How to raise freesia?

Freesia leaves such as swords, flowers such as golden bell, beautiful shape, rich aroma, both the fragrance of orchids, but also the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, indoor pot, fresh and comfortable. Common varieties are large white freesia, goose yellow freesia and safflower freesia and so on. For the Iridaceae vanilla flowers, also known as fragrant orchid, small calamus orchid, small green orchid, scissors orchid, plain vanilla, wheat orchid, fragrant iris, evening fragrant jade.

To choose a long ovate or conical bulb, the bulb is large, full, the flower branch length is 30cm to 40cm in length, the flower branch is 7cm in length and 3cm in diameter, and the flower length is 4cm in length and the diameter is 3cm in diameter. the opening degree is 1cm at the time of purchase, that is, 3 flowers in full bloom at the back of the spike, 5 flowers in the middle, 3 buds at the front, and 3 buds at the front, which can be bottled for 2 weeks at 15 ℃. Cut off the end of the flower branch obliquely with a sharp knife in water-a small piece of stem base, and immediately insert it into a vase or flower mud. Ceramic or glassware for vases, not metal bottles. The new container was soaked in water for 12 hours. Scald with boiling water for 10 seconds before insertion, use cold boiled water or pure water to remove all leaves and buds under the immersion line. Put it in a cool, ventilated and scattered light place during the day, move outside without wind and dew at night, avoid smoking indoors and put fruit.

Freesia likes to be warm and afraid of cold, suitable temperature for growth is 18: 20 ℃, night temperature is 14: 16 ℃, overwintering temperature is 6: 7 ℃, light is fond of light, flower buds are formed in short days and flowers bloom in long days. The potted plant was planted from mid-September to early October, with 15-18 cm pots of 5-7 balls in each pot. the pot soil was made of rotten leaf soil, garden soil, compost and sand according to 2: 5, 5: 5, 2: 1. Put bone powder, barnyard manure or cake manure at the bottom of the basin, put the basin soil 4 cm away from the basin, water thoroughly, cover the soil 2 cm, put it in a cool and ventilated place, water it every 5-7 days for the first time, and seedlings can emerge in 10-15 days. Put the flowerpot in a sunny place and keep the seedlings slightly dry. The amount of water and times of watering increased with the growth of the plant. enter the flower bud differentiation period, apply cake fertilizer water plus 0.5% potassium dihydrogen phosphate every 10 days, and light for 8 to 10 hours a day to facilitate flower bud differentiation.

Freesia bud period, keep 15: 20 ℃ during the day and 10 ℃ at night, put it in a sealed balcony, apply sparse cake fertilizer frequently, enter the room after defrosting, put it in a place with plenty of sunshine, gradually increase from 10 ℃ to 15: 20 ℃, 10: 12 leaves can blossom, keep 16: 20 ℃ during flowering, keep the pot soil moist during the bud period, properly watering, apply 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate every 15 days, each plant can open 20 flowers, and stand the pillar in time after the inflorescence is pulled out. Tie it with string and control water and fertilizer at flowering stage. Cut off the flowers after the flowers. The dwarfing of freesia can be soaked in 7080 mg / L paclobutrazol for 15 hours. After being removed, the bulb can be washed with clean water, the plant height can be reduced by 1 inch, and the leaf width can be doubled.