Ivy Seeds Latest Prices and a Detailed Guide to Planting Methods
Ivy is also known as soil-drum vine, sky-piercing wind, triangle wind, etc. It is a perennial evergreen climbing plant of the genus Hedera in the Araliaceae family, with beautiful leaf shapes and evergreen foliage in all four seasons. It is often used for vertical greening in various places in the south, and is mostly planted beside rockeries and at the base of walls, letting it naturally attach and grow vertically or as a cover, achieving the effect of decorating and beautifying the environment. Now let us take a look together at ivy seed prices and planting methods!
How much is a jin of ivy seeds?
The price of ivy seeds is about 30 to 50 yuan per jin, but prices vary depending on seed quality, variety and purchase quantity. However, ivy is generally not propagated by seed; in production, cuttings are often used for propagation, and under greenhouse cultivation conditions cuttings can be taken throughout the year. For home propagation, spring from April to May and autumn from August to September are suitable for cuttings. Besides cuttings, layering can also be used for propagation.
What uses does ivy have?
1. Greening use: Ivy is an important material for indoor hanging cultivation, combined cultivation, green sculpture cultivation and outdoor greening applications. It climbs by means of well-developed adhesive aerial roots, its stems can reach 30 m in length, and its branches and leaves are dense, evergreen in all four seasons, and tolerant of pruning, making it suitable for shaping.
2. Medicinal value: Ivy can dispel wind and promote diuresis, invigorate blood and reduce swelling, calm the liver and remove toxins. It is often used for rheumatism and joint pain, low back pain, traumatic injuries, hepatitis, epistaxis, eye opacity, acute conjunctivitis, nephritic edema, carbuncles and swellings, urticaria, eczema and other conditions.
3. Air purification: Ivy can absorb harmful gases such as benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene. The amount of formaldehyde adsorbed by one pot of ivy is equivalent to the formaldehyde adsorption amount of 10 grams of coconut shell carbon. Keeping a few pots of ivy after new renovations can achieve a very good air-purifying effect.
Propagation methods of ivy
1. Seed propagation: Collect ivy fruit when ripe, pile it for after-ripening, soak and rub it, and dry it in the shade before sowing. It can also be stored mixed with wet sand and sown in spring the following year. After sowing, cover with 1 cm of soil, cover with grass to retain moisture, and build a shade frame after the seedlings emerge. In the second spring, transplant or thin the seedlings and then grow larger plants.
2. Cutting propagation: When taking ivy cuttings, use loose, well-aerated, well-drained sandy soil as the substrate. Cuttings can be taken in spring and autumn. After cutting, keep the soil moist and place it under side-shade conditions. Generally, roots form and the plants survive 20 to 30 days after cutting.
3. Layering propagation: Bury ivy stems and vines in soil or press the stems and vines onto the moist soil surface with stones. After new roots grow at the nodes, cut them into sections of 3 to 5 nodes to encourage new stems and vines to emerge from the leaf axils. After another 30 days of cultivation, they can be transplanted into pots.
Planting methods for ivy
1. Soil: For potted ivy, a mixed culture soil of leaf mold, garden soil and sand is usually used. Before planting, first place decomposed organic fertilizer at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer, cut off overly long and overly dense roots, water thoroughly once after planting, and place in a cool place. After new branches grow, carry out normal management.
2. Temperature: Ivy likes warmth, and the suitable growth temperature is 20 to 25°C. It fears heat and is not cold-tolerant. Therefore, when keeping it indoors, pay attention to ventilation and cooling in summer. In winter, the room temperature should preferably remain above 10°C, and must not be lower than 5°C.
2. Light: Ivy likes light and is also fairly shade-tolerant. When grown under semi-light conditions, the internodes are shorter, the leaf shape is more uniform and the leaf color is brighter. Therefore, it is suitable to grow it in a bright indoor location, but be careful to prevent direct strong light, otherwise it easily causes sunscald.
3. Watering: During the growing season, water ivy by the principle of watering when dry and keeping it moist when wet; do not let the potting soil become excessively moist, otherwise it easily causes root rot and leaf drop. In winter, when room temperature is low, especially control watering and just keep the potting soil slightly moist.
4. Fertilizing: During the growing season, apply dilute cake fertilizer water once every 2 to 3 weeks. Do not fertilize in summer and winter. When fertilizing, never apply nitrogen fertilizer alone. The suitable ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is 1:1:1. In the peak growing season, spray the leaves 1 to 2 times with a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution.
5. Pruning: For newly planted ivy, after buds sprout in spring, pinch off the growing tips to promote branching, and set up a frame to train the shape. It can also be grown as a hanging potted plant. For plants grown for many years, strengthen pruning, thin out overly dense fine weak branches and dead branches, and prevent excessive stems and vines from causing the shape to become disordered.
6. Pests and diseases: The main diseases of ivy include leaf spot, anthracnose, bacterial leaf rot, leaf spot, root rot and phytophthora blight, etc. Among pests, leaf roller borers, scale insects and red spiders are relatively serious. Strengthen management and control during cultivation.