How to Care for Azaleas at Home
Today's tip sharing: How to care for azaleas at home and the key points of indoor azalea maintenance. Keep reading for more!
Azaleas are one of China's top ten famous flowers, and they can be considered superior flowers. Whether planted in the ground or as a potted plant, they are very suitable. Azaleas bloom beautifully, but they are not easy to cultivate. Sometimes they bloom well one year, then start to show yellow leaves the second year, and become bare stakes by the third year. Mastering the cultivation methods of azaleas is necessary to grow them well. Let's talk about the home cultivation methods of azaleas.
1. Soil Requirements
Flower friends can prepare nutrient-rich soil themselves to cultivate azaleas. The composition of the nutrient-rich soil is garden soil, decomposed leaf soil, and sandy soil, mixed in a ratio of 4:3:3. It's necessary to change the potting soil after two years of cultivation.
2. Watering Requirements
When growing azaleas in pots, it is generally sufficient to water them every three days. In the summer, when it's hot and the temperature is high, you can water them a bit more. However, no matter in which season, the temperature of the water should not be too different from the temperature of the soil.
When watering azaleas, you can use tap water, but the newly fetched tap water should be left in the pot for two days before using it to water. Since azaleas prefer acidic environments, a small amount of ferrous sulfate should be added to the water each time you water them.
3. Temperature Requirements
Maintaining a temperature of about 20 degrees Celsius is most suitable for the growth of azaleas. The upper limit for the highest temperature is that it should not exceed 32 degrees Celsius. If it exceeds 32 degrees Celsius, the growth of azaleas will be affected.
4. Fertilizing Requirements
Different seasons and stages require different fertilizing methods.
In winter and spring, a base fertilizer should be applied to azaleas, while in autumn and spring, fertilizing every 10 days is sufficient, mainly using thin cake fertilizers. Before winter, a moderate amount of fertilizer should be applied. Common household items like banana peels, orange peels, and crushed bones can also be used as fertilizers. During the flowering period of azaleas, some phosphorus-potassium fertilizer should be applied.
5. Proper Pruning
During the growing season of azaleas, diseased branches, weak branches, and dense branches should be pruned, as well as the remaining flowers.
The above introduction on how to care for azaleas at home and the key points of indoor azalea maintenance, hope it helps you!