Methods of spring cuckoo culture and matters needing attention

Spring cuckoo is Yingshanhong, it is a kind of cuckoo, deeply loved by people, what problems should be paid attention to in breeding spring cuckoo, let's take a look at it today.

Culture methods of Spring Cuckoo

Soil

Spring cuckoo likes acidic soil and grows poorly in calcareous soil, so the cultivation of spring cuckoo mostly uses acidic soil. It is required to be loose, rich in humus, good drainage and avoid clay or alkaline soil. Generally, several kinds of soil are used for allocation.

Light and temperature

The spring cuckoo likes the cool growth environment, the semi-overcast condition is better. It is not heat-resistant or cold-resistant, and the suitable temperature for growth is between 12 ℃ and 25 ℃. It is not heat-resistant in summer, and it will be semi-dormant when the temperature exceeds 30 ℃. Winter is not cold-resistant, frostbite will occur when the temperature is below 0 ℃, so we should pay attention to keep warm in winter. Like scattered light, not resistant to exposure, summer needs appropriate shading, but to be careful, can not shade too much.

Watering and fertilizing

Spring cuckoos like to be moist, so keep the soil moist during the growing period, not too dry or stagnant. When the air is relatively dry, you can spray water on the spring cuckoo plants to increase air humidity; when it is rainy, you need timely drainage to prevent the soil from getting too wet and rotting roots.

Spring cuckoo fertilizer should be applied thinly, applying mature thin liquid fertilizer every half a month, and phosphate fertilizer 1 or 2 times before flowering to make the flowering large and gorgeous.

Matters needing attention in the culture of spring cuckoo

Shaping and pruning

Spring azaleas generally grow naturally during the growth period and are rarely pruned. But after the spring cuckoo has blossomed, it needs to be trimmed to cut off the long, weak, deformed and damaged branches.

Diseases and insect pests

Spring cuckoos have fewer diseases and insect pests, but in order to prevent the occurrence of diseases and insect pests during the growth period, some disinfectants are sprayed by air, while in summer, red spiders are easy to break out and need to be sprayed.

Reproduction method

The propagation of spring cuckoo is mainly sowing propagation, cuttage propagation, striping propagation and split propagation.

The difference between spring cuckoo and summer cuckoo

Different shapes: rhododendron tall, robust growth, young branches densely covered with brown bristles; summer cuckoo small, slender branches, dense branches, crown plump, neat.

Leaf shape: rhododendron leaves are large, long and rough hairy; summer cuckoo leaves are narrow and closely arranged.

Flowers: rhododendron large single, wide funnel-shaped, less double, generally red, purple, pink and white and complex color; summer cuckoo branch first and then flower, flowering from mid-late May to mid-June.

Chunjuan is divided into two types: big leaves and small flowers; those that bloom in June are called summer cuckoos; those between spring and summer cuckoos are called spring and summer cuckoos; and those introduced from the west are separately classified as western rhododendrons, referred to as western rhododendrons.

Chunjuan is a famous flower plant with bright red Corolla, which has high ornamental value and high medicinal value, such as invigorating qi and activating blood circulation, tonifying deficiency, treating internal injury cough, kidney deficiency deafness, irregular menstruation, rheumatism and other diseases. Roots and leaves are used as medicine; roots are diuretic, bone-relieving, rheumatism dispelling, abdominal pain is treated, leaves can stop bleeding, and fruit is also used as medicine.

Chunjuan's bud stage should pick buds in time, so that the concentrated supply of nutrients, promote the flower color. Pruning branches is generally carried out in spring and autumn, cutting off cross branches, over-dense branches, overlapping branches, diseased and weak branches, and remove residual flowers in time. Plastic surgery is generally a natural tree shape with a little artificial modification, at will, because of the tree shape.

The above is the introduction of spring cuckoo culture. I hope you can enjoy today's sharing.