The latest culture method of tortoise shell peony

Turtle Peony is a very beautiful small indoor potted flowers, for the cactus family rock peony plants, mainly distributed in Texas and Mexico, unique shape, enjoy the "giant panda in the plant" reputation, also known as the living rock, flowering and beautiful, ornamental value is extremely high, let's take a look at the cultivation method of turtle peony!

Morphological Characteristics of Peony on Tortoiseshell

Tortoiseshell peony spherical plants solitary or clustered, cushion growth, a single ball diameter of 10 cm to 15 cm, flat top, was thick white or yellow-white hair. The outer skin is thick and hard triangular, grayish green to brownish green on the surface of the wart, wrinkled into irregular grooves, with a longitudinal groove extending to the axils of the wart and short wool. Flowers terminal, bell-shaped, pink, 3.5 cm to 4 cm long, very showy, and constant flowers open at the same time.

The breeding method of tortoise shell peony

It is difficult to reproduce the tortoise shell peony, and can be grafted by sowing method or picking young balls. Because the mature period of fruit is very long and germination is very difficult, the germination rate is very low and the seedling grows very slowly. It is a variety of rock peony whose growth speed is only faster than agave peony. Grafting can be used as rootstock, such as Trigonium, to speed up the growth rate, early flowering, but grafted seedlings have a short life span, easy aging, difficult to cultivate, and rock peony plants landing is very difficult, not easy to root, mortality is very high.

Cultivation method of tortoise shell peony

1, selection basin: tortoise shell peony with thick taproot, suitable for deeper potted species.

2, soil: tortoise shell peony basin soil requirements drainage, good permeability, and contains a proper amount of calcareous sandy soil.

3, humidity: turtle shell peony like air circulation environment, requires a certain air humidity in the cultivation place.

4, watering: turtle shell peony growth season to fully water, but avoid continuous accumulation of water in the basin.

5, fertilization: tortoise shell peony every 15 days or so apply a "low nitrogen, high phosphorus and potassium" compound liquid fertilizer, in order to make the plant more flowers.

6, shade: turtle shell peony summer needs appropriate shade, if the light is too strong, not only easy to burn the ball, but also slow growth.

7, overwintering: turtle shell peony winter in the indoor light bright place, keep the basin soil dry, resistant to 5℃ low temperature.

8, change the pot: turtle shell peony cultivation should be changed once a year to promote the growth of lush plants.