How to raise desert roses?
Roses in the desert
1, illumination: desert roses should be placed in sunny places outdoors during the growing period, and can also be cultivated in greenhouses, which requires sufficient illumination. It is necessary to shade indoors in winter, and greenhouse cultivation is better. If the indoor temperature is kept above 65438 02℃ in winter, potted soil can survive the winter safely at 7-8℃.
2. Preparation of nutrient soil: desert rose soil can be prepared with peat soil, humus soil, chaff ash and river sand in a ratio of 3: 3: 2: 2, and a small amount of decomposed bone powder is added, and the nutrient soil is disinfected before cultivation. When the seedlings have three or four true leaves, they can be transplanted into a pot of 8- 10 cm, and when the nutrient area is insufficient, they can be transplanted into a pot of more than 15 cm for cultivation and maintenance.
3, watering: watering should not be too much, desert roses if kept moist for a long time, may cause root rot. Watering should be considered comprehensively according to the cultivation substrate, weather and season. Generally, water should be watered once every three days in spring and autumn, once every two days in summer 1-2 and once a week in winter. Proper drought is beneficial to the growth of desert roses.
4. Fertilization: It is essential to fertilize desert roses during the growing season. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied together. From seedling stage to flowering stage, nitrogen fertilizer should be given priority to, supplemented by phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to promote vegetative growth.
5. Temperature: The optimum temperature for the growth of desert roses is 20-30℃, and the minimum temperature is not lower than 5℃. When the temperature is lower than 10℃, the leaves begin to fall off and enter a semi-dormant state. If the temperature is low for a long time, it will enter a dormant period. At this time, watering should be controlled to keep the soil dry.
6. Pruning: If the desert rose seedlings are not branched, they can be picked at the height of 15-20 cm to promote their branching. Adult pruning is generally selected after flowering, and can be carried out according to everyone's preference and branching trend, with more branches and more flowers.
7, disease prevention: desert roses often appear scale insects, its appearance will lead to all leaves falling off, plant growth point necrosis, and even plant death, with 50% chlorpyrifos EC 1000 times the solution can be killed. If it is the harm of leaf spot, you can spray 500 times of 50% thiophanate wettable powder.
Are desert roses poisonous?
Desert rose belongs to the genus Tianbaohua of Apocynaceae, which has certain toxicity, and its milk is highly toxic. If the desert rose is eaten by mistake, it will cause the heartbeat to accelerate and arrhythmia. There is only one step difference between the poison and medicine of desert roses. Through proper channels, these poisonous plants, such as desert roses, can also serve human beings well and decorate their beautiful homes.