What are the cultivation methods and precautions of coral sticks?

Coral Stick Introduction

Coral stick is also called French holly. It has straight branches, gray-brown bark, oblong or oblanceolate leaves, dark green on the top and light green on the back.

Coral sticks bloom with small white bell-shaped flowers between March and April with a faint fragrance. The fruit changes from orange-red to red and finally to purple-black, making it very ornamental.

Coral stick cultivation method

Coral sticks prefer warm, humid, sunny environments. They are slightly cold-resistant and relatively cold-resistant. They have a wide adaptability to soils and grow rapidly and vigorously in moist, fertile, well-drained neutral soils. They can also adapt to acidic or slightly alkaline soils. It is best to plant them on slightly acidic to slightly alkaline sandy loam or loam with flat terrain, deep soil, fertility, good drainage, and sufficient light.

Watering method

Coral sticks like moist soil and need to be watered frequently during the growth period to keep the soil moist. During the vigorous growth period from April to May, watering can be done in small amounts and multiple times. During the rapid growth period from June to August, watering can be done thoroughly. Watering should be controlled in the later period. Except for special droughts, watering is generally not required.

Fertilization method

Coral stick is a fertilizer-loving plant. When planting, you can apply decomposed organic fertilizer, or decomposed cake fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer or compound fertilizer, and apply it to the cultivated layer in combination with plowing. During the growth period, you can apply a thin layer of fertilizer water once a month to meet the growth needs of the plant.

Pruning methods

The coral tree has a strong sprouting ability and can grow into a barrel-shaped crown by itself. The lower branches are not easy to die, so pruning is generally not required. If used as a hedge, it can be pruned 2-3 times before sprouting in spring and during the growing season.

Coral rod breeding precautions

Common diseases of coral sticks are root rot, black rot, stem rot, leaf spot and angular leaf spot, which can be controlled by spraying with chlorothalonil. Common insect pests include scale insects and moths, which need to be sprayed with insecticides in time.