How to plant daisy seeds?

Daisy, also known as horsehead orchid, longevity chrysanthemum, spring chrysanthemum, sunflower and so on, is a kind of flower with great ornamental value. Let's introduce how to plant daisy seeds in pots. How to maintain it at ordinary times?

How to plant daisy seeds in pots?

Daisies are usually sown in autumn or in spring from August to September. Soak the seeds in clean water for one night before sowing, remove them to dry and sow them in the prepared basin soil. It is best to spread evenly, cover with about 3 cm of thin soil after completion, and finally spray and moisten the soil.

Second, how to maintain the potted daisies?

1. Soil

Daisies are not very demanding on soil, but planting them with fertile, drained and breathable soil can make them grow more exuberantly. We can use rotten leaf soil, garden soil, paddy soil and so on to prepare rich and loose soil suitable for the growth of daisies. The above soil can also be used alone or mixed with cinder, river sand and so on.

two。 Temperature

The suitable temperature for childbearing is 20-25 ℃. It is suitable for planting single or semidouble varieties of medium and small flowers in southwest China. The double petal varieties of medium and large flowers grow weakly and seed poorly.

3. Light

In the spring, autumn and winter, we need to keep it in the sun or plenty of light as far as possible, and we need to avoid direct sunlight when it is hot in summer.

4. Fertilizer application

According to the principle of applying thin fertilizer frequently, topdressing fertilizer every ten days or so, compound fertilizer or some organic fertilizer liquid can be irrigated with water. We can also use compound fertilizer and some water-soluble fertilizer solution alternately to fertilize, which can make it grow more luxuriantly. Generally, in the season of slow growth, we can apply fertilizer every one and a half months.

5. Watering

Usually potted daisies need to be watered in accordance with the principle of dry and wet, try to avoid long-term soaking of daisies planted on the balcony by Rain Water in overcast and rainy weather, flowerpots should be breathable and drained to avoid stagnant water.