The more and more easy to raise camellia depends on the solid basic skills.

Camellia, with a variety of colors, varieties, beautiful flowers and large flowers, is a very good-looking potted flower. Raise camellias well, let them bloom constantly, and the flowers are getting bigger and bigger, these basic skills are very important.

1. Basin

In order to cultivate camellia, the size of the pot and the proportion of seedlings should be appropriate. The basin soil used had better be added to the garden soil with pine needle rotten leaf soil of 1 beat 3-1 hand 2. The suitable time for potting is December in winter or February-March in early spring. Stop on the basin in the budding period, and avoid it in the hot season.

2. Water

When the camellia is served in the basin, the water should be well watered. According to the degree of water permeability of the basin bottom, the amount of watering should be appropriate at ordinary times, and the amount of watering should vary with the seasons, the leaves and stems can be watered more during the growing period and flowering period in summer, and watering should be properly controlled after the new shoots stop growing so as to promote flower bud differentiation. During the rainy season, stagnant water should be prevented and watering should be reduced after entering autumn. The water temperature should be close to the soil temperature when watering.

3. Light

Camellia likes half the sun and avoids the sun. Young trees are shade-tolerant, while big trees need a certain amount of light to see sunlight for more than 3-4 hours a day in order to blossom, but the strong direct sunlight in summer will cause serious burns on the leaves and withered twigs. It is recommended that you put it in a place where there is scattered light, not where there is direct light, and shade in summer. In winter, it is better to put it in a place with full light in the south and wind shield in the northwest.

4. Soil

Camellia likes fertile, loose, slightly acidic loam or humus. The pH value can grow in the range of 4.5-6.5, and the best pH value is 5.5-6.5. The alkaline soil and clay-heavy stagnant water are not suitable for the growth of Camellia. The requirement for soil moisture is to moisten and avoid wetting, and the soil drainage is good. Pay attention to drainage in the plum rain and typhoon season, so as not to cause rotten roots to die.

5. Degrees

There were some differences in the tolerance of camellia to low temperature among varieties. The cold tolerance of single-petal varieties is stronger than that of ordinary varieties, and it can withstand the low temperature of-10 ℃. The tolerance of valuable varieties to low temperature is low. Camellia avoid high temperature and extreme heat, stop growing when the temperature is more than 30 ℃, sunburn will occur when the temperature is more than 35 ℃, the suitable temperature for growth is between 18-25 ℃, and the temperature suitable for blooming is between 10-20 ℃.