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How to raise red azalea

Jesse Pinkman
2019-12-22 14:38:34
Use acid soil for maintenance, and mix appropriate base fertilizer to provide nutrients before potting. It likes light. In the growing period, it needs enough sunlight to make the flowers more gorgeous, but it should not be exposed to strong sunlight. Before flowering, we should keep a moist pot soil environment, and pay attention to a small number of times of fertilization to supplement nutrients. In addition, its propagation is mainly through sowing and cutting, among which cutting method is more used.

I. breeding environment

1. Soil: it likes acid, loose and fertile soil. It can be mixed with saprophytic soil, coarse sand, garden soil, etc. when it is cured. Before it is put into the basin, it can be supplemented with a certain amount of basic fertilizer, so as to meet the needs of later growth.

2. Light: during the growth period, it needs enough sunlight to make the flowers more colorful. The light in spring is mild and can be put outside for a long time to bask in the sun. In summer, the light is too strong and the temperature is too high.

3. Watering: before flowering, the basin soil shall be kept in a wet state, but no water shall be accumulated. In high temperature season, water every day and increase humidity. When the temperature drops in autumn, we should reduce the amount of water and control the water even more in winter.

4. Fertilization: a small amount of fertilizer should be applied many times, once a month in spring to promote the flowering. After flowering period, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer should be applied, and fertilizer should be controlled in summer to avoid rotten roots. In winter, there is no need to apply fertilizer. It has stopped growing and does not need too much nutrients.

2. Breeding methods

Its propagation is divided into two kinds, sowing and cutting. Sowing is carried out in spring, and the seeds are sown on the appropriate soil to keep the wet environment and germinate in less than a month. Cuttage Propagation with more, usually in May and June, with half wooden new branches as cuttings, inserted into acid soil, soon can root survival, high survival rate and simple method

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