Introduction of freesia how to cultivate beautiful freesia

Plants and flowers are the most beautiful things in nature, each plant and flower has its own characteristics, their existence has brought a lot of fun to our life and improved the taste of life. Freesia is a beautiful plant, its pleasant fragrance can bring us comfortable space. Next, let's learn about this lovely plant together.

1. Introduction of freesia:

Freesia alias fragrant snow orchid, small calamus orchid, evening fragrant jade, wheat orchid and so on, belong to the genus Iridaceae, perennial bulbous flowers. Flowering around the Spring Festival, rich and mellow aroma, beautiful shape, bright colors, there are bright yellow, white, orange, pink, snow blue, purple, bright red, etc., is people's favorite indoor potted flowers in winter, but also an important cut flower material. Freesia leaves linear, hard; early spring flowering, yellow, white, purple, red, pink and other colors, spikes, flowers on one side, narrow below the middle of the tube, lobes unequal, fragrant. It is native to South Africa and tropical Africa, as well as Sudan, which is native to North Africa. There are 14 species of freesia in the world. Freesia as an ornamental flower is popular with horticulturists because of its rich colors and fragrance of flowering, and there are many kinds of cultivation. Freesia essential oil is also often used as one of the raw materials for products such as bath lotion and body care lotion.

Second, the potted technology of freesia:

From August to September, select medium-sized vanilla bulbs, put them in 1500-fold carbendazim solution for 1 to 2 days, remove them and leave them in a shady place to dry. The culture soil is made of rotten leaf soil, pastoral soil, fine river sand and mature organic fertilizer, and the seed balls are implanted into flowerpots with a diameter of 18 to 20 meters, 6 to 7 in each pot. Pour water into the basin and cover 2 to 3 meters of soil under water. Place it in a cool place. Half a month later, seedlings begin to emerge, and then move the flowerpot to the sun. Before frost, move the flowerpot indoors to ensure sufficient sunlight, control the room temperature at 10 to 18 ℃, keep the pot soil moist, and apply dilute bean cake water once a month. Xiangxue orchid is more resistant to fertilizer, if the fertilizer and water is appropriate, the flowers are big and fragrant. Therefore, fertilizer and water management should be strengthened in the growing season. It is necessary to properly control watering and stop fertilization in order to prolong the flowering period and less watering after flowering. From May to June of the following year, the leaves withered and turned yellow and stopped watering to facilitate the maturity of the bulb.

Third, for freesia to blossom, the following conditions must be met:

1. Flowering bulb: usually the big bulb blossoms in the same year, and the small bulb can not become a flowering bulb until it has been planted for 1 year.

two。 Adequate light: planting freesia should have sufficient light, especially in the growing period, it is more necessary to strengthen the light.

3. Moderate moisture: do not water too much, in case the leaves grow too much, in the flowering stage can not lack of water, otherwise the flower wilting can not recover.

4. Adequate fertilizer: base fertilizer should be applied before planting, and topdressing should be started when the seedlings grow 3-4 meters high, once every 10 days until flowering and stop fertilizing during flowering.

5. Suitable temperature: freesia can not overwinter outdoors in winter, after "Frosts Descent" need to move to indoor maintenance.

6. Post-anthesis management: freesia needs to be maintained according to routine maintenance after flowering. From June to July, when the leaves are all withered and yellow, the corms will be dug out, dried and stored in the sun, and then planted in August.

The above is the relevant knowledge of freesia, hope to help you.