How to raise buttocks?

Butt flower is the stone flower, is the apricot family stone flower succulent plant, looks like the ass, divides into two halves, the middle flower, the white or yellow. So, how to raise butt flowers?

1. Reproduction

Stone flowers can be sowed or propagated separately, and sowing and propagation is a general method of reproduction, which is often carried out in April-May in spring. When sowing, the seeds are planted in flowerpots, and after sowing, there is no need to cover the soil, and then the soaking pot method is adopted to water them, not directly. It will sprout in about half a month.

2. Soil

Stone flower should grow in loose and breathable neutral sandy loam, if the soil permeability is not good, it may cause plant rot, it can be mixed with 2 parts of humus soil, coarse river sand or vermiculite, and can also be planted with synthetic materials such as red jade soil and immortal soil.

3. Temperature

Stone flowers like warm environment, afraid of low temperature, sowing temperature should be between 15-25 ℃, growth temperature should be between 15-30 ℃, high temperature in summer will lead to slow growth or stop growth, low temperature in winter may suffer frost damage.

4. Lighting

Stone flowers like the sunny environment, but afraid of strong light exposure, summer should not be placed in the direct sun outside, should use shade to cover part of the sun, winter should be placed in the indoor with sufficient light, spring and autumn can be directly illuminated.

5. Watering

Stone flower watering master the principle of "no dry, no watering, watering thoroughly", that is to say, we should wait until the soil is completely dry, water thoroughly, but not stagnant water, do not water on rainy days, and avoid rain. February-April is its molting period, so watering should be controlled.

6. Fertilization

Raw stone flowers do not need too much nutrition, just apply mature thin liquid fertilizer every 20 days or so. The period from February to April is its molting period, and fertilization should be stopped at this time, and compound fertilizer should be applied once at the end of molting.

7. Pest control

The main diseases of stone flowers are leaf spot disease, leaf rot, insect pests are ants, root-knot nematodes, diseases can be sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 600 times solution, pests can be protected and controlled by soil exchange and water retention.