Thyme selection skills: When buying thyme, the plant shape is required to be compact, uniform, leafy, leafy, leafy, no yellow leaves and wilted leaves, and it is better to rub the leaves with obvious aroma by hand.
The unique fragrance emitted by thyme can eliminate the odor in the bathroom and living room, kill bacteria, and at the same time calm the mind and relieve fatigue. Therefore, it can be placed in the bathroom and living room in a bright place.
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Watering: More water is required in the early and middle stages of growth, and when buds appear and during flowering, less watering should be done to keep it dry, and the rest of the time, keep the potting soil wet.
Fertilization: Apply base fertilizer before potting, apply dilute liquid fertilizer in spring and autumn, and do not fertilize in summer.
Pruning: Strong germination, can often pick the heart. When changing pots after flowering, it is generally not pruned, and some dense branches, overlapping branches and diseased branches are cut off.
Propagation: Divide the plants, in early spring and March, dig up small bushes with root soil and plant them directly in pots. Sowing, you can first water, the seeds are evenly sprinkled, 5-7 days after sowing germination, until the root system is strong and then transplanted to the pot.
If you raise it like this, you will definitely die
First, the soil is wet for a long time
Thyme is adaptable and not difficult to cultivate, the most important thing is that it is afraid of water. Too much watering and too much moisture in the soil can cause the thyme leaves to turn yellow, damage to the roots, and in severe cases atrophy and die. Usually, it is better to dry a little and then water, rather than let the plant remain in a humid state, so that the soil is too wet, poor ventilation, not conducive to the growth of thyme.
2. Summer planting
The suitable temperature for the growth of thyme is 20-25 ° C, if planted in summer, the plant is usually weak and the survival rate is low. Spring and autumn planting is more suitable, after planting should be placed in a cool place for more summer, into the autumn cool, and then changed to a place with sufficient sunshine, so that it is more suitable for the growth and development of thyme.