How do stone flowers reproduce?

Stone flowers, also known as stone flowers, stone grass, fart flowers, etc., are small perennial succulent plants of the family Amygdaceae, which are usually propagated by seeds or cuttings, but cuttings can only be used for one plant to naturally form multiple heads and later produce new plants. so most reproduction depends on seeds, let's take a look at how to reproduce.

Ramet propagation of stone flower

Stone flowers grow new fleshy leaves from the cracks 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.

Sowing and propagation of raw stone flower

1. Seed collection: stone flowers can be easily pollinated by hand. if two separate species blossom at the same time, the seeds will mature about 9 months later. Seeds germinate easily, but seedlings are small and fragile in the first year or two and do not blossom for at least two to three years.

2. Sowing method: stone flowers are usually sowed in spring from April to May. Because the seeds are small, indoor pot sowing is generally used. After sowing, it is not necessary to cover the soil, otherwise it can not germinate. When the basin soil is dry, it should be watered by soaking method, do not directly water, so as to avoid losing the seeds, sowing temperature 15: 25 ℃.

3. Post-sowing management: stone flower seeds germinate about half a month after sowing, and the seedlings gradually see light after emergence, the seedlings are only the size of soybeans, the growth is slow, and the management must be careful. Generally, after growing and watering once every 3-5 days, it takes 2-3 years for seedlings to blossom.

How to raise stone flowers?

1. Soil management: stone flowers do not have strict requirements on environmental conditions, and cultivation and management are relatively easy. 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 control: 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. Sunlight control: the leaf color will be more beautiful when the stone flower is kept in the semi-shade in summer, or when it is shaded by 50%. 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 management: 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. Rational fertilization: the raw stone flower needs to be fertilized once every semimonthly, but the fertilizer solution must not stain the globular leaves, and fertilization should be suspended after flowering in autumn.

6. pest control: 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.