Family Flower cultivation skills: cultivation methods of Anthurium andraeanum

Anthurium, also known as flower candle, is a perennial evergreen herb of Araceae. Petiole slender, spathe flat, ovate-shaped, leathery and waxy luster, orange-red or scarlet, perennial flowering, very ornamental value. The following are family flower cultivation techniques: Anthurium cultivation methods.

1. Soil selection

For home farming, you can buy the prepared culture soil directly from the garden store. After returning home, add a small amount of ceramsite or dried bark to the nutrient soil we bought. Ceramsite: dry bark =2:1. However, the soil for planting Anthurium should maintain good permeability and drainage.

Make sure to disinfect the soil before planting, but if you are preparing special soil, you can skip this step. Disinfection is to make the anthurium less likely to suffer pests and diseases in the later stages of growth.

II. Temperature requirements

The optimum growth temperature of Anthurium andraeanum is 14~35℃. Winter temperature is lower than 10℃, Anthurium is easy to be frostbite, timely warming. Summer temperature is higher than 35℃, sprinkle water around Anthurium to cool down.

Third, how to add fat

Anthurium like fertilizer, magnesium fertilizer demand is higher, it is best to go to a professional flower shop to buy higher magnesium foliar fertilizer with the use. Or choose water-soluble compound fertilizer diluted into liquid fertilizer to fertilize Anthurium. Spray once a week during growth. When fertilizing, adhere to the principle of "thin fertilizer and frequent application", rather less than more, but more will directly burn seedlings ~

IV. Watering cycle

The watering of Anthurium is carried out according to the dryness of the pot soil. According to the rules summarized by flower friends, we have to do it once every three days in spring and autumn. Twice a day in summer, and in summer pay attention to spraying leaves with a sprayer at noon to increase humidity. In winter, water can be poured once every 5 to 7 days.

When the weather is cold, water between 9:00 and 16:00 a.m. When watering, pay attention to alternate wet and dry, avoid watering under severe water shortage, which affects the growth and development of Anthurium.

V. Pay attention to humidity control

High temperature and humidity is the preferred environment for Anthurium andraeanum. Humidity is related to temperature, room temperature is higher than 28℃, we need to manually increase the indoor humidity. Humidifier or watering can be used to humidify, when the temperature is lower than 20℃, maintain indoor humidity can be, do not water.

In winter, even if the indoor temperature is high, it is best not to cool down too much moisture. Overwet leaves of plants at night will reduce their ability to resist cold, making them frostbite, which is not conducive to winter.

VI. Prevention and control of diseases and insect pests

The most common pests of Anthurium andraeanum were red spider, nematode, cabbage caterpillar, whitefly, thrips, snail and scale insect, especially red spider, nematode and cabbage caterpillar. But Anthurium is very sensitive to pesticides, and if only pesticides can be used, it is best to use low concentrations. Special attention is paid to the point that all copper-containing pesticides, such as dimethoate, dichlorvos, malathion, parathion, methamidophos, etc., will be toxic to Anthurium, it is best not to use.

VII. How to trim

In order to avoid excessive consumption of Anthurium andraeanum, we should cut off the dead branches and branches in time during the growth of Anthurium andraeanum, and the cutting technique of Anthurium andraeanum has the saying of "three adjustments and two scissors", that is, adjust the direction, adjust the plant, cut the bud, cut the bud, and cut the presbyopic.