What is cornflower? the culture method of cornflower

The figure of cornflower often appears in large and small love movies and various idol dramas, used to express a yearning complex, and most of them are girlish feelings. As a matter of fact, this is indeed a kind of plant with girlish feelings, so you should take good care of it when you take care of it.

I. introduction of cornflower

The hometown of cornflower, which symbolizes happiness, is in Europe. It was originally 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. It can be found everywhere in Germany's hillsides, fields, watersides, roadsides, front and back houses. It is praised and loved by the German people for its beautiful colors, beautiful flower shape, fragrant breath and tenacious vitality, so it is regarded as the national flower. In addition, it is the national flower of Macedonia.

Second, the flower language of cornflower

The flower language of cornflower is: meet and happiness

Another explanation is: slender, elegant, meet happiness, single happiness, rebirth, love and loyalty, missing.

3. Morphological characteristics of cornflower.

Leaves linear, entire; base often dentate or pinnatifid. Capitate inflorescences terminal, marginal ligulate flowers funnel-shaped, petal margin toothed, central flower tubular, white, red, blue, purple and other colors, but mostly blue. The florescence is April or May. 2012 grass flowers, there are tall and dwarf species, plant height 30-90cm. Branches slender, much branched. Stems and leaves white woolly. The seeds were collected from July to August, and the dried inflorescences were collected and dried in the sun, threshed and stored.

Fourth, the growth habit of cornflower.

Strong adaptability, like adequate sunshine, not resistant to wet shade, 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 fertile soil, loose and well-drained sandy soil.

Fifth, the culture method of cornflower

Sowing: cornflower seeds are generally sown in spring and autumn, of which autumn is the best, probably from mid-August to mid-late September. When planting, sow the seeds in the seedbed in the open field, gently compaction, and then pour the right amount of water, covered with grass, can germinate quickly, and remove the grass after sprouting. When the leaves grow to 6-7, they can be planted in November, and then 1:5 of rotten human feces and urine will be applied every 10 days or half a month until February-March of the following year. Potted sowing requires fertile and loose soil, and mixed soil such as rotten leaves is recommended.

Use soil: the soil quality should choose loose and fertile sandy soil with good drainage. The cultivated soil had better maintain good ventilation and facilitate drainage. If the soil is too sticky, it can be mixed with serpent sawdust or perlite with 30% Mel and 40% perlite.

Watering: the principle of watering once a day is enough, but in summer when it is drier, one can be watered in the morning and evening to keep the pot soil moist and lower the temperature of the pot, but avoid stagnant water.

Fertilization: cornflower likes more fertilizer, 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.

Flowering management: this plant grows lateral branches, which is not conducive to the growth of flowers, so it can properly remove unnecessary lateral buds and retain some branchlets in order to make the flowers grow big and exuberant. As the cornflower needs long-term light, and the winter sun is insufficient, food lamps can be used to make up for the lack of sunlight and promote its flowering.

So much for the introduction of cornflower. How much have you learned? It must be a very enjoyable thing to raise a pot of corn chrysanthemum at home and watch it blossom quietly in the room. So if there is a friend who loves the cornflower, go and breed a pot.