The Stone that will blossom-- the experience of conservation of raw stone flowers

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Stone flower, also known as flowering stone, is named because of its shape and color, just like a stone buried in the ground. It is mainly produced in southern Africa, but it is also known to be distributed in Australia and the Central Pacific. The stone flower grows at a temperature of 10-35 degrees. When the temperature is lower than 5 degrees and higher than 30 degrees, it enters a slow growth period, and when the temperature continues to rise, it will go into dormancy. Then the editor will talk about the maintenance issues that we are concerned about.

Lighting: the leaf color will be more beautiful when the stone flower is kept in 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. Stone flowers for sunshine requirements will be more than succulent plants, although like the sun, but not resistant to strong light.

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.

Watering: the growing period can be dry and thoroughly watered, and if you encounter a rainy day, you will not be irrigated, so that you can prevent problems such as excessive humidity, leading to root infection and water. No matter when, ventilation must be good. Stone flowers in the growing period also need more water, but can not be too wet, easy to grow moss, affecting the normal growth of globular leaves.

Fertilization: when mixing soil, you can mix some bone powder and rice chaff ash, bone powder is a good phosphate fertilizer, rice chaff ash is a good potash fertilizer, in addition, we can add some particle slow-release fertilizer, although the particle slow-release fertilizer has a certain fertilizer effect time, but because the raw stone spends most of the time the basin soil is dry, so the use of one-time slow-release fertilizer can basically guarantee the plant demand for more than a year.

Note: as the root system of stone flower is not well developed, it is best to raise it in a small pot, and the basin is not too deep. 8 to 10 centimeters is enough.

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