How to care for peony potted plants indoors
Today, the editor will elaborate on how to care for peony potted plants indoors, as well as the cultivation methods and management of peony flowers, and the editor will introduce them next.
Peony flowers are magnificently graceful, with elegant flower postures and beautiful leaves, and are known as the "national color and fragrance," ranking second among the top ten famous flowers in China, and are被誉为 the king of flowers symbolizing wealth and auspiciousness. Peony flowers are large and fragrant, and they look particularly vibrant and attractive when planted in gardens or on balconies; when potted and placed in living rooms or studies, they are dignified and elegant, filling the room with brilliance and showcasing the owner's grandeur.
However, many families do not know how to care for their peony flowers properly. Below, let's share together with flower enthusiasts the cultivation methods and requirements for peony potted plants in homes.
1. Temperature and lighting should be suitable. Peony flowers prefer a warm, slightly dry, and sunny growing environment and do not tolerate high temperatures and high humidity. The suitable growing temperature is around 15~25 degrees. Especially in summer, avoid direct sunlight, and especially avoid strong sunlight, so it is necessary to provide shade and sun protection in summer to prevent sunburn.
2. Soil selection needs careful consideration. Different plants have different soil requirements, especially in terms of breathability and fertility, so special attention should be paid to the selection of soil for peony cultivation. The soil for planting peonies should be fertile, breathable, and well-draining neutral sandy loam, and it should avoid alkaline, acidic, and heavy clayey soils. For home potted peonies, a mixture of fertile humus soil, garden soil, and coarse river sand can be used. Flower pots can be 15~20 centimeters in diameter, while multi-year large plants should use pots 40~50 centimeters in diameter, and the depth of the pot should also reach about 50 centimeters to ensure the peony roots grow strong.
3. Watering and fertilizing should be appropriate. Everyone knows that watering is the first factor in growing good flowers, and excessive watering is the number one "killer" of flower cultivation failure. Therefore, when watering peony flowers, it is important not to water excessively and to water based on seasonal and weather changes. More watering is needed in dry spring and autumn seasons, but avoid waterlogging in the pot. In the hot and humid summer, water in the morning and evening; less watering is needed during the plum rain season. Peonies should be fertilized at least three times a year, with an additional application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer before flowering and a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer after flowering.
4. Pruning after flowering should be timely. During the peony's leaf-falling period, cut off the thick branches above the flower buds. To cultivate large flowers, remove the withered flowers and appropriately remove flower buds to inhibit the number of flowers. In autumn and winter, cut off the withered残 flowers, dry flower stems, and weak branches and leaves to accumulate energy for the next year's blooming.
5. Disease and pest control need to be kept up. Peony flowers are prone to red spot disease, brown spot disease, and gray mold disease. In spring and summer, spray mixed pesticides for killing insects and bacteria on peonies while watering. If diseases and pests are severe, spray mixed pesticides for killing insects and bacteria every half month to prevent the spread of pathogens and infection of the entire plant.
Peony propagation methods: One is division propagation. Every autumn, select large clusters of 4~5-year-old plants, remove the attached soil from the roots, place them in a loud place to air-dry the roots for 2~3 days, cut the connecting parts of the roots with a knife, plant the roots upright without twisting, fill the soil in layers, and water thoroughly once. The second is seeding. Sow the seeds immediately after harvesting in autumn. The planting depth should be about 2~5 centimeters, cover the soil flatly, and the embryo roots can grow after one month, but no buds will emerge from the soil. By the next 2~3 months, the seeds will germinate and grow, and they can bloom after 3~5 years of cultivation.
The above sharing on how to care for peony potted plants indoors and the specific contents of peony potted plant cultivation methods and management are for everyone's reference and operation.