In the blink of an eye, it is almost the season of citrus harvest, I believe that many flower lovers like to raise a potted citrus at home, citrus can not only purify the air with a unique fragrance, but also a golden citrus ripening, as if the family planted a "golden yuan treasure tree" that can be eaten.
How should potted citrus be farmed? Hua Hua believes that as long as you master these 5 steps, the potted citrus can also be hung with a golden "yuan treasure", and you must look carefully to find that it is an orange!
First, the growth habit
Most of the potted citrus is left in the southern family, and many flower lovers in the north have chosen to give up letting the potted plant bear fruit and turn it into a beautiful plant. But in fact, as long as the growth temperature of citrus is met, it can also bear fruit.
Citrus is suitable for growing in an environment of 22 to 30 ° C, and in the summer above 30 ° C, it should be placed in a ventilated place for cooling. It's just that the wintering work in winter should be fully prepared, but in fact, it is not difficult for families with heating in the north, or just put on plastic bags to keep citrus potted plants warm. But in winter, you should give citrus a proper sleeping temperature, too high is not ok.
2. Water
Citrus likes to grow in a humid environment, but it is not resistant to flooding, and it should be moved indoors when it rains, or drained after rain, and the amount of watering should not be too large.
When you see the soil whitening, you can water once, once to water thoroughly, use a professional small-caliber watering kettle to water along the sides of the basin, and evenly control the amount of water.
Third, fertilize
Citrus has high requirements for fertilizer, and it is necessary to apply diluted thin fertilizer, because potted oranges are not the same as ground-grown oranges, potted potting soil space is very small, and once the fertilizer concentration is high, it is a great burden on the soil.
Nitrogen fertilizer should be applied mainly in the early growth stage of citrus, usually once every 10 days. Each time you water, you can sprinkle a small amount of cake fertilizer on the surface of the soil, and after watering, you can dilute it while the fertilizer penetrates better.
Summer is not only the rapid evaporation of water, but also happens to be in time for the citrus flowering season, you can increase to a week to fertilize, so that you can produce fruit normally, otherwise you can only see two or three "golden treasures" hanging on the branches in autumn.
Fourth, soil
Citrus grows more vigorously in slightly acidic soil, generally with vegetable garden soil and humus soil in half configuration can be mixed, but if you want to improve drainage, you can also add a small amount of river sand or grass ash, the configuration of the soil do not forget to sterilize Oh.
In addition, in order to meet the citrus enough growth space, the pot as far as possible to choose a caliber of about 30 ~ 35cm, the bottom must have a drainage hole, otherwise it is easy to accumulate water, but also easy to grasp the amount of watering.
Fifth, pruning
Potted citrus needs to provide a lot of nutrients during the growth stage, so the main purpose of pruning potted plants is to prevent nutrients from flowing to too many unnecessary places.
The main work of our pruning is to prune the old, weak and sick branches, and the branches that have no leaves or too many leaves must also be pruned, and some clumps of flowers must also be pruned. Citrus potted plants can not only blindly pursue more fruits, to achieve the quantity is likely to decline in quality, too many fruits together to compete for nutrients, and it is likely that one will not be eaten in the end.
Only healthy, large flowers can bear fruit, so other flowers can be pruned after flowering.
Have you mastered the above 5 potted citrus maintenance steps?