The latest Culture method of Longevity Flower in Palace Lantern

The palace lantern longevity flower is a perennial herb of the crassulaceae family, also known as red lantern, trailing bell begonia, etc., the stem is lignified, much branched, new branches are soft and often drooping, leaves are opposite, long ovate, slightly fleshy, flower red, tubular, the apex 4 petals are slightly separated, its shape is similar to the small lantern, so it is named the palace lantern longevity flower, let's take a look at the breeding method of the palace lantern longevity flower!

The culture function of longevity flower of palace lantern

1. Purify the air: the longevity flower of the palace lantern is a CAM plant, the stomata are closed during the day, and the stomata are opened at night to release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide at the same time, which plays a good role in purifying the air, especially at night, which can freshen the closed indoor air.

2, beautify the home: the palace lantern longevity flowers are compact, the leaves are crystal clear and bright, the flowers are dense and gorgeous, and the ornamental effect is excellent. Palace lantern longevity flower florescence coincides with Christmas, New Year's Day and Spring Festival, can be used to decorate windowsill, desk, desk, very suitable, for flower beds, shop windows and halls, etc., its overall ornamental effect is excellent, it is an ideal potted flowers in winter, can beautify the home.

3, fengshui value: Palace lantern longevity flower name longevity, therefore, the festival presents relatives and friends, implying good luck, longevity, very suitable, and likable. Adding a pot of palace lanterns and longevity flowers to your home during the Spring Festival can set off a good sign of good longevity and bring good moral and good feng shui.

The Propagation method of Longevity Flower of Palace Lantern

The main results are as follows: 1. Stem cutting: after the flower fade, a liquid fertilizer dominated by nitrogen is applied to promote its rejuvenation. Cut 4 cm to 6 cm long stem segments with 5 to 7 leaves in May and June, wait for the cut to dry, and insert them directly into a small basin containing plain soil, with three plants in each pot in the shape of "taste". In the semi-shady place, rooting and sending new leaves after half a month means that it has survived, picking the heart once or twice to promote its multiple branches and multiple flowering. The high temperature in July is not suitable for cutting, it can also be cut from mid-late August to early September, and it can also blossom in the next spring, but it is not as much as those who cut in May or June.

2. Leaf cutting: cut the strong and full leaves from the petiole, cut them obliquely or flat on the sand bed after the incision is slightly dry, keep the humidity, about 10-15 days, it can take root from the base of the leaf and grow new plants.

3. Ramet propagation: after spending the summer, the old plant turns the pot and changes the soil from late August to early September, otherwise the growth will decline, at the same time, the larger clumps of plants can be cut into several plants with a sharp knife and planted separately, and the heart should be picked once or twice after survival to promote its multiple branches to blossom.

Culture method of longevity flower in palace lantern

1. Soil: although Gongdeng longevity flower does not choose soil, it is easy to rot its roots in heavy clay, and grows best in loose and fertile slightly acidic sandy loam. Family potted plants should be mixed with rotten leaf soil and vegetable garden topsoil, and then add 5% to 8% sand as culture soil. When planting, add some bone meal or nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer as base fertilizer.

2. Watering: the longevity flower of the palace lantern is a succulent animal, which contains a lot of water, is more resistant to drought and afraid of waterlogging, and grows well under the condition of dry air in high-rise buildings. Do not water too much, water every 2-3 days, basin soil should be wet and dry. If the basin soil is too warm, it is easy to cause root rot. Watering grasp "dry see wet, watering thoroughly" in winter should increase watering, stop fertilization. About 3 days in spring and autumn, you can see that the basin soil is dry and watered once, often keep a little moist. Summer should be less watering, 5 to 7 days watering is better, placed outside the longevity flowers, rainy season to avoid the rain, the water is easy to rot roots and leaves and even death.

3. Illumination: the longevity flower of the palace lantern is not strict with the request of light, and can grow well under the conditions of full sunshine, half-day light and scattered light. Palace lantern longevity flowers like the sunny environment, except for a little shade at noon in midsummer, the rest of the time should be placed in the sun, at least 4 hours of direct light can be seen every day in order to grow healthily. The balcony of the building should rotate the flowerpot 180 degrees every half month to make it receive light evenly, avoid partial crown and reduce the ornamental value. Although the semi-shade can also grow, but the stem thin leaves thin flowers less light, far less luxuriant than the sunny place. If the shade is not only easy to lose leaves and no flowers, even if the flowering plants are placed in the shade, the flower color will become dim, and then the flowers will fall off and wither.

4. Temperature: the most suitable temperature for the growth of the longevity flower is 15 ℃ to 25 ℃, which is higher than 30 ℃ and slows down and enters a semi-dormant state, that is to say, the longevity in summer is basically not long, the growth is stagnant below 10 ℃, the leaf color is red below 8 ℃, the florescence is delayed, and it is easy to freeze to death below 0 ℃. Pay attention to ventilation and shade when it is very hot in winter to prevent strong sunlight. Enter the greenhouse or put the room out to the sun in winter, the temperature is more than 10 ℃, the lowest temperature can not be lower than 5 ℃, and the leaves turn red easily when the temperature is low. Therefore, in order to raise longevity flowers, it is necessary to create a small environment that is warm in winter and cool in summer. At noon in midsummer, you should avoid strong light exposure and place it in a semi-shady place with sufficient scattered light, such as under big trees, under eaves or north balconies, and pay special attention to ventilation and cooling. You can sprinkle water on the ground nearby, but not on the plants. After the Beginning of Autumn, sunshine can be seen gradually from late August to early September, and more sunshine should be seen from October to promote its transformation from vegetative growth to reproductive growth. When the lowest temperature drops to about 10 ℃, move indoors and place it in front of the south or west windowsill to make it more sunny. Keep 10 ℃ at night, 15 ℃ to 18 ℃ during the day, and blossom in December.

5. Fertilization: longevity flowers like fertilizer, and liquid fertilizer dominated by nitrogen can be applied 2 to 3 times after planting seedlings in pot for half a month or after half a month of old plants to promote stem and leaf growth, and nitrogen-based liquid fertilizer can be applied once after flowering to promote its rejuvenation. In the rest of the time, except for stopping application in summer, we can only apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer, do not put fertilizer on the leaves, otherwise the leaves are easy to rot, such as accidentally dirty leaves, rinse off with water. The flowering period of longevity flowers is long, so it is necessary to break the commandment of not applying fertilizer during the flowering period, and apply thin nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer or 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution once a month, so that the later flowers will not become small and pale due to lack of fertilizer.

6, support: when the palace lantern longevity flower plant is long, bamboo pole support should be set up. Those planted on the ground need to set up a flower net to prevent the branches from breaking.

7. pest control: there are mainly powdery mildew and leaf blight, which can be sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 600 times. Insect pests are harmful to leaves and shoots by shell insects and aphids, which can be sprayed and controlled with 1000 times of dimethoate EC. No matter in the field or in the pot, the tubers should be disinfected before planting to prevent the spread of soil diseases.

8. Harvest and storage: when the palace lantern longevity flower is used as a cut flower, it should be harvested when the bottom 3 flowers of the stem are fully blooming and golden yellow. After the stem was withered and yellow, the tubers were dug up and stored in a cold room of 3-5 ℃. After the dug tubers are washed and sterilized with carbendazim or chlorothalonil, the occurrence of diseases can be reduced.