Petunia can be raised in this way in summer to quickly fill the pot.

Petunia is a perennial herb of the genus Solanaceae, which is often cultivated in 2012. Its plant is short, the flowers are dense, the flowers are bright and colorful, and it looks extremely beautiful. Especially in summer, petunia is the most exuberant season. How can the petunia fill the pot quickly?

The florescence of Petunia

The flowering period of petunia is very long, generally blooming from May to November, from spring to autumn, if the winter temperature is higher, it can also blossom. Each petunia blossoms for a long time, continuously, and can bloom continuously for 2 or 3 months.

An introduction to the habits of Petunia

Petunia likes a warm, sunny environment. This plant is not resistant to frost and is afraid of rain and waterlogging, and the most suitable growth temperature is between 13 and 18 ℃.

Growth stagnation is easy to occur when the winter temperature is lower than 5 ℃. Summer is the peak growth period of petunia, which needs sufficient water, especially in the summer high temperature season, it should be watered in the morning and late to keep the basin soil moist. In order to promote its growth.

Skills of Petunia blowing up in Summer

Sufficient light

Petunia long sunshine plants, like the sunny growth environment, in order to achieve the effect of burst basin, it is very important to keep enough light during maintenance. Especially when the growth rate is fast, this stage is the critical period to burst the basin. During this period, except for the strong light, there is no need for shade.

Rational watering

Petunia likes to be dry and afraid of dampness, but in the growing period, it needs plenty of water, especially in the summer high temperature season. It can be watered in the morning and evening in order to keep the basin soil moist, but do not cause stagnant water in the basin, otherwise, long-term stagnant water in the basin will cause rotten roots and lead to plant death, and do not be too wet, otherwise it is easy to cause excessive growth of stems and leaves.

Appropriate fertilization

Petunia likes fertilizer, so at the beginning of planting, it is necessary to apply some bone powder or nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer as base fertilizer in the soil. During its growing period, nitrogen fertilizer was applied every ten days or so to promote the growth of branches and leaves.

Note that nitrogen fertilizer can no longer be applied at the bud and flowering stage, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer should be applied once every half a month, and 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution is sprayed to the leaf once a month to promote its multi-pregnant buds.