What kind of soil should be used to cultivate desert roses? how to water and fertilize desert roses?

Desert rose is a kind of ornamental plant with tenacious vitality and good planting. Desert rose is not a rose, but belongs to the oleander family, its bright color, adaptability and vitality are extremely tenacious, especially suitable for potted planting. So do you know what kind of soil to use to grow desert roses?

What kind of soil should be used to cultivate desert roses?

Potted soil can be mixed with rotten leaf soil and coarse sand, followed by a small amount of rotten dried bone powder. Put some broken tiles into the bottom of the pot before planting to facilitate drainage. Change the basin and replace the new culture soil every spring.

How to water and fertilize desert roses

1. Spring and autumn

Spring and autumn are the most vigorous periods for the growth of desert roses. During this period, the soil should be fully watered to keep the soil moist, but at the same time be careful not to get too wet. When watering, we should pay attention to see dry and wet, dry and thoroughly watered. The temperature is low in early spring and late autumn, so watering needs to be controlled properly.

2. Summer

In summer, during the period of vigorous growth, it is necessary to ensure adequate fertilizer and water, so as to ensure that the flowers bloom luxuriantly and brightly. In addition, when changing the basin once a year, you can also apply some long-term base fertilizer in the basin, such as rotten bean cake, bone meal and so on.

3. Winter

Reduce watering in winter to keep the basin soil dry, but it also needs watering when it is too dry. Roses do not have much demand for fertilizer. During their growth, they can apply dilute liquid fertilizer once or twice a month, and stop fertilizing in winter. Desert rose likes phosphate and potash, so it can be replenished once a month.

What if the desert rose root is rotten?

1. Caused by excessive watering

From its name, we can clearly see that it is extremely drought-resistant, so when raising, it does not need to pour too much water, if you have too much water, it will easily let its roots rot.

Solution: once the root is rotten, take it out of the flower soil, examine it carefully, remove the rotten and black root, plant it into the new flower soil, and control watering. If the flower soil is insufficient, you can put the old flower soil in the sun, steam off the moisture, and then mix it with a small amount of new flower soil.

2. The flower soil is not loose and breathable.

As we all know, any plant breathes on its roots. If your flower soil, the sand and gravel you choose is too heavy and too dense, it will directly affect its roots and make them unable to breathe normally. If you encounter wet weather in spring, it is not surprising that there are rotten roots.

Solution: at this time, we should also remove the rotten roots in time, and replace the flower soil. Generally speaking, peat soil, stone refining, nutrient soil and other proportions are best mixed, and then appropriate phosphate fertilizer can be applied to ensure its normal growth.

3. Caused by misuse of chicken droppings

When raising it, if you accidentally apply chicken dung to it, it will easily become moldy and produce bacteria, and then the bacteria will flow to the roots, which will cause rotting roots when exposed to moisture.

Solution: in this case, we also need to remove the broken and then change the soil, and then pay attention to the use of flower fertilizer, do not use chicken manure.

Prevention and control of diseases and insect pests of desert rose

1, desert rose leaf spot disease: desert rose leaf spot disease is the most common, when the occurrence of leaf spot disease, the spider leaves will appear brown spots, and gradually expand to form a mass of disease spots, resulting in plant wilt and leaf fall.

Prevention and control methods:

Pot culture should pay more attention to observation, when leaf spot disease occurs, you can use 50% of Topurazin wettable powder 500 times solution to spray to prevent and control the harm caused by leaf spot disease, and protect the ornamental value of plants.

2. Soft rot of desert roses: soft rot is another common disease of desert roses. Soft rot is characterized by the softening of water stains near the growing environment of desert roses, which is white or yellowish at first, and then gradually turns dark brown.

The main reason is that desert roses can not be well ventilated and watered properly in hot and hot summer, which increases the accumulation of water in the basin, resulting in root rot and soft rot.

Prevention and control methods: potted desert roses should choose sandy loam with good drainage and fertile soil, which should not be watered too much at ordinary times, should be watered every one month or so, and pay attention to spraying 200 times Bordeaux solution for prevention and control.

As mentioned above, many people like to plant cactus, because it is a kind of green plant that is very good to grow. In fact, when it comes to good planting, desert rose is also a kind of plant that is easy to grow, and its appearance is particularly beautiful and colorful. Friends who like it might as well plant a pot as a decorative flower.