Oxalis, flowers here is not about rotten Street flowers, but a variety of bulbous flowers with different colors, the lovely perennial elf - Oxalis.
Usually, Oxalis is planted from September to November, and blooms from January to April of the next year. The blooming period is two months long. If there is warm winter, Oxalis will bloom in advance.
The biggest advantage of Oxalis is that after planting, just water and apply fertilizer, without topping, it will burst into a flower ball in spring.
Besides, Oxalis is extremely cold-resistant. It doesn't need to be cold proof at - 5 ℃ in winter, except that it needs to be put indoors in the north, and it can be exposed for winter in the south of the Yangtze River.
By the time you collect the ball in the summer, you will find that a mother ball can produce 10 balls, or even dozens of balls. If you plant one ball, it will be 10 times more, and you will definitely make a profit.
In the most annoying summer, Oxalis is super witty, directly dormant into a ball, which can be said to be the safest way to spend the summer, waiting for the cool autumn days to be planted again.
Oxalis is a small bulb root flower, so its ball size will be very small, we must not mistake it as a seed, and its different ball sizes will also be different.
To plant, first put half of the ceramsite on the bottom of the pot, mix the soil with the base fertilizer and water to mix it, and then put it into the flower pot to prepare for planting in the damp soil.
Put the seed ball on the soil surface, cover 1cm of soil above, and pay attention to the white buds of the seed ball. All the white buds shall be covered by the soil, and the soil surface shall be flattened. Finally, use the watering pot to pour water.
The planted seed ball is placed at the astigmatism place first. When the soil surface is dry, spray some water with a watering can to keep the basin surface wet. After the seed ball breaks the soil, water it normally. When it is dry, it will be wet. The remaining half of ceramsite will be paved on the basin surface.
When the Oxalis grows to 2-3 true leaves, add light to the whole day, and ventilate a lot. At this time, you can apply the nutrition solution of seed ball, but you should apply the thin fertilizer frequently, and the concentration should be light.
The Oxalis planted in October will bloom in January next year. In the flowering period, please pay attention not to turn the pot. It has strong phototaxis. Often turning the pot will make them stretch their necks to find the sun, but in vain.
If the cultivated Oxalis begins to grow in vain, or the stem and leaf of the variety itself are higher, it can be built a scaffold, which can also enhance ventilation and reduce the possibility of mildew.
In April, the Oxalis began to go downhill. When the flowers and leaves were yellow, the fertilization stopped. When the stems and leaves of the plant were all yellow, the ball was collected. If the ball dug out was white, the color would be dark.
The dug seed ball can be spread in a tray, put in the room of astigmatism for air drying, put in a dry and ventilated place after 5-6 days, the sun can't reach directly, and stored in a normal temperature place, and then planted in autumn.
