The requirement of Malva on the soil is not high. You can choose sandy soil, or choose slightly acidic nutrient soil or rotten leaf soil. After the Malva is potted, you need to put the Malva potted plant in a sunny place for half a day to promote its flowering.
Mallow like sunny environment, like cold some of the environment, can bear cold. Culture mallow, the appropriate temperature for growth in 18 ℃ to 25 ℃, to ensure adequate sunlight. In the cold winter, it is necessary to keep the temperature between 3 ℃ and 5 ℃ in a warm and sunny place.
In the aspect of water and fertilizer, we should pay attention to dry and avoid dampness in order to avoid rotten roots, especially in winter and summer. Because there are more flowers and more nutrients needed, during the growth period of Mallow, some nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizer can be applied, while during the flowering period, phosphorus fertilizer mainly needs to be applied to promote flowering.
The propagation of mallow is generally by cutting and layering. Cutting can choose robust branches cutting, a month or so will take root. High pressure method and common pressing method are the two main methods.
In the growth process of Mallow, it is necessary to prune the dead branches, diseased branches, weak branches, dense branches and residual flowers of Mallow frequently, which is conducive to ventilation and light transmission, and promotes the multiple branches and flowering of mallow.
In the process of maintenance, there will be some diseases, mainly coal pollution, which can be treated by spraying chemicals, and pay attention to ventilation to avoid diseases. In the process of maintenance, mallow sometimes encounter insect pests, mainly aphids and scale insects. When these pests occur in mallow, 10% Omethoate 2000 times solution can be used for spraying control.
