Camellia and rhododendron are a generation of famous flowers, that is, you can watch the flowers and enjoy the leaves, is one of the most widely cultivated and market-sold flowers in China. Although these two flowers are deeply loved by people, there are often various problems in breeding, especially novices who have no maintenance experience, raising either yellow leaves or fallen leaves, and when they are serious, they are left with a light pole, which is also the reason why many people think that camellias and rhododendrons are not easy to raise. Today, I will share with you the method of indoor cultivation of camellias and rhododendrons, do the right leaf green flowers, do the wrong leaves to lose light.
Camellia and rhododendron are typical acid-loving flowers, the soil requirements are quite high, especially in the north, not only require the soil to be loose and breathable, but also must be slightly acidic, the general ordinary soil is difficult to raise them well, so, when selecting and formulating soil, we must choose humus-rich humus soil, can not use ordinary soil, and mix one-third of the pine needles in the humus soil, so that the soil reaches the real slightly acidic soil, so that the soil can make the camellia and rhododendron grow strong and leafy green.
Camellia and rhododendron are afraid of waterlogging and afraid of drying, in the watering time to pay attention not to water too frequently, the most suitable time for watering is the surface soil dry to 3-4 cm deep, at this time watering is the most appropriate, watering too early is easy to make the soil moisture too large, watering too late, easy to lead to root lack of water, this point in the maintenance of the need to constantly grope, and to master well.
Although camellias and rhododendrons do not like too wet soil, but prefer a humid air environment, such as the air is too dry, the leaves will dry up and grow poorly, so indoor breeding of camellias and rhododendrons need to often spray the foliage with water, you can also put a pot of water near the pot to ensure that the air is not dry. But the environment humidity and ventilation are complementary, moist at the same time must be well ventilated, if the light is moist and not airtight, it is very easy to occur pests and diseases, resulting in large blades falling, so in the case of ensuring that the ambient air is moist, it must be ventilated.
Although camellias and rhododendrons like light, they are afraid of strong light exposure, especially in the summer, they should be shaded from 50% of the light, and in the case of spring, autumn and winter, the temperature is not high, so that they can increase the light. Indoor breeding is generally placed in a half-yin and half-yang position.
Camellia and rhododendron belong to the shallow root plants, less main roots, more roots, in addition to fear of soil is too dry and too wet, especially afraid of thick fertilizer, heavy fertilizer and irritating fertilizer, so, to the camellia and rhododendron fertilization must be cautious, no fermentation of good fertilizer is not applied, do not use irritating fertilizer, the principle of fertilization is thin fertilizer and diligent application. In addition, do not arbitrarily change the location and environment during maintenance.
In the process of cultivating camellias and rhododendrons, the most likely problem is yellow leaves and leaves, therefore, in the maintenance of the time to do a good job of prevention, every month with 300 parts of water mixed with 1 part of unsalted vinegar to make vinegar water, spray the leaf surface evenly once, not only to prevent the occurrence of yellow leaves, but also to make the leaves more emerald green.
The above is the method and technique of indoor cultivation of camellias and rhododendrons, as long as they are maintained according to their habits, do not randomly select soil, water indiscriminately, fertilize indiscriminately, and move randomly, they will grow as long as possible.