Rhododendron is a common ornamental flower, and there are many varieties of street greening, but often home potted plants often have scorched leaves, dried buds, and wilted flowers.
Flower lovers often wonder why green azaleas still grow well in the open field environment full of car exhaust and dust, and the family potted plants are still growing poorly under careful management.
The green azaleas, or the azaleas in the corners of the park, are actually maintained, and they are all raised by people with professional skills, and they generally grow well.
In addition, it is usually the seasonal flowers, and other flowers are replaced when the season changes, the diseased azaleas are eliminated, and the others are also transported back to the nursery for maintenance, so the public generally does not see the diseased flowers and plants on the roadside.
Bonsai at home is a hobby, and it is observed every day, and of course it is easy to have various problems, and it is easy to find problems.
So, how do you make the azaleas flourish and have many flowers?
1. Maintain a suitable environment for the growth of azaleasAzaleas need a semi-shaded environment, and shade should be carried out in the hot sun.
It is necessary to ventilate frequently, and in an environment with poor air circulation, it is difficult for azaleas to bloom even if they do not wither.
Loosen the soil, clean the pots more, and do not compaction the soil.
Second, according to the growth habit of the rhododendron to water and fertilize fertilizer is not the more the better, the rhododendron is afraid of thick fertilizer, especially do not apply human and animal manure.
You can buy compound fertilizer that specializes in raising flowers, and you can also mix all kinds of cake fertilizer to rot.
Some people say that flowers and plants should be soaked in sunlight and rain, and when it rains, they move flowers and rain in the rain, and they think that this can save watering.
Many germs are spread by wind and rain, and during the rainy season, azaleas cannot be splashed with raindrops, let alone rained instead of watered.
3. Prevention and control of pests and diseases of azalea mites, net bugs, anthracnose, leaf blight, and spot blight will have scorched leaves and spots, and flower buds will dry and yellow and cannot bloom.
There is flower rot, and it will also cause the open flowers to grow gray mold and fall.
Learn more about the knowledge of pests and diseases, focus on prevention, and do not wait for a large area to occur before treatment.
Fourth, the lack of trace elements, rhododendrons will also grow poorly, watering rotation to add potassium dihydrogen phosphate, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, amino acids and other nutrient solutions.
Fifth, see if there is black and yellow rot in the root neck, and the original cuttings of cuttings are easy to age, resulting in plant disease and decay.
Irrigate the roots with anti-wilting medicine and rooting agent to promote the rejuvenation of the plant.
Sixth, if the above problems are solved, the azalea still does not grow well, then it can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, using this last method.
Remove the azaleas from the pot, wash the roots to dry, and sand store them in a cool place.
Sand storage is to bury most of the rhododendrons except for the young branches, which are buried in moist sand or perlite, similar to false plants.
When you see that there are new roots, which are the fine white hair roots, you can plant them back in the pot for maintenance.
As long as the root system of the plant is good, there is always a way to grow it again, if the root system is not good, it will not be able to grow beautiful leaves and flowers.