The flowering period of Summer Chrysanthemum is from May to September every year. Now it's the flowering season. Warm summer chrysanthemum is the best match for hot summer!
Summer chrysanthemum is very easy to survive, with a little maintenance, you can see the explosion ball!
Do these gorgeous summer chrysanthemums catch your eyes? Want to raise a few pots of flower friends, continue to learn how to maintain Summer Chrysanthemum with flowers!
To make Summer Chrysanthemum into a ball, one of the secrets is to constantly pick heart and hit the top!
1. Take the heart of the seedlings and top them.
One week after the seedlings of Summer Chrysanthemum are planted, they can be decapitated and toppled. Keep at least 6 leaves at the bottom of the main stem of Summer Chrysanthemum, pinch off the top
2. Sprout in 1 week.
After about 1 week, Summer Chrysanthemum will sprout side buds after topping. Generally, a branch will grow 3 side shoots.
3. Continue to take heart and top
When the side branches are about 7cm long, take off the heart again and make sure that each branch has at least 6 leaves.
4. Timely topdressing
The last topping of Summer Chrysanthemum should be finished before the middle of July, otherwise it will affect the flowering of Summer Chrysanthemum. Before flowering, P and K fertilizer can be applied every 10 days to promote flowering.
Although xiaju is good to feed, but if you want to spend the whole summer, you have to take care of it carefully, starting from the daily maintenance.
1. Water
Summer chrysanthemum is more drought resistant. As long as the pot soil is kept slightly wet, it can meet the growth needs of Summer Chrysanthemum. Too much water is easy to cause Summer Chrysanthemum branches to grow crazily, affecting the shape.
2. Fertilization
Before summer chrysanthemum blooms, it can be applied with P and K fertilizer every 10 days, or a small amount of bone meal can be directly buried in the soil.
3. Light
Xia Ju likes the light very much. It's better to put Xia Ju on the sunny south balcony. If possible, it can be put outdoors
4. Diseases and insect pests
Summer Chrysanthemum often attracts aphids, but don't be afraid. The washing water is mixed with water in the proportion of 1:500, and the aphids can be eliminated by spraying the plants.
The propagation of Summer Chrysanthemum is very simple. Any branch can survive by cutting. Learn from flowers quickly!
1. Select twigs
Choose Summer Chrysanthemum more robust twigs cut, only keep the top of the cuttings of 2 pairs of leaves, the rest all removed.
2. Insert soil
Cut the chamomile into about 10cm long, poke a hole with chopsticks on the prepared substrate, insert the cuttings, gently press the soil around the root, and fix it firmly.
3. Spray water to moisturize
After cutting, spray the soil with water, and you can choose to cover the plant with plastic bags to keep moisture. About 10 days later, Summer Chrysanthemum can take root.
In order to Summer Chrysanthemum next flowering can be full of spherical, in Summer Chrysanthemum after the best pruning.
1. Prune the branches
First of all, cut off the flowering branches of Summer Chrysanthemum, and keep the ones that are not or are opening properly.
Cut off the weak branches and diseased branches of Summer Chrysanthemum, and then cut all branches to a similar height, so that the next flowering will be easy to burst into a ball.
2. Deal with the cut branches.
Cut off the flowers on the pruned branches and the leaf edge at the bottom of the branches. Cut the leaves to 1 /3 of the size.
3. Soil preparation
Summer Chrysanthemum does not pick soil, flower friend can mix garden soil and peat according to the proportion of 4:1, match into cutting soil.
4. Cutting into basin
Insert the pruned branches into the prepared soil, water them and put them in a cool and ventilated place for curing.
5. Flower leaf retting
Don't throw away the cut flowers and leaves. Put them directly in the compost box. You can harvest the flowers and fertilizer in a period of time.
