How do you water the seeds?

Watering plants is a must to grow plants, especially potted plants, but watering is not a thing that can be done at will, it needs to be watered properly and timely according to the growth habits and growth status of plants, so about the watering and reproduction steps of Xiangxue orchid, the editor here will provide you with some reference.

How to water fragrant snow orchid

1. Watering on the basin

When you first plant, you don't need too much water, you just need to keep the soil in a slightly moist state.

2. Daily watering

In daily watering, you should follow the dry and wet watering method, about once a week.

3. Watering when budding

In the growth of buds, the time is about February, when the environment is relatively dry, will consume more water, at this time to increase the amount of water, the soil should be maintained in a moist state.

4. Watering after blooming

When the flowers are in full bloom for a month, slowly control watering, when it is approaching summer, the summer temperature is higher, and the environment is more muggy, if too much watering at this time, it will cause ball rot.

5. Water the leaves when they are withered and yellow

When the leaves of the plant begin to return and wither in large areas, watering can be suspended.

6. Watering during the growing period

Watering during the growing period is also once a week, not too much.

Propagation method of Xiangxue orchid

1. Sowing seeds

Usually cut flower varieties choose seeds to propagate. If the seeds are collected and sown in time after maturity from May to June, the seeds will not be dormant and will be sown immediately after harvest. When sowing, the temperature is controlled at 15: 20 ℃ to ensure that the environment is dark and can germinate after 21. After sowing, when the seedlings grow 5-7 leaves, the aboveground parts will gradually wither and yellow, and the bulbs will enter the dormant period, so be careful to protect the bulbs and re-cultivate them to blossom after dormancy!

2. Score the ball

4-6 bulbs can be produced around the bulb, and the plant usually grows to 3-4 years old. The steps are as follows:

During the summer dormancy period, the seed ball is dug up, the seed ball is broken off directly by hand, and the mother ball is stored separately from the seed ball, waiting for sowing in autumn.

In early August, plant the bulb in a flowerpot, apply sufficient fertilizer, and cover the soil 1 cm 1.5 cm above the bulb when planting. After being watered thoroughly, it can germinate and grow after 10 days.

In May of the following year, the bulb grew and developed into a seed ball. If the bulb cultivated as a cut flower variety should grow directly to more than 8 centimeters to ensure the quality of the cut flower.

How to apply fertilizer to Xiangxue orchid

1. Topdressing

The bulb of this plant is small, and it can not store much water and nutrients, so topdressing should be carried out when the plant grows 2 to 4 leaves. Liquid fertilizer is the main fertilizer when topdressing.

2. Base fertilizer

Before planting, you can bury some granular fertilizer in the soil, which will increase the soil nutrients and loose, air permeability, the most important thing is to make the plant growth more robust.

3. Soil requirements

After talking about fertilization, let's also take a look at the soil in which it is planted. It has relatively high requirements for the soil. In addition to being loose and well ventilated, it should also have sufficient nutrients, which is very beneficial to planting and future growth.

When does Xiangxue orchid blossom

Xiangxue orchid is a common indoor ornamental flower in winter, so its florescence is mostly in winter. In general, sweet cherries are planted in autumn and blossom in winter and spring. Of course, there will be exceptions, and sometimes Xiangxue will blossom in March-April. Generally speaking, the flowering period of Xiangxue orchid is from February to May.

When vanilla blossoms, the flowering period is usually about 15 days. The flowering stem is branched or branched, with spikelike flowers at the top, with about 5 Murray and 7 flowers on each inflorescence. After flowering, it will bear fruit.

Xiangxue orchid is a kind of flower that grows indoors, so it blossoms in a warm room, so the effect of temperature on its flowering should not be obvious, so we can take some appropriate measures when we want to be lazy in planting. To prolong the flowering period of sweet cherry.