How to grow potted pineapple?

Pineapple is a highly ornamental ornamental plant, also known as ornamental pineapple, pineapple, etc., native to the jungles from Mexico to southern Brazil and northern Argentina. The leaves are sickle-shaped and the upper part is tilted downward. 5-8 rosette-shaped leaves can be cultivated indoors as a family gardening. Let's take a look at how potted pineapple flowers are raised.

Growth habits of pineapple

Pineapple is an epiphyte, native to the Central American rainforest, most pineapples prefer semi-shaded environment, avoid direct sunlight, relative humidity needs to be maintained between 6875%, daytime temperature is required to be around 22: 28 ℃, and it is best to maintain around 20: 21 ℃ at night. However, during the period of high temperature and humidity in summer, it is easy to cause insufficient ventilation, hinder growth and attract diseases and insect pests, so it is necessary to maintain ventilation. Under strong light, the air humidity is less than 65%, or the air is well ventilated when dry, which can also cause the leaf tip to wither. It should be noted that if the spike is exposed to high temperature (30 degrees), the color of the spike will fade and the florescence will be shortened.

Propagation methods of pineapple flower

1. Ramet: the leaf axils at the base of ornamental pineapple flowers will continue to grow small buds, and when they grow 5-6 leaves, they can be cut off and propagated by cuttings, and roots can be produced in about 1 month.

2. Cutting: the cutting propagation of pineapple can be combined with changing pots in spring, cutting the small tubers from the tubers of the mother plant, or using the roots of the old pineapple to avoid shade, moisturize and keep warm, and the soil is half of rotten leaf soil and plain sandy soil, and can be planted when the root system grows to 2 cm.

3. Sowing: pineapple flowers are sown with seeds obtained from artificial pollination after flowering under the condition of 25 ℃ to 30 ℃. They can emerge in about 4 weeks and grow into flowering pineapple plants in 3 to 4 years.

How to grow potted pineapple?

1. Soil: the cultivation of pineapple should choose loose peat soil, humus soil and tree fern residue mixed culture soil. If it is a family farming, it is best to choose rotten leaf soil plus a small amount of garden soil, or with peat soil and perlite mixed, choose the appropriate soil, so that pineapple flowers can better absorb water.

2, temperature: the optimum growth temperature of pineapple is 20 ℃ to 30 ℃, the highest temperature should not exceed 35 degrees, and the lowest temperature should not be less than 10 degrees. Too high or too low temperature will have adverse effects on pineapple flowers, so it is necessary to grasp the temperature demand of pineapple flowers.

3. Lighting: pineapple flowers still have a certain demand for light, which is also derived from the growing environment of pineapple flowers. Pineapple flowers are shade-loving plants, so they can not be exposed to direct sunlight. When the sun is in the sun for too much time, some leaves will be yellowed, and at the same time, appropriate amount of light is needed for photosynthesis, so pineapple flowers are suitable for breeding in semi-shade or bright windows and indoors.

4. Moisture: the requirement of pineapple for soil moisture should not be too high, nor should it be too low, to ensure that the soil surface in the basin is slightly dry, there is a leaf tube at the root of the pineapple flower, and there is a sink under the leaf tube, so as to ensure that there is often water in the water trough. Can not be interrupted, but also pay attention to spray some foggy water on the pineapple leaves, at the same time, it can also ensure the humidity of the air to meet the needs of the growth of pineapple flowers.

5. Fertilization: pineapple flowers mainly rely on leaf cups to absorb nutrients, so nitrogen fertilizer is applied once a week during the growth of pineapple flowers, and appropriate phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are applied before flowering to promote the color of pineapple flowers. Proper fertilization is also an indispensable process for breeding good pineapple flowers, so more attention should be paid to proper fertilization of pineapple flowers in the process of culture.