White Magnolia planting notes

Magnolia is a common flower in life, named for its floral fragrance like orchid and white color. It can bloom all year round. Few flower friends like it. What are the precautions for planting Magnolia?

1. What are the precautions for white magnolia planting?

1. Fear of alkali

Magnolia love acidic soil, for the soil pH requirements of 5.5-6.3, if the soil is alkaline, it will make its cell protoplasm dissolution, resulting in slow growth of flowers, poor growth, can be used after fermentation rice washing water irrigation, the effect is better.

2, water should be appropriate

Magnolia is a fleshy root, soil water will cause its leaves to wither and fall off, even rotten root death, too dry will cause its withered tip roll leaves, is afraid of both waterlogging and drought flowers, so watering must pay attention.

3, afraid of thick fat

Magnolia like phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, but avoid fertilizer concentration is too high, otherwise it will produce reverse osmosis, causing physiological drought, light is withered Yan, heavy is burned, its fertilization principle is sparse, often applied, applied in the evening.

4. Select biennial branch rootstock for grafting

The grafted rootstock should be selected from biennial branches. In plum season, the branches with the same thickness as the rootstock should be used. After grafting, they can be healed about 60-70 days, and then cut off from the mother plant.

2. What are the methods of white magnolia cultivation?

1. Soil

Magnolia suitable for growth in the soil layer of deep acid or neutral soil, like fertile and appropriate moisture and good drainage of weak acid soil, not resistant to saline-alkali soil.

2. Watering

Magnolia root fleshy roots, not resistant to timely, in the flowering growth period should keep the soil moist, in autumn should reduce watering, delay its rooting, promote the branches mature, in order to winter, generally do not water in winter, only in the soil when the water is too dry.

3. Light temperature

Magnolia suitable for growth in sunny environment, sufficient light can make the period luxuriant foliage, flowers more fragrant, if insufficient light will cause its stunting. Magnolia is also sensitive to temperature. Too high a temperature will cause it to bloom ahead of time. It can endure a low temperature of minus 20 degrees for a short time, but cold protection measures should be taken when the temperature is lower than minus 20 degrees.

4. Fertilization

Magnolia denudata likes fertilizer, but avoid large fertilizer, generally apply fertilizer twice in the growth period to promote its growth and flower bud differentiation, fertilizer is mostly fully decomposed organic fertilizer, newly planted seedlings can not be fertilized, after defoliation or next spring fertilization.

5, pruning

Magnolia branches healing ability is poor, so generally will not be stimulated, but in order to tree reasonable, need to excessive long branches, dead branches, pest branches and other obstacles to the beautiful tree branches, should be water pruning.