Growing flowers when indoor temperatures are low in winter

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How to grow flowers when the indoor temperature is low in winter

In the cold winter, raising a few pots of bright flowers at home will add a little warmth and bright color to your life. Yesterday, the editor saw at the flower and bird market that cyclamen, cineraria, crab claw, camellia and other winter flowers have begun to become the new favorites of the flower market. The cheap ones cost 10 or 20 yuan per pot, and the expensive ones cost 50 or 60 yuan, or hundreds. Yuan, attracting many flower lovers to watch.

How to grow flowers when the indoor temperature is low in winter

“Last year, a friend gave me a pot of cineraria, and it wilted after growing it on the balcony for a week.” Citizen Liu The lady walked around the flower and bird market. She looked at the bright grass and flowers and wanted to buy them, but she was worried that they would not be able to grow well. It is reported that due to the special climate in winter, many citizens face maintenance problems when buying flowers. How to let gorgeous flowers survive the winter safely? Yesterday, the editor asked Mr. Wu, an urban flower grower, for advice, and he taught several tips.

Try to place them indoors as much as possible

"In winter, there are fewer local flower varieties in Qingdao and more foreign varieties, and many of them come from the south. Special attention should be paid to cold and frost protection." Wu Dexiang said, It is best to grow flowers indoors in winter, such as cyclamen, cineraria, crab claw orchid, jasmine, Milanese orchids, etc. They are all suitable to be placed indoors in a sunny place, but they cannot be placed in a windward place, so windows Try not to open it.

Some cold-resistant flowers have different effects indoors and outdoors. "Like chrysanthemums, the leaves are cold-resistant, but the flowers are not. If they are frozen, the flowers will quickly wither. If properly maintained, the flowers that bloom in summer can still bloom in winter. My cannas bloom in summer and are still blooming. !" Mr. Wu said.

However, there are also some flowers in Yangzhou that are not afraid of the cold and can be placed outdoors, such as winter plums, wax plums, sasanquas, etc.; bright bamboo and ivy are also plants that are not afraid of the cold.

For maintenance, water less and do not fertilize

“Flowers placed indoors must be watered less and stop fertilizing. Otherwise, even if they do not die in winter, they will die in spring.” Mr. Wu special reminder.

According to reports, flowers are in a semi-dormant or dormant state in winter, and their metabolism stops. If you continue to water, if there is too much water, the roots of the flowers will lack oxygen and cause root rot. Mr. Wu said that fertilizing flowers in winter will also burn them to death because the fertilizer cannot be discharged, and flowers stop metabolism and do not need fertilizer, so fertilizing in winter will be counterproductive.

Of course, some aquatic plants are inseparable from water, such as narcissus, water bamboo, money grass, etc. In winter, they must maintain a certain temperature without cutting off water.

Protection, winter flowers are afraid of spring breeze

“One thing that needs to be reminded is: plants that spend the winter indoors are very delicate after spring, and they should not be moved out of the room too early. They should be moved slowly. Slowly adapt to the outdoor environment. "Mr. Wu said that people who grow flowers should also pay attention to the fact that some plants do not die in winter, but they are more likely to die after spring, especially when the spring breeze blows. This is because these plants have gone through a In winter, the body is weakened, so flowers that have spent the winter indoors cannot be placed in the wind, nor can they be moved outdoors too early. Generally, they can only leave the house after the Qingming Festival.

As an expert in flower cultivation, Mr. Wu also reminded flower lovers that there are several types of flowers that are suitable to buy but not suitable to cultivate by yourself, such as chrysanthemums, daffodils, azaleas, cyclamen, etc. The market prices vary. It is expensive, and cultivating it yourself is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is better to buy a few pots and enjoy them at home when the season comes. "Like chrysanthemums, it takes half a year to cultivate three or five pots by yourself, and it is not as good as those grown in large areas by florists. It is not worth the effort."

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