How to grow potted moonflowers

Evening primrose, with large flowers, is golden when it blooms, and gradually turns to bright red in the later stage. It blossoms mostly at dusk, and the flowers are as long as 6-9 months. It not only has high economic and use value, but also has a very high ornamental effect. It is very suitable for family pot cultivation.

This plant is named Evening Primrose because it blossoms in the evening when the moon appears and withered at dawn. So, how to grow evening primrose? The following editor will tell you about the planting method of this plant.

1. Evening primrose likes sandy soil with loose and fertile growth and good drainage, so like the soil allocation scheme of many plants, it is mainly sandy loam.

2. Evening primrose can propagate seedlings by sowing, mostly in mid-early April, and usually transplant once after emergence, usually in the middle and first ten days of June in summer.

3. In order to promote plant branches to blossom more and achieve the effect of dwarfing pot culture, coring treatment should be carried out after planting in the pot and slowing down the seedlings.

4. Evening primrose has a certain ability to tolerate drought, but it is afraid of suffering from waterlogging. When watering, the basin soil should be watered when the surface of the basin soil becomes dry, and it should not be watered too much to avoid stagnant water in the basin. While watering, do a good job of ploughing and weeding in the basin.

5. During the growing period of the plant, it is suggested that the thin liquid fertilizer containing nitrogen should be applied 1-2 times a month, and the phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can be applied during the bud period; the rotten organic fertilizer or bean cake water can be applied every 3-4 days at flowering stage; fertilization should be stopped before overwintering for half a month and transferred to indoor maintenance in time.

6. in addition to sowing, propagation and breeding, evening primrose can also cultivate young plants by cutting in spring and summer, take root and sprout after about 1 month, and blossom after transplanting in a pot for about 3 months.

Time: 2019-05-24 Click: