How to Care for Jasmine
Summary: This article introduces the care methods and precautions for growing jasmine plants, and will take everyone to understand the details.
Jasmine has a pleasant fragrance, white as jade, and is highly ornamental, making it beloved by gardening enthusiasts. Potted jasmine is easy to grow, requiring careful selection of potting soil, appropriate lighting, and scientific watering and fertilizing to produce beautiful jasmine flowers. Let's delve into the detailed cultivation methods and precautions for growing jasmine.
Ⅰ. Cultivation Methods for Jasmine
1. Soil Preparation
The potting soil should have good water retention, as well as high drainage and aeration capabilities. It can be mixed with humus soil, garden soil, river sand, and cake fertilizer in a ratio of 4:3:2:1, or with humus soil, sandy loam, and cake fertilizer in a ratio of 5:4:1. A layer of bone meal can be placed at the bottom of the pot before adding soil.
2. Watering
Watering jasmine should be adjusted by the month: once every 2-3 days in spring, once a day in summer, and 1-2 times of foliar spraying daily. In autumn, water once every 1-2 days, and keep the potting soil slightly moist in winter, usually watering once every 5-7 days.
3. Fertilizing
Fertilizing should be frequent with dilute fertilizer, at a concentration of 10-15%, approximately every 5-7 days. When fertilizing, cake fertilizer can be diluted into a fertilizer solution, to which 0.1-0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate can be added to promote the differentiation of flower buds.
4. Pest and Disease Control
Common diseases and pests of jasmine include stem rot, jasmine ground borer, willow hawkmoth, brown spot disease, white muslin disease, anthracnose, frost hawkmoth, scale insects, red spider mites, and jasmine bud borer. You can purchase pesticides targeting these pests at the flower market and follow the instructions for control.
Ⅱ. Precautions
Jasmine loves sunlight and can be grown under full sunlight. It is not cold-resistant in winter and the temperature should be maintained above 10 degrees Celsius; otherwise, the plant will enter dormancy. When the temperature drops below -3 degrees Celsius, the plant may suffer frost damage.
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