Container selection of potted Cycas

Potted Cycas is suitable for tile pots and shallow pots, and it is best not to use deep pots. The advantages of using shallow pots are: on the one hand, it highlights the stem of Cycas, causing a tall visual effect; In addition, the shallow basin contains less soil, which can inhibit the overgrowth of leaves. Commonly used potted Cycas containers include tile pots, pottery pots, plastic pots, wooden barrels, etc

Soil treatment of potted Cycas

Potted Cycas has high requirements for soil. It can be made by mixing peat soil or humus soil, adding an appropriate amount of river sand and a small amount of bone powder, or using rotten leaf soil, vegetable garden soil and pond mud, and adding an appropriate amount of rotten organic fertilizer. The appropriate pH value is about 5-6.5. If the basin soil is too acidic, it can be adjusted by adding an appropriate amount of lime powder or plant ash. On the contrary, an appropriate amount of sulfur powder, aluminum sulfate or ferrous sulfate can be added. Before use, it is also necessary to disinfect the basin soil. The specific measures include boiling the basin soil in water for 1-2 hours to disinfect, or spraying 40% formalin evenly and then stacking the cover film for disinfection for at least two days

Pot Cycas upper pot

First, take two pieces of broken tiles and put them in the shape of "entering" and pad them on the drainage hole of the container. It is best to put a layer of coarse stones at the bottom of the basin, with a thickness of about 3-5cm. It is better to control the reasonable soil covering depth, just past the root and neck. After planting, sufficient root setting water shall be poured in time and placed in the shade for curing for 1-2 weeks. After that, certain light shall be given. Generally, normal management can be carried out after 1 month

Pot Cycas for pot

Generally speaking, the pots are changed once a year during the young seedling period, once every 2-3 years for the middle seedling and once every 4-5 years for the big seedling

The pot change of Cycas is suitable to be carried out in early spring when the new leaves have not grown and the temperature is stable at about 15 ℃. In the process of changing pots, it is necessary to compact the soil around the plants. In case of medium and large seedlings, it is also necessary to remove decayed roots and part of the old soil, but it is necessary to avoid breaking soil lumps. The soil surface after planting should be about 3-5cm lower than the basin edge, so as to ensure the space for watering and root expansion< span>