Egg blossom planting technique

Egg blossoms bloom in summer, with a long flowering period, a large number of flowers, beautiful colors and elegant fragrance. After the fallen leaves, the bald trunk bends naturally, quite like the antlers with beautiful spots, and its shape is very beautiful. Suitable for courtyard, grass planting, can also be potted ornamental. The related species of the same genus are red egg flower, which is native to Mexico, Venezuela and the West Indies, with deep red Corolla and long petals. It is also cultivated in South China, and the ornamental effect is better.

The cultivation land requires sufficient sunshine, deep soil layer, good drainage, and loam or sandy loam rich in organic matter is the best. In addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer during planting, it is necessary to topdressing organic fertilizer or compound fertilizer for 4 times during the period of vigorous growth every year. In the dry season, we should pay attention to timely watering, keep the soil moist, pot planting must wait for the pot soil to dry before watering, but we should pay attention to control the amount of water in summer. Common diseases and insect pests are withered branch disease, powdery mildew and shell insects. Spraying methyl topiramate and omethoate respectively.

The best cultivation is acid sandy soil with deep and fertile, good permeability and rich organic matter, flowering from month to month, mainly propagated by cutting and striping method. Its suitable temperature is from ℃ to ℃, it can withstand the extreme high temperature of ℃ in summer, the temperature is below ℃, and the plant begins to fall dormant until about next year, and the greenhouse temperature should not be lower than ℃ in winter.

It likes light and requires sufficient light, otherwise it will seriously affect the growth and flowering of the plant. Even in the hot summer, as long as the basin soil has an adequate water supply, it can also receive full light. Put it in the room for display, to put it in front of the south window, let it receive more light, in case the leaves lose their mind. The time to put it indoors at one time should not be too long, it should be about half a month. When you finish the indoor display and move to the outdoor, you can not immediately put it on the open ground to receive full light, but can carry out restorative maintenance day to day under the shade shed of% to% shade.

Although it is relatively drought-tolerant, it requires an adequate water supply, whether in the field or in the pot. Pot planting avoid stagnant water, need to wait for the surface of the basin soil to dry before watering, especially when planting in deep pots, must be checked frequently to prevent rotting roots caused by poor drainage of basin soil.

Pot soil can be mixed with rotten leaf soil, garden soil and river sand, with% retted cake fertilizer powder and a small amount of multi-component slow-release compound fertilizer particles. The soil is turned over once a year in spring, and the plants are pruned at the same time, but the young branches produced in that year generally do not blossom. Because of its strong leaves, many flowers and long flowering period, it consumes more nutrients, so it can be irrigated with dilute quick-acting liquid fertilizer once a month in the growing season. % urea plus. % potassium dihydrogen phosphate mixture to ensure its good growth.

The leaves of egg blossom are susceptible to angular spot disease. It can be sprayed once a day after sending leaves in spring. % Bordeaux solution or% mancozeb wettable powder double solution. If powdery mildew occurs in leaves,% thiophanate methyl can be used. Double solution of sulfur suspension, or% triadimefon EC, once a day, continuously to times. If the insect damage occurs on the leaves, it can be sprayed with% chlorpromazine wettable powder.

Time: 2019-05-25 Click: