If you buy the bare-root stone lotus on the Internet, you should first pick off the fleshy dead leaves, properly prune the shriveled fibrous roots, put them in a cool and ventilated place to air for 2 days, then prepare the moist soil to plant them in pots, and then water and bask in the sun a week later.If it is bought in the flower market with a pot of meat, it can be directly maintained normally.
1, much illumination: Shi Lianhua is fond of light, and have very strong phototaxis, when maintaining at home, be about to bask in the sun more.If the light is sufficient, the growth of the stone lotus will be compact, the leaves will turn blue, and the powder on the leaf surface will be thicker, but the exposure in summer still needs to be blocked.
2. Large temperature difference: If you want the stone lotus to be in good condition and fast coloring, you have to give the stone lotus a large temperature difference in addition to letting it have more meat and more sunshine.For example, the temperature in the daytime is 25-32 C, the temperature in the evening is 10-15 C, and the stone lotus must rub against the long explosion basin.
3. Less watering: The water demand of the stone lotus is not high. In the spring and autumn growing seasons, it is necessary to adhere to the watering principle of "dryness and watering thoroughly". When the soil is close to dryness and watering thoroughly, if the temperature is high in summer and low in winter, it is necessary to reduce the amount of watering, or even cut off the water.
4. Black rot prevention: The stone lotus is not resistant to high temperature, and is most likely to black rot in summer, and black rot often occurs at the base of the stem, which is caused by overwatering, so the temperature is high in summer, so it is necessary to keep the soil dry and ventilate more to avoid black rot.
5. Note: The stone lotus, to be exact, refers to the fleshy stone lotus, including the jade butterfly, the black prince, the white peony, the blue stone lotus and so on.However, some people say that the stone lotus flower is only a jade butterfly, so the above is the maintenance skills of the jade butterfly.