How to plant golden camellia
Main content of this article: How to plant golden camellia and the topic of planting and caring for golden camellias, details are as follows:
Golden camellia, many people associate it with the camellias planted on our mountains. Although they both belong to the Camellia family, there are still many differences, and we cannot plant golden camellias in the same way as we plant camellias. Today, let's learn about the planting and caring methods for golden camellias together!
1. It needs a suitable environment, golden camellia prefers to grow in semi-shaded, cool, and humid places, and likes to grow in well-drained, slightly acidic soil. It enjoys sunlight, fertilizer, is resistant to waterlogging, and requires regular ventilation. This is especially important in the north. In addition to equipping the glass greenhouse with boilers and radiators for heating, it is also equipped with a self-made atomizer, exhaust fan, and other facilities.
2. Use a proportional mixture of pine needle soil.
3. Water for watering flowers must be mixed with 1% ferrous sulfate each time to maintain a certain level of weak acidity in the water.
4. In addition to good environmental ventilation, it also needs regular "physical exercise", such as being blown by the wind every two weeks. The wind should be evenly distributed. The purpose is to promote balanced metabolism and normal growth through "exercise".
5. Control the temperature, the temperature difference should be between 7℃ to 10℃, when the greenhouse temperature reaches 20℃, the sunshade cloth should be lowered after four to five hours, followed by ventilation.
6. Fertilization, golden camellia is tolerant of poor soil but also likes fertilizer. Generally, fertilize 2 to 4 times before flowering (October to November) and after flowering (April to May). The main fertilizers used are compound fertilizers, compost, and combined with an appropriate amount of phosphorus fertilizers. Fertilize once a month.
7. Diseases and pests, diseases of golden camellia include anthracnose, sootycrust disease, leaf blight, and bud blight, which can be controlled by spraying a 70% thiophanate-methyl 800x diluted solution on the leaves at the early stage of the disease, once every 5 to 7 days, for 3 consecutive times.
The above information about how to plant golden camellia and the methods and care for planting golden camellias are for reference by green plant enthusiasts, hoping to solve your problems in green plant and flower management.