How to cultivate stone flowers?

Stone flowers, also known as stone flowers, stone grass, fart flowers, etc., are small perennial succulent plants of the family Amygdaceae, native to southern and southwest Africa, often found in bedrock crevices and gravel, shaped like colored stones, rich colors, petite and exquisite. Enjoy the laudatory name of "living stone", let's take a look at how to raise raw stone!

The growth habit of stone flower

Stone flowers like warm winter and cool summer climate, like warm, dry and sunny environment, afraid of low temperature, avoid strong light, like sufficient sunshine, the suitable growth temperature is 10: 30 ℃, suitable for growth in loose and breathable neutral sandy loam, winter and summer remember that appropriate reduction of moisture will help to molt, common varieties are Fulaiyu, pattern jade, sun wheel jade, Zhu Xianyu, Mrs. Li, barren jade and so on.

The Propagation method of Stone Flower

1. Sowing: stone flowers are sowed from April to May in spring. because the seeds are small, indoor pot sowing is generally used. After sowing, it is not necessary to cover the soil, otherwise it cannot germinate. When the basin soil is dry, it should be watered by soaking method, and do not water directly so as not to lose the seeds. The sowing temperature was 15: 25 ℃ and germinated about half a month after sowing. It took 2-3 years for the seedlings to blossom.

2. Ramets: stone flowers grow new fleshy leaves from the gap in the middle every spring, breaking and cracking the old leaves, and the old leaves die with shrinkage. The new leaves grow rapidly, shrink and crack again in summer, and 2-3 young new plants grow out of the cracks, and the young plants can be planted separately.

How to raise stone flowers?

1. Soil: stone flower has less strict requirements on environmental conditions, and it is relatively easy to cultivate and manage. The basin soil can be mixed with 4 parts of rotten leaf soil, 3 parts of calcareous materials (shell powder, eggshell powder, aged ash wall shavings, etc.) and 3 parts of river sand.

2. Watering: stone flowers need more water in the growing period, but can not be too wet, it is easy to grow moss and affect the normal growth of globular leaves.

3. Sunshine: when the stone flower is kept in the semi-shade in summer, or shaded by 50%, the leaf color will be more beautiful. In spring and autumn, because the temperature is not very high, it is necessary to give it direct sunlight to facilitate its photosynthesis to accumulate nutrients. In winter, keep it indoors where there is bright light for maintenance.

4. Temperature: the optimum growth temperature of stone flower is 15: 25 ℃. It is afraid of high temperature and muggy heat, and goes into dormancy when the summer temperature is above 33 ℃. Avoid cold frost, the overwintering temperature needs to be kept above 10 ℃, and when the winter temperature drops below 7 ℃, it will also enter a dormant state. If the ambient temperature is close to 4 ℃, it will die of frostbite.

5. Fertilization: the raw stone flower needs to be fertilized once every semimonthly, but the fertilizer liquid must not stain the globular leaves, and fertilization should be suspended after flowering in autumn.

6. Insect pests: stone flowers mainly suffer from leaf spot disease and leaf rot, which can be sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 600 times. Insect pests are harmful to ants and root-knot nematodes. Soil exchange method is used to reduce nematode damage. To prevent ants, you can use a set of pots for waterproof maintenance, so that ants can not climb to the tender and juicy spherical leaves.

Matters needing attention in raw stone flower culture

1. When changing the pots of stone flowers, the plants need to be removed from the soil, shaking off part of the soil, do not hurt the capillary roots, for the dry old roots, can be cut off.

2. Peeling off the skin is generally not recommended when the stone flower is molting, because some people are inexperienced and may be injured in the nursery, so be careful.

3, the watering time of stone flowers is generally in the evening, do not water when the temperature is high, so as to avoid sudden cooling and damage to plants.

4. The soil for the cultivation of raw stone flowers should be breathable, and the state of ventilation should be maintained at the same time. At the same time, the position of raw stone flowers should not be moved at will in midsummer, so as not to cause changes in the environment.