Keep blooming cockscomb flowers in flowerpots that look like colorful crowns

Celosia cristata is a very colorful ornamental flower, and it is also a very common tropical ornamental plant. In the south, there are many friends who regard Celosia cristata as a green plant in horticulture. In fact, it has three types: spike-shaped flowers, crown-shaped flowers and globular flowers, which are colorful and attractive.

The most common colors of cockscomb are yellow, pink, red, orange, magenta and so on. It has short plants, which can only grow to more than 10 centimeters, and some can grow to more than one meter high. Reproduction is very simple. Buy some seeds directly, sow seeds directly after spring is warm, and grow into potted plants in a few weeks.

1. Preparatory work:

Planting cockscomb must use a larger container with more drainage holes, and you also need an environment with plenty of sunshine. Celosia cristata is a tropical flower that likes a warm and humid environment all the year round. It can also thrive in extreme heat and humid environment, but it is afraid of cold. In the process of maintenance, it is given more than 6 hours of light every day. Potted plants can keep the potted soil dry and thoroughly watered to avoid stagnant water. Otherwise, the rhizome will rot easily.

two。 Planting:

Cockscomb has a variety of colorful varieties, can each on a tree, so that the whole yard and balcony will be full of vitality, spring is the most suitable for sowing and reproduction of cockscomb, the cultivation temperature is about 20 degrees, prepare some 15 cm diameter flowerpots, each pot put more than 10 seeds, generally 6 weeks later, the whole flowerpot will be full of seedlings.

3. Nurture:

It is very easy to maintain the cockscomb in the flowerpot, keep the pot soil moist when sowing, slowly reduce watering after the seedlings grow out, wait for the pot soil to dry and water thoroughly after growing stronger, and the maintenance position should have more than 8 hours of light every day. If raised in a cool or shady place, the cockscomb will probably only grow leaves and not blossom.

When watering, it is necessary to avoid stagnant water in the soil, the soil is moist for a long time and the roots are easy to rot, and the cockscomb has a certain ability to withstand drought.

4. Diseases and insect pests:

If you are potted cockscomb cultivated indoors, you may encounter diseases and insect pests, such as common red spiders, stem rot and leaf spot. If you want to avoid stem rot and leaf spot, it is best to properly water the soil to avoid frequent dampness. The other thing is to maintain a ventilated and cool environment. Wait for the soil to be completely dry before watering, and avoid excessive dryness of the air during indoor maintenance in winter.

If you want to avoid diseases and insect pests, it is best to give it as much light as possible and maintain a ventilated environment so that there are basically no diseases and insect pests.

5. Fertilizer requirements:

When cultivating Celosia cristata, as long as some heap soil is used, there is basically no need to apply fertilizer in the later stage. If the cultivated soil is not fertile enough, Celosia cristata may grow slowly. If it is found that the branches and leaves grow very slowly, in addition to increasing light, thin organic liquid fertilizer or other water-soluble fertilizer can be added every 2 to 3 weeks.

The picture above shows some spike-shaped cockscomb flowers, and the varieties of purple flowers are also extremely charming. Planting on the balcony facing south or east is very suitable. As long as the environment is sunny and ventilated, they are basically free of diseases and insect pests. The flowering period of cockscomb is particularly long, has a strong ornamental, maintenance is also very simple, planting does not need regular management.