When does the cuckoo bloom?

Cuckoo is a kind of azalea, suitable for planting in a sunny and cool and humid environment, planted in pieces when the azalea blossoms, mostly used to construct natural garden landscape, but also some people like to use the azalea placed indoors to increase indoor atmosphere, in festivals also used for public decoration to play a festive role, let's take a look at when the azalea blossoms!

When does the hair bloom?

The flowering time of the cuckoo varies according to the climate conditions in different places. Generally, the cuckoo blooms in summer and autumn. Some friends raise some cuckoos in their own homes and sometimes bloom in November. In short, the flowering time of the cuckoo varies according to the climate, living environment and management during cultivation. Cuckoo flowers have unique shape and beautiful color and very much attention, 2~3 and new shoots from the terminal bud, corolla rose to bright red, upper petals have thick red spots, wheel-shaped, diameter 4.5~7 cm, stamens 5, yellow, sepals small, ovate, light green, with fine hair.

Growth Habits of Cuckoo

Cuckoo is widely cultivated in China. Wild Cuckoo is found in Jiuling Mountain area of northwest Jiangxi Province. Likes cool, moist and sunny environments. Cold tolerance, fear of heat, resistance to semi-shade, not resistant to long-term exposure to strong light. The optimum temperature for growth is 15~28℃, and the low temperature of-8℃ can be tolerated in winter. Fertile, loose, well-drained acidic sandy loam soil is appropriate.

Breeding method of hairy cuckoo

1. Basin soil: Mao Juan likes acidic soil, which requires loose, good drainage and rich humus. Take 4 parts of rotten soil, 2 parts of old pot soil, 1 part of sandy soil, 1 part of burnt soil and 1 part of sawdust, add appropriate amount of cake fertilizer and mix evenly, and use it after half a month of stacking.

2. Upper pot: When the cuckoo is on the pot, the seedlings are mostly with soil, less damage to the roots, the long roots are appropriately shortened, and the larger plants should be pruned on the upper branches. Cover the drainage hole of the pot bottom with broken tiles, lay a layer of coarse soil as drainage layer, fill part of culture soil in the center, put the plant into the pot to stabilize, add soil to compact. The planting depth is equivalent to that of the original seedlings when they are unearthed, and they are watered thoroughly.

3. Watering: The cuckoo is afraid of both dryness and waterlogging. From the end of November to the middle and early February of the next year, most of the potted azaleas in the open field are in dormant or semi-dormant state, and water appropriately according to the dry and wet conditions of the pot soil. In late February, the temperature rises, flower buds and leaf buds sprout, and the watering times are appropriately increased. March to June is the vigorous growth period of new shoots, water demand increases, and watering times should be increased. The temperature is high from July to September, so water should be watered every day. After October, the amount of watering can be reduced.

4. Fertilization: Mao Juan does not like big fertilizer, so he should apply thin fertilizer frequently. Base fertilizer with long-term fertilizer, such as cake fertilizer, bone meal and dry stable fertilizer and other organic fertilizer, in the upper pot for pots or winter buried in the pot soil. Topdressing with quick-acting fertilizer, such as human manure organic fertilizer or nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium fertilizer, spring to flowering, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer 1 to 2 times a month, flowering stop fertilization. After cool autumn, apply 1~2 times of liquid fertilizer based on phosphorus fertilizer, and stop topdressing after winter.

5. Pruning: During the growth period, the hair cuckoo must be pruned, and the dead branches and budding branches must be removed, which is conducive to the balanced development of the tree. To plant the choice of dry terrain, sufficient sunlight and deep acidic soil layer. Fertilize once a year before and after flowering, cut off over-dense inner bore branches, cut short excessive branches, cut off dead branches and diseased branches, and ensure that the hair can grow healthily.