Cultivation methods and precautions of Rhododendron

The song "Red Mountain Flowers Bloom Red" was once popular all over the country, and the Red Mountain Flowers in this song also attracted a lot of attention. In fact, it was originally just a wild plant growing in the wild, but later people liked to make it into potted plants and grow it at home. So what is the method of growing it? What should we pay attention to when growing Red Mountain Flowers?

Farming methods

1. Planting time

When growing Rhododendron flowers, you must understand its planting time. Rhododendron is a low-bulb plant. Usually, its bulbs are planted mainly. The size of the flowerpot can be chosen according to the size of the bulbs. Autumn every year is the best time to plant Rhododendron.

2. Culture soil

When planting Rhododendron, you must choose suitable culture soil. It likes loose, fertile and well-drained soil, and it grows most vigorously in slightly acidic soil. When growing Rhododendron, you must not choose alkaline soil, otherwise its bulbs will rot and it will not be able to grow normally.

3. Breeding environment

When growing the flowers of Rhododendron, you also need to place them in a suitable environment. Although this plant has strong vitality, it usually likes plenty of sunlight and the daily light exposure time should not be less than six hours. You can usually grow it outdoors in spring and summer. After entering late autumn and winter, you need to move it indoors, otherwise the leaves will turn yellow or fall off due to low temperature.

Precautions

When cultivating the flower of the mountain, you must pay attention to its dormancy period, because it is a kind of bulbous plant. After it blooms in June and July every year, its above-ground part will slowly wither, and almost all of it will die around September. At this time, Lin Jing has entered the dormant period. After the flower of the mountain dan enters the dormant period, you must pay attention to protecting its bulbs, only in this way can it grow and bloom again next year.