Sweet potato bonsai cultivation methods and precautions

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1. Maintenance methods

2. Breeding skills

3. Problem diagnosis and treatment

4. Other issues

Flower pot: Because sweet potatoes are larger, it is better to choose a vase or flower pot with a wider mouth for planting. Temperature: It is necessary to maintain a temperature above 20°C during breeding, which is of great benefit to its growth. Moisture: It requires more moisture and needs to be watered in time during maintenance. Soil: Just choose some loose soil. Its culture soil can be prepared by mixing leaf humus soil, garden soil and river sand.

1. Maintenance methods

1. Flower pots: When cultivating sweet potato bonsai, you can choose flower pots or vases. However, because sweet potatoes are larger in size, when choosing a flower pot, you should choose a flower pot with a larger mouth. When cultivating vase, you should choose a vase with a mouth of 15-20cm, otherwise the sweet potatoes cannot be fixed well.

2. Temperature: In a lower temperature environment, sweet potatoes will grow very slowly. Therefore, during cultivation, the temperature around it should be kept above 20°C.

3. Moisture: Sweet potato bonsai can be grown in water or soil. Breeding. Under water culture conditions, water is usually added to two-thirds of the sweet potatoes, and the water is changed every 2 days. When growing in soil, just keep the soil moist.

4. Soil: Sweet potato bonsai does not have high soil requirements, just normal soil. However, the soil should be loosened regularly to ensure its breathability. A soil combination of leaf humus, garden soil and river sand is most suitable.

2. Breeding skills

1 , Pruning: Sweet potato bonsai has a good ornamental effect, so during its growth process, the denser branches and leaves need to be pruned to give other branches sufficient space to grow, so that they can achieve better ornamental effects.

2. Repot: When the early branches and leaves grow, in order to make the sweet potato potted plants look more lush in the later period, you can choose to replace the pot with a pot mouth of more than 30cm and the higher the better.

3. Problem diagnosis and treatment

1 , Yellow leaves: You can choose to cut off the diseased branches to allow them to grow again, and add a few drops of nutrient solution to avoid similar situations from happening again.

2. Root rot: If root rot occurs when cultivating sweet potatoes in pots, it may be because too much water is added during the cultivation process, causing the roots to rot. At this time, just cut off the rotten part and reduce the amount of water. If extensive rot occurs, it is recommended to re-culture.

IV. Other issues

1 , Edible: Sweet potatoes are edible. Its bonsai is a plant that can be seen and eaten. After it grows young leaves, its young leaves can be eaten, and its soil-grown tubers can be eaten after they are placed in a dry place and the skins are all hardened.

2. Can it be grown in water? It can be grown in water. When growing hydroponics, be sure not to let the water completely cover the sweet potatoes to avoid causing them to fester and die. During maintenance, the water should be changed frequently. During breeding, you can consider adding a few drops of nutrient solution according to the growth.

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