These herbs’ strong smell confuses the cabbage white butterfly.
Plant herbs such as dill, basil, fennel coriander and sage. The leaves are toxic to the caterpillars, and when they hatch, you can count them dead. This plant attracts these butterflies and moths to lay their eggs on it. Plant land cress, Barbarea vulgaris, somewhere in the garden. The white cabbage butterfly and the cabbage moth are territorial insects and they avoid places where the competition for food may seem high. Cut white ice-cream or yogurt containers in the shapes of butterflies and put them on stakes around your garden. Place vegetable mesh on top of your plants to prevent eggs being laid on them. Pick the caterpillars by hand and either squash them or feed them to the chooks. Provide nest sites around your garden to attract insect-eating birds. Enhance the environment for the natural predators of caterpillars, such as ladybirds, assassin bugs, lacewings, paper wasps. Prune off dead leaves as they occur and fertilize with a slow-release palm food or a diluted household plant food once monthly during the growing season. Once the crown is overtaken by fungal spores, it is nearly impossible to save. The thick underground trunk needs to be filled with stored water but over-anxious growers may tend to overwater it and cause stem or crown rot. Water deeply weekly in summer but reduce moisture in winter and fall by half. The plant is prone to some pests, such as spider mites, but its biggest problem is rot. It has a slow growth habit and does well in good potting soil as long as the container has excellent drainage. Zamia thrives in moderate to bright light. Maintenance is minimal when growing cardboard palms. Keep the sand moderately moist and transplant when the root base is robust. Young cardboard palm care includes moderate light until the second set of true leaves appears. Once the seedling has emerged, it will look nothing like your adult plant. Seeds should be sown immediately, as they are not viable for long. (18 C.), but growing cardboard palms from seed is a finicky business. The temperature range for germination is at least 65 F. They should be germinated in moist sand in flats indoors. It may be difficult to tell which you have at first, but the male produces a large cone that protrudes from the core of the plant, while the female cone is smaller and flatter.įemales may produce numerous, bright red seeds when they are pollinated. The plants come in male and female sexes. Propagation of cardboard palm plants is inconsistent through seed. Never let it dry to the point that the trunk and stem are wrinkled or dry. Cardboard palm care requires enough moisture to keep the trunk fat and healthy. The trunk stores moisture in times of drought, which makes Zamia ideal for xeriscape gardens. 
It is a low-growing plant that may spread 3 to 4 feet (1 m.) and an underground trunk. The evergreen leaflets grow in opposing pairs of up to 12 per stem. Zamia cardboard palm does have pinnate leaves like a palm tree, but they are rounded with a thick tuberous stem. The cardboard palm plant is native to Mexico and has tropical tendencies in its preferred temperature and light levels. Cycads, which have been around since the dinosaurs, form cones at the center of the plant. We already ascertained that the plant is not a palm. Grow it outdoors in USDA zones 9 to 11 year-round.
This little guy is not winter hardy in the majority of North American regions, but it makes an excellent container or houseplant anywhere.
#Caring for a cardboard zigzag plant how to#
Knowing how to grow Zamia palms starts with knowing your USDA planting zone. What is a Zamia cardboard palm? In fact, it isn’t a palm at all but a cycad - like the sago palm plant. Cardboard palm plant ( Zamia furfuracea) is one of those ancient plants with a lot of character that can grow inside or outside depending upon your gardening zone. I love a plant with a descriptive and evocative name.
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