How to grow Michelia in a pot

Smiling flower, also known as smiling plum, banana flower, roasted hop, belongs to Magnoliaceae, is an evergreen shrub, native to the south of China. It blossoms in early summer, and the flower is solitary in the axil of the leaf. "if the flower is like an orchid, it is often dissatisfied with it, but if it smiles, it will wither and fall, so it is a name." ("Qunfang Spectrum") the flower color is milky yellow, and the petals often have purple halos on the edges. In addition, there is also "Purple Flower smile".

Michelia has green leaves and intoxicating fragrance. It is a famous garden flower in China. "the flowers do not open their mouths, they are shy and bow their heads, smashing like jade people laugh, and flow affectionately to themselves." This is a wonderful portrayal of the graceful posture of a smile. Michelia flowers are suitable for planting in gardens, on flower beds and in front of windows. Family potted plants are the most suitable. The flowers bloomed for months, and the incense filled the court. A smiling flower is pinned to the mosquito net or skirt, which is intoxicating and admirable. Flowers can be used to smoke tea and extract aromatic oil.

The branches and branches of Michelia are elegant, and when they bloom, they think of charming flowers. They are well-known varieties of foliage and flowers. It is very appropriate to beautify the living room. Through the breeding method of Michelia flowers, the maintenance is relatively simple. If you like Michelia flowers, you might as well decorate in the living room and other places.

Michelia prefers weak shade and is not resistant to drying and exposure; likes warm and humid climate; is hardy; suitable for growing in fertile acid sandy loam. Transplantation is better in spring and autumn. Transplant with earthen lumps. If you choose a place that is sheltered from the wind, sunny and not too sunny, it will grow well. Fertilization should be thin and more fertilizer, too thick is easy to damage the fleshy root. Thin liquid fertilizer is poured every seven to ten days during the growing period. It is not suitable to use human feces. Prune some overdense twigs in March to make the canopy ventilated and transparent. Cut off the pedicel after anthesis to reduce nutrient consumption. Potted plants should be turned over every other year to change soil. Place tiles or bean stones 3-4 cm deep at the bottom of the new basin, fill in some culture soil, broken bones and cake fertilizer, then take out the Michelia flowers from the old pot, remove some of the old soil, cut off some old roots and rotten roots, and then put them in the new pot and put them straight. The culture soil is made of sandy loam and rotten leaf soil.

Whether planted in the ground or potted with laughing flowers, we should pay attention to good drainage, especially in winter, we should properly control the amount of water, so as not to cause rotten roots caused by too wet potted soil. But you can't overdo it. The dry tip of the leaf is due to the fact that it was not watered for the first time when turning the basin, or it was not watered for a long time, so that the basin soil should be soaked in time to make the leaf gradually return to normal. In winter, it is necessary to bundle the grass to prevent freezing or move to the steps or indoors. Use bamboo fences or trees to shade in summer to avoid exposure to the hot sun. But it should not be covered at night and let it bear the rain and dew. Water is often sprinkled on the leaves and on the ground to increase humidity and facilitate growth.

The main diseases and insect pests are cotton-blowing beetle and soot disease. The beetle can be brushed off with a small brush, or 1200 times of water can be sprayed with 40% dimethoate; soot disease can be scrubbed with gauze dipped in clean water or sprayed with carbendazim.

Culture methods of Michelia mollissima:

1. Soil: Michelia is a fleshy root, which requires good permeability of basin soil. 4 parts of rotten leaf soil, 3 parts of garden soil, 2 parts of rotten stable fertilizer soil and 1 part of sandy soil can be used.

2. Watering: smile should keep the basin soil moist at ordinary times, but it should never be too wet. Because many of its roots are fleshy, such as too much watering or basin waterlogging after rain, it will turn into rotten roots, so we should pay attention to controlling humidity in rainy season. Need more water during the growing period and before flowering, watering once a day, high temperature in summer should be watered to the leaf surface to maintain a certain air humidity. It can be watered once or twice a week in autumn and winter due to short sunshine.

3. Sunshine: plants with a smile should not be exposed to the sun in summer and should be shaded by 30% so as not to burn the leaves by strong light. They can be placed indoors in windows and balconies facing east, and outdoors under shade or shade. You can see more sunshine when it is cool in autumn. Put it in the sunny ventilation place indoors in winter.

4. Temperature: the lowest temperature of Michelia mollissima overwintering is not less than 5 ℃. Once the temperature is lower than 5 ℃, the normal physiological activity of the plant will be affected, the absorption capacity of the root will be weakened, and the twigs and leaves of the plant will wilt. At the same time, the highest temperature should not exceed 15 ℃. If the temperature is too high, too much nutrients are consumed in the plant, which is disadvantageous to the growth of the next year. Therefore, it is suitable to keep the room temperature at 5 ℃ to 15 ℃ in winter.

5. Fertilization: Michelia likes fertilizer, and retting fertilizer such as rotten cake fertilizer, bone meal, chicken and duck manure and fish belly intestines are often mixed with water. Fertilizer is applied every 15 days in the growing season (from April to September), and fertilizer is stopped after flowering and October. If you find that the leaf color is not bright and thick green, you can apply fertilizer and water for once.

6, insect pests: Michelia often occurs shell insects, but also can induce soot disease, shell insects can be brushed off with a small brush, or with 150 times the water of the No. 20 petroleum emulsion spray: soot disease can be scrubbed with clean water or sprayed with 500 times water and 1000 times carbendazim aqueous solution.

7. Pruning: Michelia flowers should not be overpruned. Usually, the overgrown branches, weak branches and overdense overlapping branches that affect the shape of the tree can be pruned after flowering, and the fruit after flowering can be subtracted to reduce nutrient consumption. Before sprouting in spring, remove some old leaves properly to trigger new branches and leaves.

Time: 2019-06-01 Click: