How to cultivate yew? Cultivation techniques of yew

Yew is a very precious ornamental plant. It is worthy of appreciation for its leaves and fruits, and its elegant and generous shape makes it particularly valuable as an ornamental plant. In the past, it only grew in some gardens or in the wild. Later, people made it into potted plants and cultivated it at home. However, until now, many people do not know how to cultivate it. Today, I will give you a detailed introduction.

1. Choose flower pots and soil

The choice of flowerpot and soil is very important when growing yew. Its root system is well developed, so you can usually choose a larger flowerpot and make more holes in the bottom of the flowerpot to increase its air permeability and water permeability. The soil for growing yew should be loose, fertile, slightly acidic soil that retains water and fertilizer. It is best to use wood ash and perlite to prepare the potting soil in a ratio of 1:1:1.

2. Lighting requirements

Yew is a shade-loving and drought-tolerant plant. It should be placed indoors after being potted, especially in summer. It should be shaded in time, otherwise the chlorophyll in its leaves will be destroyed, causing adverse symptoms such as leaf shedding or yellowing. In spring and autumn, the light exposure time of yew can be appropriately extended to promote faster growth, but the light exposure time should not exceed six hours.

3. Water requirements

Yew is a drought-tolerant plant. You don't need to water it often. You only need to spray water on its leaves in time. You can only water it after the soil in the flowerpot turns white. When watering, you must water it thoroughly. Yew grown indoors can be watered once every 25 to 30 days, while yew grown outdoors needs to be watered once every 20 days or so.

4. Timely pruning

When cultivating yew, you should also pay attention to timely pruning branches and leaves, only in this way can you improve its ornamental value. When pruning yew, you can prune away the branches that are not too dense, as well as the dry yellow leaves and dead branches. In the process of pruning, you can prune the yew into the shape you want, such as umbrella shape, round shape and tower shape are the common shapes of yew bonsai now.