How do sweet potato flowers spend the winter?

Sweet potato flower is actually Dahlia, also known as Tianzhu peony. It is native to the plateau of Mexico at an altitude of 1500 meters. Sweet potato flower is very delicate, it is not cold-resistant and afraid of heat, so in the daily maintenance, how to spend the winter when winter comes?

How to spend the winter with sweet potato flowers

Dahlia belongs to the summer flower, is a kind of plant that is not resistant to cold, mainly because its root part can not be frozen, it is difficult to grow normally in the environment below zero, and it is very easy to be harmed. It may not be able to recover in the coming year, and it is not sprouting, but as long as it is prepared, it can survive the winter safely.

After entering autumn, the potted plant should be moved to the indoor sunny leeward place in time to make it naturally dormant, stop watering, put on plastic bags, keep warm and moisturize, and move out of the room after warming up in the next spring. After the stems of dahlias planted in the open air are gradually withered and yellow, the stems above the ground should be cut off, and the roots should be covered with thick soil and covered with straw. When the spring warms up the following year, you can lift the straw, shovel away the thick soil, and the root can grow new buds again.

Second, the main points of planting sweet potato flowers

1. Sweet potato flower cultivation requires loose and breathable, well-drained soil environment, if the soil consolidation is easy to lead to sweet potato flower death.

two。 Sweet potato flowers are easy not to be watered too much when planting, which can easily lead to stagnant water and death.

3. Sweet potato flowers in the allocation of high-quality nutritious soil on the basis of sufficient organic fertilizer, to achieve frequent application of nitrogen fertilizer, do not apply thick fertilizer, in order to prevent burning roots and dead seedlings.

4. Sweet potato flowers like cool climate and can grow normally at 5-35 degrees. Dahlias like a sunny and well-ventilated environment with 10-12 hours of light per day.

With regard to sweet potato flowers, we say that when we breed sweet potato flowers, we must be careful and patient, and pay attention to the abnormal phenomena of sweet potato flowers in time, accurate diagnosis and early treatment.