Begonia maintenance skills, novices learned, branches grow taller, new leaves grow faster
Begonia is a new Internet celebrity plant, which contains a lot of varieties, each variety of their leaves and leaf type are different, you can choose your favorite leaf type when purchasing, the most common begonia varieties on the market are about dozens of kinds, their maintenance methods are basically the same, but there are very few varieties, the growth rate will be relatively slow.
Begonias are very suitable for home maintenance, the maintenance period for the overall maintenance requirements are not very strict, and do not need too rich experience in raising flowers, even if the novice Xiaobai buys home, according to the normal way of raising flowers to maintain, you can also raise very well, because begonias do not need direct sunlight during the entire growth period, most of the positions in the home can be placed begonias.
There are a few things to be aware of when growing begonias at home:
The price of begonias purchased from the Internet will be relatively cheaper, but there will be damage in the process of transportation, as long as the branches of the main stem are not broken, don't worry at all, buy home begonias in the early stage must not go to him to replace the soil or pots, as far as possible do not destroy its original root system.
What we have to do is to put it in a place where there is no direct sunlight at home, to maintain it normally, only a small amount of water is enough, and wait until it recovers naturally, it will take about two weeks, or about 20 days, the original leaves begin to gradually return to the state of growth, which means that he has fully adapted to the home environment.
About the planting of begonias, the selected pot must not be too big, the larger the pot, the more not conducive to the growth of its roots, the soil is more likely to produce water, resulting in rotten roots, the choice of pots to clay pots, followed by plastic pots, the diameter of the pot is about 15 cm is enough, you can choose a 15 cm caliber, the height is about 20 cm of the pot.
To plant begonias, you can use pure peat soil, you need to spend a high price to buy nutrient soil, choose medium-sized granular peat soil, fill the pot with block peat, and take the plant out of the original pot. Begonias are re-potted, evenly filled with peat soil around the gaps, watered and placed on the balcony, during which they can bask in the sun a little, increase the efficiency of photosynthesis, and promote the growth of new roots.
Begonias should not bask in the sun for more than two weeks, and spray a small amount of water to keep them moist at an average interval of 2~3 days in a place where they are placed in the sun.
Foliage plants do not need too much water during the growth period, what it needs is humidity, and they use watering cans to spray their leaves in their spare time, usually only need to give a small amount of water is enough, and there is no need to fertilize during the maintenance period, the nutrients in the soil can meet their growth, and the fertilizer used does not play a big role at all, so there is no need to waste fertilizer.
During the repotting period, you can bask in a small amount of sun, in addition to other times can be placed in a place where there is no sunlight to maintain, bright scattered light is more conducive to the growth of its new leaves, under normal circumstances, it only takes about three years to replace the pot, the same reason, the pot is also slowly and gradually increased, do not go up, use too large pots to plant.