Hello everyone, this is Ding Jie's rural life, sharing conservation knowledge for flower lovers every day. Today I'm going to talk to my friends about mimosa care techniques. Mimosa is a very interesting plant, every time you see mimosa must go up to touch it, as long as you gently touch its leaves will immediately shrink, the leaves naturally close and sag particularly cute, there is a shy, shy look, it is precisely because of the characteristics of the leaves, so it is called this name.
Most flower lovers believe that mimosa is a foliage plant, the leaves are feathery, palm-like arrangement, the flowering period is mainly concentrated in summer and autumn, and the flower color is purple-pink. But few people have seen it, and then Ding Jie will tell you about the main points of maintaining mimosa, so that your mimosa can also bloom rare flowers.
1. Soil requirements for mimosa
When raising flowers, many flower lovers will ignore a problem, that is, soil, because the soil is the environment on which the root system depends for survival, whether we fertilize or water later, we need soil with good absorption capacity, which is not easy to compact, in order to grow more vigorously. Choosing loose, breathable and nutrient-rich soil is the most suitable for its growth, and only soil with these two characteristics can improve the survival rate of mimosa after it takes root.
Varieties that grow well in the wild have strong adaptability and low soil requirements, and are maintained with a mixture of humus soil and river sand, which will be more beneficial to the growth of mimosa in the later stages. If it is a multi-year mimosa that has been maintained for more than two years, it can be changed in the spring, but it is not necessary to replace the soil completely, generally half of it.
2. Seeding techniques for mimosa
Sowing seeds indoors in early spring can be directly seeded in small pots or cultivated in the field. It is prepared by sifting saprophyll soil, garden soil and fine yellow sand and mixing. First fill the pot with an appropriate amount of culture soil, lay out the compaction, sprinkle the water with a watering can, and sow the seeds immediately after the water has penetrated.
Sow 2 seeds per pot. Shallow pot seedlings are sown at a distance of 2 cm × 2 cm. Cover the soil with 5 cm to cover the seeds. Cover the basin with plastic film to moisturize, and place the basin at a scattered place at about 20 ° C. Later, when the pot soil is dry, it is irrigated with the immersion method. After about 7-10 days, the seeds sprout and emerge.
3. Watering method of mimosa
Mimosa is a plant in a humid environment, has strong drought tolerance, is more casual about water, whether it is more watering or less watering it can grow normally. However, if there is excessive lack of water, it will cause the branches and leaves of mimosa to dry and yellow, so it is necessary to keep it moist often, and water it according to the situation in the summer, about once a day, do not let the soil dry out.
Water can be sprayed frequently to the plant, reducing the amount of water in winter. When the environment is too dry, the branches and leaves are green, and water should be sprayed in time. In the early stage of potting, proper water control and humidity should be guaranteed, and a small amount of watering can be used many times, and the water control is to curb the growth of the plant, so that the node of leaf growth is shorter, and the plant type will look fuller. In the spring and autumn, watering can be done every 2 to 3 days to ensure that the potting soil is in a moist state.
4. Light requirements of mimosa
Because mimosa likes warm sunlight, its whole body green leaves, showing a symmetrical oval plant, in its growth process, light is very important, it is the key to plant growth, to achieve sufficient light, light for mimosa flowering also plays a very important role, itself very like the sun, flower friends must put it in the most illuminated place at home.
It can be placed in a bright environment for 8 hours a day of light, turning the pot to receive even light from the branches and leaves. The temperature is controlled at 20 ~ 28 ° C, and the winter is controlled above 10 ° C. Ensure sufficient light, do not worry about the strong light will burn its leaves, but the strong light is more likely to bloom beautiful flowers. The more sunlight there is, the more vigorous the growth of the mimosa plant will become, and the plant will not have other bad problems.
5. Temperature requirements for mimosa
Mimosa loves the sun, is also afraid of the cold, itself is living in a tropical space, in order to make it safe through this cold winter, you can put it in a plastic bag on it, let it in the temperature of about 10 degrees, spend the winter. Even in winter, we must create a warm maintenance environment for it as much as possible, and the temperature is too low not only detrimental to its growth, but also very easy to freeze to death.
Southern flower friends in the winter home cold, to the plant on a layer of plastic bags to keep warm, the temperature is too low to stop growing, winter to less watering, so as not to frost damage the rhizome, the temperature is less than 10 degrees, give certain protective measures. Mimosa as an annual plant, generally we need to plant it in the spring or summer, the temperature is too low, there will be wilting symptoms, growth becomes slow, so winter is not suitable for maintenance.
6. Fertilization method of mimosa
We all know that whether it is a flowering plant, or a foliage plant, want to grow more vigorously, nature can not be separated from the supplement of nutrients, mimosa is a fertilizer-loving plant, after planting, when the seedling grows 4 small leaves, you need to apply a thin liquid fertilizer, mimosa in the condition of sufficient fertilizer, growth is like "crazy", grow fast and easy to appear lodging, it does not look very good.
You can't be afraid of the plant lodging without fertilization, and the growth period is not fertilized, but the bottom fertilizer still needs to be available. The normal growth of the plant does not need to be topdressed, and yellow leaves appear, and appropriate fertilizer is added. Replenish it with compound fertilizer every half a month, and its plants will grow more vigorously and promote flower bud differentiation. To make the mimosa plant beautiful, reduce the amount of fertilizer applied, and spray a compound fertilizer solution after flowering.
The above is Ding Jie's explanation on the maintenance of mimosa, as a plant that does not flower, the reason why mimosa will be loved by so many flower friends, in addition to the characteristics of "shyness", its appreciation value is also very good, so it is worth everyone in the current spring and summer intersection, at home to plant maintenance, as long as the above six points, it can easily survive.
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