Small red beak, a succulent plant, belongs to sarcocarp of apricot family. It is native to the desert gravel area in the arid areas of southern and southwest Africa, and also known as lipstick. I like the warm climate in winter and cool climate in summer. The optimum growth temperature is 10 ~ 30 ℃. It is suitable for growing in warm, dry and sunny environment. Afraid of low temperature, avoid strong light.
Sufficient light is needed for autumn growth. Shade and ventilate well in midsummer to avoid strong sunlight. In winter, it needs to be maintained in sunny place.
Follow the principle of "no drying, no pouring, no pouring". Winter and summer need to reduce water, which is conducive to molting.
Growth period needs more water, but not too wet, easy to grow moss, affect the normal growth of globular leaves
Suitable to choose loose, fertile, good permeability and drainage of the neutral sandy loam for planting.
Once a half month, apply a thin liquid fertilizer which is rotten. Be careful not to contaminate the globular leaves with the liquid fertilizer. Stop fertilizing after florescence.
Generally in autumn, take out the plants carefully, clean the soil of the roots, cut off the aged and rotten roots that are not needed, and pay attention not to hurt the fibrous roots.
Generally, the method of dividing plants is used. Every spring, the little red mouth will grow new fleshy leaves from the gap in the middle, that is, the little mouth, so that the old leaves will burst, and then, the old leaves will shrink and die.
The new leaf grows very fast. When it shrinks and splits again in summer, there will be 2-3 young new plants growing in the gap. At this time, only the young plants need to be planted separately.
