Is it possible to grow stone flowers in this way? You don't know that, do you?

Stone flower is a kind of succulent plant, which is native to southern and southwest Africa and generally lives in the cracks in the bedrock, also known as "living stone". Although the vitality of raw stone flower is tenacious, but it is also very difficult and lucky to make it explode. Let's follow the editor to understand how to make raw stone flower burst and the matters needing attention in the process of raw stone flower breeding.

Introduction of raw stone flower

A small perennial succulent plant of the family Amygdaceae, with short stems. The abnormal leaves are fleshy. The 3-4-year-old stone flowers bloom yellow, white and pink from the middle gap of opposite leaves in autumn, open in the afternoon, close in the evening, bloom again in the afternoon the next day, and a single flower can bloom for 3-7 days. The flowers cover almost the whole plant when it blossoms. After the flowers fade, they bear fruit, and very small seeds can be harvested.

How to raise stone flowers in order to make a double?

Use soil:

The principles of using soil are: permeable, breathable, and maintain humidity. In fact, this is the same as many plants, especially succulent plants, and for stone flowers, it must be strictly observed. Permeating water and air and maintaining humidity are the conditions in which the plant is too dry and wet for a long time. It seems contradictory, but in fact, as long as the basin soil is layered, the goal can be achieved.

The soil used for raw stone flowers can be divided into three layers:

(1) subsoil

The use of granular and good water retention medium, it is generally recommended to use laterite, if not, it can be used reluctantly. The purpose of using this kind of medium is that there is no stagnant water at the bottom of the basin, but it is necessary to provide water vapor to guide the root to extend downward and replenish an appropriate amount of water to the dry middle soil. It should be noted that the particle size of the soil should be suitable for the basin used. If the basin is shallow and the caliber is small, small size soil should be used. On the contrary, the deeper and larger diameter basin should use large size soil.

(2) Intermediate soil

The function of the middle soil is to provide a small amount of water and nutrients, but can not accumulate water, in other words, water retention can not be too good, otherwise it is easy to rot roots during dormancy, but it should be able to maintain a certain degree of humidity. In order to achieve this purpose, the soil should be stirred with water before use, and then rest to form an aggregate structure and be careful not to over-press when filling into the basin. In terms of soil layer ratio, appropriate adjustments should be made according to the local climate and watering and fertilization habits.

(3) upper soil

The role of the upper soil is mainly to support stone flowers, or embellishment. This layer of soil had better not have water absorption and water retention, and the thickness of the soil layer depends on the plant habit. Generally speaking, the stone flowers of origin will "shrink" into the soil when they are dormant, exposing only the top of the leaves. However, as the planting environment is not necessarily as harsh as the place of origin, coupled with the need for ornamental, the amount of exposed plants can be determined by this layer. In the cold winter in the north, this layer can even be used as a warm layer to protect plants from frostbite.

The permeability of the basin

The breathable basin is usually the type that makes the basin soil easy to dry, generally using small plain burning basin or tile basin is not easy to rot the root because of being too wet, use purple sand basin and Han sand basin with strong ornamental, this kind of basin can also prevent the basin soil from being too dry, it is recommended to use. In addition, attention should be paid to the role of flowerpot bottom hole in ventilation and drainage, and it should be expanded if the hole is too small. Between the basin bottom and the basin soil, there should be breathable and drainage materials to prevent the leakage of the basin soil, such as broken basin pieces, broken tiles, soil blocks and so on.

Points for attention in raw stone flower culture:

1. The requirement of raw stone flower on soil is not too high, the general flower soil is fine, but it is necessary to keep the soil drainage smooth.

2. Because they come from the African prairie, stone flowers are used to the dry and hot climate, so they must keep enough temperature during conservation, especially 50-55 degrees in winter, so they need to make a small greenhouse.

3. Stone flowers will "shed their skin", that is, old leaves will wither and new leaves will grow out. At this time, they can not be watered, because their most comfortable air humidity is about 30%.

That's all for today's question about how to raise stone flowers in order to explode. Do you have something to gain after reading it?