How to grow Celosia cristata and its planting methods and points for attention

Cockscomb flower, as its name suggests, its flowering petals are like noble cockscomb. It is a common floral plant and can be found everywhere in many home grown and garden uses. Celosia originated in Africa, the Americas and other tropical regions, tenacious vitality, adaptability to the environment is also very good, very good to feed. But many people are not too clear about its cultivation method, let's find out together.

How to grow cockscomb

1. Soil

Although cockscomb is not strict with soil requirements, it is suitable for planting on sandy loam with good drainage and loose fertility. If drainage is poor, it is easy to suffer from root rot.

2. Watering

Celosia likes dry air, avoid waterlogging, consume a lot of water during the growth period, must fully irrigate in summer, but also to prevent excessive water, in case of continuous rainy days should pay attention to drainage.

3. Sunlight

Celosia likes warm, avoid cold, growth period should have sufficient light, at least 4 hours of light every day, the most suitable growth temperature 18~28℃.

4. Diseases and pests

Celosia cristata has few diseases and insect pests, it is easy to have blight in seedling stage, aphid damage in growth period, so attention should be paid to prevention and control. Root rot should be uprooted and sprayed with copper sulfate.

5, pruning

The dwarf varieties of cockscomb flower should be removed after planting to promote branching. When used as cut flowers, they can be removed when the plant height is 20~30 cm.

6. Fertilization

When sowing cockscomb flower, apply enough base fertilizer, apply thin compound liquid fertilizer every 10 days before flowering and flowering, and the amount of nitrogen fertilizer should not be too much to prevent excessive growth and lodging.

7. Harvest

The cockscomb flower is generally harvested before and after white dew, the seeds gradually blacken and mature, the flower moss can be cut off in time, the ventilated place is dried and threshed, the flowers and seeds are managed separately, and they are used as medicine respectively.

Crested Flower Cultivation Methods and Precautions

1. Cultivation method of cockscomb flower

1. Planting

When spring seedlings grow 2-4 hours, plant them in pots. Planting should be slightly deep planting, leaving only cotyledons on the soil surface, and make the pot soil slightly dry, induce inflorescences to appear early. After inflorescences occur, replace with 16 cm pots. Before turning over the pot, water should be poured thoroughly. If you want to get extra large flower heads, you can change the 23 cm pot again. At the same time, pay attention to the matching of flower pots.

2. Light and temperature

Love warm, avoid cold. There should be sufficient light during the growing period, at least 4 hours of light every day. The suitable growth temperature is 18 - 28 ℃. Low temperature growth slow, after winter planting forest death.

3. Fertilization and watering

Basin soil should be fertile, with fertile loam and mature manure each half mixed. During the growth period must be properly watered, but the basin soil should not be too wet, moist partial dry is appropriate. Prevent excessive growth, no flowering or late flowering. Growth later add phosphate fertilizer, and see sunshine more, can promote growth robust and large inflorescences. In the seed maturity stage, it is advisable to irrigate less fertilizer and water to facilitate seed maturity and keep color for a long time.

II. Precautions

1, planted in high dry, sunny, fertile, good drainage sandy loam.

2, watering can not be too much during the growth period, control watering after flowering, appropriate watering in dry weather, timely drainage in rainy days.

3. Remove all axillary buds from seedling stage.

4. After the comb is formed, apply a thin compound fertilizer every 10 days.

5. Dwarf and multi-branched varieties should be picked after planting to promote branching; upright and branched varieties need not be picked.

6, small potted dwarf species, large potted Phoenix tail comb and other high-growth species.

What are the different shapes of cockscomb varieties?

1, spherical flower type

The corolla part is particularly dense and spherical, namely, called "long-lasting rice cockscomb flower", flower bed and cut flower cultivation are very common.

2. Feather flower type

The flower shape assumes the feather shape, the corolla resembles the flame, the color is bright, regardless of is the flower bed cultivation or does the cut flower, all very please the human to like.

3. Lance flower type

Corolla cone-shaped like fir tree, flower spikes short and contracted, some especially suitable for cut flowers.

Seed propagation method of cockscomb

1. Seed sowing

The propagation of cockscomb flower commonly used seed propagation method, clear when the selected plot, apply sufficient base fertilizer, tilling fine rake evenly, leveling for the ridge, the seeds evenly scattered on the ridge surface, slightly covered with strict seeds, steadfast irrigation, generally at the temperature of 15-20℃, 10-15 days can emerge. Summer sowing in mango seed, grab drought out Cang, can also be interplanted with white peony, peony or other crops, mu with a catty.

2. Seedling management

Celosia cristata seedlings 2 inches high, according to row spacing 1 foot, plant spacing 8 inches thin seedlings, the seedlings can be transferred to other fields, after transfer must be watered. Seedlings must be weeded loose soil, not too dry, as little as possible watering, seedling height may have to apply topdressing once. After closing the ridge, the old leaves should be beaten properly. When flowering and heading, if the weather is dry, water should be properly watered. In rainy season, low-lying places should be strictly prevented from ponding. After heading, the flower buds between the lower leaf organs can be removed to facilitate the concentration of nutrients in the top of the main ear growth.

Celosia cristata is a kind of edible, beautiful and medicinal flower plant. Flower friends can make delicious dishes such as crown flower egg soup at home, which can be used to treat hematochezia, metrorrhagia and other symptoms. However, although the effect of cockscomb flower is large, it should not be eaten excessively.