Liger begonia belongs to the greenhouse flower, also known as rose begonia, meaning amiable and perfect, because the perfect flower type is loved by flower friends, but Lige begonia is really not easy to raise, often hear flower friends complain that buying back less than 3 months can not work. Learn the following tricks to easily raise Lig Begonia.
The temperature difference cannot be too large
Begonia ligue is a tropical flower that prefers a warm, humid, well-ventilated semi-shaded environment, and the most suitable growth temperature is 18 to 22 degrees. Too low temperature is easy to appear leaf yellowing, falling, and even frostbite or frostbite to death of the plant; sudden drop in temperature or large temperature fluctuations can easily cause early flower withering, buds and other phenomena, which is not conducive to the health of the plant.
You can't oversuse the sun or stay out of the sun for long
Begonia liger likes to scatter light and can tolerate semi-shade, but if it is maintained in the shade for a long time, it is easy to appear such as long branches and leaves, loose plant type, less flowering, and fading flower color, which greatly reduces the ornamental value; and even leads to a decrease in the resistance of the plant, easy to infect diseases and insect pests; if exposed to the sun, it is easy to burn the leaves.
No water or ventilation
Lige begonia likes to be wet, but also afraid of water, if long-term maintenance in wet, unventilated places, easy to cause root rot, yellow leaves and other phenomena due to excessive wetness of the potting soil, but also easy to breed bacteria, infection with diseases and insect pests, etc., seriously affecting the growth of begonias, and even causing the death of the whole plant. Maintain good ventilation during maintenance. The temperature is higher at noon, and more windows are opened to ventilate, which strengthens the circulation of indoor and outdoor air, which can promote the respiration and metabolism of plants and reduce the breeding of pathogens.
Water properly
When the begonia is maintained, watering should be carried out in the morning on a sunny day, and the water temperature should be as consistent as possible with the room temperature. If the indoor environment is dry, you can spray a fine mist on the foliage and around the plant with a sprayer, and do not spray water on the flowers, so as not to cause the flowers to blacken, rot and so on.
Proper topdressing
Begonia lig likes fertilizer, flowering needs to consume a lot of nutrients, fertilization needs to follow the principle of thin fertilizer diligent application, a small amount of multiple times, comprehensive nutrition, spring maintenance of begonias, growth period, can be given to it every 15 to 20 days to apply a thin general-purpose nutrient solution dilution to supplement nutrients, promote the growth of branches and leaves; near the flowering period of 1 to 2 months, then use potassium dihydrogen phosphate dilution to promote plant differentiation and fertilization of buds.