Growing camellia at home has the following advantages:
1. Camellia has high ornamental value and can increase interest.
Camellia has bright colors, beautiful trees and evergreen seasons. Whether it is planted in the yard or placed on the balcony, it is very good, which can make the home look full of vitality and interest.
Camellia can purify indoor air.
Camellia can not only beautify the environment, decorate courtyards and rooms, but also remove harmful substances such as carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide indoors and make the indoor air fresh.
3. Camellia means making a fortune.
In geomantic omen, placing camellias at the entrance of the gate, balcony and other places can increase the wealth of families and enhance their wealth.
Extended data
Planting method and maintenance of camellia.
Choose a suitable flowerpot, lay ceramic tiles on the bottom of the flowerpot before transplanting, add nutrient soil before transplanting, control water and fertilize during growth, and pay attention to shading and peeling buds.
First, the choice of flower pots
There are various types of flowerpots, such as pottery pots, pottery pots, porcelain pots, plastic pots and so on. Pottery pots are the best, and the walls of glazed porcelain pots or pottery pots and plastic pots will hinder the circulation of air. Camellia is a woody flower, so it is advisable to choose a larger flowerpot. The new flowerpot should be soaked in water before use, and the old flowerpot should be washed with water before use to prevent the moss outside the flowerpot from blocking the pores of the flowerpot wall.
Second, the basin requirements
Before planting, the hole in the basin bottom should be padded with ceramic tiles, and a small amount of coarse soil should be added to the basin bottom, and then the prepared nutrient soil should be added. After planting, water enough and cultivate in the shade of the balcony for two days. Camellia seedlings should be moved to sunny places for cultivation after normal growth.
Third, timely shading.
Camellia likes half yin and half yang. The shading time of potted camellia is at noon from June to July, 09:00- 17:00 in August, 0-10- 16:00 in September, 10/0.
Fourthly, bud removal treatment.
Peel off the bud in August and leave a bud on each branch, which can make the flower bloom bigger.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) humidity control
Camellia can't grow without water, and the transpiration of water can regulate the body temperature of Camellia. Potted camellia must first keep the soil moist to prevent dryness and wetness. If there is too much water, camellia will grow in vain because it is soaked in too much water, which will inhibit flower bud differentiation, root rot or die.
If there is too little water, camellia will wither again, and normal life activities cannot be carried out. In winter, the growth of camellia enters a dormant period, the demand for water is reduced, and the basin soil should be dry. In addition, it is too humid in winter, which is easy to cause the basin soil to freeze and damage the root system. Summer is a hot and dry season, and it is also a period when camellia grows vigorously. There is a great demand for water, so the basin soil should be moist.
Watering time should be in the morning and afternoon in spring and autumn, in the morning and evening in summer and at noon in winter. It's best to spray water on the leaves to make them wet. In hot and dry weather, water 2 ~ 3 times a day to ensure the normal growth and development of camellia. However, it should be noted that water should be properly controlled before the spring shoots sprout to facilitate reproductive growth.
Six, fertilization
Camellia likes fertilizer, so we should put foot fertilizer when putting the pot, and apply fertilizer properly during the growth process. We will add base fertilizer when turning the pot in March every year, and apply bean cake water and thin fertilizer twice a month from June to July. Apply more nitrogen fertilizer when spreading branches and leaves, more phosphorus fertilizer when flowering, and appropriate potassium fertilizer to enhance the wintering ability of camellia.
Generally, except in rainy season, liquid fertilizer can be applied more in spring and summer and less in rainy days, and dry fertilizer can be used instead. It should be noted that when applying liquid fertilizer, the fertilizer solution should not fall on the leaves; Camellia that is sick or has just been transplanted and has not yet taken root cannot be fertilized; Before fertilization, the basin soil should be kept dry and loose.
Seven, plastic pruning
After flowering, in order to reduce the consumption of nutrients, dead branches, diseased branches, weak branches, dead leaves and branches that affect the tree shape should be cut off in time, and redundant buds and residual flowers should be thinned out. Picking buds and leaves can inhibit the excessive growth of branches, and picking leaves in early summer and autumn is beneficial to the healthy growth of plants and the formation of new flower buds. It can also be pruned according to personal preference, but camellia should not be pruned in large quantities.
Eight, replace the basin soil
Potted camellia is turned once every 1 ~ 2 years, and the new pot is at least one size larger than the old one, which is beneficial to the stretching and development of roots. When changing soil, some hardened and non-nutritive old soil should be removed and replaced with fertile and loose new soil, combined with the placement of base fertilizer. The time to turn the pot should be from February to April in spring.
You can also turn over the pots and change the soil in early and middle September ~ 10, but you should be very careful, because new roots will grow out soon to avoid damage. It is not suitable to turn over pots and change soil from flowering to flowering, so as not to affect the quality of flowering or even cause early flowering and shorten flowering period; It is not suitable to turn over pots and change soil in summer, so as not to affect flower bud differentiation, and the temperature is high, making it difficult for plants to resume growth.
Nine, pest control
The common diseases of camellia are anthracnose and black mold, which can be controlled by spraying 0.5 degree Bordeaux mixture. It can also be sprayed with 1000 times of 25% carbendazim wettable powder or 800 times of 60% mildew-proof ultrafine wettable powder.
The main pests are tea-tip moth, red spider and scale insect. Tea shoot moth harms young leaves, causing them to die in the hollow. Generally, pay attention to observation from April to June, and cut off insect leaves when it happens. 40% omethoate 1 000 times solution can be sprayed to control red spiders and scale insects.
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