant in summer
3. The above is the premise, then, in the 24 hours of summer, 40 degrees is just a few hours, in the early morning, evening, late night when the temperature is below 35 or even 30, the plants will still be active, still think about drinking water well, and grow well. However, due to the control of water, do not water, they want to drink, can only sleep silently, not long. What's more, the root hairs are destroyed at this time. Even if there is water, they can't drink it. They can only drink a big lump of fungi. ——As a result, many people said that I watered them, but they didn't see the leaves firm. They got angry again and said firmly, "in summer, there is a lot of meat, and it really will completely dormant" - in fact, they are forced by you. They want to grow, but you don't water them. They're alive, but you think he's completely silent.
After a summer, the plants that keep the root hair healthy grow a little bit secretly every day, even if it's slow, it's big; but yours is still so small. Once autumn comes and the temperature is right, plants with healthy root hair will grow again immediately. After one day, plants will be big and beautiful (but in fact, the beauty of state is also unhealthy for plants, which needs to be posted separately). Your plants should first consume leaves to restore root growth, which is equivalent to taking the basin again. When the root hair grows out, then they can replenish the leaves, and then they can grow Finally, it's back to the size before summer, and winter is coming. Even, when you think autumn is coming, you can be served by big water. Because the root hair is damaged, it is black and rotten. Even if it's the so-called safe summer, the same kind of seed has been sown. After one or two years, people have sent photos to see that it's almost finished, even as beautiful as Laozhuang. But you, silently looking at the wrinkled leaves the same size as grapes, suddenly kick and say to yourself: "Damn, I've been cheated. I'm sure the seeds (seedlings) are wrong. Otherwise, how can they be different What about it? "
Water control by succulent plants (summer)
2、 How can we let the plants moisten without the root hair dying, and the fungi will not take advantage of it?
First of all, healthy root hair can resist the invasion of fungi to a certain extent, so, first of all, to ensure the health of root hair, then water can not be cut off. After all, high temperature reduces the biological activity of plants at this time, so it does not need too much water. Too much water can only make fungi easier to reproduce. Therefore, we need to control the amount of watering, do not irrigate the basin, let the root soak in the water, as long as pouring circles along the basin wall, the surrounding soil is wet, the water will infiltrate along the soil to the center, so that the water will not be too much, and the fungi will not have a good breeding base.
Secondly, due to the high temperature in summer and sometimes strong wind, the evaporation of water is very fast. In order to ensure the root of moisture, it is necessary to increase the frequency of watering. That's right! In spring and autumn, there is less evaporation, and more water is absorbed by plants, so the watering interval is long; in summer, most of the water is evaporated, and there is less watering, so the watering frequency should be increased. In contrast, the total amount of watering may be much more in summer, not less.
Finally, once every ten days and a half a month, you can use hymexazol (hymexazol, not carbendazim, hymexazol) to disinfect the soil better, and it can also promote the growth of roots. This is a good product. Sooner or later, it will replace Carbendazim and become the mainstream fungicide). When all the fungi are dead, it's also very important to be black and rotten.
As long as it is not ponding, then under the conditions of light, wind and the upper and lower air permeability of the upper basin soil, the existence of water will only make your basin soil cool down because of evaporation. Of course, if there is water, it's the steamer. When the root is ripe, the fungus just goes down.
Add a little more time for watering: in the evening. In this way, after one night's evaporation, your water will evaporate several percent, and it won't become a steamer in the midday sun.
There is only one principle I sum up: when the soil surface is dry, it should be watered to keep the soil moist but not wet, and damp but not waterlogged. Don't leave the soil dry or waterlogged for too long. If it's windy at night, try pouring it through. But make sure it's at night, not in the morning. Because it is the hot sun that greets the early morning and the cool late night that greets the evening.
Water control by succulent plants (summer)
3、 On basis;
There are so many things mentioned above. It's just a pure theory. To do something, you have to have "reason" and "evidence". Here, at most, it's a "reason". What about the "evidence" that is said well?
This is what I do now: when the topsoil is dry, I water it immediately. Because of the lack of water and large evaporation, the same pot of plants should be watered almost every other day. If the temperature is high and the wind is strong, I water it every night. At the same time, due to the different sizes of pots, the different evaporation rates of water and the different drying time, I actually water different kinds of pots every day. When I water them, it's inevitable that my hands are cheap. When I see the slightly dry but obviously dark red clay on the pavement, I still water them.
Even so, so far, no one has died. Moreover, after my beheading in June (about it), my several apprentices all made a lot of heads and became bulls. In summer, they have been growing healthily (because they are new budding heads, so it can be clearly judged that they are growing up) - of course, they grow relatively slowly, only when autumn comes, they grow rapidly, and then they are pseudo old It's too late...
Finally, if you just want not to die, then simply cut off the water, not to control the water, but to completely cut off the water, because it may be better to cut off the water, and in the future, please add bactericide for the first watering; and if you have a little bit of pursuit, to keep the meat healthy all year round, with the best growth and state, then, please water in summer, do not control the water, do not let the soil Dry, the difference between summer and spring and autumn is only the amount and frequency of watering each time, rather than deliberately not watering, which is harmful to its life.
Black mage in dormancy