Longevity flowers bloom in this way throughout the year

Longevity flowers imply good luck, health and longevity, put a pot of longevity flowers at home, not only auspicious and festive, and leaves green flowers numerous, beautiful.

The longevity flower itself is a succulent plant from southern Africa, with many varieties and beautiful flowers, which always shine at Christmas, New Year's Day, and Spring Festival. Now it has become one of the best-selling potted flowers in the world flower market.

Longevity flowerpot soil

Longevity flowers like loose, fertile, slightly acidic, well-drained soil. Many flower friends buy succulent soil directly, which is a better choice. Longevity flowers are afraid of stagnant water, basin soil drainage should be good, coconut bran and other good water retention soil, try to use as little as possible. Some flower friends directly use sand culture, only slightly add a little organic fertilizer and water when watering, the breeding effect is very good.

The granular media often used in longevity flower soil are: coarse and fine sand, cinder, perlite and ceramsite. Adding charcoal, cinder and foam to the bottom of the flowerpot to do drainage layer also has a good effect.

Daily maintenance of longevity flowers

Longevity flowers like warm, moist and sunny environment, afraid of cold and heat, the most suitable temperature is 15 to 25 degrees, no more than 30 degrees in summer and no less than 10 degrees in winter.

During maintenance, because it is resistant to drought and easy to rot, the watering principle is: do not dry rather than wet, watering will water thoroughly; ventilated environment is very important, as long as it is not an extreme environment, dew cultivation is a better choice; light is an important guarantee for flowering. 8 hours of short sunshine can be guaranteed during flowering, and buds can appear within a month.

The fertilization of longevity flowers depends on the situation of the potted soil. if the bottom fertilizer is sufficient, you can apply less or no fertilizer, and if the base fertilizer is not enough, you need to apply more thin fertilizer. The application of more phosphorus fertilizer before flowering is helpful to flowering, and the application of nitrogen fertilizer before cutting is helpful to the sturdiness of branches and ensure the cutting effect.

Longevity flowers are the most taboo

Longevity flowers belong to succulent plants. First, they are most afraid of stagnant water and rotten roots, second, they are most afraid of summer exposure, muggy and unventilated, and third, they are most afraid of freezing below 5 degrees.

How to trim longevity flowers

New seedlings grow up for a month or so, to remove the heart to promote branching, branch sprouting to a certain height, but also to pick the heart to deal with, plant type can flourish, flowering can be more.

If the longevity flowers are overwatered, they will grow in vain, and such branches should be pruned in time to promote the distribution and rebirth of branches.

After the longevity flower blossoms, cut off the residual flowers and the following pair of leaves, axillary buds with the upper and lower knife, can promote the growth of new buds and secondary flowering.

After the flowering period every year, before entering the high temperature in summer, the longevity flower truncates the branches and retains about 3 cm of branches, waiting for the branches and the next bud to be pregnant.

Starting in September, the plant will give birth to flower buds, not pruning.

Longevity flower cutting

Cutting is one of the important skills of longevity flower maintenance. The plant will age after more than two years, and the ability of flower bud distribution will be reduced, so it is best to cuttage new seedlings.

The best time for cutting is after flowering in spring, May and June, followed by August and September after autumn, these two times, temperature and plant state are favorable for cutting rooting.

Water insertion takes root faster than soil insertion.

To select cuttings, choose about 8 cm from the tip of the sturdy branch, cut the node less than 1 cm down, cut it off at 45 degrees, keep the top three or four leaves, and pick the rest.

Before cutting, the cuttings need to be dried slightly to avoid rot and take root more easily. If soaked in rooting powder or germicidal solution, it is also better to dry.

The water plug can be pierced with foam, insert the cuttings into the water, preferably mineral water or Rain Water, cool boiled. The water will start to take root after a week.

It is better to choose breathable sand. Keep the sand moist after cutting, place it in a ventilated place with soft sunshine, and take root for about two weeks.

Longevity flowers can also be inserted leaves, choose strong leaves, dry in a cool place, insert sand spray to moisturize, take root in about January, and sprout about three months later.

Common problems of longevity flowers

Longevity flowers, yellow leaves and fallen leaves.

Longevity flowers have fallen leaves, old leaves, mostly lack of water or water big rotten roots, according to their own usual watering and pot soil situation to judge.

Longevity flowers and yellow leaves, mostly water or improper lighting, to properly control the water, avoid the direct light.

When changing the conservation environment for potted plants, there should be a transition, the sudden change of the environment is easy to lose the yellow leaves.

Longevity flowers do not blossom

Sunshine: long-lived flower plants, strong branches, pre-flowering light for 8 hours, flowering will naturally be more.

Nutrients: too long without watering, lack of light, lack of fertilizer, plant water is too long, thin and weak, there will be no flowering or less flowering. To irrigate the right amount, pre-flowering phosphate fertilizer mainly to promote more flowers.

Branches: if the seedlings do not pick the heart, do not differentiate branches and leaves, even if the flowering will be less, so it should be pruned in time.

Common diseases and insect pests of longevity flowers

Powdery mildew, leaf spot and black rot are the most common diseases of longevity flowers.

Powdery mildew is sprayed with potassium permanganate solution, or sulfur powder mixed with water into a paste, smear on the damaged stems and leaves.

Leaf spot disease was controlled by spraying carbendazim, chlorothalonil or methyl topiramate with water and irrigating basin soil.

Black rot should cut off the diseased branches and leaves in time, spray carbendazim and chlorothalonil solution, and keep branches and cuttings in time.

Aphids and scale insects are the most common pests in longevity flowers.

Insect pests can be sprayed with detergent water, and insecticides should be used in serious cases, such as scale insects, parachlor, aphids and omethoate.

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