How to grow silk flowers and precautions

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How to grow silk flowers

Precautions for cultivating silk flowers

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When raising reeling flowers, you need to place them in a relatively warm and well-lit environment. During the growing season and summer, water it in time to keep its flower soil slightly moist. In winter, watering should be slightly reduced to prevent it from freezing or waterlogging.

How to grow silk flowers

How to cultivate silk flowers

Light and temperature

Silk flowers like a warm and sunny environment, and can tolerate cold and shade, so When cultivating silk flowers, it is necessary to provide sufficient light and maintain a suitable growth temperature.

Watering

During the maintenance period, silk flowers need to ensure sufficient water, but it should be noted that sufficient water must be provided during drought in summer; sufficient water supply must also be ensured during the flowering period. The flowers bloom luxuriantly and showily; in the rainy season, attention should be paid to drainage and no accumulation of water to prevent the roots from rotting.

Fertilization

In order for silk reeling flowers to grow healthily, it is necessary to ensure sufficient fertilizer and water. During the comfortable growth period, fertilization needs to be carried out frequently, and fertilization can be done once a month. When the temperature is high and the weather is dry, some thin fertilizer can be applied. In winter, reduce fertilization. In addition, after flowering, you can apply quick-acting fertilizer once or twice.

Propagation method

The propagation of silk flowers is usually by sowing. It can be sown in spring or autumn, but it is difficult to survive, so when cultivating silk flowers, Most of them are done by cuttings.

Precautions for cultivating silk flowers

< h3>Pruning

In the growth process of silk flowers, pruning is essential, whether it is pruning over-long branches, over-dense branches, dead branches, diseased branches, residual flowers, or rainy flower buds. It is very necessary. Pruning can make the silk reeling flower plant beautiful, facilitate ventilation and light transmission, make the plant grow and develop better, reduce the chance of some diseases and insect pests, reduce nutrient consumption, and bloom better.

Pests and diseases

Reeling flowers have fewer pests and diseases, including scale insects, sawflies, aphids, chafers, rose sawflies and other pests, as well as powdery mildew, black Invasion of leaf spot, anthracnose, leaf rust and other diseases. Prevention and treatment need to be carried out according to the disease situation.

Precautions for cultivating silk flowers

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