Tips to Care for Sikas, The Jurassic Plants

Sikas is a jurassic species that is approximately 240 million years old, and is thought to be a food of herbifora type dinosaurs. This plant is even believed to have grown before the flower plants exist. In addition, cycads is also a crop of 2. 

Where in a tree there are two sexes namely males and females. How to distinguish it can be done when this plant began to issue flowers. The males usually have thin and medium-length flowers. While the female is short and round like a rugby ball.

Easy Tips for Planting and Caring for Cactus Plants In order not to rotten easilyIn the original nature, plant pollination is assisted by insects, but with many damaged habitats and different time-outs of male and female flowers, pollination is becoming increasingly difficult. Human assistance is needed to preserve the population in nature. And here are tips on taking care of cycads.

1. Watering

Cycads generally do not like too much water, this is because most of these plants come from areas that have low rainfall, except those from the Central American rain forest.

2. Planting Media that Pas

All cycads favor a highly axle-growing medium. In addition, this plant also likes a deep pot, with the aim that the main roots can grow optimally, especially for new plants. Because the root will grow like a yam so it can be used for food reserves.

3. Fertilization

often cycads are considered to be able to grow well in poor nutrient soil, although there is truth, in fact cycles will grow much more leverage with regular fertilizer. You can give a natural manure 2 times a day. In the morning and evening.

4. Lighting

Most cycads love lighting with high intensity. This is done in order to keep the leaves to stay healthy and compact, except some zamia who like the sun indirectly.

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