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Cactus ball is a flower lovers love to raise ornamental green plants, it is good skin, low maintenance costs, and can watch the ball, thorns can also enjoy the flowers. Summer is the "home" of the cactus balls, today to take you to know a variety suitable for novice breeding, like to raise "balls" of the flower friends can take a look.
I. Getting to Know "Akagi"
Cactus Ball "Akagi"
When you have a certain understanding of cactus balls, you will find that there are many varieties of cactus balls and colorful flowers. Today's introduction of this, named "Akagi", cactus family strong thorn ball is a succulent plant, native to Mexico, now footprints all over the world, is one of the world's most cultivated cactus ball varieties, the author was because of it only entered the cactus ball "pit", very suitable for novice flower friends to raise.
The sphere is dignified
Akagi belongs to the large cactus ball, the sphere is much larger than the lily ball, the color grass class is much larger, the diameter and height can exceed 40 cm, the sphere is dignified and round, similar to the spherical shape, it is still like this after many years (many cactus balls will become long column type), the family has a yard, the ornamental effect of the ground planting is also good, more suitable for potted ornamentation, as long as the diameter of the pot is greater than the sphere 5 cm or more can be raised.
You can also watch the ball and the thorns and watch the flowers
Akagi is a very beautiful cactus ball, you can watch the ball, watch the thorn, but also watch the flowers, the sphere is dark green, there are more than a dozen regular edges (the larger the sphere, the more edges), the edge has a radial long thorn, the middle thorn is still purple-red, very conspicuous, many flower friends raise it is to see its thorns. Flowers are born at the top, the flower diameter can be 7-8 cm, the flower type is similar to the colored grass, pink and white, gorgeous, and not tacky at all, under the sun, but it is a fairy, with its own fairy, it is very beautiful.
Flowering also gives power
Akagi's flowering ability is also good, although it is not as good as the jade and colored grass, the flowering period can also be repeated from late spring to autumn, repeating the flowering several times a year is not a problem, the larger the sphere, the more flowers there are, very abundant flowers, mature plants can bloom several flowers at the same time, densely covered on the branches, from top to bottom, only to see the flowers do not see the ball, beautiful and spectacular. However, Akagi also has a problem, it blooms slowly, the ball needs to grow to at least 13 ridges to flower, mind the flower friend can directly enter the big ball.
Second, the growth habits of Akagi
Raw skin solid
Akagi is the big general goods in the immortal ball world, the popularity is extremely high, the status is equivalent to the "juice balcony" of the moon and season realm, and it is almost impossible to find any shortcomings, and everyone can accept the varieties. Raw skin, maintenance is not difficult, like the sun-filled growth environment, heat-resistant and sun-resistant barren, like dry and not like wet, a little bit of flower friends with flower raising experience, understand its habits, want to raise it is not difficult.
3. Planting recommendations for Akagi
Maintenance is simple
Flower pots: cactus balls are not the monthly season, there is no requirement for cultivation containers, plastic pots, ceramic pots and so on, the bottom has a water outlet on the line;
Soil: Cactus ball is succulent, like loose, good air permeability of the soil, such as peat soil, humus soil, add a little vermiculite, perlite and other particles will be better;
Suitable environment: planting cactus balls, need to be placed in a sunny place, more sun, grow faster, flowering more diligently, lack of light will lead to a long, indoor balcony, twist every 15 days or so, so that the whole body of the ball is fully exposed to the sun;
Watering: very drought-tolerant, rather dry than wet, do not water every day, and then water again when the soil is dry, spring and autumn once every 10 days, once a week in summer, winter temperature in 0-5 degrees, to strictly control water, more than 10 degrees of half a month to water a little water, let the soil slightly wet on the line;
Fertilization: In order to promote it to grow faster and flower more diligently, you can give some potassium fertilizer during the growth period, water phosphate fertilizer during the flowering period, thin fertilizer is applied diligently, except in winter, and do not water a drop of fertilizer in winter;
Summer, overwintering: there is no pressure to spend the summer, and it is better to shade it slightly at noon in summer; In winter, in a dry environment, it can tolerate a low temperature of 0-5 degrees, and below this temperature, it must be protected from the cold.
Akagi, the first pot of cactus balls for novice flower friends
Summary: There are many fairy balls suitable for novices, aqua jade, hair flower pillars, lily flower balls and the like, in contrast, the advantage of Akagi is that the sphere is large, imposing, mighty, can watch thorns, watch the ball and enjoy the flowers, perennial, a planting can be ornamental for many years, and it is very cheap, good quality and good varieties, like flower friends can try.