As one of the top ten famous flowers in China, camellia has been loved by people since ancient times, so far, camellia has hundreds of varieties, and if you want to say that we have the most classic camellia variety in China, it must be Chidan!
Chidan is a very classic camellia variety, and the flowers that bloom are large and bright. Many precious camellias are bred from chidan, such as: five-color red dan, mandarin duck phoenix crown, cai dan and so on... Forming a large Chidan family.
Not only that, chidan is more skinny than other camellias, if you raise camellias for the first time, you must choose chidan, which is a novice entry model
Buy home camellias so raised, flowers are colorful and really rich!
1. Slow basin in a cool place
When our camellia red dan is shipped, it uses a black nutrition bowl, because it is a camellia with flower buds, so after arriving home, it is not recommended that you change the soil for it, directly take the original nutrition bowl, put it into your favorite pot, and raise it in a set of pots.
2. Then, just received the camellia red dan, but also check its potting soil, is not white, dry hair, if the dry hand touch, do not touch the soil, then as soon as possible watering, release light and ventilation of the place to slow seedlings.
2. Put a well-ventilated light place
Slow pot for about 7-14 days, put the red dan in the home light of the south, east and west balconies (window sills), the appropriate light, can make the camellia better nurture the buds, so that the flowers bloom bigger.
3. Increase humidity
Flower lovers who do not have heating at home, watering the camellia flowers can be produced without drying or watering. Find a chopstick to poke 3-5cm below the pot soil, after 3-5 days, pull out to see, if the bottom of the chopsticks is dry, water through, the bottom of the chopsticks is wet, do not water.
However, camellias like high humidity, especially in the heating room or air-conditioned room of the camellia, you need to water frequently, the pot surface can be watered when it is white, and pay attention to increasing the humidity. You can sprinkle water on the ground around the pot, or put a pot of water next to the pot, or even open a humidifier for it, don't spray water on the buds.
Wait for the camellia to stay home for about a month, if the buds have not yet developed color, then you can give it a little fertilizer, if the temperature is appropriate, for the sake of safety, directly sprinkle 2 spoons of slow-release fertilizer granules on the pot surface, or pour diluted potassium dihydrogen phosphate water-soluble fertilizer 2 times a month.