Areca catechu

Origin

Malaysia

Production

Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan

Category

Palmae, Areca

Blooming

Flowering and fruiting period March-April

Color

Flower color white, fruit color orange

Size

Diameter 芒聣楼 20 cm, height can reach 10-20 m

Soil

Likes loose and breathable sandy loam

Sunlight

Like sunshine, high quality fruits in sunny places

Watering

Likes wet environments, water thoroughly when soil is dry

Fertilization

Apply 2-3 times monthly in spring

Pruning

Remove weak, overlapping, over-crowd, and diseased or insect-infested branches timely

Home Assistant Code

Use the following code in Home Assistant's configuration.yaml to set the limits for the Plant Monitor integration.

  plant:
   name_of_your_plant:
      sensors:
         ...

      # Areca catechu
      min_moisture: 15
      max_moisture: 60
      min_conductivity: 350
      max_conductivity: 2000
      min_temperature: 10
      max_temperature: 40
      min_brightness: 3700
      max_brightness: 60000
  

Plant as JSON

You can also retrieve the plant information in a machine readable format.