Methods and precautions for cultivating Huo Shaohua

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Precautions for cultivating Huo Shaohua


When raising fire flowers, you need to use neutral or slightly acidic soil with good drainage as the culture soil. Usually, it should be placed in an environment with sufficient sunlight between 23-30℃. During the growing season, water it regularly to keep the flower soil slightly moist.


Huo Shaohua cultivation methods and precautions
Precautions for cultivating Huo Shaohua

Cultivation methods of Huo Shaohua

Soil

Huo Shaohua likes soil with deep soil and fertility. Neutral or slightly acidic soil with good drainage is better. It is resistant to barrenness and requires a certain amount of base fertilizer when planting.

Light and temperature

Fire flowers like light and a warm growing environment. Huoshaohua is heat-tolerant but not cold-tolerant. The suitable temperature for growth is between 23℃ and 30℃. It can withstand high temperatures of about 0℃ in winter, but it cannot be kept at low temperatures for a long time as it will cause frostbite to the plant. Generally, fire flowers are cultivated in my country. In southern China, they can be planted in the open field. In other areas, they need to be potted in winter and moved indoors for maintenance. Fire flower likes a growing environment with sufficient sunshine. It will grow well with sufficient light, but it can also tolerate semi-shade.

Watering and fertilizing

Fire flowers do not have high demand for water and fertilizer. During the growth period, you need to pay attention to timely replenishing water, especially during high temperature and drought. Pay special attention to replenishing water. Fertilization needs to be carried out according to the fertility of the soil. Appropriate supplementary fertilizers are needed during the growth period, mainly thin and frequent fertilizers. Fertilizers should be applied 3-5 times a year. You can apply more nitrogen fertilizers, and add phosphorus and potassium fertilizers in autumn.

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Precautions for cultivating Huoshaohua

Propagation methods

The commonly used methods for propagating fire flowers are cutting, sowing or layering, all of which can be done in spring.

Common diseases and insect pests

The most common disease of fire flowers is damping-off disease, which mainly occurs when it rains in spring and causes greater damage. The main pests are aphids, Spodoptera exigua, Spodoptera exigua, ruler moths, large and small cutworms, scarabs, etc. These pests will cause more or less harm to the fire flowers and need to be prevented and controlled in time.

Pruning

Huoshaohua is a plant that is relatively resistant to pruning. It can be pruned frequently to maintain the plant shape of Huoshaohua.

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