If you're looking for a well-kept foliage plant under a lamp or on a brightly lit tabletop, consider Wrinkled Leaf Watering, which has unique and beautiful new foliage leaves, some of which are dark green and some of which are purple-red, which is a particularly well-maintained houseplant.
If you have pets or children at home, you can also raise Pepper Grass, which is non-toxic.
First, the variety
1.Red-backed wrinkled leaf pepper grasspeperomia caperata 'rosso'
Its leaves are longer and more pointed, the leaf surface is dark green, the veins are concave, and the back of the leaf is red.
2.peperomia caperata 'frost'
Its leaves are round as a whole, the leaves are light silvery-green as a whole, and the veins are green.
3.peperomia caperata variegata
Its leaves are brocade with yellow and green markings.
4.peperomia caperata 'silver ripple'
Its veins are concave, dark green near the veins, and the overall surface of the leaf is silvery-white.
5.peperomia caperata 'luna red'
Its leaves are purplish-red overall, and the leaf color is relatively dark.
6.peperomia caperata 'abricos'
The edges of the leaves have orange, pink, or red markings, and the overall dark green of the leaves makes it look particularly colorful!
Second, the environment in which it grows
Peppergrass is not too picky about the environment and can grow well with proper scattered light or keeping light bright. It can also survive under indoor lighting. It prefers a warm environment all year round and grows tall and thin flower spikes in spring and summer. In spring and summer, if you notice strange "stems" growing on the top of the plant, those are actually its flower spikes, which don't look as good as the leaves, and if you feel that it is not enough to look at, you can cut them off.
The most common problem of raising wrinkled leaves is that the leaves are dry and yellowing, which is generally caused by not watering in time. Also avoid exposure to the sun, otherwise the leaves will appear brown spots and will be scorched at night.
3. Disease prevention
Indoor cultivation of wrinkled leaf pepper grass is to pay attention to maintaining a certain air humidity, to avoid the air humidity for a long time below 40%, you can open a humidifier next to it. Or put a shallow pot at the bottom of the pot, fill it with pebbles, put in some water, and put the potted plant on the pebbles, you can also continue to increase the humidity.
It is necessary to avoid frequent residual water on the leaves, which can easily breed germs and the leaves are prone to rot.
The advantage of raising wrinkled leaf pepper grass is that it is rarely infected with pests and diseases, and it is usually due to excessive watering, which leads to root rot, or frostbite due to too low temperature.
Fourth, maintenance precautions
1.Repotting
In the right environment, the wrinkle-leaved pepper grass basically needs to be repotted once in a year or two, and it can be repotted again after its roots are overgrown with potting soil. After the spring warmth every year, you can take the soil to change the pot when the potting soil is relatively dry, and pay attention to let its roots spread out and grow around.
2.Sunlight
Pepper grass is suitable for east-facing balconies or windowsills, and the maintenance position should have proper scattered light, it will grow faster when there is light, and it can survive under the light, but it will grow more slowly. If it is shaded excessively, it will grow long, which will affect the viewing a little. It is best to have more than two or three hours of soft scattered light every day.
Wrinkled leaf pepper grass is afraid of scorching sun exposure, and strong light exposure can easily cause the leaves to be sunburned.
3.Potting soil
To plant wrinkled leaf pepper grass, you should first choose loose and well-drained soil, and there must be a certain amount of fertility, and it is no problem to use common general-purpose nutrient soil cultivation, and you can also use common sandy soil cultivation.
When planting wrinkle-leaved pepper grass indoors, be careful not to use too large pots, and it is best to choose some pots with more or larger drainage holes.
4.moisture
Wrinkled leaf pepper grass is particularly fond of water, as long as the maintenance position has proper light, the potting soil dries faster, you can often water it, the surface of the potting soil is dry, it is timely to replenish water.
If the soil dries more slowly in a shady area, it is necessary to reduce the frequency of watering. Wait until the soil is completely dry and the potting soil is lighter, then water it.
When the temperature gradually decreases to below 15 degrees, it is necessary to reduce watering, and only when the soil is completely dry can you consider rehydrating it.
5.Temperature and humidity
Pepper grass will prefer a high temperature and high humidity environment, and it is best to keep the relative humidity above 50% and 60% for a long time.
At temperatures of 18-30 degrees, the wrinkle-leaved pepper grass grows the fastest. When the temperature is lower than 15 degrees, the growth begins to slow down, and the minimum temperature is more stable if it is above 7 degrees.
6.Pruning and propagation
Maintenance of wrinkled leaves pepper grass does not need to be pruned often, generally clean up the yellow leaves in time, it is generally propagated with leaf cuttings, you can choose healthy and full leaves, cut off half of the petioles, you can propagate by leaf cuttings.
Cut off the leaves of the wrinkled leaf pepper grass, you should choose healthy and full, not too old, and not too tender leaves, you can soak the bottom of the petiole in water, raise it in a place with scattered light, and wait for it to take root before turning to the soil.
You can also directly soil culture cuttings, cut the bottom of the petiole in the pot soil, choose a smaller pot, and choose some clean, no fertile sandy soil or nutrient soil.
During the soil culture cuttings, we should pay attention to a little scattered light, maintain a warm and moist environment, and water the soil in time when it is slightly dry, and it will slowly take root after about two weeks, and the small shoots will slowly emerge after two or three weeks.