Family flower cultivation to master the correct fertilization methods and skills to avoid getting into the misunderstanding of fertilization with twice the effort and half the effort

Friends who often grow flowers know that in addition to proper lighting, watering and pruning, fertilization is also very important. Mastered the correct fertilization methods and skills, plants flourish, flowers continue to bloom, otherwise, it may get twice the result with half the effort, not only a waste of financial resources, but also affect the mood of flower growers.

General family flower cultivation is divided into two categories: foliage plants and flowering plants. Common foliage plants such as green pineapple, hanging orchid, rich bamboo, rich tree and so on. Flowering plants such as jasmine, rhododendron, gardenia, camellias and all kinds of grass flowers. Foliage plants and flowering plants are completely different in the way of fertilization. Generally speaking, nitrogen fertilizer is the main fertilizer for foliage plants, while phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is the main fertilizer for flowering plants. It is necessary to popularize the effects of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers on plants: nitrogen fertilizer can promote the synthesis of protein, increase the area of photosynthesis and promote the synthesis of chlorophyll. Phosphate fertilizer can participate in photosynthesis, promote cell division, and enhance disease resistance, drought resistance and cold resistance of plants. Potash fertilizer can promote photosynthesis, it is like human bones, can make plants grow stronger, enhance the ability of plants to resist disease and lodging.

It looks like it's easy to fertilize plants, but it's not. No matter which kind of fertilizer is applied to any kind of plant, it is not absolute. Fertilization should be determined according to plant growth, soil fertility, dormant period, climate and other conditions. For example, in the case of foliage plants, green orchids are generally recommended to apply nitrogen-based fertilizer every 10 days. You can buy available nitrogen fertilizer on the market, or you can mature your own organic fertilizer such as soybean water. But some flower friends will find that other people's orchids or green orchids grow a lot of branches and vines, while their own only grow leaves. These are not only related to various factors such as light and watering in the process of conservation, but also have a lot to do with fertilization. Long-term application of nitrogen fertilizer, without phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to promote cell division and photosynthesis, will lead to less branching and thinness, not strong. Therefore, we say that nitrogen fertilizer is the main fertilizer for foliage plants, supplemented by phosphorus and potassium fertilizer.

Like flowering plants, take jasmine as an example, if only phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is applied but no nitrogen fertilizer is applied, it will lead to the situation that the branches and leaves of jasmine are not luxuriant and the leaves are weak during the growing period of branches and leaves. Therefore, we suggest that the flowering plants should be fertilized with nitrogen fertilizer in the peak period of branch and leaf growth, but after entering the flower bud differentiation stage, it is necessary to apply less nitrogen fertilizer and increase the supply of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to promote flower bud differentiation and bud formation. If you still rely mainly on nitrogen fertilizer, it will cause plants to grow leaves but not blossom or blossom less.

In addition to different types of fertilization, but also bear in mind the principle of frequent application of thin fertilizer, a small number of times to prevent hypertrophy and burning roots. Some plants will appear dormancy in summer or winter, during this period, plants do not need nutrients, so it is not recommended to fertilize plants during dormancy.

There is also the difference between inorganic fertilizer and organic fertilizer, which is actually very simple. Inorganic fertilizer is a kind of fertilizer produced by chemical method, which has the advantages of comprehensive nutrition and no special odor, but its disadvantage is that long-term application is easy to harden the soil, which is not conducive to the absorption of water and nutrients by plants. Organic fertilizer is a kind of fertilizer that can be made at home without spending money. for example, rice panning water, boiled soybean water, leftover melon and vegetable skins or chicken intestines and fish sausages can be fermented with water and used to water flowers after ripening. The advantage of organic fertilizer is that not only the resources can be reused, but also the fertilizer effect is fast, the fertilizer effect is peaceful, and watering the flowers after diluting with water is not easy to hurt the roots. The disadvantage is that it has a smell, especially in summer, it is easy to attract bugs. Therefore, the courtyard culture of flowers, you can apply organic fertilizer, indoor culture as far as possible to apply inorganic fertilizer, at the same time regularly loosen the soil to plants to prevent soil consolidation. When applying organic fertilizer, the plant can be moved outdoors, and then moved indoors after the smell is volatilized.