Daily maintenance of Chlorophytum

Watering: < / b > Chlorophytum is a fleshy root with strong water retention ability. It is afraid of waterlogging and drought. Even if it is not watered for 10 days and a half months, it will not die. Watering every day may rot its roots! Usually it's OK to water once every 5 or 6 days. Chlorophytum likes a humid environment. It sprays water once every morning and evening to prevent the dry tip of leaves

Illumination: < / b > Chlorophytum likes a semi cloudy environment. It's best to have scattered light. You can put it near the window in the living room. Chlorophytum had better be put together with other flowers and plants, so the air humidity is high and it is not easy to dry sharp yellow leaves

Fertilizer: < / b > fertilizer is essential for Chlorophytum to grow well. Pour thin cake fertilizer water once a month or bury compound fertilizer particles in the soil. When using compound fertilizer particles, do not let the compound fertilizer particles touch the root system of Chlorophytum

Changing basin of Chlorophytum

Time for changing pots: < / b > Chlorophytum grows faster, and the pots need to be changed once in about 2 ~ 3 years. If the pots are not changed, the nutrients in the original pots will be consumed, and the growth of Chlorophytum will also be affected

Steps for changing basin:

1. Take off the basin: after stopping watering for a period of time, carefully separate the Chlorophytum from the basin

2. Root pruning: cut off old roots, withered roots and residual roots

3. Applying base fertilizer: when changing pots, you can bury some base fertilizer at the bottom of the new flowerpot, such as slow-release fertilizer, chicken manure and other organic fertilizers

4. After putting it into the basin again, put the Chlorophytum in a cool and ventilated place and maintain it normally after it slows down

Ramets of Chlorophytum

Timing of rametting: < / b > when Chlorophytum grows vigorously, it will branch out and grow small Chlorophytum, so we can use these small Chlorophytum to ramet

Steps of rametting:

1. Find the newly born small Chlorophytum and cut it off

2. Select a flowerpot with a large permeable hole, put newspapers and tiles on the bottom to cover the permeable hole, and put a layer of ceramsite on the bottom as a drainage layer

3. Bury the small Chlorophytum in loose and fertile soil. It doesn't need to be buried too deep. It can be 1-2 cm and watered thoroughly. Put the planted Chlorophytum in a cool and ventilated place, and it can be maintained normally after about a week

Treatment of rotten roots of Chlorophytum

Treatment method of slight rotten root: < / b > the slight rotten root of Chlorophytum usually shows that the leaves wither and turn yellow. If there is slight root rot in Chlorophytum, it is likely to be the cause of excessive watering. At this time, reduce the number of watering and often take the flowers out to bask in the sun

Treatment of serious rotten roots: < / b > if the rotten roots of Chlorophytum are serious, take off the basin first, cut off the rotten roots with a sterilized sharp knife, then apply the rest with rooting agent and replace with new soil, and new roots will grow soon

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