Maintenance of calla lilies

Taking care of a plant requires our love and patience, as well as carefulness. So in our daily life, how should we raise calla lilies?

1. Its requirements for soil and fertilization. When potted, sandy loam with good drainage should be selected and sufficient base fertilizer should be applied. It is better to base fertilizer with fully rotten cake fertilizer and pig stable fertilizer. After planting, pour enough water, put in the shade, and keep the basin soil moist. After sprouting, move to the shade shed, where there is scattered light for maintenance, be careful not to direct sunlight, and not all shade. In addition to applying base fertilizer before planting, liquid fertilizer is applied every 20 days or so during the growing period. The mature cake fertilizer and water can be used for fertilizer, and the dilute liquid fertilizer mixed with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium can be applied every 10 days or so in the peak growing season. When fertilizing, do not pour fertilizer and water into the leaf sheath, so as not to cause rot.

2. Its requirements in watering. Calla lilies like to have plenty of water during their growth, so they should often sprinkle water on the leaves and the ground, and pay attention to the cleanliness of the leaves. Move to the greenhouse before frost and keep the room temperature above 10 ℃. In order to avoid the influence of leaves on daylighting during maintenance, the outer leaves can be removed, which is also conducive to pedicel protruding. The flowering period is from February to April, and the watering stops gradually after flowering; after May, the plant begins to wither and yellow, so it should be ventilated and kept dry to prevent tuber from rotting. When the plant is completely dormant, the tubers can be taken out, dried and stored, and then planted in autumn.

3. Its reproduction. Family pot propagation, the amount of cultivation is small, mainly by ball reproduction. Take the plant out of the pot in September every year, break off the seed ball around the mother plant, smear the wound with plant ash to avoid infection and decay, replace the disinfected culture soil, and then put the mother ball into 4000 times potassium permanganate solution, soak for 15 to 20 minutes, and dry it. Pot according to the size of the ball, so that the plant will be the same size in the coming year. Bulbs need to be cultivated for 3 years before they can blossom. Ramet reproduction must be in autumn, otherwise it is very difficult to blossom in that year, that is, flowering, flowering is also late.

As long as you take good care of it, calla lilies will certainly grow healthily and beautifully.

Conservation and management technology of potted calla lotus, (scientific name: Zantedeschia aethiopica), Araceae, calla lily is a sturdy perennial herb. With tubers and easy to tiller to form tufted plants. Leaves basal, proximally sheathed; leaf blade thicker, green, cordate or arrow-shaped, apex acute, acuminate or with caudate tip, base cordate or hastate. Like loose, fertile, humus-rich clay loam.

Calla lily is a relatively new flower in recent years, as a fresh cut flower, the market demand is large and the market prospect is broad. Because the calla lily leaves are green, the flower bracts are white and huge, just like the horseshoe, it is an important cut flower at home and abroad, and it has a wide range of uses. The cultivation and maintenance techniques of calla lilies are introduced as follows. Like ordinary white calla lilies, colored calla lilies like a warm and humid environment and are not resistant to drought. the basin soil should be kept moist and can not be short of water. If the environment is dry, spray water to the ground and keep a small moist environment. Colorful calla lilies like the sun, but they are afraid of summer sun exposure. Leaves and flame bracts will burn after direct sunlight. So summer should be shaded with a shading rate of 50%. However, if you grow in a dark and sunny environment for a long time, it will affect flowering, even if it does not blossom, the color is also light, hindering viewing. There is no need to shade the sun in spring and autumn. Colorful calla lilies, not cold-resistant, like warmth. Planting in southern Liaoning, generally in the autumn in September on the pot, each pot with the same diameter of flowering bulbs, can be planted three, according to the zigzag planting. It can be rooted in autumn, dormant in winter, stored indoors, kept for 5 ℃, and flowerpots can be placed in palletizing. In the coming spring, when the temperature is 10 ℃ to 15 ℃, it should be watered. If the indoor temperature is high and germinates early, it usually blossoms in June or July. Some high temperature and well-managed flowers can be seen at the beginning of June. Family pot culture, the amount of cultivation is less, mainly to separate ball culture. Take the plant out of the pot in September every year, break off the seed ball around the mother plant, smear the wound with plant ash to avoid infection and decay, replace the disinfected culture soil, and then put the mother ball into 4000 times potassium permanganate solution, soak for 15 to 20 minutes, and dry it. Pot according to the size of the ball, so that the plant will be the same size in the coming year. Bulbs need to be cultivated for 3 years before they can blossom. Ramet culture must be in autumn, otherwise it is very difficult to blossom, that is, flowering, flowering is also late. How to choose colorful calla lilies matters needing attention in family maintenance of colored calla lilies

Watering: farmed colored horseshoes prefer a sunny and warm and humid environment, not resistant to cold and drought, and generally should be wet at the initial stage of growth. After the calla lily plants bloom, the amount of water should be gradually reduced, and when the leaves turn yellow and wilt, the watering should be stopped completely. Fertilization: during the growing season, thin liquid fertilizer is applied every half month, and when the flower is extracted, it should be increased to once a week until the end of the flowering period. Maintenance method of colored calla lilies after blossom, the amount of water should be gradually reduced, moved outdoors in late April, placed in a slightly shaded place for maintenance, watered once a day, and sprinkled water on the ground near the flowerpot to increase air humidity. After June, the leaves of colored calla lilies gradually withered and yellow into the dormant period, when it is necessary to cut off the dead leaves, control watering, stop fertilization, move the flowerpot to a ventilated and cool place, and promote the colored calla lilies to enter the dormancy period. When the weather turns cool in autumn, the colored calla lotus tubers are poured out of the flowerpot, the large tubers are taken out, and the colored calla lilies are replanted with fresh and fertile culture soil. When the tubers sprout leaves, gradually increase the amount of water, and restore fertilization at the same time, so that calla lilies can continue to bloom. Colorful calla lilies are ideal materials for cut flowers and can also be cultivated in pots for home decoration. Friends who like colored calla lilies can try to cultivate colored calla lilies to make their home full of vigor and vitality.