The back garden blooms a lot of flowers, through the curved corridor, the corridor is planted with spring flowers, the flowers have gone, only the bent and vigorous green leaves that stretch everywhere with its delicate and gentle set off the roughness of the corridor to make it have a unique charm. At the end of the corridor is a wide hall, behind which plantain and bamboo are planted, and the scene of banana in the rain makes people yearn for it. There are two crape myrtle trees on both sides of the hall, there is a big flower pot on both sides of the front of the hall, two half-person high iron trees are planted in the pot, there is a pool of blue color in front of the hall, and a corner of the pool is planted with water lilies, quiet and elegant. There is a water pavilion in the west of the pool, there is a Xuan in the south, there is a chair in the Xuan, there is a pomegranate tree next to the Xuan, and the pomegranate flowers are blooming brightly. Xuan's road east of the strange shape of the rockery piled up into a rockery, next to the rockery there is a wide magnolia with the house shoulder to shoulder, the leaves are large and dense. There are groups of bamboos in the back, and a pavilion on the rockery.

Miss Six and Ju'er came to the water pavilion, where there were tables and chairs, and the maids quickly arranged and served tea and pastries.

"I don't know how Lan Gu Liang is proficient in raising flowers, I don't know how Gu Liang can save the withered tree? My brother came back and said it was amazing. Sangu Liang asked.

"Miscommunication," Zhao Lan said embarrassedly, "that begonia tree is not dead in the first place, so it can't be saved." ”

"I heard that the leaves of the trees are about to fall off, and they were originally going to be thrown away by the eldest brother."

"Although the leaves of the tree have fallen off, it is not that the tree is going to die, I saw that the potting soil was very wet, and I guess it was watered too much. If you water too much, the leaves will turn yellow and lose their leaves. If some measures are taken in time, it will not be in the way to take good care of it. ”

"Too much water?" The third aunt asked in confusion.

"Hmm." Zhao Lan continued to explain, "Flowers can't be watered too much, too much water can't be absorbed, and the leaves can't transpire too much water vapor, and if there is not enough oxygen in the soil, they will suffocate." If it is not serious, you can suspend watering first, and then you can loosen the potting soil, put the pot in a cool and ventilated place, let the water evaporate faster, and wait for the moisture in the soil to dry, and then maintain normally. ”

"What if it's serious?" An old man's voice came from the side of the water pavilion.

"Grandpa, didn't you go out with Grandpa Jiang?" Sangu Liang hurriedly stood up and asked respectfully. Zhao Lan also followed the third lady and stood with her head bowed respectfully, and the third Guliang and others and Zhao Shen's Ju'er also stood there one after another. Although Liugu Liang loves to talk, he does not move forward.

"Hmmm! Halfway is back. The old man said, "It was this Gu Liang who spoke just now, what is this?" ”

"This is Zhao Guliang, she returned the begonia last time."

"Zhao Guliang, please move outside the house, I want to ask Gu Liang if I have some questions. You guys play yours. After speaking, Mrs. Liu waved her hand back, and walked out of the water pavilion with her hands behind her back. Sangu Liang nodded at Zhao Lan, looked at Zhao Lan and turned her face slightly outward, and motioned for Zhao Lan to follow out. Zhao Lan couldn't pretend not to understand, looking at Zhao Shen's worried face, she could only look at Zhao Shen, nodded and appeased slightly, and then went out. I could only hear Sangu Liang explain to Zhao Shen in a whisper.

Old lady Liu was dressed in a dark brown robe, no different from ordinary people, only a piece of jade was hung around her waist. The texture of jade is dense and delicate, as white as mutton fat. The jade is carved with intricate ornamentation. Old lady Liu is slightly chubby, but her face is kind but with the majesty of a superior. At this moment, he asked Zhao Lan with curiosity. "Gu Liang's words just now don't seem to be finished, what should I do if I water too much, what should I do if the situation is serious?"

Zhao Lan stood up and walked out of the water pavilion one step behind Master Liu, stood in the courtyard, and replied respectfully: "This water is too much, and the situation is serious, then you need to take the plants out of the soil, cut off the rotten roots, disinfect them, and replant them." ”

"Take it out, cut off the roots, can this still live?" Old Man Liu frowned and thought while repeating Zhao Lan's words.

"It is to cut off the rotten roots, if it is not all rotten, you don't have to cut it all, if the roots of some plants are all rotten, you can also cut off all the roots, so that it can be re-rooted, but it is slightly more difficult to cut the hair roots. If the begonias are all rotten, it won't work. ”

"Can you still get the roots after cutting it all?" Master Liu asked with a little disbelieving.

"Well, some plants are fine." Zhao Lan said.

In fact, since I learned that there are 2.0 wall cuttings, water cuttings, and so on. Hair roots are no longer a problem.

"That begonia tree was cut and re-rooted?" Master Liu continued to ask.

Zhao Lan shook her head and said with a smile: "That's not true, that begonia is not serious." Just loosened the soil. After two days the situation did not get worse, so there was no need to remove the pruning roots. ”

"Is that so? I have a gentleman's orchid with yellow and dry leaves, and I have not been willing to throw it, and the decay is estimated to be a problem with the roots, can this situation be saved? ”

Zhao Lan was a little embarrassed and said: "This, I didn't see this and I don't know much about the specific situation." As soon as Zhao Lan's words fell, Master Liu answered: "Then please ask Gu Liang to go with the old man to have a look." ”

Zhao Lan nodded and said, "I want to tell my mother." ”

"That's easy to say, Fu'an, you go and report that Guliang went with me to see the flowers. There's no need to rush. ”

"Yes, sir." The middle-aged man on the side half-bent down and agreed, and turned around to go to the water pavilion.

Master Liu still walked forward unhurriedly with his hands behind his back and said: "My Junzi Orchid, it has only been two months since I bought it, and the leaves have grown a little bit when I first came, and then they don't grow, and then later, the leaves are always dry, and the old man thought about whether the water was too little, so he watered it two or three times, and it was still so dry and not getting better, and the leaves below were yellow in the past two days." According to Gu Liang's statement, I think it was watered too much. The old decay didn't dare to touch it! As the saying goes, if a tree dies, a man lives. I'm afraid it will die faster, but I'm so anxious that I can't eat. In the end, Mrs. Liu wiped her beard.

Typical people who can't control their hands. You can't be impatient when planting flowers, some people look at it every day, and they can't wait to spend it every day. How could it! For example, from seeing the flowers to fully blooming, it takes ten days and half a month to do it. Zhao Lan could only continue with the words: "It is possible, although it is said that the tree moves the dead and the person is alive, but it also depends on the situation, sometimes you still have to take it out to see, whether it is really not good, or can it be saved." Most of the plants have rotten roots, so they are useless, so they can only be pruned and cuttings. Maybe the variety can be left. ”

Master Liu said helplessly: "What Gu Liang said is quite reasonable, the old man didn't hear such a practice before, and he didn't dare to take it out." And what is this pruning cutting? ”

Zhao Lan nodded and said: "There are many people who dare not take out the plants, for fear of being hurt a second time. Bad operation can indeed bring a second injury. This pruning cuttings are to pick strong branches from the plant and cut them and insert them in the soil or water to let them take root. ”

It is true that many people are reluctant to take out the plants, but there are also many people who don't care, they like to take out the roots to see if the roots are good, and the plants that are okay are all right. Cuttings are not what many people do, many people just cut them in the soil, and the survival rate is very low.

"Second injury? That's a good statement. The old man has heard of pruning cuttings for the first time. Can you live? Master Liu thought for a while and said.

"If you do it correctly, most of them can be lived, which is a good way to preserve the variety."

Walk through the rockery, walk through a narrow passage, and turn into a small garden, which is also very elegant. The eaves of the three rooms are exposed under the shade of trees in the garden, and when you walk in, there is a small square table in the middle of the two Taishi chairs on the east wall.

"It's this one, the two leaves below are yellow, and the whole one is listless." Master Liu took down the Junzi Orchid from the flower stand and handed it to Zhao Lan.

Zhao Lan touched the soil, the soil was not wet, and it was estimated that there was more water in the early stage and the roots were rotten. Zhao Lan weighed it and said: "This Junzi Orchid is not in good condition, and I can't guarantee that it will survive, so I can only try it." ”

Master Liu was very generous: "It's okay, the old man planned to throw it a few days ago, but he couldn't bear it all the time." Gu Liang just do her best, rest assured. ”

Zhao Lan carefully held the plant with her hands, and slowly fell down a little bit. The soil is relatively soft, and it will break away from the pot with a light force. Scattered the soil, three or four roots have already rotted most of them, but fortunately they are not rotten. After cutting the rotten roots, it is still possible to refresh the roots.

Zhao Lan pointed to the roots of Junzilan and said, "Grandpa Liu, look, this root is all black, and only these two roots have a little white root on them." It is true that the water has been poured too much and the roots have rotted. ”

"The roots are white!" Master Liu looked at Zhao Lan, who was so close, and touched the black root and said, "The black one is indeed rotten, soft as mud." The white one is quite hard. ”

"Yes, the black ones are rotten and should be cut off, and the white ones are good roots, should they be cut off?" Zhao Lan lowered her head and asked.

"Since it's broken, of course it's going to be cut." Master Liu instructed: "Fuqiang, go find a pair of scissors."

"Yes, sir."

Master Liu leaned over and looked at the rotten roots that were more than half of them, and frowned and asked, "If you cut off the rotten roots, you will have such a little white root left, can you live?" ”

"If you can live, isn't there still a little root? The white roots will branch out and grow, however, the leaves may not grow for a month or so. When the roots grow, the leaves will grow. ”

"That's right." Master Liu stroked his beard and said.

The scissors came, and Zhao Lan cleaned up all the rotten roots. Put it there to dry the roots. There is no disinfectant, and the others don't know how to disinfect, so they can only dry the roots, and they can only look at the sky.

After finishing these, Zhao Lan washed her hands and said: "These two days are like this to dry the roots, wait for two days, change the original soil and mix the new soil one to one, plant, and then water thoroughly after three days, and it is estimated that there will be no need to water it for ten days and half a month." ”

"Just leave it like this for two days, won't you die? Replant in two days? Master Liu asked uneasily.

"Be patient when planting flowers. If you don't dry the roots, you will continue to rot the roots if you plant them. Freshly planted soil may damage the roots, so it should be watered after two or three days. Because there are few roots, it is estimated that it should not be watered for ten days and half a month. It depends. ”

"It turns out that this is what the Gentleman's Orchid is!" Master Liu suddenly realized.