In recent years, many popular plants have changed from succulents to foliage plants, because most of the foliage plants are suitable for indoor placement, such as semi-shady window sills, and insufficient light can also raise such plants, including all kinds of foliage begonias.
Above are trout begonias and iron-beetled begonias
Begonia has two different varieties of flowering and leaf viewing, the leaf form of begonia is different, there are bright spots or stripes on the leaf surface, and the color of the leaves is also very much.
If you are a novice in flower farming and have little confidence in the maintenance of various plants, you can also try to plant foliage begonias, most of which are still very adaptable to the environment.
Above is a potted trout begonia
There are several important points in the maintenance of potted begonias, that is, to provide it with breathable and loose potted soil. The planting environment should be ventilated and transparent, maintaining about 55% to 80% of the air humidity, and the greater the humidity, the better the ventilation environment.
1, the right sunlight
Above is cat's eye begonias
Begonias do not have much demand for light, and there are more than 3 to 8 hours of soft scattered light per day to grow well, and more light can be given in the cool season, such as the temperature below 25 degrees. If the temperature is higher than 35 degrees, be sure to avoid exposure to the sun, otherwise the leaves are easily sunburned.
2. Watering skills
When raising leaf-viewing begonias, it is necessary to avoid excessive frequent watering, the soil should not be wet all the time, and it should not accumulate water, otherwise it is easy to cause rhizome rot, especially under the condition that the ventilation and light transmission environment is not good enough.
Above is a potted cat's eye begonia
But then again, the begonias are more like water, generally wait for the soil surface under 2 to 3 cm or so are dry, you can directly water once. Usually, you can also pick up the potted plants, the potting soil is slightly dry, you can water it once in time, do not wait for the soil to dry completely before giving water. The soil dries too much, causing the newly grown young leaves to dry out and turn yellow.
Many friends raise potted plants, when viewing the leaves of begonias, often forget to water, there is no new problem in a short period of time, but over time the leaves will become very brittle, it will be difficult to save back.
3. Potting soil selection
Above is the silver star begonia
Planting potted begonias does not require the use of too complex potted plants, generally planted with water moss (you can also use peat soil + perlite + coconut bran, mixed in a 5:3:2 ratio). You can buy some water moss directly in the market, soak in water for half an hour, and then pick it up and wring it out slightly, you can plant begonias.
4. Temperature and humidity
Above is a potted silver star begonia
Begonias are particularly afraid of cold, winter maintenance temperature must be maintained at more than 5 to 7 degrees, when the temperature is low, but also slightly control watering, to avoid too wet. In the summer, the maintenance temperature is higher than 35 degrees, and we must pay attention to shading and cooling, and stop fertilizing. If the temperature can be maintained between 18 and 28 degrees, it is very beneficial to its growth.
Usually, if we want to breed begonias, we can also cut off its stems, or cut off its full and robust leaves, lay flat on the water moss (slightly covered with a little water moss), keep the water moss slightly moist, humidity is about 70% to 85%, and the temperature is between 20 and 25 degrees. In such an environment, whether it is the usual maintenance of foliage begonias, or the propagation of stem cuttings or leaf cuttings, the success rate is particularly high.
In the cuttings to propagate the leaf begonia, you can cut off its stem, each section is about 9 cm long, with 2 to 3 growth nodes is the best, if the bottom of the leaf is too large when the sky collapses, to cut off the leaf or so, is to avoid the leaves are too large, the loss of too much water, water is transpired, the branches of the begonia are difficult to root.
5. Pay attention to slow-release fertilizer
Snail begonias
Conservation of potted begonias do not need frequent fertilization, it has less demand for fertilizer, if you apply fertilizer indiscriminately, it is easy to lead to fertilizer sand, generally only need to sprinkle some slow-release fertilizer on the potting soil in the spring and autumn, do not fertilize in the summer heat.