Key Points for Cultivating Single-Stem Chrysanthemum
You may not be familiar with the explanations on growing single-stem chrysanthemum at home. Here are the key points for cultivating single-stem chrysanthemum, let's learn about them together.
Single-stem chrysanthemum, also known as variety chrysanthemum, has one plant per pot, one flower per plant, with a generous and beautiful shape, fully showcasing the characteristics of the variety. Through years of practice, the author has summarized the technical key points for cultivating single-stem chrysanthemum: winter storage, spring planting, summer stabilization, and autumn care, the four major stages.
1. Winter Storage. In late autumn and early winter, select healthy basal cuttings and plant them in a sunny, low-temperature (around 3°C) indoor environment. Do not water unless the soil is completely dry to prevent excessive growth.
2. Spring Planting. In March of the following year, transplant the basal cuttings stored in winter into pots with ordinary potting soil, place them in a sheltered, sunny outdoor area, water appropriately and loosen the soil to promote rapid root growth.
3. Summer Stabilization. When the seedlings grow to about 40cm, use a method of progressive pinching to encourage the growth of new basal cuttings. After mid-July, continue pinching and removing new buds. When several basal cuttings have sprouted in the pot, select one vigorous top cutting growing from the edge of the pot and remove the rest. When the remaining cutting grows to about 15cm, transplant it into a "坯子盆" filled with decomposed leaf soil without cutting off the old stem. Wait until the new cutting grows to 40cm (by this time the new root system is well-established), then cut off the old stem at soil level. To form old, middle, and young roots in the summer-stabilized cutting, add soil in three stages as the new plant grows, and mix in碎骨片, decomposed leaf soil, and superphosphate as fertilizers.
4. Autumn Care. After mid-August, when the new summer-stabilized plants have formed, loosen the surface soil and add three layers of fertilized soil. By mid-September, the plants have taken shape and the flower buds are fully formed and entering the budding stage. It is time to tie them with thin bamboo stakes, using green plastic tape to bind at intervals of about 15cm. From early September onwards, apply a dilute sauce residue solution once a week and use a 500x or 1000x solution of potassium dihydrogen phosphate for foliar feeding until the flower buds show color. From the start of autumn to early October, remove all lateral buds that sprout from axils with a small knife to ensure the full development of the top buds.
The start and end times of the four stages of cultivating single-stem chrysanthemum vary depending on local climate and environmental conditions. Readers should adjust flexibly based on local natural conditions during the cultivation process.
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