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Cultivation methods and precautions of Cyclamen

Jane Margolis
2020-04-29 08:53:15
Cyclamen is a kind of fertilizer loving plant, but it doesn't like concentrated fertilizer. It can be applied once every ten and a half days. It likes to grow between 10 and 25 degrees. It is not waterlogged, watering more will appear wilting phenomenon, do basin soil slightly dry can. The soil should be loose, permeable and fertile sandy loam. There are many diseases and insect pests, such as spider and aphid.

I. breeding environment

1. Soil: it is suitable for loose and permeable slightly acid nutrient soil.

2. Light: prefer light, but in summer, direct sunlight is invisible, mainly scattered light. Put it in the sunny place, and move it frequently to make it see the light evenly.

3. Watering: it is resistant to certain drought, but its growth season should keep the soil slightly wet, and it is not allowed to accumulate water. Can use sit basin method to water

4. Fertilization: it prefers fertilizer, but it is not suitable to apply concentrated fertilizer. If the concentration is too high, it will burn yellow. In addition to stopping fertilization in summer, it can only apply thin fertilizer once every ten and a half days.

2. Breeding methods

1. Sowing and propagation: soak its seeds in water temperature between 30-35 degrees for 24 hours, disinfect the soil before sowing, and then sow. At this time, the soil humidity of sowing should reach about 90%.

2. Cutting propagation: select a healthy stem with a stem diameter greater than 3cm, with more than two bulbous stems for segmentation, and adopt a straight cutting method to ensure that each place has a bulbous eye. After cutting, use the plant ash to deal with, then carry on the cutting.

3. Common diseases and insect pests

Like the common diseases such as curly leaf insect, soft rot, etc., after the discovery of pests can be manually caught, you can also use 0.15% - 0.2% concentration of the fungicide for spraying.

IV. precautions

1. Dormancy period: summer is the dormancy season for Cyclamen, which is an important issue for fertilizer and water. In summer, we should stop fertilizing and keep the pot soil slightly moist.

2. Change basin: to use the new basin, you need to kill poison. Generally, you need to change the basin around Qingming. After changing the basin, you can apply fertilizer properly. After the basin is replaced, it can be cured in the environment of 15 degrees.

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