How to raise five-color plum in pot culture methods and matters needing attention in pot culture of five-color plum

Five-colored plum, just from this name can imagine its beauty, from the same flower to see a variety of colors, its ornamental value is naturally needless to say. Five-colored plum is widely distributed in China, although it will emit a smelly smell, but also has a certain toxicity, but these can not be used to prevent flower friends from breeding it.

How to grow five-color plum in pot

1. Fertilizer and water: loose and fertile sandy loam is suitable for potted soil, and the requirements are not strict. During the growing period, rotten liquid fertilizer is applied every 10 days, combined with watering, and 3% urea is sprayed twice every 10 days, which can make the leaves thicker and greener. When planting, organic fertilizer is applied as base fertilizer, and initial watering is used to promote growth. when it survives and grows vigorously, irrigation can be reduced, and vine branches can be buried in the soil in open field cultivation, which can be gradually expanded into a large clump.

2, sunshine: five-color plum like the sunny environment, the growing season can be placed in the outdoor sunny place to maintain, even in midsummer also need not shade, but requires good ventilation. If the light is insufficient, the plants will grow too long, the stems and branches will be thin and long, and the flowering will be rare, which will seriously affect the ornamental plants.

3. Pruning: the five-color plum grows fast. The branches and leaves that affect the shape should be cut off in time in order to keep the tree shape beautiful. The overlong twigs should be cut short after each flower, and the plants should be re-cut at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter before entering the house. Cut the branches of the current year properly.

Pot culture methods and matters needing attention of five-color plum

I. Culture methods

1. Soil

Five-color plum has strong adaptability and is not strict to the soil. Sandy soil, clay heavy soil, acid soil or calcareous soil can grow, and the fertile and loose sandy soil grows best.

2. Watering

Five-color plum likes a humid environment, keep the basin soil moist during the growing period, avoid being too dry, and pay attention to spraying water to the leaves to increase air humidity.

3. Fertilization

The flowering period of five colors is longer, topdressing 2-3 times per month in spring, summer and autumn, and topdressing in time after flowering. During the growing period, thin fertilizer mainly composed of phosphorus and potassium was applied every 15 days or so to provide sufficient nutrients, combined with watering to make the plant blossom more. Spraying 3% urea twice every 10 days can make the leaves thicker and greener. Stop fertilizing after entering the house in winter.

4. Lighting

Five-color plum like the sunny environment, the growing season can be placed in the outdoor sunny place to maintain, even in midsummer does not need to shade, but requires good ventilation. If the light is insufficient, the plants will grow too long, the stems and branches will be thin and long, and the flowering will be rare, which will seriously affect the ornamental plants.

5. Temperature

Five-colored plum is native to tropical areas. after introducing cultivation in other climatic areas, it is found that it can survive the winter safely as long as the temperature is not less than 8 degrees Celsius in winter. The suitable temperature for growth is 8-30 degrees Celsius.

II. Points for attention

1. Five-colored plum is poisonous

Although five-colored plum can be used as medicine, it is toxic and has reactions such as dizziness, nausea and vomiting. We must master the dosage to prevent adverse reactions. Do not use it for pregnant women and the frail.

2. Pay attention to pruning

Five-colored plums need to be pruned to keep the plant shape beautiful and keep the flowers blooming. The five-colored plum is resistant to pruning, and it is necessary to pick the heart frequently in order to make it a round head-shaped beautiful crown. When the seedling grows to about 10 cm high, it will pick the heart, promote it to germinate branches from the base, retain 3-5 branches as the main branch, wait for the main branch to grow to a certain length, and then pick the heart, so that the growth of the main branch is balanced.

The Propagation method of Prunus mume

1. Sowing: sowing can be sowed in pots with high humidity and temperature at the end of autumn, or in spring. Sowing seedlings in South China can be used to plant flower beds, and flowers can be seen in September of that year. After the fruit is ripe, it is picked and retted, soaked in water and scrubbed to remove the pulp, and the seeds are obtained. To avoid losing water, seeds can be sowed with picking in autumn, or stored in mixed sand, and sown again in spring. The temperature should be kept above 20C in the germination stage after sowing. The germination rate is about 60%, and the seedlings sown in the south can blossom in autumn.

2. Cuttage: cuttings are carried out more than May, one-year-old branches are taken as cuttings, each section is divided into two sections, two leaves of the upper section are retained and cut off in half, and the lower section is inserted into the matrix of plain sandy soil or fully mature humus soil, shading, film moisturizing and heat preservation, keeping the cutter moist and air humidity at 80-90%, and sprouting new shoots in about one month.

3. Striping: the five-color plum plant has many branches and takes root on the soil, so the flexible branches are cut and pressed into the soil, and the roots will be cut off after the root system grows.

The Culture value of Prunus mume

1. Viewing: the five-color plum green trees are full of flowers, which are gorgeous all the year round, with a long flowering period and beautiful colors, such as red, orange, yellow, pink, white and so on. Some flowers are yellow or pink at the beginning, gradually turn into orange or orange, and finally become red. The flowers are small and chic, appear to be very beautiful and have a certain ornamental value.

2, bonsai: five-color plum twigs are soft, suitable for making various forms of bonsai, can be processed into single-dry type, double-dry type, water-facing type, oblique dry type and other different forms of bonsai, which is also suitable for home decoration. Due to the large leaves, the crown is often natural and unrestrained, and can also be deliberately tied into a round shape.

Five-colored plum, a special kind of flower, is particularly interesting to grow in the garden, and the breeding method is not very difficult, although it will give off a little bad smell, at the same time, this kind of stench can drive away mosquitoes and flies, so flower friends in need should raise it quickly. More pruning in the breeding process will help it bloom more.