Category: plant cultivation

　　There are many things in our daily life can be used for the maintenance of flowers and plants, common onion and garlic in the maintenance of flowers and plants have many uses. I will analyse the use of onion and garlic in the process of flower and plant maintenance, interested flower friends can learn together.

Melaleuca alternifolia (details)

　　Garlic to make pesticides. Garlic peeled, mashed into mud, add the right amount of water, can be measured by 1 kg of garlic to 300 ml of water, soak for 1 hour, and then boiled, cooled, filtered that is, foliar spray chrysanthemums (details), guayule chrysanthemums, flowers, such as the moon season, can be effective in the prevention and control of aphids, mesquite, and so on.

　　Garlic to make fresh cut flowers preservation liquid. In the storage of fresh cut flowers in the container, according to 100 ml of water to join the proportion of 5 ml of garlic original liquid, and then add 2 ml of alcohol, about 2 grams of sugar that is made. Replace every three days, for chrysanthemums, balsam fir, etc. can extend the freshness period of 5 to 7 days.

　　Onion production pesticide. Take 1 kg of green onion washed, chopped and mashed into 400 ml of water, soaked for 2 hours, filtered to extract the original juice. Spraying flowers and trees need to be diluted 6 to 8 times, for the prevention and control of fuchsia, jasmine and other flowers on the red spider pest effect is remarkable. Family flowers can be dipped in cotton swabs to apply the original juice on the surface of the leaves, can effectively control red spider, aphids.

　　Onion can also be used as a flower seed treatment solution, flower seeds in the seed treatment, adding onion juice can kill fungi and viruses inside and outside the seed, but also promote the growth of the embryonic root, effectively improve the seeding rate of seedlings.

　　Tiger lily is a relatively common indoor foliage plants, some flower lovers hope that their tiger lily can grow up to be taller, but some varieties of tiger lily itself can not grow taller. If your tiger orchid can’t grow tall, it’s not a variety problem, you need to find the reason from the daily care.

Tiger Orchid

　　Firstly, the temperature is too low or too high, it can’t grow well if it is put under 10 degrees or above 30 degrees for a long time, and naturally it can’t grow tall.

　　Second, root rot, which is mainly caused by improper watering, if too much water, root rot, naturally, also affects the growth.

　　Third, the light is unreasonable, some people never let it see the sun, this is very unfavourable to the growth of tiger orchids, natural growth.

　　Fourth, insufficient fertiliser, this is a common problem, if there is not enough fertiliser can not, fertiliser is mainly nitrogen-based.

　　Now, more and more flower lovers like to pot flowers, potted waxberry (details) is also relatively common. But when it comes to the hot summer, it is more difficult for the potted waxberry, so what problems should be paid attention to in the summer potted waxberry?

Wax Plum (Details)

　　Raise good potted wax plum, can not be taken lightly at all times, summer high temperature sunburn, a little negligence and carelessness, the light caused by branch thin flower thin, reduce the ornamental value of the pile scenery; heavy caused by the whole plant withered, so that many years of careful cultivation of the ancient pile of wax plum destroyed in one fell swoop. According to years of maintenance and specific environmental conditions and the special characteristics of wax plum. The following techniques can be used to maintain. Firstly, set pots to moisturise. With pots larger than potted plants, or with a bamboo basket for fruit, wooden box, will be potted Tsoumei in which, and then with leaf litter or loose soil will be set of pots, bamboo basket bottom and around the filling, and then with a few pieces of small tiles or rolled into a large ring of plastic, fixed in the upper mouth of the inner edge of the set of things used, and with a rope or wire will be the tiles; plastic ring firmly, filled with loose culture soil, so that the wax plum exposed on the base of the main trunk of the dragon-claw-shaped lateral roots A good buried, you can prevent the summer sun exposure, but also to maintain the humidity around the wax plum potted plants and anti-heat effect. Secondly, cover things to increase humidity. In the ambient heat, can be covered by not easy to emit moisture material such as leaf litter, chaff ash, rags, old cotton, etc. to cover the pots to increase humidity, these substances one-time absorption of water, at least to keep in the high temperature and drought during the potted wax plum two days is in a moist state, which can ensure that the dry areas or high-rise balcony wax plum stumps will not be excessively dry because of the air and the loss of water and die. Third, shade and moisture. Wax plum sex like semi-shade, in the hot summer, midday sunburn, can shade or move into the shade.

　　Junziran (details) bud change refers to three or four years after the cultivation of Junziran, around the rhizome is prone to produce tillers, commonly known as “axillary buds” (side buds, limb buds), with Junziran’s tillers from the mother plant to divide for reproduction, generally has the ability to maintain the characteristics of the original species, but sometimes also produce genetic mutations, resulting in a part of the plant or an organ with the characteristics of the original species. However, sometimes genetic mutation will be produced, resulting in a part of the plant or an organ having obvious difference with the characteristics of the original variety, such as the plant becomes shorter, the leaves become bigger and shorter, the leaf colour becomes more, the flowers and seeds are different, etc. This phenomenon is called “bud change”.

Monarch Orchid(Detailed introduction)

　　For the majority of orchid enthusiasts, it is the best way to observe the orchids carefully, and declare the identification to the experts or the research department in time once the superior buds are found. It is easiest to find the variation of leaves when the axillary buds grow. After the occurrence of serious natural disasters, it is also a good time to discover the bud variations resistant to certain natural disasters. in late December 1999, Guangdong suffered from a historically rare freezing, with the lowest temperature reaching -4℃ to -5℃, and it is very likely to select and breed new varieties of cold-resistant buds and variations from those monarch orchids plants which have withstood the test of severe cold and have not been killed by the freezing.

　　As the growing conditions of monarchs change, it often causes abnormal performance of monarchs as well. Therefore, the key is to make a comprehensive analysis of some mutation phenomena in the process of bud variation selection, and carefully distinguish whether it is bud variation or normal variation, the former is hereditary change, i.e., real variation, and the latter is reflected due to temporary changes in environmental conditions or cultivation management. Even if it is a true bud variation, some of the performance is relatively stable, while others are unstable, or even after a few years and then return to their original state, the variation disappears.

　　If you find a superior strain, you have to go through the steps of preliminary selection, identification, re-selection, etc., and gradually select and breed it into a new variety. Specific practice is: when the preliminary identification is a real bud variation, should protect the plant, make a good mark, record the mutation situation, parts, characteristics, etc., in the second to third year of the first selection of buds for re-election, the fourth year for the final selection. For the particularly good bud varieties, they should be reproduced as soon as possible, so as to be ready for the market in the future and be named. Practice shows that the bud variation selection method of Junziran is simple, easy to grasp, quick results, and is a good way to select and breed new varieties.

　　Friends who like flowers and plants know that fertiliser is very important for flowers and plants, but the taste of fertiliser is heavy, and most people do not like it, so it is a painful thing to give fertiliser to flowers and plants. In fact, there is a solution to this problem, that is, winter fertiliser accumulation, summer flowers.

Monarch (details)

　　I. Mixed fertiliser: Use temporarily unused tanks, barrels and other large containers, put in the life of rice-washing water, meat-washing water, washing freshwater fish water and fish belly, poultry water, etc., and then add an appropriate amount of ferrous sulphate (alum) to kill insects and maggots and reduce the alkaline fertilizer, usually with a double layer of plastic sheeting or plate glass sealing and fermentation. This mixed fertiliser contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and other nutrients, easy to use and safe, is the next year to raise flowers more ideal fertilizer.

　　Second, freeze dried manure: winter cold, after freezing human faeces and all kinds of animal faeces, both odourless and easy to collect, will be collected in a large tank or a large wooden box, sealed with soil. The next year, April and May will be poured out of dried manure, sun and crushed, and then into the wooden box and other containers sealed fermentation, used for potting bottom fertiliser is jasmine and other flowers the best fertilizer.

　　Third, with dung and urine tank accumulation slurry fertiliser: you can use the broken tank or buried tank, will be their own daily urine and feces, poured into the tank, after a long period of decomposition and fermentation, diluted for jasmine (details) Yao irrigation, can make the leaves green and shiny, is the best home flower breeder fertilizer.

　　Fourth, the leaves of fertiliser: all kinds of leaves, into the tank or wooden box compaction, and then poured into the faeces and urine poured into the soil sealing, after half a year of full decay, is used to cultivate flowers such as monarch orchids excellent organic fertilizer.

　　Many florists have a big misunderstanding about foliage plants, thinking that foliage plants don’t bloom. In fact, foliage plants will also bloom, tiger lily will also bloom, although the ornamental value of tiger lily bloom is not high, but do not think this is a bad phenomenon.

Flowering of tiger lily

　　Tiger Balm is warm and humid, drought-resistant, light-loving and shade-resistant. The soil requirements are not strict, with better drainage of sandy loam is better. Its growth temperature is 20-30 ℃, overwintering temperature is 10 ℃. Tiger Balm can be propagated by dividing plants and cuttings.

　　Flowering tiger lily is relatively rare that is to say, not every plant will bloom and, it is not every year to bloom, may be a few years only once, or even more than ten years, so planting this flower to have patience and perseverance, usually pay more attention to the suggestion that you buy more to remember that different varieties of cultivation together, so that you can make the chances of blooming greatly improved!

　　Kumquat is a lot of succulent lovers like to cultivate varieties, but summer is the dormant season of Kumquat, how to raise Kumquat well in this season, so that Kumquat can safely through the summer is very important. I have compiled some bearberry summer experience for you, if you like, you can learn together.

Bear cubs (details)

　　The growing period of bearberry should be from mid-autumn to mid-spring, at this time, the leaves of bearberry are thick and full, but when it comes to the dormant period, the leaves of bearberry will be shrunken and fall off, which is a normal phenomenon.

　　Bearberry dormant roots also stop functioning, this time it is easy because the medium is too wet rotting roots, every year to the time of dormancy is best to gradually reduce the amount of water, until the heat of the water to the minimum, as for what is the minimum, it depends on the medium. Well-drained medium should be better.

　　Bearberry is best kept out of direct sunlight during dormancy and can be placed in a diffused light environment with increased ventilation to reduce the hot and humid conditions.

　　Winter for many flower lovers is to pay special attention to, in the cold winter, when the temperature is lower, for aloe vera produce more harm. So keep aloe vera in winter must pay attention to good warm measures, don’t let your aloe vera frostbite.

Aloe vera

　　First, keep warm. Potted aloe vera winter temperature requirements are more stringent, in 5 ℃ when its growth is at a standstill, the lower the temperature, the greater the harm to aloe vera. Therefore, if the winter is not too cold or indoor heating conditions, you can directly move the potted aloe into the indoor wintering; if the temperature can not be guaranteed at 5 ℃ or more, it is necessary to take measures to keep warm. Can dig rectangular pits, potted aloe into the pit, above the bamboo sheet frame, laying a double layer of plastic film sealing, at night if the temperature is too low, can be covered with quilt or grass thatch, daytime at noon in a timely manner to uncover the film, in order to ventilate the air.

　　Second, watering. Should keep aloe vera potting soil dry, 15 ~ 20 days watering 1 time, cold weather can reduce the number of watering or not watering. If the indoor air is dry, you can spray water on the leaf surface, not only to remove leaf dust, but also to reduce the evaporation of water on the leaf surface, which is conducive to keeping the leaves green and verdant.

　　Third, fertiliser. Potted aloe in addition to reasonable application of organic fertilizers, should also be timely fertilizer, winter 40 ~ 50 days after the application of 1 time. Usually with a concentration of not more than 2% of the urea solution, such as watering, foliar fertiliser concentration of not more than 0.1% is appropriate.

　　Fourth, light. In winter, it is desirable to make aloe vera see more sunlight, usually can be placed in a place sheltered from the wind and sunny or south-facing balcony. Generally in the morning after 9 o’clock out, 3 o’clock in the afternoon before moving into the room. In addition, outside the plant can also cover a transparent plastic bag, which does not affect the sunshine into, but also can improve the temperature and humidity.

　　Cover plastic bag method is: with wire in the pot edge tie an arch round bracket, cover the plastic bag, aloe vera and pots with the package, such as room temperature increases, and then promptly remove the plastic bag. This method is simple, but the effect of insulation over the winter is not bad, only cover the bag time can not be too long, otherwise the sun, the bag temperature rises, but also airtight, will make the aloe vera damage.

　　The sky (details) flowers are now often potted by flower friends at home, but if the seedlings are directly inoculated in pots, the growth will be slow basal surface, so it is best to first ground planted three or four years. I’ll introduce you to the method of potting of Campsis grandiflora, like the flower friends can learn about it together.

Campsis grandiflora

　　1, is in the pot on the shelf, lead to its growth around the pot shelf, the advantage is easy to turn over the pot to change the soil, easy to move, pruning, the disadvantage is that the ventilation and light permeability is a little poor, the inner chamber of the leaf is easy to yellow.

　　2, is placed on the open balcony, with the rope pulling to lead its upward climb, can also let part of the stem naturally drooping, up and down into a piece, elegant and elegant. The disadvantage is that it is more difficult to turn the pot and change the soil, two people have to work together, pruning is also more difficult, to pay attention to safety.

　　3, is potted and made into a stump type or cliff type bonsai, placed on the balcony or elevated.

　　Lingxiao is native to the central part of China, has more than 2000 years of cultivation history, it is the best of the vine flowers. Spring its stems and trails grow quickly, aerial roots can hold on to the climbers, rocking straight up, June to September flowering, corolla funnel-shaped bell-shaped, outside orange-red, bright red inside, a cluster of red flowers, air jittery, in the green leaves, bright and colourful, graceful posture.

　　In addition to China’s native Lingxiao, there are also native to North America’s Lingxiao. The two kinds of sky has its own characteristics: China’s sky stems more than ten metres long, early and long flowering (June to September), shorter flower tube, calyx cleft is deeper, the corolla is larger, more beautiful, but not cold hardy, only for the South ground planting, the North can only be planted in pots. North American Lingxiao shorter stem trails, only 4 m, later flowering (July ~ September), longer flower tube, calyx cleft shallower, corolla slightly smaller orange-yellow, but cold hardy, south and north of the ground planting pots can be planted.

　　If you have your own garden at home and want to take care of it beautifully, then you must pay attention to the climatic seasons to make adjustments in the operation. Not pass the season for the maintenance of flowers and plants are also very different, I’ve compiled for you to take care of the garden all year round notes.

Roses (details)

　　March-May Spring

　　During this season, plants enter their growth spurt and need to be fertilised in order to send out new shoots. Prune away dead and diseased branches, trim the top buds and promote the differentiation of side buds. In the spring, plants should be properly twigged to reduce nutrient consumption, properly pruned with phosphorus and potassium fertilisers to prolong the flowering period. Water the plants appropriately and pull out weeds.

　　June-August Summer

　　In this season of the year has entered the high temperature period, the need for diligent watering, basically once a day, if there is no time, at least two days must be watered, for potted plants, need to be watered every day or in the morning and afternoon each watering. Appropriate fertiliser, pruning to thinning mainly to facilitate ventilation and light. This is the season for diseases and pests, and weeds grow slowly, so regular pest control is needed.

　　September-November Autumn

　　This season is the period of leaf fall, fruit ripening and flowering of autumn flowering plants, so it is necessary to prune the dead branches and carry out the residual flowers to reduce the consumption of plant nutrients, which is conducive to the growth of plants in the coming year.

　　December – February Winter

　　Most of the plants in this period have entered the dormant period, need to carry out regular pruning of plants, and pay attention to the plant’s overwintering protection, so as to avoid frostbite. Give water and fertiliser management to dormant plants. Water your lawn to keep it warm when the weather is sunny.