How to grow purse flowers? Culture methods of lotus flower

The lotus bag originally means "tiny flower shoes" in Latin. When it was first born in the Andes of South America, local villagers did not like it and regarded it as a "gas bag" that did not want to communicate with others, and most adults disdained it except that children picked it from the wild to play. Unexpectedly, after some people described it as a "purse", the concept of the local people was completely updated. Indeed, since the advent of lotus flower, it has been invincible in the international flower market, and quickly spread to countries all over the world, becoming a rookie of indoor potted flowers in the family.

Then how to cultivate this beautiful purse flower? Let's take a look at the main points of its breeding.

Soil: sandy loam with loose, good permeability and unobstructed humus, plus a small amount of bone powder as base fertilizer, should be disinfected at high temperature before use.

Temperature: the optimum temperature for lotus flower growth is about 15 ℃. When the temperature is higher than 20 ℃, it has an effect on growth, budding and flowering. If the temperature is reduced to about 10 ℃ during flowering, the flowering period can be prolonged. However, the night temperature and overwintering temperature during the growing period should not be lower than 10 ℃.

Light: like the light, avoid the scorching sun. When the light is too strong at noon, it should be properly shaded and well ventilated, otherwise it is easy to cause cataplexy disease; increasing the light time can blossom ahead of time, such as adding 3 hours of light a day in November and blooming at the end of January of the following year; greenhouse cultivation should pay attention to 30% shade before October, no shade from October to March of the following year, and about 50% shade during flowering after March.

Moisture: drought will cause poor plant growth, must pay attention to drainage, too wet and easy to cause root rot, watering should not stain the leaves, because the leaves are hairy, easy to rot leaves, require watering to see dry and wet, can often sprinkle water around the flowerpot, keep the air humidity above 80%, but pay attention not to spray water on the flowers during flowering, so as not to affect fruiting.

Fertilizer: like fertilizer, but should not be too thick, apply thin retting cooked cake fertilizer or hoof horn liquid fertilizer every half a month; avoid contamination of leaves by fertilizer and water, which can make flowers bloom and flourish; if you find that stems and leaves grow excessively, you should stop fertilization immediately; when changing pots, add an appropriate amount of mature fertilizer in the culture soil; when the scape appears, add 1% superphosphate solution twice to make the flower color more bright.

Pollination: it is difficult for lotus to pollinate naturally, so seed collection should be carried out at the beginning of flowering, selection and hybridization should be carried out consciously, and generally in the morning, the Corolla can be cut off after pollination, at the same time, shading and ventilation should be strengthened to avoid direct sunlight, and the basin soil should be kept slightly dry, which can improve the seed setting rate and obtain fuller seeds.

Prevention and control of diseases and insect pests: lotus is prone to diseases and insect pests, measures should be taken in planting, broken diseases are easy to occur in seedling stage, soil disinfection should be carried out, disinfection should be carried out, disinfection of diseased plants should be carried out, or basin soil should be slightly dry, the air is too dry and the temperature is too high. Red spiders and aphids can be sprayed to increase air humidity or lower air temperature.

Time: 2019-06-01 Click: