CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to grow centipede grass and its effects

1. How to cultivate centipede grass and its function

Centipede grass, a Chinese medicine name. It is the whole herb or rhizome of centipede grass Pteris vittata L., a plant of the genus Pteris in the family Pteridaceae. Centipede grass is distributed in central and southern my country, southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places. It has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, detoxifying and killing insects. It is mainly used to treat rheumatic pain in muscles and bones, low back pain, numbness and flexion and extension of limbs, hemiplegia, traumatic injuries, colds, dysentery, mastitis, sores, scabies, ascariasis, snake and insect bites.

It grows on open calcareous soil or limestone at an altitude of 2000-3100 meters.

2. Ask for help, how to grow centipede grass well

Centipede grass is not difficult to grow.

When raising aquatic plants, you need to pay attention to light, filtration, fertilizer, carbon dioxide, temperature, and water pH. The best aquatic plants to raise are water figs, crowns, etc., which can grow without fertilizer. Most aquatic plants like to grow in weakly acidic water. The bottom sand is acidic, including mud grass balls, charcoal grass mud, and various aquatic grass mud. However, I personally think that it doesn’t matter if the bottom sand is a little bit random, but you need to pay attention to a certain gap, otherwise the roots of the aquatic plants will easily rot due to lack of oxygen.

Aquatic plants are suitable for small fish such as zebra, peacock and moonlight. Big fish will eat and pull the aquatic plants. For water changes, it is best to make a filtration and nitrification system, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t change the water for a few weeks. If not, you can change the water once or twice a week, changing 1/3-1/2 each time.

The tap water should be left to dry for 3 or 4 days before use. The temperature of the fish tank can be controlled at 26 degrees. Water grass has high requirements for light and is a bit difficult to grow.

3. How to grow aquatic centipede grass?

When raising water plants, you need to pay attention to light, filtration, fertilizer, carbon dioxide, temperature, and water pH. The best water plants to raise are water figs, crowns, etc., which can grow without fertilizer. Most water plants like to grow in weakly acidic water. The acidic bottom sand includes mud grass balls, charcoal grass mud, and various water grass muds. However, I personally think that it doesn’t matter if the bottom sand is a little bit random, but you need to pay attention to a certain gap, otherwise the roots of the water plants will easily rot due to lack of oxygen. Raising water plants is suitable for small fish such as zebras, peacocks, and moonlight. Big fish will eat and pull water plants. For water changes, it is best to make a filtering and nitrification system, so that it doesn’t matter if you don’t change the water for a few weeks. If you don’t have it, you can change the water once or twice a week, and change 1/3-1/2 each time. Let the tap water dry for 3 or 4 days before using it, and the temperature of the fish tank can be controlled at 26 degrees. Water plants have high requirements for light and are a bit difficult to raise.

4. How to grow centipede orchid in pot?

Centipede orchid is both ornamental and medicinal, killing two birds with one stone. It is a perennial evergreen epiphytic herb belonging to the Orchidaceae family, creeping on damp rocks or tree bark, with a slender stem with multiple nodes, a hard texture, sparse branches, and roots everywhere. The leaves are leathery and fleshy, with a longitudinal groove on the surface, and a short sheath at the base fused with the stem. The flowers are solitary, small, and light red in early summer. The whole plant, dried or fresh, can be used as medicine: cool in nature, slightly bitter. It clears away heat and detoxifies, moistens the lungs and stops bleeding.

Indications: Infantile convulsions: 15-30 grams of fresh whole herb, decocted in water; Hemoptysis: 15 grams of the whole herb, stewed with rock sugar; Chronic sinusitis: 30 grams of the whole herb, decocted in water; Pyelonephritis: 30 grams of fresh herb, decocted in water.

[Other names] Golden centipede, stone centipede, flying centipede, rock Luo, centipede grass, centipede, baizilan centipede orchid can be used for both viewing and medicinal purposes, killing two birds with one stone. It is a perennial evergreen epiphytic herb belonging to the Orchidaceae family, creeping on damp rocks or tree bark, with slender stems with multiple nodes, hard texture, sparse branches, and roots everywhere. The leaves are leathery and fleshy, with a longitudinal groove on the surface, and a short sheath at the base fused with the stem. The flowers are solitary, small, and light red in early summer. The whole plant, dried or fresh, can be used as medicine: cool in nature, slightly bitter. It clears away heat and detoxifies, moistens the lungs and stops bleeding.

Indications: Infantile convulsions: 15-30 grams of fresh whole herb, decocted in water; Hemoptysis: 15 grams of the whole herb, stewed with rock sugar; Chronic sinusitis: 30 grams of the whole herb, decocted in water; Pyelonephritis: 30 grams of fresh herb, decocted in water.

[Other names] Golden centipede, stone centipede, flying centipede, rock centipede, centipede grass, centipede with 100 feet, cypress orchid

5. Why can’t I even keep centipede grass alive?

There are problems with the water quality, the soil lacks nutrients, the roots are buried too shallowly, the temperature is not suitable, and there is not enough light. There are only a few reasons.