How to grow potted umbrella tree (Schefflera arboricola)? Detailed care guide

These days many people like to grow some fresh, green plants indoors. That's because growing green plants not only purifies indoor air and protects human health; it also beautifies the environment and makes the whole room feel poetic and picturesque. So growing plants indoors has plenty of benefits. But do you know how to grow a potted umbrella tree and the care methods for umbrella tree? If not, read on below.
Umbrella tree, also known as Schefflera octophylla and dwarf umbrella tree, is an evergreen shrub of the Araliaceae family, with many branches and fairly dense branch distribution, palmately compound leaves, and deep green, glossy leaf blades. The flowers are relatively small, white, inconspicuous, and fragrant, with the flowering period between winter and spring. Because of its strong adaptability, ability to tolerate low-light environments, and good ornamental effect, and because its leaves can absorb nicotine and other harmful substances diffused in the air and convert them into harmless substances through photosynthesis, it has become one of the most popular indoor potted plants in the world, suitable for hotels, conference rooms, halls, homes, and so on.
  
 ●Propagation methods
  Cuttage propagation: carried out from April to September each year. Cut 8-10 cm long one-year-old terminal branches and remove the lower leaves, then insert them into a sand bed, keep moist, with room temperature at around 25°C; after insertion, they can root in 30-40 days.
  Seed propagation: from April to May each year, use indoor pot sowing; the suitable germination temperature is an indoor temperature of 20-25°C, keep the potting soil moist, and they germinate 15-20 days after sowing.
  
 ●Cultivation management pots
  For planting umbrella tree, 15-20 cm pots are commonly used, with plenty of broken tiles or broken bricks placed at the bottom of the pot to help drainage. During the plant's growing period, fertilize once every half month or use Huiyou 20-8-20 four-season high potassium nitrate fertilizer. In summer, use a 70% shade net for shading; in winter, no shading is needed. When leggy branches sprout, pay attention to shaping and pruning. Young plants are mainly for shaping. When old plants become too large, carry out heavy pruning to readjust. Young plants are repotted every spring, and adult plants are repotted once every 2 years.
  
 ●Pest and disease control mainly includes leaf spot and anthracnose damage, which can be sprayed with 10% fungicide 401 acetic acid solution at 1000 times dilution. Pests mainly include scale insect damage, which can be killed by spraying with 40% omethoate emulsifiable concentrate at 1000 times dilution.
  
  The above points are how to grow a potted umbrella tree and the care methods for umbrella tree. Have you all learned them? If you have, you might as well try growing one at home, because Dendrobium officinale is a precious plant and will be very helpful to everyone's health.

How to grow potted umbrella tree, care methods for umbrella tree

These days many people like to grow some fresh, green plants indoors. That's because growing green plants not only purifies indoor air and protects human health; it also beautifies the environment and makes the whole room feel poetic and picturesque. So growing plants indoors has plenty of benefits. But do you know how to grow a potted umbrella tree and the care methods for umbrella tree? If not, read on below.
Umbrella tree, also known as Schefflera octophylla and dwarf umbrella tree, is an evergreen shrub of the Araliaceae family, with many branches and fairly dense branch distribution, palmately compound leaves, and deep green, glossy leaf blades. The flowers are relatively small, white, inconspicuous, and fragrant, with the flowering period between winter and spring. Because of its strong adaptability, ability to tolerate low-light environments, and good ornamental effect, and because its leaves can absorb nicotine and other harmful substances diffused in the air and convert them into harmless substances through photosynthesis, it has become one of the most popular indoor potted plants in the world, suitable for hotels, conference rooms, halls, homes, and so on.
  
 ●Propagation methods
  Cuttage propagation: carried out from April to September each year. Cut 8-10 cm long one-year-old terminal branches and remove the lower leaves, then insert them into a sand bed, keep moist, with room temperature at around 25°C; after insertion, they can root in 30-40 days.
  Seed propagation: from April to May each year, use indoor pot sowing; the suitable germination temperature is an indoor temperature of 20-25°C, keep the potting soil moist, and they germinate 15-20 days after sowing.
  
 ●Cultivation management pots
  For planting umbrella tree, 15-20 cm pots are commonly used, with plenty of broken tiles or broken bricks placed at the bottom of the pot to help drainage. During the plant's growing period, fertilize once every half month or use Huiyou 20-8-20 four-season high potassium nitrate fertilizer. In summer, use a 70% shade net for shading; in winter, no shading is needed. When leggy branches sprout, pay attention to shaping and pruning. Young plants are mainly for shaping. When old plants become too large, carry out heavy pruning to readjust. Young plants are repotted every spring, and adult plants are repotted once every 2 years.
  
 ●Pest and disease control mainly includes leaf spot and anthracnose damage, which can be sprayed with 10% fungicide 401 acetic acid solution at 1000 times dilution. Pests mainly include scale insect damage, which can be killed by spraying with 40% omethoate emulsifiable concentrate at 1000 times dilution.
  
  The above points are how to grow a potted umbrella tree and the care methods for umbrella tree. Have you all learned them? If you have, you might as well try growing one at home, because Dendrobium officinale is a precious plant and will be very helpful to everyone's health.

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Methods, techniques and precautions for potting umbrella tree

The potted umbrella tree has emerald-green, glossy leaves and luxuriant branches and foliage, with particularly high ornamental value. It is suitable for placing in a study or living room, and is a favorite green foliage plant for many people in daily life. However, people do not know much about the method of making it into a potted plant and the precautions to note when growing it. Today, the editor will specially introduce it to everyone.

1. Preparing the potting soil

When making umbrella tree into a potted plant at home, the preparation of the potting soil is particularly important. Be sure to prepare some loose, fertile soil for it, preferably mixing leaf mold, peat soil and garden soil in a certain proportion. In addition, when mixing the potting soil, also add an appropriate amount of cake fertilizer as base fertilizer.

2. Potting and planting

When making umbrella tree into a potted plant, the potting and planting method is also very important. At this time, be sure to choose healthy, sturdy seedlings, and transplant them into the flowerpot before the seedlings sprout in spring or late autumn. After transplanting, water thoroughly and firm the soil, and place it in a semi-shady environment with weaker sunlight. After ten days, move it to a suitable environment for growing.

1. If a plastic flowerpot is chosen when making umbrella tree into a potted plant, then during cultivation be sure to pay attention to drainage and do not let water accumulate in the flowerpot. When watering, also grasp the principle of not watering until dry, and watering thoroughly when you do. In summer when the weather is dry, spray water on its leaves in time, and after umbrella tree enters dormancy each winter, reduce the water supply.

2. When growing potted umbrella tree at home, also pay attention to repotting in time and pruning on schedule. This plant grows particularly fast, and should be repotted once a year. When repotting, replace it with new potting soil, and prune once every three to four months. Promptly remove all the leggy branches, old branches and dead branches that grow on the potted umbrella tree. This can not only keep the potted umbrella tree looking beautiful, but also make its growth more vigorous.