How to keep fresh flowers from withering easily
An article provides a detailed introduction on how to keep fresh flowers from withering easily and a complete guide to flower cultivation techniques. Let's take a look together!
Many people have experienced that growing flowers requires a lot of money and time. Some friends feel that their efforts are not proportional to the rewards they receive, which may be due to their poor flower cultivation skills or the extremely harsh growing environment. What are some good methods to quickly improve one's flower cultivation skills?
I. Don't be tempted by small discounts
Firstly, I want to remind everyone that when buying gardening tools, materials, or plants, don't be tempted by small discounts. Especially when buying plants online, there are often various "junk seedlings" that are surprisingly cheap, with prices as low as a few yuan, including shipping. It's already quite good if such plants can survive after receiving them.
Just the other day, I spent two yuan to buy a leaf lotus plant online. Although its price isn't very high, a plant that includes shipping for just two yuan, what would it be like when received? The leaf lotus I received had black spots on its leaves. I immediately disinfected it and exposed the wound to air, and after two rounds of disinfection, the leaf lotus resumed growth and started to bloom again.
Whether buying plants online or offline, choose stores with good reputation and口碑, as this ensures at least some level of after-sales service.
When buying plants, choose strong and healthy varieties, and try not to buy wild, untrained varieties, including various rare plants said to be dug from the wild. It's better to buy some nice and easy-to-care-for gardening varieties from the supermarket, including various orchids. There was news before that in the northern coast of California, USA, there was a large area of fairy cups growing, and some people went to steal them, leading to the endangered status of the fairy cups due to theft from Asia.
II. Learn more about flower cultivation
How to keep fresh flowers from withering easily
Flower cultivation is not just about buying a certain type of flower and watering and fertilizing it regularly; it requires learning more. You must understand the original growing environment of each plant, including their preferred light, temperature, water, fertilizer, and humidity.
At the same time, you should also understand what kind of environment your home has, at least to know what flowers can be grown and what flowers are not suitable. If your balcony or windowsill has plenty of sunlight, most flowering plants can be grown well; if your home lacks sunlight and has poor ventilation, it's better to grow some ornamental leaf plants. Plants can only grow better in a suitable environment, and it's not that with good cultivation skills, any flower can grow well.
If there is no sunlight at home, even with many plant lights and a fan running constantly to improve ventilation, the plants kept indoors will not grow as well as those kept outdoors all year round. This is also why potted plants are often not as healthy as those grown in the ground, which is due to the difference in environment.
III. How to take care of newly bought plants?
Newly bought plants can first look up their growing habits. For example, if you just bought a pot of green apple calathea and a pot of bowstring aloe, these two plants cannot be placed together because the green apple calathea prefers a humid environment and requires higher air humidity to grow better. On the other hand, the bowstring aloe prefers a warm and dry environment and should avoid humid air.
You can look up what kind of light, temperature, water, and potting soil the newly bought plant needs. Also, understand its dormant period. For example, the bowstring aloe mentioned earlier, if the temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius, you should stop watering and fertilizing. If the temperature falls below 5 degrees Celsius, it will be frostbitten.