Precautions for how to breed purple shell flowers

How to cultivate purple shell flowers? Let's take a look.

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Soil: Purple shell flower has strong adaptability to soil, likes humus-rich, well-drained sandy soil, if it is their own configuration of nutrient soil, generally mixed with peat and perlite.

Temperature: Purple shell flower likes to be moist, cool, suitable for its growth temperature between 2-30 degrees Celsius, when the temperature reaches 10 degrees Celsius, the plant will grow and develop, if the winter temperature is less than 10 degrees, purple shell flower is likely not to be able to overwinter safely, need to take measures to keep warm, can be moved indoors, placed on the window sill of the sun.

Fertilization: In addition to the bottom fertilizer, in order to ensure that the purple shell flower blooms more flowers, it can be applied compound fertilizer every 15 days during its growth process, or decomposed farm manure, but do not apply nitrogen fertilizer, which will lead to weak petiole and bring harm to the plant.

Moisture: Purple shell flower in the growth process needs sufficient water, need to keep the pot soil moist, especially in summer and autumn, the temperature is high, the air is dry, you can use the watering can to spray water to the foliar surface and the surrounding environment, maintain air humidity; the rainy season should be drained in time, if there is water in the pot, it will cause soil compaction, affecting the breathing of the root system, resulting in rotten roots, affecting plant growth. In autumn and winter, the amount of watering and the number of watering can be reduced according to the actual situation.

Illumination: Purple shell flowers like mild sunlight, can not accept the sun's exposure, especially in the summer to take measures to shade, it is best to put the plant in a semi-shade ventilation place maintenance, direct sunlight will burn the leaves, the phenomenon of leaf fall.

Pruning: Purple shell flowers can be pruned regularly, and the messy branches, over-long branches, diseased branches, old branches, dead branches, etc. can be pruned to avoid the loss of nutrients. After pruning, the wound should also be disinfected to avoid bacterial infection and affect the healthy growth of the plant.