[the culture method of night incense] how to raise night incense

Night incense, flowers, such as its name, have a clear fragrance, especially at night, is more fragrant. It is a rattan shrub, branchlets weak, leaves opposite, broadly ovate, heart-shaped to rectangular round-ovate, umbrella-shaped Cymes axillary, with up to 30 flowers; Corolla lobes 5, rectangular round, yellowish green. Next, let's learn about the breeding method of nocturnal incense in the room.

First, the culture method of night incense.

Like warm, moist, sunny, well-ventilated, loose and fertile soil, drought-resistant, barren, not waterlogging, not cold-resistant, so, planting night incense requires well-ventilated environmental conditions, early May to the end of September should be adequate sunshine in the hospital or balcony maintenance, although it likes adequate sunshine, but in summer noon should avoid hot sun exposure.

Summer is the peak growing season, except for sufficient fertilizer, the basin soil must be kept moist and watered twice a day if necessary. If it is a seedling, it should be sprayed to the leaves once or twice a day. It should be moved into the greenhouse in the middle and last ten days of October every year, and the temperature of the greenhouse should be kept from 8 ℃ to 12 ℃. If the temperature is lower than 5 ℃, the leaves will wither and fall off until death.

II. Matters needing attention in the culture of night incense

1. Prepare potted soil. Night incense like loose, well-drained, organic-rich acid soil. The pot soil is generally made of peat soil or rotten leaf soil with 3 parts of coarse river mud and 2 parts of coarse river mud and a small amount of farm manure. When potted, the bottom is about 1 to 5 deeply filled with broken bricks in shape to facilitate basin drainage, and the upper part is cultivated with mixed basin soil.

2. Suitable environment. Potted night incense requires well-ventilated environmental conditions. From the beginning of May to the end of September, it is appropriate to put sufficient sunshine in the hospital or maintenance on the balcony. Although it likes adequate sunshine, it should avoid hot sun exposure at noon in summer.

3. Fertilization. In the process of its growth, liquid fertilizer should be applied every 10 to 15 days, and thin liquid fertilizer should be applied every half a month since late April, so that it can blossom continuously from the middle of May. If high efficiency humic acid liquid fertilizer such as Chunquan 883 or Huimanfeng can be applied, the effect is better.

4. Transfer water. Its summer is the peak growing season, in addition to the application of sufficient fertilizer, the basin soil must be kept moist and watered twice a day. If it is a seedling, it should be sprayed to the leaves once or twice a day.

Third, the function of night incense

1. Watch. Night incense has slender branches, blooming in summer and autumn, and yellow-green flowers blooming in the evening. It is often used to decorate courtyards, windows, ponds and pavilions in the south, with a certain ornamental value.

2. For medicinal use. Night incense can be used as medicine, with the effect of clearing the liver and eyesight, can treat eye swelling and pain, measles on the eyes, corneal nebula, and so on.

3. Edible. Evening primrose is edible, mainly for its fresh flowers and buds. It is a semi-wild vegetable.

4. Repelling mosquitoes. Night incense is relatively strong, and has a certain degree of toxicity, so it can expel mosquitoes, which is also a convenience to life, usually covering the windows with screens and planting plants outdoors.

Nocturnal incense is familiar to us, and its aroma is very strong, so it is best to be planted in the courtyard. Nocturnal incense not only has ornamental function, but also has many functions, such as mosquito repellent, edible, medicinal and so on.