Chapter 259: Forest Vegetation
Zhan Xiaogui and the others were still in this very prosperous and magical forest, and as they walked with Zhan Xiaogui's pace, they found a plate of blood-red Ganoderma lucidum.
Zhan Xiaogui took the first step and took off the super big Ganoderma lucidum in front of everyone.
The so-called Ganoderma lucidum, the taste of sweet and flat, into the heart meridian, can replenish the heart blood, benefit the heart, peace of mind, so it can be used to treat the lack of qi and blood, the mind caused by mental malnutrition, insomnia, palpitations, dreams, forgetfulness, fatigue, lack of food and other symptoms. That is to say, the role and efficacy of this Ganoderma lucidum can be great!
Ganoderma lucidum can be swallowed alone at the end of grinding, or used with angelica, white peony, sour jujube kernel, cypress kernel, longan meat, etc. It can be miraculous for people who cough up wheezing and have a lot of phlegm.
Ganoderma lucidum is sweet and sweet, flat and warm, enters the lung meridian, nourishes lung qi, warms the lungs and dissolves phlegm, relieves cough and asthma, and can often treat phlegm drinking syndrome. It can be used alone or with Codonopsis, Schisandra, dried ginger, Banxia and other qi and lungs, and can be used together with warm and yang medicines.
Ganoderma lucidum also has a very good effect on deficiency fatigue, Ganoderma lucidum has the effect of nourishing qi and blood, so it is commonly used to treat symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath, lack of appetite, cold hands and feet, or irritability and dry mouth, and is often compatible with deficiency tonic drugs such as dogwood, ginseng, and rehmannia rehmannia.
The effect of Ganoderma lucidum is very great, if you have the opportunity to eat some Ganoderma lucidum, it has the effect of treating poor sleep, cough, restlessness and so on. It can also effectively nourish the body, lower blood pressure, and prevent various chronic diseases. Therefore, there are many benefits of eating Ganoderma lucidum.
At this moment, Zhan Xiaogui held such a large plate of wild lingzhi in his arms and gnawed off most of it.
The remaining half had no choice but to score points for the others.
Since everyone got this wild Ganoderma lucidum, they have learned to eat it in Zhan Xiaogui's way.
Zhan Xiaogui's son took half of the Ganoderma lucidum that his father gave him, looked for the old man in the forest for a long time, found the wild onion, and learned to eat it like a farmer's cake wrapped in an onion.
Gradually, everyone found that there were not only these things in this forest, but also many kinds of plants that did not live here at all.
For example, pitcher plants are amazing.
Zhan Xiaogui looked at the tropical Old World plants in front of him that he saw on the Internet before the end of the world, and couldn't help but wonder and said to everyone: "This planting pitcher plant requires loose and breathable, good water retention and drainage, and is generally an acidic cultivation medium.
Generally, you can use two parts of peat and one part perlite formula, or you can use coarse peat or pure water moss alone, and add a small amount of bark, snake sawdust, water moss, volcanic stone, foam blocks, etc. to improve the air permeability of the substrate when planting in large pots, and pad volcanic stones, foam blocks and other large pieces of medium at the bottom of the pot.
It is said that the substrate of pitcher plants grown in some limestone areas is better formulated with limestone (alkaline) pumice mixed with moss or peat. If you use hanging pots for planting, you can use a substrate with good water retention such as moss or peat, only use a small amount or no perlite, and use a piece of peat and a part perlite mixed when planting in a pot, and you can also add other large particles of medium. (Due to the abundance of coconuts in Southeast Asia, coconut pea, shredded coconut, and coconut nuggets are mostly planted, which can also be bought in China, but they are not necessarily suitable.) Depending on the processing process, this type of media may contain a large amount of salt, and only coconut media that has been treated with salt reduction treatment such as long-term rain weathering or water immersion is suitable for planting pitcher plants.
If you want to try it and are not sure about the quality, it is recommended to soak it in water for a few days and change the water many times, only in this way can it be this magical grass planting work" Zhan Xiaogui thought that this kind of grass in front of his eyes was artificially planted.
In terms of moisture, use water with low mineral content, such as rainwater, purified water, etc., and keep the substrate moist and breathable, but not too wet (when there is water on the surface of the substrate, it is a manifestation of water saturation, indicating that the substrate has been wet, and watering should be stopped), so as not to affect the normal growth of roots and even rot roots and cause plant death. Lack of water can cause the plant to become dehydrated and shrivel, the leaves droop, curl or wrinkle in waves, and the developing cage to dry up.
In summer, you can use special air conditioners, modified freezers, chillers, ice cubes, etc. to cool down, and the maximum temperature during the day is controlled at 30 degrees, and below at night, if you can't provide a large temperature difference at night, the growth will be slow, but generally not to die. If there is no condition to put it in an air-conditioned room or other cool place, the growth will stagnate if the temperature is too high, and the cage may also wither.
In terms of light, pitcher plants like to grow in bright places, but whether they need direct sunlight depends on the variety, plant situation, season, temperature and other factors, and to coordinate the relationship between light and temperature and humidity, strong light will increase the temperature and decrease the humidity. Generally, Nepenthes can be exposed to direct sunlight in winter, early spring and late autumn, and in summer it needs to be shaded by a shading net or placed in a very bright astigmatism, and it needs to be avoided from direct sunlight around noon in other seasons. Proper light can make the plant strong, the leaves shiny, and the cage large and bright, but too much light can inhibit growth and even burn the leaves, and the cage cannot grow. Lack of light will make the plant weak and slow to grow, the leaves will be dark green and tender, and the cage will be thin or even unable to develop.
Nutrients: Nepenthes is the largest insectivorous plant and has a high demand for nutrients, and in the wild it mainly relies on catching insects to provide the nutrients it needs. However, when planted artificially, there are often not many insects that can be caught, and additional nutrients need to be provided, and fertilization is generally used. During the growing season, foliar sprays are sprayed 4,000 times with a dilution of universal compound fertilizers or irrigated into cage heights twice a month. Foliar sprays with too much high-nitrogen fertilizer are not recommended and tend to result in very wide leaves and smaller cages.
Pests and diseases: Nepenthes is a tropical plant that is prone to frostbite (brown spots and patches on the leaves) in winter and needs to be kept warm. Long-term dark and humid environment is prone to coal stain disease (black spots on the surface of leaves or stems), which can be directly manually erased or sprayed with broad-spectrum fungicides for prevention and control, and the environment can be adjusted in time. In summer and autumn, it is easy to suffer from thrips damage (curled and rigid buds, gray-brown stripes on both sides of the leaves), which can be evenly sprayed with special insecticides in time for multiple times.
There are two main problems that novices will encounter when planting pitcher plants: insufficient humidity and wilting cages; In winter, Nepenthes gets frostbite and even freezes to death. Therefore, before preparing to plant pitcher plants, you should consider the solutions to the above two problems, so that you can have more fun and less trouble planting in the future!
Cuttings: Use a sharp knife to cut each section of not less than two sections of the stem section from the mother plant is the best, cut the leaves in half, plant in a clean substrate with high-quality moss The best effect, maintain high humidity and bright light can be covered with transparent plastic bags, generally about a month to take root.
After at least two new leaves grow, you can open a hole in the plastic bag, gradually reduce the air humidity, pay attention to the condition of the plant, adjust the size of the opening, such as the leaves are slightly atrophied and dehydrated, indicating that the air humidity drops too fast, the opening should be reduced, so that the plant can adapt to the speed of air humidity drop, until the plastic bag is finally removed, and the normal plant is cultivated together.
Dividing: When the plant is large, a new plant grows from the underground rhizome, and when it grows to more than six leaves, it is separated from the mother plant, and planted in a clean substrate with high humidity. The method of adversity stress, such as cutting the apical bud of the plant, is conducive to the division of plants. ”
From these aspects of Nepenthes, it can be seen that this forest is not suitable for its growth, but it does grow here.