Planting method of fragrant Snow Ball (Jade Butterfly Ball)

Fragrant snowballs, also known as small white flowers, jade butterfly balls, originated in the Mediterranean coast, are now introduced into China as horticultural ornamental plants, very high ornamental, today the editor will introduce the planting method of fragrant snowballs to you.

I. the growth habits of fragrant snowballs

Xiangxueqiu is native to Europe and West Asia, which requires sufficient sunshine, slightly shade tolerance, loose soil, waterlogging, drought and barren tolerance, cool climate, extreme heat, frost resistance, dry air environment, long overcast and rainy days, easy to be infected by bacteria, fear of rain, keep leaves dry at night, and the optimum air relative humidity is 40-60%.

2. Breeding methods of fragrant Snowball

The propagation method of fragrant snowball can use seeds or cuttings, but it is generally used to propagate seeds. In the north, they are mostly sown in spring and are usually sown in a greenhouse in March. Fragrant snowball seeds germinate faster than ordinary flower seeds, emerge neatly, and the optimum temperature for germination is 20 degrees. Seedlings emerge in about 5 days, plant in pots when 3-4 true leaves are planted, blossom in June, grow poorly in hot summer, and blossom rarely. At this time, the flowering branches should be cut off. By strengthening the management of fertilizer and water, it can bloom again in autumn. North China and South China are mostly sown in autumn, overwintering in cold bed protected areas, potting or planting in March of the following year, and flowering in April.

Third, the planting method of fragrant snowball

1. Matrix

The substrate for the upper basin of fragrant snowballs can choose one of the following: vegetable garden soil and slag is about 3:1, or garden soil, medium coarse river sand, sawdust (slag) is prepared at 4:1:2, or one of paddy soil, pond mud, rotten leaf soil, or peat, perlite, ceramsite at 2:2:1, or peat, slag, ceramsite at 2:2:1. Or sawdust, vermiculite and medium-coarse river sand are also prepared at 2:2:1, pour water once after the basin is finished, and keep in a shady environment for a week.

2. Install the basin

When installing the pot, the fragrant snowball seedlings first put a coarse-grained matrix or ceramsite about 2 cm thick at the bottom of the basin as a filter layer, sprinkle a layer of fully mature organic fertilizer as base fertilizer with a thickness of about 1-2 cm, and then cover it with a layer of matrix, about 1-2 cm thick, and then put in the plant to separate the fertilizer from the root system and avoid burning roots.

3. Transplanting

When transplanting fragrant snowball seedlings, first dig the planting hole, sprinkle a layer of organic fertilizer at the bottom of the planting hole as the base fertilizer (base fertilizer), with a thickness of about 4-6 cm, then cover a layer of soil and put it into the seedling to separate the fertilizer from the root system and avoid burning the roots. after putting it into the seedling, backfill the soil, cover the root system, and trample the soil with your feet and water it once.

The above is the planting method of fragrant snowballs introduced by the editor of Tuliu. if you want to plant, go and buy a pot to plant it. I hope it can help you!