Beautiful taro like a cool environment, afraid of strong direct light, but also can not be placed in too dark, lack of light. It is usually placed indoors where light can be seen.
Don't put it in the direct sunlight, which will make the leaves yellow and lusterless.
Beautiful bamboo taro likes warm environment, and the environment temperature is best kept at 18 ~ 25 ℃. The temperature in summer should not be higher than 32 ℃ and in winter should not be lower than 10 ℃. Otherwise, it may cause damage to the plant.
The beautiful taro likes water and is afraid of drought. It can be watered when the soil surface is a little dry. It's best to water often to keep the pot moist, but not too much water, in order to prevent the water in the flowerpot from causing the root of the plant to fester.
In summer, when the temperature is high, you can water more frequently, clean the leaves, and help the taro spend the summer heat. About October should control the number of watering, so that plants can resist the cold.
It likes humid environment, in addition to normal watering, but also often to its leaves and surrounding environment watering, so that not only can cool and can keep the air around it relatively moist.
The growth of beautiful taro does not need much fertility, mainly nitrogen fertilizer. It is better to apply fertilizer in small amount and many times, not too much at one time. If you want to make the leaves more glossy, you can apply some phosphate fertilizer.
It has a very strong reaction to fertilizer. Do not apply excessive fertilizer to cause burning of leaves.
There are not many insect pests on the beautiful taro, usually pay more attention to whether there are spider on the leaves and whether there are scale insects on the petioles. In case of insect damage, you can spray chemicals such as dimethoate to kill insects, and you can spray special chemicals to prevent insect damage.
Beautiful bamboo taro needs a ventilated growth environment, not too closed, with the best breeze. Usually, we need to take good care of the taro and trim the yellow leaves and withered flowers in time.
