What if there is no one to take care of the flowers at home?

As the Spring Festival approaches, many citizens like to choose potted plants to add some warmth and bright colors to their homes. Ms. Chen, who lives in Gulou District of Fuzhou, bought a pot of melon and leaf chrysanthemum. However, these days she is worried about this potted plant: "Guaye Chrysanthemum has only been bought for more than a week and has been raised on the balcony, but it is a little wilted. I want to go back to my hometown for the Spring Festival holiday. I have been gone for more than ten days. Melon and leaf chrysanthemum will die if no one takes care of it."

It is easy to buy flowers, but difficult to grow them. In the coming Spring Festival, how to make gorgeous flowers safely spend a "winter vacation"?

Tip 1: keep it indoors and keep warm

Chen, a professor at the Academy of Life Sciences of Fujian normal University, said that the most important thing to raise melon and leaf chrysanthemum in winter is to "keep warm" the flowers and pay attention to cold and cold protection. Even if citizens are not at home, they should pay attention to indoor ventilation and maintain a certain room temperature, which is suitable for 15 ℃-25 ℃. Professor Chen reminded that it is best to put the potted plants indoors in the sunny place, but not in the windward place, nor can the bright light shine directly. "the leaves of chrysanthemums are hardy, but the flowers are not hardy. If they are frozen, the flowers will soon fail."

These plants are not afraid of the cold and can be put outdoors: winter plum, wax plum, tea plum, bright bamboo, ivy and so on.

Tip 2: less watering and no fertilization

Professor Chen analyzed that the melon-leaf chrysanthemum in Ms. Chen's house wilted, probably because the water was too much, and the plants could not absorb it, which led to wilting. Another reason, will also lead to melon leaf chrysanthemum wilting, that is, the residual smell of home decoration or because the space is too small, plants can not absorb fresh air resulting in insufficient nutrition. Under normal circumstances, most plants raised at home can be raised as long as they are ventilated and the soil is moist and occasionally taken out to bask in the sun.

In addition, fertilizing flowers in winter will also "burn" dead flowers. Because flowers stop metabolism, do not need fertilizer, so winter fertilization, fertilizer will not be discharged, which is counterproductive.

These aquatic plants are inseparable from water: daffodils, daffodils, money grass and so on.

Tip 3: indoor plants should not be moved out prematurely after the holiday

Professor Chen said that after coming back from the holiday, the public should not move the indoor plants out of the room too early, otherwise the flowers would die easily. This is because

For plants after a winter, the "physique" is weak, not hardy, generally after the Qingming Festival can be out of the house.

These kinds of flowers are suitable to buy but not suitable for self-cultivation, such as chrysanthemums, daffodils, azaleas, cyclamen, etc., the market price is not expensive, self-cultivation is time-consuming and laborious, it is better to buy a few pots to enjoy at home in the season. "it takes half a year for chrysanthemums to grow themselves in three or five pots, and they don't grow as well as those planted by florists on a large scale. It's not worth the effort." Professor Chen added.

Tip 4: make a self-made device to water the flowers when there is no one at home.

In winter, flowers should be properly watered. If you encounter some aquatic plants, there can be no shortage of water. What should we do if the citizens are not at home during the holidays?

Master Lan, from the flower market in Jianxin Town, Fuzhou, gave the following suggestions:

First of all, citizens can use gauze, dip some water, and wrap it around the flowerpot.

Secondly, an eyedropper device like hanging salt water is used to drop water into the base of the stem of the plant, so that the water droplets continue to infiltrate and spread into the soil and are absorbed by the roots, and the speed of dripping is adjusted according to the type and size of flowers and trees. This method works well, but it is feasible only if there is an eyedropper.

Third, the use of wick or cloth, one end on the basin soil, the other end in a container full of water, the water level in the container should be higher than the basin soil position. In this way, through the action of plant capillaries, water can be continuously supplied to the basin soil.

Fourth, after watering the plant first, cover the whole plant with a plastic bag and tie it to the basin. Because it is covered by a plastic bag, the water vapor can be preserved inside. If water droplets are formed on the plastic sheet, the water droplets can be dripped back into the basin soil, and the plastic bag can retain moisture for as long as two to three weeks. When setting plastic bags, citizens had better insert three or four thin sticks on the soil at the edge of the basin, and the height of the sticks inserted must be higher than the height of the plants. It should be noted that when covering plastic bags, the leaves should not come into contact with plastic bags. Flowerpots covered with plastic bags should not be placed in places with direct sunlight.