How to plant colorful dianthus

DianthusIt is one of the traditional Chinese famous flowers. It is a central seed order, a perennial herb of the Dianthus family. It is relatively strong and cold-resistant. It can be opened from the late spring season to mid-autumn. Then the following editor will talk to you about how to plant it? Learn about planting methods.

Growth habits:

The colorful dianthus is resistant to cold but not to the scorching heat, likes the sunny, high dryness, ventilation, and fertile loam with good drainage. For sowing and cutting for reproduction, the suitable temperature for seed germination is 21 to 22 ℃, sowing in autumn, and planting in the following spring; double-valve varieties that are not easy to be strong, are divided or cut in autumn.

How to plant:

It has good adaptability to temperature and can grow in a wide temperature range. Cultivation should be kept as low as possible in the warm and hot season, and the temperature during the cold season is 10-20 ° C day and night. Dianthus likes high-light weather, and the length of light of more than ten hours a day can promote its early flowering. And flowering sooner or later depends on the total amount of light received by the plant.

If it is potted plant, Chlorophytum or combination cultivation, the sandy soil with good porous drainage should be selected. The soil is preferably acidic soil. Dianthus does not have high nutritional requirements. After pouring water 3-4 times in a row, fully soluble fertilizer is applied, and the nitrogen fertilizer concentration is about two thousandths.

Planting method:

　　1. Commonly used cuttings for planting, insert cuttings into flower pots, breeding trays or mixed cuttings to cultivate soil to keep it moist.

　　2 Under normal circumstances, rooting takes place in three weeks, and the coconut shell fiber mixed soil grows well. After the cuttings take root, sharpen the main shoots to promote new shoots. It is a good time to sharpen them in the morning.

　　3, prefer soil with good light and good drainage. Clays can be mixed with coarse sand or opened up to create a suitable environment for growth. Put a handful of sand in your hand, the louder the squeak, the better the soil quality.

　　4. Regular pruning of flower branches can encourage new flowers, but it is not enough to cut off the flower heads. The entire flower branch should be cut off, so that the flower plant can be promoted to tiller from the root.

　　5 During the growing season, dilute the phosphate-containing tomatoes with water every two weeks and use the fertilizer as a fertilizer.

　　6. If the colorful dianthus flowers are lush, they should be cut short in the first month of 9 to form a dense flower pier.