How to plant potted cockscomb?

Chicken crown flowers, also known as chicken bun flowers, old red flowers, pen chicken crowns, etc., are annual herbs of the genus Amaranthaceae. They are named because of their red, flat inflorescences and shaped like chicken crowns, and enjoy the reputation of "birds in flowers". Tall varieties are used in flower borders and flower beds, and they are also good materials for cut flowers, and they can also be watched in potted plants. Let's take a look at how to grow potted cockscomb.

How to plant cockscomb seeds?

1. Seed sowing: the propagation of Celosia cristata is commonly used in seed reproduction, selecting plots during the Qingming Festival, applying sufficient basic fertilizer, ploughing fine rakes evenly, leveling the border, spreading seeds evenly on the border, covering the seeds, and pouring water steadily. The seedlings can emerge in 10: 15 days when the temperature is 15: 20 ℃.

2. Seedling management: the height of the cockscomb seedlings is 2 inches, according to the row spacing of 1 foot, the plant spacing of 8 inches, the seedlings can be transferred to other fields, and must be watered after the transfer. Weeding and loosening the soil must be done at the seedling stage, and when it is not too dry, water as little as possible, and the height of the seedling may be fertilized once.

How to grow cockscomb in potted plants?

1. Potted soil: Celosia cristata is not strict on soil, but it is suitable to choose fertile and well-drained sandy loam as cultivation medium, or the mixed medium of rotten leaf soil, garden soil and sandy soil at the proportion of 1:4:2.

2, pot: cockscomb can be directly selected from the ground planting cockscomb on the pot, on the pot attention can not be scattered, at the same time to plant a little deeper, leaves as close as possible to the pot soil surface.

3. Watering: Celosia cristata likes the dry soil environment with slight tide, and is slightly resistant to drought. It is appropriate to have sufficient water in the growing season, water thoroughly after planting, and appropriate watering later, but try not to make the lower leaves stained with sludge when watering.

4. Fertilization: about 25 grams of chicken manure was applied as base fertilizer at the bottom of the flowerpot during planting, the thin liquid fertilizer rich in phosphorus and potassium was applied every half a month during the growing period, and the thin compound liquid fertilizer was applied every 10 days after bud formation.

5. Temperature: Celosia cristata likes to be warm and avoid cold. During the growing period, there should be sufficient light, at least 4 hours of light every day, and the most suitable growth temperature is 18: 28 ℃. Excessive air humidity is disadvantageous to plant growth.

6. Diseases and insect pests: cockscomb pot planting is easy to suffer from anthracnose, root rot in seedling stage can be sowed in quicklime field, small bridge insects are easy to occur in growing period, and foliar spraying of diluted detergent, dimethoate or pyrethroid pesticides can be used.

Matters needing attention of cockscomb flower

1. Soil: although Celosia cristata is not strict on soil and can be planted in general soil, it is best to be planted in sandy loam with high dry, sunny, fertile and good drainage.

2. Illumination: Celosia cristata should have enough light during the growing period and be exposed to sunlight for at least 4 hours a day. If it grows in a shady place, the inflorescence will be small and the ornamental value will be greatly reduced.

3. Watering: cockscomb likes dry air and avoid waterlogging, but its thick branches and luxuriant leaves consume a lot of water during the growing period, so it must be fully irrigated in hot summer and move indoors in case of continuous rainy days.

4. Pruning: there are many cultivated varieties of Celosia cristata. For dwarf cockscomb varieties, coring should be carried out after planting to promote branching. When used as a cut flower, it can be coring when the plant height is 20cm to 30cm.