What is the culture method of stone flower?

The color of stone flowers is not as green and bright as other plants, but seems to be covered with a light gray, which looks inconspicuous at all. If you put it in the middle of a larger stone, it is easy to be confused with the stone. However, the vitality of this inconspicuous little guy is very tenacious and easy to feed.

What is a raw stone flower

Stone flower, also known as stone jade, buttocks flower, belongs to the family Amygdaceae, Lithops sp. (or stone grass) species, known as "living stone". Because of its unique shape and colorful, it has become a very popular ornamental plant. Native to southern Africa, it grows and blossoms except for the rainy season. It is difficult to find stone flowers in gravel of origin, which is its self-protective nature in order to prevent predation by small animals, which is called "mimicry".

Stone flowers are native to southern and southwestern Africa and are often found in bedrock crevices and gravel. It is referred to as the "living stone". Grow and blossom in non-rainy season. It is difficult to find stone flowers in gravel of origin, which is called "mimicry". Because of its unique shape and colorful, it can be used as an ornamental plant.

Second, the reproduction mode of raw stone flower.

Sowing: the seeds are collected and sown in pots immediately after the seeds are mature in late autumn, or they can be sown again in the middle of May of the following year. The seeds are small and should be sowed indoors, and the covering soil should be thin after sowing. When the basin soil is dry, it should be watered by soaking method. Do not water directly so as not to lose the seeds. Sowing temperature 22 ℃ 24 min. The seedlings can emerge about half a month after sowing, and the seedlings can be seen gradually after emergence.

Ramet: stone flowers grow new fleshy leaves from the cracks in the middle every spring, breaking and cracking the old leaves, and the old leaves die with shrinkage. The new leaves grow rapidly and wrinkle and crack in summer. Two or three young new plants were grown from the gap, and the young plants could be planted separately.

Third, the culture method of raw stone flower

1. Soil: stone flower has less strict requirements on environmental conditions, and it is relatively easy to cultivate and manage. The basin soil can be mixed with 4 parts of rotten leaf soil, 3 parts of calcareous materials (shell powder, eggshell powder, aged ash wall shavings, etc.) and 3 parts of river sand.

two。 Watering: stone flowers in the growing period need more water, but can not be too wet, easy to grow moss, affecting the normal growth of globular leaves.

3. Sunshine: the leaf color will be more beautiful when the stone flower is kept in half-shade in summer, or when it is shaded by 50%. In spring and autumn, because the temperature is not very high, it is necessary to give it direct sunlight to facilitate its photosynthesis to accumulate nutrients. In winter, keep it indoors where there is bright light for maintenance.

4. Temperature: the optimum growth temperature of stone flower is 15 ℃ ~ 25 ℃. It is afraid of high temperature and muggy heat and goes into dormancy when the summer temperature is above 33 ℃. Avoid cold frost, the overwintering temperature needs to be kept above 10 ℃, and when the winter temperature drops below 7 ℃, it will also enter a dormant state. If the ambient temperature is close to 4 ℃, it will die of frostbite.

5. Fertilization: the raw stone flower needs to be fertilized once a month, but the fertilizer liquid must not stain the globular leaves. Fertilization is suspended after autumn flowering.

6. Insect pests: stone flowers mainly occur leaf spot disease and leaf rot, which can be sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 600 times. Insect pests are harmful to ants and root-knot nematodes. Soil exchange method is used to reduce nematode damage. To prevent ants, you can use a set of pots for waterproof maintenance, so that ants can not climb to the tender and juicy spherical leaves.

After learning about the stone flower, have many friends fallen in love with this humble little guy? Although it does not have such delicate and gaudy flowers as peonies and roses, nor noble and atmospheric leaves like Guanyin bamboo and rubber trees, it still has its own unique characteristics and hard-working spirit of growing. Raising a small stone flower by your side can also give you a lot of encouragement.