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- Caring for a spit-tree doing everything right
- How often should a spit-palm be cast?
- What should be considered when repotting the spit palm?
- Can the spit-palm be cut?
- Which pests can be a problem when cultivating a spit-tree?
- Are there common diseases of spitpalme?
- How is the spit palm optimally fertilized?
- What should be considered when winterizing the spit palm?
- Tips
The spit palm is poisonous and not hardy
Caring for a spit-tree doing everything right
The spit palm (Euphorbia leuconeura) is one of the spurge plants and is native to the rainforests on the north coast of Madagascar. Despite its toxic milk juice, this Euphorbia, which is suitable for the windowsill, is a thoroughly popular houseplant due to its attractive appearance as a stem succulent shrub.
How often should a spit-palm be cast?
So that an Euphorbia leuconeura in the house can enjoy approximately the same growth conditions as in their natural home, their root area in the pot should never completely dry out. However, you also do not get waterlogging very well, so the spit palm should be poured relatively regularly with economical dosage. Between spring and fall should be poured about twice a week. In winter, on the other hand, one-off watering should be enough per week, especially if set up in a slightly cooler room.
What should be considered when repotting the spit palm?
With the spit palm you can influence the size growth of the plant on the basis of the selected pot size. If the trained tap root in a too low pot only little space for unfolding before, so the shape of the spit palm remains a bit more compact and stocky. In contrast, the maximum growth height of 1 to 1.8 m can only be achieved under favorable growth conditions with a planter which is at least 30 cm high and sufficiently large.
Can the spit-palm be cut?
In general, a spit palm grows unbranched and rather compact in height, which makes a cut usually unnecessary. If the plant is cut anyway, the larger the cross section of the interface, the greater the risk to plant health.
Which pests can be a problem when cultivating a spit-tree?
The grubs' larvae can be problematic for spitfoot seedlings. Otherwise, the spit palm is relatively insensitive to pests.
Are there common diseases of spitpalme?
Especially during the winter months, do not panic if the leaves fall off the spit palm. In light deficiencies and cooler temperatures that happens quite. As a rule, the plant naturally produces a large number of fresh leaves in spring.
How is the spit palm optimally fertilized?
When fertilizing you should pay attention to the following things:
What should be considered when winterizing the spit palm?
The spit palm, like most other species of Euphorbia, is not hardy. It can either be wintered at normal room temperature in any room of the apartment, or at least 10 degrees Celsius in a correspondingly cooler room. During the winter time, it is important to ensure a regular water supply, as the spit palm at the roots should never dry out completely.
Tips
Since the spicy palm juice of the spit-tree contains toxins such as ingenol, phorbol esters, diterpene esters and triterpene saponins, you should always carry out care measures with other suitable protective gloves, as with other poisonous species of Euphorbia.