Is water hibiscus (lotus flower) easy to raise? What are the specific breeding methods?

Water hibiscus is also called lotus, and lotus and lotus both refer to the same plant, now mostly called lotus. Lotus has two other names, lotus and hibiscus, lotus refers to the flower, is not blooming flowers, flowers are called "hibiscus", we say water hibiscus is also common lotus. Is that water hibiscus (lotus) good to raise? What is the specific breeding method?

Is the water (lotus) good to raise? What is the specific breeding method?

1. Water management

Water hibiscus is an aquatic plant, the whole growth period can not be separated from water. Summer is the peak period of water hibiscus growth, the demand for water is also the largest, so the whole summer should pay attention to the pot can not be dehydrated. Meiyu season rainfall is more concentrated, pond planting water hibiscus water level can not be submerged standing leaves, pay attention to timely drainage, avoid lotus disaster.

2. Fertilizer management

Water hibiscus likes fertilizer, but too much fertilizer will burn seedlings, so thin fertilizer should be applied frequently. Summer is the flowering stage of hibiscus hibiscus, and the demand for fertilizer is also greater than that of seedling stage. If the flower buds are out of water, the lotus leaves are yellow and thin, and there is no disease spot, indicating that there is a lack of fertilizer, phosphorus and potassium should be added in time, and fertilizer can be applied once every 15 to 20 days (cake fertilizer or compound fertilizer can be used). Plant hibiscus in pot. Depending on the size of the pot, stuff fertilizer into the mud in the center of the pot and let it release slowly.

3. Light management

Water hibiscus is a long-day plant, and the cultivation site should have sufficient light. Potted hibiscus plant spacing should be appropriate, overcrowded plants thin and tall, standing leaves less. When cultivating hibiscus in containers such as vats, pots and bowls, the hibiscus should be placed in a place with sufficient light or moved outdoors to receive light every day. After the water hibiscus buds appear, the daily light should not be less than 6 hours, otherwise the plant will appear yellow leaves, buds withered and other phenomena.

4. Pest control

black spot

Irregular brown spots appear on the leaves in the early stage, with slight ring patterns. Black mold is born on the spots in the later stage. Several spots are often connected together to form large spots. In severe cases, the whole plant dies. Control method: spray 50% carbendazim or 75% chlorothalonil 500~800 times solution in time at the early stage of disease.

canker

At the beginning of the disease, green and withered patches appeared on the leaf edge, then extended inward in pieces, and finally the whole leaf turned brown. After the disease, the central part of lotus root turned brown, and gradually became necrotic to lotus root node and water hibiscus stem. Control method: spray 50% carbendazim 500~600 times solution at the early stage of disease.

Spodoptera litura

Hatching larvae cluster leaf back nibbling mesophyll, leaving epidermis and veins, victimized leaves like screen, gray. Larvae after a little big that is scattered food damage, the leaves will bite into a gap, and can bite flower buds and flowers, the most serious damage every year from June to October. Control methods: timely removal of insect leaves destroyed, at the same time when larvae swarm harm, in the evening spraying methamidophos 1000 times solution control.

aphids

Aphids have strong adaptability to climate and are widely distributed. They mainly sting the stems and leaves of plants, especially the tender parts. Aphids reproduce and adapt strongly, the population is huge, therefore, all kinds of methods are difficult to achieve radical effect, need to regularly use diluted 500~1000 times 80% dichlorvos EC spray.

Is water suitable for indoor use?

Hotel lobby, family living room, why can be decorated palm bamboo, fish tail sunflower, rich bamboo, evergreen and other foliage plants, but not good water hibiscus?

This is because these plants are very shade tolerant or relatively shade tolerant and can grow normally under scattered light. Hibiscus is the most light-loving long-day plant. Without direct light for more than six hours in a day, its growth and development are poor. The leaves turn green and yellow at the beginning, followed by the bud withering until the whole plant withers. Therefore, the cultivation of hibiscus should be placed in an open space or balcony under full light. Move to indoor appreciation, one or two days no harm, the third day must be moved to outdoor sunlight conservation.

Time: 2019-03-13 Click: