Snapdragon cultivation method
Soil: The cultivation medium should be loose, fertile, and well-drained cultivation soil; water and fertilizer: topdressing once every 10 days to keep the soil moist; temperature: keep night temperature 15℃, day temperature around 22-28℃: light: snapdragon It is a plant that likes full light, so you must keep the sun in full, and pay attention to the prevention and control of pests and diseases.
1.Pot soil selection
Snapdragons should use mud pots or plastic pots with good air permeability with a pot diameter of about 15 cm. The cultivation medium should be loose, fertile, and well-drained cultivation soil, or be mixed evenly with leaf mulch, peat, and ash from food crops. Before planting, apply some dry animal manure or cake fertilizer, and a little bone meal or superphosphate as the base fertilizer.
2.Water and fertilizer management
Snapdragon is usually top-dressed once every 10 days. Snapdragon avoids the accumulation of water in the soil, but insufficient watering will also affect its growth and development. The correct way is to keep the soil moist, and it should be slightly dry between two irrigations. In addition, when watering, try to avoid watering from above the plants to reduce leaf humidity and water droplets to spread diseases.
3.Temperature and sunlight
Snapdragon is a full-light plant. Under sunny conditions, snapdragons grow at the same height and bloom neatly and brightly. Under semi-shade conditions, the growth is higher and the flower color is lighter. Snapdragons can bloom earlier by supplementing light for 4 hours in winter. The cultivation temperature of snapdragon is maintained at night temperature of 15℃ and day temperature of about 22-28℃. Flowering is delayed at 2-3°C, blind flowers increase, and cut flower quality decreases.
Precautions
prune
After the snapdragon blooms, cut off the above ground with all the soil, water permeable once, and new shoots will germinate in about a week, and then apply a thin liquid fertilizer every 10 days until the flower buds are formed.
Pest Control
Common diseases of snapdragon are: stem rot, seedling rot, grass rust, leaf blight, gray mold
Common pests of snapdragon are: aphids, red spiders, whitefly, thrips, etc.