Planting skills of tortoise shell peony

Sowing period

The editor sorted out the relevant data and found that the most suitable temperature for the growth of tortoise shell peony is between 20 and 25 degrees, so when choosing to sow seeds, the local temperature should be stabilized at about 25 degrees. In the south of China, it is suitable to sow seeds from March to June. In the north, it probably needs to be able to sow seeds in June, and the greenhouse can sow seeds all the year round.

Field management and fertilization

When we plant tortoise shell peony, we generally choose the method of fixing seedlings between seedlings. About one month to 40 days after emergence, we need to draw vines on the shelf. Tortoise shell peonies are used as vines. When they begin to draw vines after emergence, they should be prepared to use tripods built with bamboo poles to support and fix them. Only in this way can we promote the growth of vines, reduce the number of fallen flowers, and bear more fruit.

What kind of soil does tortoise shell peony use?

Tortoise shell peonies should choose rich and loose soil, preferably neutral soil that is permeable and permeable. Too sour or sticky soil can not cultivate good tortoise shell peony, which can easily lead to poor growth. Enough fertilizer should be applied before sowing to ensure the fertility of the soil.

I believe that after reading the above text, we all know what soil to use to cultivate tortoise shell peonies! In fact, in the process of planting tortoise shell peony, soil selection is only the simplest step, there are many planting skills, let's take a look at the following!

Ariocarpus retusus Peony Picture of Rock Peony: how to raise rock peony / how to breed rock peony famous slice rock peony Ariocarpus retusus rock peony introduction rock peony is a succulent cactus that grows in the subtropics, rock peony is half buried in the soil and has a large main root. The upper part is flattened, 6-12 cm in diameter, with triangular nodules, overlapping to form transverse wrinkles. Rock peony has no crown at all, and is gray, so it is easy to collect itself in the place where it grows. Rock peonies have hairy tops and grow into large pink or yellow flowers after growing for a few years. Rock peony contains bitter and toxic alkaloids, such as maltine. These alkaloids protect the plant itself from herbivores. Morphological characteristics of rock peony most of the tree peony plants are solitary, and the adult plants occasionally breed bulbs from the base, with beet-like hypertrophic taproots, rosette-shaped plants on the ground and attached milky tomentum at the top. The body color is turquoise, epiphytic white powder, plant width varies from 7 to 20 cm according to different varieties, verrucous protuberances are hypertrophic triangle. Flowers: terminal in late summer and early autumn, with a diameter of about 5-6 cm. Due to the perennial dry and hot climate, the whole plant of rock peony is almost buried in the ground in its original place. The verrucous process of rock peony is rosette, green or grayish green, the surface is powdered, flat or slightly concave, smooth; there is no thorn in appearance, in fact, the verrucous process just growing in the middle of the plant is spiny, but it is very small and premature, so it doesn't look like it. There are white or yellowish woolly between verrucous processes, flowering in summer. The ecological habits of rock peony rock peony like plenty of sunshine, air circulation, good soil drainage (preferably sandy soil), deep soil (because of thick fleshy taproots). Rock peony needs sufficient water in the growing season, but not stagnant water. In winter, it is required to be cold and keep the basin soil dry and hardy. Self-rooted plants grow slowly. The seed setting rate of the mother plant is very low and the fruit ripening time is very long. Although rock peony grows slowly, it is easy to grow. They have a root system of tubers and are particularly sensitive to soil conditions, ideally hydrophobic and with only a small amount of humus. Special care should be taken to avoid overwatering and allow the soil to dry completely before watering. They only need water during the summer growing season, and they should be careful to be too cold, keeping it as low as 12 ℃. Rock peony plants grow in calcareous soil. Due to the dry climate all the year round, the genus also has strong water storage and anti-volatilization ability. through the investigation of origin, we can see that rock peony has huge underground roots, so as to ensure the continuation of life. It is difficult for peony plants to grow in a long-term planting environment in which peat and similar soils are used as long-term planting media (the roots are not well ventilated), especially in the mature stage. Although they show good signs of growth in a short period of time, they will only lead to poor roots, especially in triangular peonies, which can cause triangular warts to turn yellow until death. Through the analysis and comparison of the soil of origin and the author's experience, the ideal medium suitable for the wild plants of this genus should be the fertile soil containing coarse sand. The ideal planting medium for wild plants is 30% heavy clay, 50% coarse sand and about 20%4mm limestone fragments. The medium has good water permeability and can be properly restored to the dry state without becoming airtight in the wet state. Of course, there are no strict requirements for the proportion of various ingredients in the formula, and enthusiasts can make appropriate adjustments according to local climatic conditions-for example, in dry and hot areas, you can appropriately increase the proportion of clay and reduce the amount and size of coarse sand to prevent the loss of water in the medium too fast. At the same time, some porous materials such as pumice can be added to the medium as a part of coarse sand, and a certain amount of potassium carbonate slow-release fertilizer can be added, which is of great benefit to the planting of this genus. For the horticultural varieties of this genus, because they live in a high-quality environment with large temperature difference and high air humidity from an early age, the roots of most plants are not as developed as wild plants. at the same time, in order to promote growth, most farms adopt root-cutting and aseptic cultivation to shorten the growth years. As a result, the cell concentration of this kind of plant is low, and its ability to resist drought and bacteria is weak. for example, according to the soil cultivation and culture mode of wild plants, the root system is very difficult to grow, at the same time, because there is no nutrition reserve of wild root system, the leaves (warts) are easy to shrink and yellowing, thus losing the ornamental nature of horticultural plants, and even death. In this regard, the author suggests that the proportion of heavy clay should be properly increased (to meet the growth of weak and small roots of horticultural plants), and the coarse clay basin with strong air permeability should be used for planting. The propagation mode of rock peony is easy to reproduce, such as sowing, cutting or grafting. The landing treatment of grafted plants for grafted plants of the genus Peony, due to the deep embedding of wood core and long rooting time, most enthusiasts began to rot and mildew before rooting because of improper pre-treatment, thus causing the whole landing process to fail. In order to effectively explain the main points of peony plant landing, the author edits and explains according to his own experience and network-related data, hoping to express the main points of landing operation through intuitive picture and text interpretation. Grafting should be mainly based on the conditions needed by the rootstock. If it is a trigonous sword, then sufficient light, sufficient water in the growing season, and fertilizer, as well as higher humidity and temperature, can make the rootstock happy. When the rootstock is happy, the scion is happy. When dormant in winter, be careful that the lowest temperature should not be lower than 10C. And be careful to always pour some water so that the root hair of the three-rowed sword does not die because of excessive drought, resulting in its dryness or even death. If it is self-rooted adult plants, then the growing season should be high temperature, large temperature difference, pay attention to ventilation, light must be adequate. Pay attention to keeping up with moisture and fertilizer. The mastery of this scale often determines whether your peony is dry, fat and healthy, or rotten into a soup: P I like to grow it with a mud basin, or a purple sand basin, and a mixture of coarse sand and pumice. In this way, in the very hot season, the plants even need to be watered every day! If you use a plastic basin, it may be enough to water it once a week. In short, it also depends on the growth of your plant, if it does not grow, and you give it water and fertilizer, it is very dangerous. I don't have any water when I go dormant in winter. Under this condition, the plants of Paeonia suffruticosa can generally tolerate the continuous low temperature of 5C. If the temperature is high and the sun is good, some people are not completely cut off in winter. I belong to the more conservative. If it is a self-rooted seedling, it is an adult plant, then it should be noted that the water must not be completely cut off. Some people even put the whole pot in a plastic bag after sowing for a year! It can be seen that under the condition of enough temperature, these seedlings like to be wet very much. If they are completely dry and the root hair dies, it is difficult to recover. The cultivation methods of rock peony light, temperature and ventilation in order for the plant to grow healthily, in addition to having strong root absorption and normal watering and fertilization maintenance, it is also necessary to make full use of light, temperature and ventilation conditions. in order to ensure healthy growth and reproduction. For peony plants growing in northern Mexico, moderate sunshine intensity is particularly important for plant growth. In the wild environment, most wild rock peony plants are semi-buried in the ground, which can effectively resist the direct exposure of high-intensity sunlight. Sunlight can maintain the tightness of its leaves, promote the development of root system and make the plant grow healthily. Of course, high-intensity light can not only promote the formation of large roots, but also make the leaves yellow and dry, which loses a certain degree of appreciation for lovers' breeding (especially for most horticultural varieties, it will quickly yellowing and drying in strong light, thus losing horticultural appreciation). At the same time, for plants that have just come into the pot, high light will quickly dehydrate and even lead to death. According to the author's culture experience, wild plants can be cultured in astigmatism after potting, and must be properly shaded when the light is strong (so as to ensure that the plants do not dehydrate due to excessive light), and wait for the plants to recover gradually. the light intensity and light time can be increased appropriately according to the culture environment. The author suggests that in the period of plant restoration, the light should be weak and suddenly strong, so as to ensure the normal recovery of the root system. When the plant fully recovers and begins to grow, it can be moved to an all-day environment. Most domestic enthusiasts like to put wild plants outdoors to accept full-sun culture, which is very beneficial to the maintenance of rock peony strains (but it needs to be emphasized again that full sunshine conservation must wait until the plants are fully restored) for horticultural varieties, its light intensity is quite different from that of wild plants. Through the comparison of horticulture and wild plants, we can see that horticultural plants grow very full and bright color because of moderate humidity, moisture and light. Through the author's experience, horticultural plants need soft light and large air humidity to ensure the plumpness of their leaves. If irradiated in strong light, the leaves will immediately shrink and yellowing, thus completely losing the ornamental nature of horticulture. The winner will underfeed the roots and lead to death. The author suggests that the soft light should be maintained in the cultivation of horticultural peony, so as to make the leaves soft and plump; at the same time, in order to ensure the tightness of the leaves, the light time should be maintained for a long time. According to the light detection: color temperature 6000oK, is the most conducive to the growth of horticultural peony, can maintain a good leaf color and promote flowering light. Temperature and ventilation in the third section "upper basin and basin change treatment", the author explains the optimum growth temperature of tree peony (outdoor: 30 degrees during the day and 20 degrees at night). In the greenhouse, the growth of peony plants is slow when the temperature is higher than 40 degrees during the day and 20 degrees at night, and stops growing when the temperature exceeds 45 degrees for a long time. According to the author's experience, when the temperature reaches 50 degrees and there is no good ventilation, the plant will shrink rapidly, weak, and may cause plant burns or even death (this phenomenon is more obvious in horticultural varieties). In this regard, in the hot summer, when the breeding temperature rises to 45 degrees, should be forced ventilation, shade, so as to ease the plant loss caused by the temperature rise. According to experience, healthy plants can fully meet the requirements of overwintering when the temperature is above 5 ℃. The most difficult to control is the period from flowering to mid-late December and after the first watering in spring, when the root of the plant is not completely dry, if the temperature is reduced to 5 degrees, it may lead to root rot. The author suggests that the temperature should be maintained above 10 degrees in winter and the air humidity should be maintained properly, which is beneficial to the recovery of plants in spring. The main varieties of rock peony are Ji peony, black peony, Longjiao peony, flower peony, jade peony, rock peony, triangle peony, ivory peony, Lianshan, tortoise shell peony, tequila peony, Boshi peony and so on. Ariocarpus retusus var. Major, Longjiao peony Ariocarpus scapharostrus, flower peony Ariocarpus furfuraceus, triangle peony Ariocarpus trigonus and so on. Tequila tree peony (A. agavoides) rock peony species (5) Boshi tree peony (A. bravoanus) tortoise shell peony (A. fissuratus) ivory peony (A. furfuraceus) tortoise shell peony (A. lloydii) rock peony (A. retusus) dragon horn peony (A. scapharostrus) triangular peony (A. trigonus) Peony plants are mainly distributed in Texas and New Mexico in northern Mexico. At present, it has been introduced and cultivated in the south and north of China. Most of the plateaus and mountains in Mexico, except for the Gulf Coast, the vast inland areas of the plateau have little precipitation, especially less than 250 mm in the north, which belongs to desert and semi-desert areas. It is very suitable for the growth of cactus. Cacti have indomitable vitality and adaptability. Cacti can be found everywhere in Mexico, whether on plateaus or flat rivers, hills or basins. There are many kinds of cactus in Mexico, accounting for more than half of the known cactus species in the world. They have various shapes and elegant demeanour, including many rare species such as rock peony. The horticultural planting medium for the garden use of rock peony is 50% heavy clay, 30% coarse sand and about 20%3mm limestone fragments. This kind of soil cultivation method combined with rough clay basin can effectively meet the needs of air permeability and growth of plant roots and ensure the good growth of hairy roots. The cultural background name of rock peony is a fleshy cactus growing in the subtropics, its scientific name comes from the ancient Greek "oak" and "fruit", because their fruits are very similar. It is said that at the beginning of God's creation, the rock peony had a soft heart on the outside and on the inside. Rock peony is the weakest thing in the world, she is as delicate as water, she may lose her life at the touch of it. God couldn't bear to put a suit of armor on her heart, hard as iron, with hurtful steel thorns on it. From then on, no one can see the heart of rock peony any more, and all creatures close to her will be dripping with blood. A long time later, a brave man wanted to eradicate this evil thing, the sword fell, and the rock peony turned into two halves, but it was a green liquid. Originally, it is the heart of the sealed rock peony, because no one understands the loneliness, turned into a teardrop, green tears make the weak rock peony more highlight her strength. The flower language of rock peony is: strong. Due to the dry climate all the year round, peony plants grow in calcareous soil and are semi-buried in the soil. Pictures of rock peony