Growth habit of moonlight

Native to Africa. Like warm, dry and semi cloudy environment. Drought resistance, fear of ponding, avoid strong light

Favorite temperature: 18-24 ℃

Watering: once a week during the growth period

Light: slightly resistant to darkness

Propagation: cutting

Pest: whitefly

Combination suggestion: hongzhiyu, Huangli

Planting and maintenance skills of moonlight

Maintenance skills of moonlight

Pot soil: change the pot every early spring. The pot soil is a mixture of rotten leaf soil, culture soil and coarse sand, with a small amount of bone meal added

Watering: watering once a week during the growth period and once every 2-3 weeks at other times. Keep the basin soil slightly dry in winter

Fertilization: fertilize once a month with diluted cake fertilizer and water or "Huiyou 15-15-30 potted flower special fertilizer"

Pests and diseases: when the indoor ventilation is poor, it is easy to be damaged by whitefly. It can be sprayed with 1500 times of 50% fenitrothion EC

Moonlight reproduction

Cutting: in the growth period, it is better to select leaves in spring and autumn, cut them with a short stem, dry them and insert them in the sand bed. The soil cutting temperature is 20-22 ℃, and the roots are born 15-20 days after cutting. Cutting can also be used to cut off 4-5 leaves at the top, dry them and insert them into the sand bed. After healing for about 20-25 days, they will take root