When breeding, the soil should contain humus, with good drainage and slight acidity. You can mix garden soil, rotten leaf soil and appropriate amount of river sand, so as to basically meet the demand, and the later growth of the plant will be better.
It is very fond of light. Only when the plants are well lit can they grow more vigorously and the flowers and colors become more gorgeous. Therefore, maintenance should be placed in the sun, summer also need not cover, if long-term no light, the plant will be very thin, and to flowering will not be normal.
It likes the high temperature environment, and the normal temperature is about 27 ℃. In winter, we should pay attention to temperature control. When we cool down, we should put it indoors in time, and pay attention not to be less than 7 degrees, otherwise it will be frostbitten, which will affect the growth of the next year.
The demand for fertilizer of imperial flower is not high, as long as the fertilizer is applied once in the spring and autumn growth season, it can meet the growth demand. Pay attention to low concentration of fertilizer. High concentration will burn the roots.
Its growth likes a slightly dry environment, so it can not be watered too often, but can wait for the soil to dry and then make up water, when pouring, pay attention to pouring through, pouring to the bottom of the basin to have water seepage, so that the bottom of the soil and root system can absorb water.
During the maintenance period, if the method is improper, it is easy to infect diseases and insect pests, which is very harmful to the plants. Common are whiteflies, scale insects and leaf spot disease, when found to be timely spray control.
