The method of raising carnations in potted plants for several years

People who like carnations will go to the florist to buy carnations and give them to their mothers or teachers. The carnation bought in the florist is often a kind of carnation whose head has been cut off and will wither in a few days. People who want carnations to survive for a long time will raise potted carnations.

Carnations are perennial flowers, so in theory, they can be kept for a long time, but potted carnations can be kept for a few years mainly depends on the maintenance level of flower friends. Some flower friends can keep them for three years, but some flower friends can die after one year.

The way to raise carnations:

1. Soil: Carnation planting requires clayey soil with good drainage, rich humus, good fertilizer retention and slightly alkaline.

2. Watering: carnations have strong growth and strong drought resistance. In rainy and wet areas, the soil is easy to harden and the root system develops abnormally due to poor ventilation, so attention should be paid to loosening the soil and drainage in the rainy season. During the period of vigorous growth, timely watering, more watering, usually watering to keep the soil moist. Water should be sprayed and moistened before blooming.

3. Fertilization: carnations like fertilizer, apply sufficient amount of baking fertilizer and bone powder before planting, and constantly apply liquid fertilizer during the growing period, generally apply mature thin fertilizer and water every 10 days or so, and apply topdressing after flower picking.

4. Other: carnations flowers are very beautiful, but also the most valuable, how to make carnations blossom? This needs to be carried out from the seedlings, mainly from the coring, that is, to remove the branches, and when the seedlings grow 8 to 9 pairs of leaves, the coring is carried out for the first time, leaving 4 Murray 6 pairs of leaves; when the lateral branches grow more than 4 pairs of leaves.

For the second time, 4 pairs of leaves were reserved for each branch, and the whole plant had 15 lateral branches at last. There is only one bud at the top of each side branch during bud pregnancy, and the budding buds and lateral branches in the axils below the top should be removed in time. Cut off the pedicel in time after the first flowering, leaving only two buds at the base of each branch. After such repeated plucking, the plant shape can be beautiful and the flowers will be colorful.

The survival time of carnation potted plants depends on the care and care of carnations. If carnations can be taken good care of every day of every year, they should be watered and fertilized, carnations can be cultivated for a long time.