How to raise chocolate brick

This is not food. It's a kind of flower! Today, our protagonist is the pot plant that looks like meat. Although its name is chocolate brick, it has nothing to do with snacks. This is a small, succulent pot plant. It's brown in color and has thick leaves. It looks like chocolate, so it's named. So what should we pay attention to in the maintenance process?

I. suitable ambient temperature

Chocolate brick needs to grow in the place with slightly wet soil, but it can't have water. It has a strong ability to resist low temperature. It can survive as long as it is higher than - 4C. Once the surrounding environment is lower than this point, it may be frostbitten, then dry out, and eventually die. On the other hand, it will grow slowly under high temperature, and avoid overexposure under the sun. This kind of potted plant is growing from September to June every year, so at this stage, we need to keep the sunshine, shade and water in the environment.

How to water and sun

Moderation, be sure to dry thoroughly, and then pour thoroughly. Do not keep the surface moist for a long time. It likes sunshine itself. In non summer seasons, it can be put in the sun to keep the light, so that its leaves can keep the color of chocolate. In summer, we can't be exposed to the sun. We should pay attention to proper water control. When the soil is about to dry out, it should be poured through at one time, so as not to leave water in the leaf center.

How to breed

You can consider leaf cutting or cutting from its lateral buds for branch cutting. The way to insert leaves is: take healthy and complete leaves, prevent them from being on the wet prepared soil, pay attention not to bury the wound in the soil, pay attention to ventilation around, and avoid direct exposure. About a week and a half months, the leaves will produce roots and buds, if there are hydrated leaves, they will be discarded and kept intact.

The branch is easier to insert. Cut a part of the leafy branch directly from top to bottom, and then insert it into the prepared soil. Be careful not to water it. Wait until the new branch has roots, and then you can start watering. At the beginning, it must be a small amount. Do not soak the plant in the water.

Fleshy chocolate cube

4. Diseases

If you get too much rain, chocolate bricks may get black spots. Once this happens, the infected tree must be removed to avoid infection. Then the drug can be more than fungicide can be mixed with water, with a cotton swab stained on the infected leaf.