How to select chrysanthemum seeds? What are the breeding methods?

Chrysanthemum is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, which is mainly divided into ornamental and medicinal flowers. Now many areas have planted chrysanthemums, so how to plant chrysanthemums? What are the methods of raising seedlings? Let's get to know it.

How to choose chrysanthemum seeds?

Chrysanthemum is propagated by cutting, which is a kind of asexual reproduction, so seeds are rarely used. But chrysanthemums do have seeds, but there are not so many. Many times, even if there are seeds, they are generally kept for their own use, so most of the chrysanthemum seeds on the market are fake. The fewer things are, the harder it is to buy, and there will be more fakes. So in the purchase of chrysanthemum seeds must pay attention to a few points, first, to the regular seed merchants to buy, there is a guarantee after sale. Second, pay attention to the production date of the packaging bags, varieties, anti-counterfeiting sign lights, to avoid buying fake seeds.

What are the breeding methods of chrysanthemum seeds?

1. Soil selection

When sowing chrysanthemum, loose soil rich in organic matter should be selected, and a certain amount of mature organic fertilizer should be applied as base fertilizer before sowing.

2. Sowing method

When sowing chrysanthemums, mix the seeds and a certain amount of sand evenly, and spread them evenly on the seedling bed, then cover the soil for about one centimeter.

3. Timely transplanting

When the chrysanthemum seedlings grow 4 to 5 true leaves, the chrysanthemum seedlings can be transplanted into the nutrition bowl and removed from the heart, and there is no need to apply topdressing during the seedling growth period, so as not to cause excessive growth of branches and leaves and affect flowering.

4. Maintenance and management

Chrysanthemum is a typical short-day flower, which forms flower buds and blossoms only when the sunshine is short every day. It needs 14.5 hours of sunshine per day during vegetative growth and 12 hours per day during flower bud differentiation. Chrysanthemum for water demand is relatively large, but afraid of stagnant water, especially during the vegetative growth period, the growth rate is fast, water demand is large, it is easy to lack of water, should be watered frequently, but be careful not to accumulate water.

5. Heart-picking management

When the chrysanthemum plant grows to more than 10 centimeters high, it can begin to pick the heart, leaving only 4 or 5 leaves at the base of the plant, all the upper leaves are removed, and the branches and buds that grow later should also be removed in time.

6. Pest control

The main diseases of chrysanthemum are rust, black spot and gray mold, which do great harm to the growth of chrysanthemum, so it must be properly controlled in the process of chrysanthemum cultivation. Rust harms leaves and stems, especially leaves, which can be sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 500 times. Black spot mainly harms leaves and can be sprayed with the same amount of Bordeaux solution. Botrytis cinerea harms flowers, leaves, stems, etc., and is sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 500 times at the initial stage of the disease.

The above is about chrysanthemum seed selection and seedling method introduction, different chrysanthemum varieties planting methods are different, we can according to the actual variety requirements, about chrysanthemum seeds and seedlings, do you have anything to add?

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