Is the Chinese giant thorn suitable for indoor cultivation?

1. Can it be raised indoors?

The answer is that it can be grown indoors, but it is best not to keep it in the bedroom.

The first and most important point is that it is non-toxic. As a vine plant, it has certain medicinal functions, and its whole body can be used as medicine. If you fall and have swelling, fever, swelling and pain, it can help you recover very well, so it is non-toxic.

Its flowers have a strong fragrance. If you don’t like its smell or hate pollen, it’s best not to keep it at home, especially in the bedroom. At night, it breathes the fastest and we also absorb oxygen. If there is not much oxygen in the bedroom, it will certainly be bad for our health. So it’s best to keep it outside. If you must keep it in the bedroom, move it out at night.

It can also be grown as a potted plant and has a very powerful function in decorating your home.

2. How to grow indoors

1. Change the soil

If it is maintained as a potted plant, the pot should be changed once every one to two years, in early spring or after the flowers have faded. First, use coarse sand to lay the bottom to facilitate the discharge of excess water, then add base fertilizer, garden soil, rotten leaves, etc., mix and stir evenly, plant the flowers, water them thoroughly, place them in a cool area to slow down the growth, and then move them to a sunny place.

2. Fertilization

Do not add too much fertilizer. During the flowering season, add a thin layer of fertilizer every seven to ten days, such as decomposed cake fertilizer, and add it three or four times in a row. If its leaves turn yellow, add 0.2% ferrous sulfate water and the leaves will turn green again.

3. Watering

It likes moist conditions and needs sufficient water during its growth period, but not too much. If it is too humid, the leaves will turn yellow and fall off. Watering should also be even. The soil needs to be kept moist, but not suddenly dry or wet, or too wet or too dry.

4. Lighting

It needs plenty of sunlight in winter and should be moved to a sunny area. In summer, it needs to be shaded by a shelter, otherwise the leaves will easily turn yellow. If there is insufficient light, the branches will grow wildly and no flowers will bloom.