Culture methods and skills of longevity flowers

Longevity flowers have high ornamental value, with rich colors, such as scarlet, peach, orange, yellow, orange and white, etc. You can also enjoy leaves when not blooming, so it is an ideal indoor potted flower. Longevity flower its plant is small and exquisite, the plant type is compact, the leaf is green, the flower is dense, because the florescence begins from Christmas, so it is also called Christmas cabbage.

Longevity flowers are arranged on the windowsill, desk or desk at home. Due to the common name "longevity", the festival presents relatives and friends with a pot of longevity flowers, good luck and longevity, which is also very appropriate and likable. How can longevity be cultivated in a pot to live longer? Next, let's talk about the growth habits and precautions.

1. Soil

The longevity flower (Christmas cabbage) is native to Madagascar in Africa and prefers a warm, moist and sunny environment. Not cold-resistant, suitable temperature for growth is 15-25 ℃, drought-resistant, soil requirements are not strict, fertile sandy loam soil is better. The basin soil was mixed with 4 parts of rotten leaf soil, 4 parts of garden soil and 2 parts of river sand plus a small amount of bone powder. Longevity flowers should not be cultivated in sticky soil, otherwise they will grow poorly, rot roots and leaves, and cause plant death in serious cases.

2. Lighting

In the process of longevity flower cultivation, short-day treatment can be used to adjust the florescence to achieve the purpose of providing potted flowers throughout the year. If there is not enough light, the branches are slender and the leaves are thin and small. If the long-term lack of light will cause a large number of leaves to fall off, the loss of ornamental value. When the flowering plants are kept in the dark for a long time, the color of the flowers becomes dim and the flowers wither and fall off.

3. Temperature

The room temperature in winter should not be lower than 12 ℃, and the suitable room temperature should be 15: 18 ℃ in daytime and more than 10 ℃ at night. If the temperature is as low as 6: 8 ℃, the leaves will turn red and the flowering period will be delayed, which can not guarantee the use of flowers for festivals. Longevity flowers should be kept in sunny places all the year round. However, in the northern hot summer season, the light intensity is large, which is easy to make the leaf color yellow, so it is appropriate to shade or put the indoor semi-shaded place around noon, but pay attention to ventilation and cooling.

4. Watering

Too much drought will slow down the growth of longevity flowers, turn red leaves, delay flowering, and grow more vigorously in slightly humid environments, so they should be kept moist. However, in midsummer, watering should be controlled and ventilation should be paid attention to. If it is hot and humid, the leaves will rot easily and fall off. Do not need a large number of watering, usually as long as every 2-3 days watering, to keep the basin soil slightly moist, that is, to meet the needs of its growth and development. It will not dry to death without watering for 10 days and a half months when the winter temperature is low. If the watering is too much, the drainage is not smooth, and the basin soil is too wet, it is easy to cause root rot.

5. Fertilization

Fertilizing once every half month during the growing period, you can also use "Huizhi" 15-15-30 special fertilizer for potted flowers. Two weeks after planting, the cabbage was sprayed with 0.2% for a long time, and the plant height was 12 cm and sprayed again. In this way, the plant height can be effectively controlled to achieve the effect of beautiful plant, green leaves and many flowers. In the process of flower bud formation in autumn, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can be applied for 1-2 times. In the peak growing season, thin compound liquid fertilizer or chemical fertilizer can be applied every 2 to 3 weeks to promote robust growth and blossom. After the flower bud was formed in November, the multicolor flowering period was long when 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution was applied twice.

6. Pick the heart

In order to control the plant height, 1-2 coring should be carried out appropriately according to the growth situation, so as to promote more branches and more flowering. In the early stage of vigorous growth, we should pay attention to picking the heart in time to make it more branched, and the plant shape will be fuller. Longevity flowers are oriented. During the growth period, attention should be paid to changing the direction of the flowerpot, adjusting the light, so that the plant receives light evenly, and the branches grow in all directions. If the plant is not transferred to the pot for a long time, the plant will grow on one side. Cut off the remaining flowers in time after fade, so as not to consume nutrients and affect the next flowering.

Time: 2019-06-01 Click: