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How to raise mountain laurel

Gustavo Fring
2020-07-27 08:58:06
Mountain laurel is a perennial green plant of Rhododendron family

1. The soil should be a little thicker.

Mountain laurel prefers warm places, so it is more suitable for deep planting in some soils. When selecting soil, it should not only be fertile, but also ensure that the drainage of the soil is better. Only the soil with humus and acid sandy conditions can make mountain laurel grow better. Because of its tolerance to dry cloth, it grows very slowly in the soil which is not fat and undernourished. So we must choose the soil which is relatively thick.

2. Sufficient sunshine and ventilation

Mountain laurel prefers a warm place with sunshine and is afraid of cold places, but it also has a certain ability to withstand the shade. When it is a young tree, it needs to be properly shaded. When it grows up, it has a special demand for sunshine. Therefore, it must be given sufficient sunlight, so that it can grow normally. It is found through observation. In general, when the laurel crown is on the side of the wall, or when the two laurel crowns overlap, the crown on the side near the wall will become very sparse, so that the whole tree shape will become very ugly, so it seems that it prefers the place with good ventilation effect and abundant sunshine.

3. Control water volume

Mountain laurel is more afraid of being flooded and standing water. If too much watering causes standing water, its root will be easily blackened and then rotted. The leaves will start to dry up first, turn yellow slowly and then fall down, and finally the whole plant will die. Therefore, watering cannot be too much. Generally, you can water more when you are young, and you should start to reduce watering slowly when you are old. The amount of water to prevent the existence of

Mountain laurel

4. Proper transplanting

We can do the proper transplanting in spring or autumn, the best choice is in spring, because the temperature at that time is more suitable, if autumn, it should wait until the temperature starts to cool, and it is best to transplant in a place with sufficient water

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