How to plant the bulb of Ranunculus Ranunculus

Buttercup may not be heard of by many people, buttercup is a very beautiful flower plant as its name implies, its flowers are large and colorful, elegant when in full bloom, with high ornamental value. Many people want to raise buttercups at home, so how to grow buttercups? Next, let's learn about it with the editor.

How to grow a buttercup seed ball

1. Potted buttercups had better choose flowerpots with large bottom holes and thin walls to facilitate drainage and ventilation. At the bottom of the basin, coarse gravel is used as the drainage layer, and then the culture soil is filled. The culture soil can be prepared with rotten leaf soil, garden soil and river sand, and mixed with appropriate amount of bone powder as base fertilizer.

2. After the soil is put away, dig a small hole in the middle, bury the buttercup bulb root, paw down, cover the soil, and cover the bulb 1-2 cm.

The planting method of Ranunculus Ranunculus

The normal sowing period of Ranunculus is from mid-October to mid-November. After putting the seeds in water for one day, the seeds are removed, wrapped in gauze, and then placed in a thermostat to accelerate germination. The appropriate temperature is about 15 ℃. Rinse with clean water once a day in the morning and evening, then drip water to keep the seeds moist.

About 7 days after germination, some of the seeds began to germinate, and the seeds could be sown immediately.

The seeds to be germinated are properly dried, mixed with appropriate amount of yellow sand, and then sown in flowerpots or courtyards. Mix peat and perlite at 1:1 with suitable thickness of 0.2~0.3cm.

The sowing and propagation of Ranunculus should be carried out in a well-drained soil and in an environment with good ventilation and light transmittance. Strengthen the protection of the sowing environment to avoid the threat of weather disasters and diseases and insect pests.

It usually takes a week to grow seedlings after sowing. At this time, it is necessary to keep the soil moist and replenish water in time to ensure smooth emergence.

Conservation methods of Ranunculus in four Seasons

1. Maintenance methods in spring

It is suitable for layout on the balcony facing south, east and west.

When the temperature is stable above 5 ℃ in spring, the potted plants can be moved to the balcony for maintenance to ensure sufficient sunshine. After the temperature rises, buttercups will gradually accelerate their growth and enter a prosperous period, at which time it is necessary to pay attention to water and fertilizer management. After the buttercup budding, the liquid fertilizer and potassium dihydrogen phosphate were applied once respectively, which was beneficial to the large and luxuriant flowers. When flowering, the buttercup was placed in a cool place to make the soil slightly dry and prolong the flowering period. After flowering, topdressing 1-2 times to promote underground rhizome growth.

2. Maintenance methods in summer

After anthesis, the leaves gradually withered and yellowed, entered the dormant period after 6 months, and dug out the underground tubers after dormancy. After drying, store in a dry and ventilated place with a gauze bag. Specific storage methods, read the harvesting and preservation methods of buttercup root tubers.

3. Maintenance methods in autumn

It is suitable for layout on the balcony facing south, east and west.

Buttercups can be replanted in pots from September to October after summer dormancy. The basin soil should choose the sandy soil with loose, fertile and good drainage, and it should be planted sooner rather than later, so that the plant can have enough time to grow up before winter, which is beneficial to flowering in the second year. But there is no need to plant too early, not earlier than September, otherwise, the temperature is too high, the root is very easy to rot.

4. Maintenance methods of Ranunculus in winter.

It is suitable for layout on the balcony facing south, east and west.

Many gardening varieties of buttercups are not resistant to cold, so when the temperature drops to 5 ℃, you need to keep warm and try to move to an enclosed balcony. Winter watering can not be too much, keep the soil moist and sufficient light, do not need fertilization, the noon temperature is higher, you can properly spray some water, ventilation.

How to deal with Ranunculus after flowering

After flowering, all the aboveground parts of the plant will wither, which is the time to harvest the underground roots. Underground roots can be used to continue to propagate plants.

The first method of treatment: after the local upper part has completely withered, it is necessary to stop watering to make the potted soil drier, then move the flowerpot to a cool place, and put it in a place with strong air circulation, if placed outside, then pay attention to avoid Rain Water.

Root lumps can be dug up and replanted between September and October. This method is very simple, but there is also a drawback, that is, it is easy to rot.

The second method of treatment: after flowering, the leaves will slowly yellowing, at this time the whole root block will be dug out directly, washed clean and then dried. Then store it in a sunless and dry environment. When planting is carried out in the autumn, during this period, there will be a lack of water and withered, do not worry.

As mentioned above, although buttercups are beautiful and beautiful, they need certain skills to maintain, especially for the environment, and it also takes a lot of energy to maintain them in the later stage, so it takes a certain amount of patience to raise buttercups.