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When will the colorful carnation be sown

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Colorful carnation, also known as bract carnation, brocade, American carnation and so on, is a kind of plant with garden ornamental and medicinal value. So when will it sow? How to maintain it? When will the colorful carnation be sown? The best sowing time for colorful carnation is every year.

Colored Dianthus, also known as flowering carnation, decamericana, etc., is a plant with ornamental and medicinal value in gardens. When does it sow? How to maintain?

When are the colorful flowers planted?

The best sowing time of colorful carnation is February to May and August to October every year. These two periods are sunny and the temperature is suitable. It is the best time for colorful carnation seeds to be sown.

How to raise colorful carnation?

1. environment

Colorful carnations like light, it is best to plant in the sunny place, if at home, then put on the balcony or windowsill where there is sun. And it likes loose fertile soil, permeability and drainage is good, before planting, the soil should be dug loose, if planting in pots, prepare suitable soil, and apply some organic fertilizer, there are sufficient nutrients to promote germination and growth.

2. sowing

Soak the plants for about 24 hours in February to May or August to October, and then take them out and dry them. Sowing it in open seedbed, keeping pot soil moist after sowing, sprouting 5 days after sowing, seedling emergence about 10 days, seedling growth temperature of 10-20 DEG C. When the seedlings grow 4-5 leaves, they can be transplanted.

3. water and fertilizer

Colorful Dianthus in the growth, water and fertilizer is essential, to often appropriate watering, avoid soil water. It is advisable to water less in winter. If the temperature is maintained at 5-8℃, it will bloom continuously in winter and spring. Fertilization is also dominated by light fertilizer, and the concentration should not be too high. Generally every 10 days or so apply a decomposed thin liquid fertilizer. Summer rain too much, pay attention to drainage, loose soil.

4. pruning

Seedlings grow to 15 cm high remove terminal buds, promote its branches, pay attention to appropriate removal of axillary buds later, otherwise more branches, will make nutrients scattered and flowers small, appropriate removal of axillary buds to concentrate nutrients, can promote flowers large and colorful. Before flowering, some leaf axils and buds should be removed in time, mainly to ensure that the top buds bloom.

Colored Dianthus is generally susceptible to red spider infestation, so it can be used 40% omethoate EC 1500 times spray control.

 
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