Autumn maintenance of rock peony

In autumn, the rock peony should be placed in a place with sufficient light and watered after the soil dries. As the temperature begins to drop, water can be slowly reduced to keep the pot soil dry and dry. Before the frost should be timely moved into a closed balcony with light.

How to maintain rock peony in four seasons

Spring Care of Rock Peony

In spring, the rock peony should be placed in a place with sufficient light. When the temperature rises, the rock peony begins to grow again, and at this time it is necessary to gradually increase the amount of watering. When the outdoor temperature is stable above 15 ° C, it can be placed outside the balcony for maintenance, which is also the appropriate time for changing pots. In the peak season of rock peony growth should be between dry wetlands watering, avoid soil too wet, to pot soil dry after watering is appropriate. When the temperature is higher in late spring, proper shade is needed at noon.

Summer Care of Rock Peony

Summer light is too strong, it is easy to make the ball wrinkled, so avoid long-term direct summer light. You can put the rock peony in a place with morning and evening light. At this time rock peony growth slow, need to control watering, make pot soil dry, prevent high temperature wet rotten ball. After cool temperatures resume in late summer, the inter-dry wetlands are watered.

Autumn Conservation of Rock Peony

In autumn, the rock peony should be placed in a place with sufficient light and watered after the soil dries. As the temperature begins to drop, water can be slowly reduced to keep the pot soil dry and dry. Before the frost should be timely moved into a closed balcony with light.

Winter Care of Rock Peony

In winter, sufficient sunlight should be ensured. It is best to keep the temperature above 10 ° C, but it does not need to be too high. In winter, rock peony enters dormancy period without watering, and the soil can be kept dry.

How to Care for Rock Peony

Rock peony is a spineless cactus plant, because this kind of plant grows very slowly, it is called "living stone" abroad. With the rise of meatiness in recent years, more and more people like rock peony. Let's take a look at the conservation knowledge of rock peony together.

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Rock Peony Profile

Rock peony is native to northern Mexico, is a fleshy cactus growing in the subtropical, rock peony semi-buried in the earth, has a large taproot. The upper part is flattened, 6-12 cm in diameter, with triangular nodules overlapping to form transverse wrinkles. Rock peonies have no crown at all, and are gray in color and easily collect themselves in their growing areas. Rock peonies have hairy tops and grow large pink, white or yellow flowers after a few years of growth.

Conservation of Rock Peony

1. Soil

Rock peony likes sandy soil with good drainage and requires deep soil layer for root growth. The ideal soil is heavy clay mixed with coarse sand, to which some humus can be added. Plastic flower pots can be selected, plastic flower pots are conducive to the growth of rock peony roots, and will provide a warmer growth environment for the roots of rock peony.

2, watering and fertilization

Watering is carried out according to climatic conditions and plant growth conditions. Basically, during the growth period of rock peony, it is necessary to keep the soil moist and free of stagnant water. In winter, it is necessary to keep the soil dry. Fertilization can be combined with watering, fertilization can apply some thin fertilizer water, mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Generally speaking, rock peony does not need a lot of fertilizer, because the environment in which rock peony grows is relatively poor, so it will be more resistant to poverty.

3. Temperature and light

Rock peony likes to grow in an environment with plenty of light and air circulation, and the temperature can be kept between 0℃ and-30℃. During the maintenance process, it is necessary to ensure that the rock peony has sufficient light.

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Four seasons maintenance method of rock peony

1. Spring

In spring, the rock peony should be placed in a place with sufficient light. When the temperature rises, the rock peony begins to grow again, at which time it is necessary to gradually increase the amount of watering. When the outdoor temperature is stable above 15 ° C, it can be placed outside the balcony for maintenance, which is also the appropriate time for changing pots. In the peak season of rock peony growth should be between dry wetlands watering, avoid soil too wet, to pot soil dry after watering is appropriate. When the temperature is higher in late spring, proper shade is needed at noon.

2. Summer

Summer light is too strong, it is easy to make the ball wrinkled, so avoid long-term direct summer light. You can put the rock peony in a place with morning and evening light. At this time rock peony growth slow, need to control watering, make pot soil dry, prevent high temperature wet rotten ball. After the cool temperature in late summer, the wetland will be watered again.

3. Autumn

In autumn, the rock peony should be placed in a place with sufficient light and watered after the soil dries. As the temperature begins to drop, water can be slowly reduced to keep the pot soil dry and dry. Before the frost should be timely moved into a closed balcony with light.

4. Winter

In winter, sufficient sunlight should be ensured. It is best to keep the temperature above 10 ° C, but it does not need to be too high because rock peony is also a relatively cold-resistant plant. In winter, rock peony enters dormancy period without watering, and the soil can be kept dry.

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warm reminder

Rock peony contains bitter and toxic alkaloids, such as barley alkaloid and so on. These alkaloids protect the plant itself from herbivores. In addition, because the growth rate of rock peony is relatively slow, so growers should have patience, do not give up halfway.

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