Jasmine gardenia can not be raised well, it must be wrong! 2 steps of self-made acid soil, using flowers fierce.

How to make acid soil?

It's not easy to get good soil for growing flowers in the city. In order to make the flowers at home have good soil when changing pots, we can make use of our usual time to prepare them, which will be much more convenient when we use them.

1. Prepare some fallen pine needles, willow leaves or poplar leaves. You can take a plastic bag with you when you go out for a run or walk, and pack some when you meet.

2. First lay a layer of soil at the bottom of the basin, then lay a layer of fallen leaves, then add soil, and then add fallen leaves, so that the layer can be repeated for 3 or 4 times.

3. After it is all laid, pour water thoroughly, add some ferrous sulfate, and then seal the soil with a plastic bag after compaction.

4. During the retting period, some ferrous sulfate can be added at regular intervals to ensure the acidity of the soil. Acid soil can be obtained in 4 to 6 months.

5. Acid soil can be used to grow flowers such as Milan, camellia, jasmine, gardenia and rhododendron.

How to change alkaline soil into acidic soil?

In addition to using leaves to make acidic soil, we can also use some tips to change alkaline soil into acidic soil.

1. Vinegar (preferably rice vinegar without salt). The mixed pouring of vinegar and water at 1:50 to the acid-loving flowers can quickly change the acidity and basicity of the soil and turn the alkaline soil into a slightly acidic soil.

2. Peel water. Apple peel and leftover kernels do not throw, soak in water overnight, and then pour water on the flowers, can improve the alkaline soil, slowly become acidic, there are gardenia, jasmine can try.

3. Wash rice water. Many flower friends say that rice panning water is the best to use, can change the acidity and basicity of the soil and can also be used as fertilizer. This is true, but must pay attention to the first mature, sealed with water, the temperature will be high for two weeks after the maturity, and then mixed with water at 1:20 to the flowers on the line.

With acidic soil, jasmine is guaranteed to grow well. So what else do you need to pay attention to to maintain jasmine?

1. The light should be sufficient.

Jasmine likes light. If you put it in a room where there is not enough sunlight, its leaves will be very thin and easy to grow in vain. Plenty of sunshine can make jasmine grow stronger and help blossom.

2. don't water too much.

Jasmine is more resistant to drought, generally wait until the soil is more than half dry before watering, watering once a week, watering too much is easy to grow.

3. Fertilizer should be kept up with.

Jasmine should pay attention to fertilization during the growing period, which can be mixed with 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, or chicken manure and bone powder can be used as base fertilizer in the soil. There is enough nutrition to produce more branches and buds.

4. Pay attention to pruning.

The old branches of jasmine are not easy to blossom. Timely pruning can promote the growth of new branches and blossom more. There are two principles for pruning:

① florescence, if the flowers bloom slowly, pay attention to cut off the weak buds and leaves near the large buds, so as to ensure that the flowers open.

② during the Spring and Autumn period, jasmine can be re-cut, leaving only two pairs of leaves on each branch, two growth nodes, and the rest cut off. Heavy pruning is to promote the development of lateral branches and make jasmine more luxuriant.

Jasmine and gardenia are not raised well, and the wrong soil is a big part of the reason.

The method of making acid soil above is very simple.

As soon as you learn it, give it a try.