★ Habit of Xiaomi Star: Xiaomi Star is a winter plant, which likes sunshine, dry and cool environment, and is drought-resistant, semi-cloudy and cold-resistant, and avoids damp and stagnant water and moping. The optimum growth temperature is 10-25℃. If it is maintained above 0℃ in winter, it will not freeze to death, and it will hibernate below 5℃, with spring and autumn as the main growth periods. It is suitable to use loose sandy soil with good air permeability and drainage.
Observing the photos, it is found that most of the leaves of this millet star are dry except a few top leaves. Xiaomi Star, like the same money string, is prone to withered leaves. Let's talk about the reason why Xiaomi Star's leaves are dry in the morning:
Overillumination: Xiaomi Star is particularly prone to dry leaves in summer, especially the bottom leaves. The most common reason is exposure. The Xiaomi Star in Chenxi's home has also partially dried up recently. Because the leaves of Xiaomi Star are relatively small, there is not much water storage. If you are exposed to the sun outdoors in summer, it is easy to kill the leaves. Because of the strong ultraviolet rays and high temperature in summer, the leaves dehydrate quickly. Once exposed to the sun, the surface of the leaves will soon be sunburned, resulting in damage to internal cells and drying of the leaves.
Some people like to spray water on leaves, or spray it on the surface of leaves when watering. The temperature of leaves will rise in the sun and burn them. Chenxi recalled that recently I watered Xiaomi Star, and there was water on the leaves from top to bottom.
Consumption or serious water shortage during dormancy: millet will go into dormancy when the temperature exceeds 30 degrees in summer. During dormancy, the roots will not absorb water, and the leaves will be gradually consumed. At first, the leaves at the bottom were dry and withered, but not so serious. Your millet leaves are too dry to eat, but the possibility of long-term water control is not ruled out. If the water is controlled too hard, the leaves will not be replenished with water for a long time, and serious consumption will occur in the environment of high temperature and scorching sun in summer.
The topic owner can carefully recall whether he didn't avoid the leaves when watering, or was caught in the rain. If you water or bask in the sun after getting wet, it is most likely to cause the leaves to dry.
★ Xiaomi Star maintains dry goods in summer.
Dry goods 1: Avoid sun and rain.
In summer, Xiaomi Star is dormant, even if it is not dormant, its growth rate is slow, its leaves will wilt and soften to varying degrees, and some bottom leaves may dry up. So try to avoid exposure, reduce the speed of self-consumption of leaves, and don't expose yourself after getting wet.
Dry goods 2: Does Xiaomi star water in summer? How to water it?
Does Xiaomi Xing water in summer? Of course, if you don't water it all summer, don't say that the leaves are dry and the roots may dry up and die. Therefore, even if it is dormant, it should be watered more or less. When watering Xiaomi Star in summer, try to choose the night, either soak the basin in half or water it while sliding. This can not only ensure that the root system will not dry up and die in hot summer, but also prevent the leaves from getting wet.
Millet Star is a succulent plant, belonging to Cynanchum Bermudagrass. Its fleshy leaves are triangular, facing each other and looking like little stars. Its branches are slender but lignified. It belongs to winter species and has the characteristics of short dormancy period, good cold tolerance and short-term low temperature tolerance during high temperature in summer. Cutting is the main propagation method.
The phenomenon that the lower branches of Xiaomi Star turn black is very common. Accurately speaking, it should be common in the succulents of Celosia, such as Qianchuan, Cross Star, Su Xing, Fire Sacrifice, Red Ghost Town and so on. And this phenomenon occurs to varying degrees after the cultivation of old piles, especially in summer. This phenomenon is called "slow disease" by succulent plant lovers. The reason is more complicated, on the one hand, the branches gradually lignified due to normal consumption, on the other hand, it is also related to sunburn, water accumulation and black rot caused by poor ventilation.
Based on the pictures you provided and the current climate conditions, personally, we should mainly consider the lignification and sunburn of branches, because Xiaomi Star is a winter variety and is not resistant to high temperature. Because there is no timely shading, plus sunburn and dehydration caused by exposure, the leaves are consumed very quickly, so the leaves are dry and carbonized. It is suggested to move to a cool and ventilated place for maintenance, slightly clean up the dead leaves on the branches and resume normal watering. Although it is ugly now, it will be beautiful after autumn! In addition, Xiaomi Xing is a cuttable variety. If you don't like the feeling of bare branches below, you can also prune some branches for cutting propagation when the weather turns cold, and they will explode soon after survival.
Xiaomi xing likes sunny, warm and dry environment, but can also tolerate semi-shade, so summer is not suitable for exposure. During the growth period, the soil in the basin can be kept slightly moist, and thin fertilizer should be applied frequently, but it should not be too wet in hot summer and cold winter to avoid black rot of roots. For group popcorn, it can also be transplanted to different pots in spring, which is beneficial to reduce nutrient consumption, keep the plant well ventilated and help reduce the phenomenon of black branches!
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Thanks for inviting "Wei Xiaorou is a pig"! Millet star, a succulent plant of Cynodon dactylon, has fleshy triangular leaves, opposite and no petiole. The new leaves are stacked up and down, and there is a gap between the old leaves, which looks like stars in the sky. The leaves are grayish green to light green with red edges. The stems are fleshy and erect, and will become semi-lignified after long-term planting.
Xiaomi star is easy to raise. I have one from six small heads, and now the crown width has exceeded 15 cm. According to the number of heads, there are at least seventy or eighty! I use ordinary granular soil for the cultivation of Xiaomi Star, and the proportion of particles is about 70%. This soil configuration will make me have no scruples when watering. For example, when the temperature reached 35℃ a few days ago, I still poured it directly with water, and there was no problem at all. Of course, if the temperature is higher, I will still control the water for it. Not afraid of 10 thousand, just afraid of one thousand. In summer, if the risk of high temperature and high humidity in the soil is very high, it is better to be careful.
There may be several reasons why the subject's Xiaomi Star has become like this:
1. overexposed. Xiaomi Star is a succulent variety and can't stand the sun exposure. If the temperature is too high in summer, you must shade yourself properly. If you are directly exposed to the hot sun, the leaves will be sunburned within a few hours, and then the plants will dry up and shrink, and finally die directly from the sun. If the subject's Xiaomi Star has been exposed to the sun recently, move it to a cool and ventilated environment for maintenance, and clean up all withered branches. After a period of maintenance, it should be able to recover.
2. Excessive lignification of stems. Xiaomi Star can't control too much water during normal maintenance. When the bottom leaves begin to soften, they need to be replenished immediately. If it is dry for a long time, it will lead to excessive lignification of its bottom stem, and then it will not be able to transport water normally. Finally, the branches above will slowly dry up and die. It is suggested that the subject check the stalk at the bottom of Xiaomi Star. If it has been completely lignified, it can only be beheaded and replanted, otherwise it can only wait for the whole plant to wither slowly.
3. There is something wrong with the root system. We usually say that the problem of fleshy roots will be reflected in leaves, and so will Xiaomi Xing. If its roots have problems, for example, it dies because it has not been watered for too long, then the branches on it will slowly die without absorbing water and nutrients. If the subjects have not exposed Xiaomi Star to the sun before, and the stems have not been over-lignified, then only the root system may have problems. It is necessary to remove the soil to repair the roots, then disinfect and dry the roots and replant them. Xiaomi Star itself takes root slowly, and it will be infinitely enlarged if the temperature is too high in summer. In order to improve its rooting speed and survival rate, it is suggested that it should be maintained in an air-conditioned room.