How to save the rotten roots of carnations and the measures to avoid them

When raising carnations, many people will find that their carnation basin has rotten roots. Due to the rotten roots of carnations, its stamens also begin to lose color. Some people worry that carnations will die if they continue to rot roots. So, how to save the rotten roots of carnations?

Carnation rotten roots are generally caused by watering too hard, pot soil long-term dry, too wet will rot roots. Carnations should be watered less when their roots are rotten and let them bask in the sun more.

Enhancing soil permeability

Carnation family, carnation herb requirements of soil fertility, ventilation drainage performance is good. The soil viscosity is too heavy, water retention permeability is poor, it is easy to cause rotten roots.

The best solution is to increase the size of the soil and add larger particles, such as perlite, to the soil to increase its permeability and water retention. This is beneficial to the growth and development of root systems.

Maintain good water circulation

In fact, one of the reasons why rotten roots are very large is lack of oxygen, root growth is closed, humid, sultry, growth stagnation. When the water in the basin soil is serious, the weather is sultry, the temperature of the leaves is too high, the nutrients accumulated on the ground cannot be transported to the roots, and the roots that are already poorly grown cannot keep up with the nutrients, so it is inevitable that the roots will rot.

In the daily maintenance to control hands, pay attention to water control, watering attention to see dry see wet, see soil surface obviously loose and then watering. Or directly choose the method of soaking pots, so that water circulation, which is more conducive to the growth of roots.

Maintain good water circulation and prevent diseases and insect pests

In fact, carnations in the family common pests are very few, only leaf spot disease and gray mold disease. Botrytis cinerea is mainly affected by the roots, once the disease is serious, the roots will also be infected with germs. Once found pest timely spraying control.

How to save the rotten roots of carnations? Season, climate is not the same, the amount of water to carnations is also different, so people in the watering of carnations to understand the corresponding only, do not pour too much water and cause it to rot roots.