1. Light: red sandalwood like light. Need to be placed in a sunny place, if it is an indoor potted plant, it is recommended to put it on the balcony or windowsill to ensure long-term sun exposure.
2. Soil: the requirement of red sandalwood is not high. Its nodule has the ability of fixing nitrogen and can improve the soil quality. So as long as it is loose enough, the drainage is well ventilated. It is better to plant with weathered laterite.
3. Watering: red sandalwood with small leaves likes to be wet and is not drought resistant. Water every 2 to 3 days, usually in the morning or evening, do not water at noon, high temperature accelerated evaporation will lead to water shortage. When watering, be sure to water thoroughly, but there should be no ponding, which will cause the root unable to breathe and affect the growth of the plant.
4. Fertilization: red sandalwood has its own nitrogen fixation function, so it is not necessary to apply fertilizer frequently. When planting, choose compound fertilizer as base fertilizer, apply fertilizer twice a year.
Sandalwood is usually propagated by seeds. From April to may, the fruit can be harvested after ripening. If there is no obvious dormancy phenomenon, it can be seeded, and it can germinate after 7 days. However, the germination rate of direct seeding is not high. If you want to improve the germination rate, you can soak in water for a week before sowing and change the water once a day. In this way, the germination rate can be greatly increased.
The diseases and insect pests of red sandalwood are less. But it is easy to catch anthrax and nevus disease in seedling stage. Bordeaux solution or carbendazim diluent can be used for control. Beetles and beetles and other leaf eating pests will also cause damage to them, can be used to kill trichlorfon.
