How to grow cornflower, cornflower planting method

Cornflower is a kind of wild flower, after years of cultivation, its "wild" nature is less, the flower becomes bigger and more color, there are purple, blue, light red, white and other varieties, of which purple and blue are the most valuable. So, how to grow corn chrysanthemum, the planting method of cornflower Xiaobian to introduce to you.

Cornflower has strong adaptability, likes sufficient sunshine and is not resistant to wet shade. It must be planted in a place with sufficient sunshine and good drainage, otherwise it will often lead to death due to dampness. More hardy, like cold and cool, avoid hot. Like sandy soil that is fertile, loose and well drained. The planting methods of cornflower are as follows:

First, raising seedlings

When cultivating corn chrysanthemum, choose loose and fertile soil as a bed, covering soil about 0.2 cm, cultivation: when the leaves of the seedlings are transplanted to 6 Mel, one plant is planted in pot for every 13 cm. After the seedlings survive, pick the heart once, promote more branches, can blossom more, on the contrary, if there are too many branches, part of the lateral buds should be removed if necessary, larger flowers can be obtained. Because of taproot, it is appropriate to direct broadcast autumn sowing open field cover overwintering, early summer flowering, such as cold bed overwintering can blossom at the end of spring, spring sowing should be sown as soon as possible. It blossoms in June.

2. Cultivation places

Because the cornflower is native to European fields, it is slightly cold-resistant, cool and sunny.

Third, use soil

Cornflower prefers sandy loam which is loose, fertile and well drained. The cultivated soil should be well drained and ventilated as far as possible. if the soil is sticky, it can be improved by mixing 40% snake sawdust or perlite.

Fourth, watering

The principle of watering is once a day is enough, but when the summer is drier, you can water once in the morning and evening to keep the pot soil moist and lower the temperature of the pot, but avoid stagnant water.

5. Fertilization

The cornflower likes to be more fertile, and the three-element diluent should be applied once a month during the growth period. If the leaves are too luxuriant, the proportion of nitrogen fertilizer should be reduced, and more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied before flowering in order to get larger and beautiful flowers.

VI. Florescence management

Cornflower can naturally send out lateral branches, if there are more lateral branches, the flowers are smaller, and if necessary, part of the lateral buds can be removed, leaving only smaller branches, larger flowers can be obtained. Cornflower is a long-day plant, which has a short sunshine time in winter. if plant lamps are used to supplement lighting at night, it can blossom earlier.

The above is the planting method of cornflower. What do you know about it? Different flowers, people's love degree is not the same, the above introduction of the cornflower planting method hope to be helpful to friends who love cornflower!

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