How to maintain the flowers on the family balcony

The balcony environment is relatively dry, and the watering is generally slightly more than that in the open field. due to the different climatic conditions in different places, the watering times should be flexibly controlled according to the actual dry and wet conditions of the basin soil and the principle of "dry and wet". As most balcony flowers are difficult to get natural rain and dew, artificial spray is very important. In the dry season and hot summer, spray on the branches and leaves several times a day to increase the humidity of the air, which is very beneficial to most flowers.

Which flowers are suitable

At present, there are mainly three types of balconies in residential buildings in China, namely: convex balcony, concave balcony and corridor balcony, but most of them are convex balcony. This article only makes some brief introduction to which flowers should be selected for this kind of balcony.

A convex balcony facing south

With sufficient sunshine and long light time, it is appropriate to choose flowers that like light, such as Milan, jasmine, Magnolia, rose, Fusang, chrysanthemum, sunflower, generations, pomegranate, kumquat, grape, cactus, cactus and succulent plants that are heat-resistant and drought-tolerant.

A balcony facing north

It is appropriate to raise shade-loving or shade-tolerant foliage flowers, such as ornamental fern, green apple, vine green velvet, evergreen, tortoise back bamboo, asparagus, palm bamboo, hairpin, rubber tree and so on.

An eastward balcony

Generally speaking, thousands of people can receive light for 4 hours a day, and can only accept some scattered light in the afternoon, so it is appropriate to raise short-day flowers and flowers that like semi-shade, such as crab claw orchid, camellia, rhododendron, gentleman orchid and so on.

A balcony facing west

How to layout

Balcony decoration

A reasonable layout of balcony green decoration, from the interior to look out, the whole balcony is similar to a small frame in nature, from the outside to the inside, it is like a small window of flower exhibition. There is no fixed pattern for the specific layout of balcony greening, which is determined by balcony location, size and personal preferences.

Generally speaking, we should not only pay attention to neatness and beauty, avoid chaos, but also pay attention to high and low order, scattered, distinct levels, and we should also pay attention to leaving considerable space to avoid causing people a sense of congestion.

A case of balcony decoration

Set up a small planting trough on the west side of the balcony and plant climbing or trailing flowers and trees such as wall-climbing tiger, wood incense, fragrant pea, small Reed and so on. In order to make full use of the space, you can inlay hooks in the balcony or eaves and hang flowers in the hanging basin.

What kind of flowers are planted in the hanging basin depends on the position of the hook. If you are in a sunny place, you should plant light-loving flowers; if you are in a shade place, you should grow shade-tolerant flowers. In the hanging basin, it is best to plant flowers with drooping branches and leaves, light green, shaking with the wind, elegant and unrestrained, so that people have a different charm. Growing flowers on the balcony must pay attention to safety and strictly prevent flowerpots from falling and hurting people.

Maintenance and management

Improve the environment

As the balcony environment is relatively dry, watering is generally slightly more than the open field, watering times due to different climatic conditions in different places, according to the actual dry and wet conditions of the basin soil, according to the principle of "dry and wet".

As most balcony flowers are difficult to get natural rain and dew, artificial spray is very important. In the dry season and hot summer, spray on the branches and leaves several times a day to increase the humidity of the air, which is very beneficial to most flowers. Some flower growers often spread bricks on the balcony floor to sprinkle water, because bricks can hold more water and evaporate after heat, so as to improve air humidity, which is a simple and effective humidification measure.

Take good care of

To make the balcony flowers grow strong, flowers flourish and foliage, but also pay attention to often supplement the necessary nutritional elements. According to the kinds of fertilizers needed by different flowers, more mature organic fertilizers should be applied in the cultivated soil, and compound flower fertilizers should be applied several times in the peak growing season.

In order to keep the plant shape graceful, attention should be paid to heart-picking, sprouting, pruning and so on, and the withered branches of residual flowers should be cut off in time so as to reduce nutrition consumption. For flowers with strong phototaxis, you need to change the pot every few days.

The weather in the northern region is hot in midsummer, so it is necessary to hang Reed curtains or grass curtains around noon to prevent hot sun exposure. In addition, pots had better use sterilized culture soil, which can reduce the occurrence of diseases and insect pests. If there are aphids, red spiders, shell insects, leaf spot, powdery mildew, chlorosis and so on.