Safflower lotus has no strict requirements on the soil, and the general sandy soil can be well cultivated. Generally, the nature of the soil is to choose acid soil or slightly acid soil. It grows well in the deep and fertile slope.
Red lotus like light, should be planted in a good place of sunlight, planted in a shady place, will affect flowering.
Red lotus should not stick to heavy soil and water. Therefore, the daily maintenance should pay attention to drainage, potted soil should choose fertile sandy loam, the southern region can choose tangmud and coarse sand for preparation, the northern region is to use mountain soil or rotten leaf soil plus a small amount of organic fertilizer to prepare soil.
For the outdoor culture of safflower lotus, no special watering is needed, and only natural precipitation is needed. Before and after flower, it should be cut and topdressing, and topdressing two or three times of organic fertilizer or compound fertilizer. Potted cultivation of safflower lotus, watering to grasp the principle of dry to wet, the soil can not be too wet for a long time, otherwise it will affect the permeability and permeability of the soil, resulting in rotten roots. After flowering, to topdressing nitrogen, before flowering to topdressing phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, when flowering, stop fertilization.
The young trees of the red lotus are shaded, and the adult plants like light. Therefore, the adult and the young trees should be treated differently. The annual average temperature is required to be 19 ℃ - 22 ℃, and the absolute low temperature is required to be - 4.5 ℃.
