The temperature is 30 ℃. These flowers are dormant. Are you still watering them? No wonder you don't die.

Recently, temperatures have been rising all over the country, which also means the arrival of the height of summer. For friends who grow flowers, they must pay attention to it. This season, many flowers have entered the dormancy period, flowers enter the dormancy period, which means that the physiological state of the plant is basically stagnant, stop growing and stop absorbing nutrients, so in this period, it is also very important to understand flowers. The following stones introduce several common summer dormant flowers and their maintenance methods.

Crab claw orchid:

Crab claw orchid begins to bloom in December every year and lasts until around April of the following year. In July, with the increase of temperature, crab claw orchid also entered a dormant period, and in maintenance, mainly pay attention to the following three points:

1. Put the crab claw orchid in a cool place to avoid direct light, preferably on the windowsill in the east, west and north, with good ventilation and suitable light.

two。 Stop fertilizing, for dormant crab claw orchid, basically stagnant metabolism, naturally there is no need for nutrition. Continued fertilization will lead to fertilizer damage, black spots and even rot in plant leaves.

3. Don't keep watering. Dormant crab claw orchid, do not require high moisture, too much watering, coupled with too high temperature, it is easy to form a greenhouse in the basin, resulting in plant root rot and death. Therefore, make sure that the soil is slightly dry, dry and wet every time, do not accumulate water, and the north can be watered every 3-4 weeks.

Tulips:

As the national flower of the Netherlands, tulips are very beautiful, blooming every spring, fragrant and charming. Summer enters the dormant period, the treatment method is slightly different from other flowers, must pay attention to.

Pruning, after the tulip is in full bloom, you need to cut off the residual flowers, trim the old yellow leaves from 3 centimeters below the residual flowers, and leave the rest to continue to grow.

In general, tulip leaves wither from April to May, when there are two ways to deal with its dormancy period: a: cover the basin with a layer of fine soil and place it for a summer; b: dig out the tulip bulbs, air-dry and store them with newspapers, and plant them normally in autumn.

Cyclamen:

Similarly, for cyclamen, it is also a dormant plant in summer, after entering the hot summer, maintenance should pay attention to the following three points.

Prune, cut off all the remaining flowers and abortive flowers, and cut off the old and yellow leaves to avoid excessive absorption of nutrients

Put the potted plants on the airy and cool windowsill to avoid direct sunlight.

Stop watering, make sure the soil is slightly dry, if you are still watering according to the normal maintenance of flowers, it is easy to rot.

There are many flowers dormant in summer, such as begonia, gentleman orchid, geranium, hyacinth, Yu beauty, violet, pulsatilla, calla lily, daffodils, daisies, succulent plants and so on.

One thing is very important for plants that are dormant in summer: water less or stop watering. Many flowers are difficult to survive the summer, and many of them rot and die in the end. The main reason is that when the plant is dormant in the hot season, it does not need a lot of water.