[how to plant white lotus sunflowers] planting methods of white lotus sunflowers

The white lotus sunflower here is two kinds of flowers, one is Scutellaria barbata and the other is Portulaca oleracea. Not to mention the difference, flower friends usually call these two white lotus sunflowers, focusing on a little bit of my experience. How do you grow white lotus sunflowers?

How to grow white lotus sunflowers

Sowing seeds

White lotus sunflower seeds are very small, about 8400 per gram. They can be sown in spring, summer and autumn. They are often sown in seedling trays. After sowing, they can cover a little bit of soil or not. The germination temperature is 21: 24 ℃, about 7: 10 days, the seedlings are extremely weak, so if the temperature is kept high, the seedlings grow very fast and can form sturdy, fleshy branches and leaves. At this time, the seedlings can be directly on the basin, using a basin of about 10 meters in diameter, planting 2-5 plants in each pot, with a high survival rate and rapid growth.

Barge in

White lotus sunflowers are very easy to cut, and the cut branches can be used as cuttings in summer, and the wilted stems can also be used to produce buds. The transplanted plants do not need to carry soil, and do not need to be watered frequently during the growing period.

The winter management of white lotus sunflowers can move the white lotus sunflowers indoors to the place where the sun can shine, so that the basin soil can be dry a little bit, and the flowerpots can be placed outside the window after the Qingming Festival the next year. In case of a cold spell, they need to be maintained in the window.

Daily maintenance:

White lotus sunflowers are best preserved in a sunny environment. If the light is weak, the flowers will grow too long, and the flowers will not bloom. White lotus sunflowers are more resistant to barren, so the general basin soil can adapt. If there are conditions to use sandy soil with good drainage, usually maintain a certain humidity of the basin soil, apply 1/1000 potassium dihydrogen phosphate (or other flowering fertilizer) once a month. It will be able to achieve the effect of large and colorful flowers and continuous blooming.

White lotus sun flowers will attract many bees to collect honey when they bloom. This is my favorite scene. But there is a problem. If you are as lazy as I am to collect seeds after blooming, you should take decisive measures if you don't blossom very much and begin to bear seeds in large quantities. Either cut a few branches and replant a pot, the flowers will be replanted quickly, and I will do the same, or shaving the head, trimming the remaining bifurcations, watering, fertilizing, and soon the flowers will be replanted. Either way, do not throw away a large number of branches left by cutting. Students who have no fertilizer can take this compost quickly and ruthlessly. White lotus sunflower as fertilizer: find a bottle and jar that can be sealed, cover with soil, throw in the branches of white lotus sunflower, cover with a layer of soil, compacted, watered, a little wetter than wet, then sealed, put at high temperature, sun exposure, black and nutritious soil will become after a period of time.

Before the white lotus sunflower blossoms, the tender bud tips grow, which is a good thing. In the past, it was not easy for some plants to take root, pinching some tender tips and soaking them in the water, because these tips are full of growth hormone and are very suitable for soaking the branches to be cut and promoting rooting. (a kind of friend can experience it.)

White lotus sun flowers are not afraid of heat, do not die in the sun, are not afraid of dry, thirsty for a week or two, and then drenched in water again, Scutellaria barbata is not afraid of soaking, three or five days is no problem, but there is one of the most afraid, afraid of winter, afraid of cold, if the temperature is below 10 degrees, white lotus sunflowers will stop growing, frostbite below 5 degrees will freeze to death, above 0 degrees, if lucky, the branches near the roots can still sprout in the coming year. As we all know, it is necessary to water less and put it indoors in the sunny leeward, ideally in the south window. My side is fine, rarely less than 5 degrees, outdoor winter is basically no problem, but occasionally freeze to death.

How to raise white lotus and sunflower

Although the white lotus sunflower has strong vitality, it should also pay attention to some methods in the process of culture.

Soil: White lotus sunflowers have few requirements for soil and can grow on almost any land. However, the most suitable and cheapest soil for white lotus sunflower is sandy soil with good drainage. It can be made by mixing mature soil, yellow sand and rice chaff ash at the proportion of 3:5:2 and adding calcium bell acid powder.

Light: light is the most basic condition for the growth of white lotus sunflowers, no matter how good other environmental conditions are, if there is no light, it will never bloom. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain sufficient light during the growing period of white lotus sunflowers.

Diseases and insect pests: White lotus sunflowers rarely suffer from diseases and insect pests, but there are often aphids, almond bees and apricot ball shell insects, and the prevention methods of these pests are relatively simple. The aphids can be killed by spraying imidacloprid 4000 × 5000 times before germination and adding 2000 × 3000 times of cypermethrin after germination.

Fertilization: White lotus sunflower fertilization does not need to be too frequent, generally every half a month to apply fertilizer, fertilizer can use 1/1000 potassium dihydrogen phosphate.

No matter how good other environmental conditions are, they will never blossom without light. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain sufficient light during the growing period of white lotus sunflowers.

Diseases and insect pests: White lotus sunflowers rarely suffer from diseases and insect pests, but there are often aphids, almond bees and apricot ball shell insects, and the prevention methods of these pests are relatively simple. The aphids can be killed by spraying imidacloprid 4000 × 5000 times before germination and adding 2000 × 3000 times of cypermethrin after germination.

Fertilization: White lotus sunflower fertilization does not need to be too frequent, generally every half a month to apply fertilizer, fertilizer can use 1/1000 potassium dihydrogen phosphate.