How to raise fragrant snowballs

Temperature

Xiang Snow Ball likes to grow in a cold environment, it does not like hot weather, the temperature requirements in winter is not very strict, as long as there is no frost, the plant can survive the winter safely. The temperature is too high in summer, so we should pay attention to cooling it. If the temperature is above 30 degrees, the plant will die. The most suitable temperature for its growth is between 15 ℃ and 25 ℃.

Soil

Fragrant snowball has no very strict requirements for the soil, the general soil as long as loose, breathable, fertile, and good drainage performance on it.

Light

Xiang Snowball likes sunshine very much, but it can also bear shade a little. So except in summer to avoid direct sunlight, other seasons can put it in a sunny place to receive scattered light.

Watering

Xiang Snowball likes a relatively dry air environment, if the overcast and rainy days are too long, it is easy to be infected by germs, afraid of rain, and keep the leaves dry at night. The most suitable air relative humidity for the growth of fragrant snowballs is 40%, 60%.

The above is about how to raise the fragrant snowball. Let's take a look at what else we need to pay attention to.

How to plant fragrant snowball seeds and how to raise fragrant snowballs

Fragrant Snow Ball is a perennial herb and a beautiful ornamental plant. It has varied colors, rich fragrance, slight fragrance and long flowering period. It blossoms continuously from May to October every year. But how should this beautiful plant be raised? How should the seeds of fragrant snowballs be sown at ordinary times?

How to plant fragrant snowball seeds

1. The sowing method of fragrant snowball seeds is very simple. It is necessary to sow seedlings in the greenhouse every March. When sowing, we should choose loose and fertile slightly acidic soil. Before sowing, we should pour enough water into the soil and add an appropriate amount of fertilizer. Then after burying the seeds in the soil, in most cases, seedlings can emerge after five days, but its budding temperature should be kept at about 20 degrees.

2. After the fragrant snowball seeds germinate and grow four true leaves, you can transplant its seedlings directly to the flowerpot or the environment you want to plant. After the fragrant and snowball seeds are sown, it will not blossom in that year. It will often begin to bloom in April of the next year, when its flowering number is very large, and the ornamental value is very high.

How to raise fragrant snowballs

1. Fertilizer and water management

When raising fragrant snowballs at ordinary times, we only know how to plant its seeds, and we should also know how to manage the fertilizer and water during the breeding period. this kind of plant is a kind of plant that likes fertilizer and water, and it should be fertilized every half a month during the breeding period. fertilizer had better choose thin liquid fertilizer. During the growth of fragrant snowballs, the demand for water is also relatively high, especially in hot summer, it should be watered once a day, and every other time every 3 to 5 days.

2. Daily management

The daily management of fragrant snowballs is also very important during the breeding period. This plant grows very fast and should be changed once a year. Only in this way can it produce more flowers. Fragrant snowballs in the breeding period after entering the flowering period, but also in time, cut off the residual flowers on the branches, which can promote the heart flower to open, and can effectively prolong its flowering period.

How to raise fragrant snowballs? five daily maintenance methods of fragrant snowballs

How to raise fragrant snowballs, flower friends who are ready to raise can first understand the growth requirements of fragrant snowballs, such as soil, temperature, fertilizer and water, and so on. Here are five daily maintenance methods and matters of fragrant snowballs.

How to raise fragrant snowballs 1. Soil requirements

Xiangxueqiu soil requirements are not high, fragrant snowball soil can use vegetable garden soil: slag = 3:1, or garden soil: medium coarse river sand: sawdust (slag) = 4:1:2, or one of paddy soil, pond mud, rotten leaf soil, or peat: perlite: ceramsite = 2:2:1, or peat: slag: ceramsite = 2:2:1, or sawdust: vermiculite: medium coarse river sand = 2:2:1.

2. Water and fertilizer requirements

Fragrant snowballs, like other flowers and plants, are most afraid of random fertilization, so when fertilizing fragrant snowballs, they are required to follow the principles of "light fertilizer applied frequently, less and more times, complete nutrition" and "dry and wet, dry and thoroughly, not dry and watered. Be sure to keep the flowers and leaves dry at night.

3. Temperature control

Xiang Snowball's temperature requirements are not very strict, generally as long as it is not very cold weather can adapt. It is easy to die when the temperature is more than 30 ℃. Therefore, the most suitable temperature for the growth of fragrant snowballs in summer is 15-25 ℃. Therefore, if you want to cultivate fragrant snowballs, you'd better choose to sow seeds in autumn and winter.

4. Coring treatment

Xiang Snowball usually picks the heart twice before flowering to promote the germination of more flowering branches. One to two weeks after potting, or when the seedling is 6-10 cm tall and has more than six leaves, remove the top tip and retain the lower 3-4 leaves to promote branches. After 3-5 weeks of the first coring, or when the lateral branch grows to 6-8 cm long, the second coring is performed, that is, the top tip of the lateral branch is removed and the 4 leaves under the lateral branch are retained.

5. Disease and pest control

To move the fragrant snowball into the flowerpot, you need to put a coarse matrix or ceramsite 2cm thick at the bottom of the flowerpot as the filter layer, and sprinkle some organic fertilizer in the middle as the base fertilizer. Spray 2000 times as much as enemy to kill or 1000 times as much as dichlorvos to control insects every 10 to 15 days. Spray 700 times carbendazim or chlorothalonil every 7 to 10 days.