Some people say that raising flowers is like an art. I would say that watering in raising flowers is a knowledge, because watering is a necessary skill for every flower keeper. Watering seems simple, but it has a lot of stress. If you don't master it well, it will affect the growth of flowers and plants, and it will lead to the death of flowers and plants. This article will combine the planting experience of flower friends to talk about how to water geranium in summer.
How to water the geranium in summer? How to water the geranium in summer? In fact, flower watering is the same as eating. It varies from flower to flower and according to local conditions according to the specific conditions of plant growth, flower pot size, pot soil configuration, planting environment, etc. Let's see how the friends water the geranium;
Huayou coordinates: Shanghai;
Breeding environment: apartment balcony;
Flower age: one and a half years;
For watering geraniums in summer, it's best to have a dry wet alternation in about three days. It's better if you can alternate one day. You don't have to worry about the death of seedlings in summer. However, the breeding environment is not used, the basin soil configuration is different, the growth of plants and the types of small days are different, and the watering method and the time required for dry wet alternation are also different. In this statement, the growth environment of my small day is: indoor closed balcony; The matrix used is: 50% Danish pint peat, 20% perlite, 5 ~ 10% vermiculite, 15% cinder, 5% ~ 10% garden soil and a small amount of ceramsite.
First, let's talk about the breeding environment:
We know that a freshly washed dress can be dried in half an hour if it is hung outdoors in a ventilated place in summer; If it is hung indoors, it may take two hours to dry. Outdoor evaporation is several times that of indoor evaporation. The difference between indoor and outdoor is so great that the frequency of raising flowers and watering must not be the same. I often hear flower friends who plant flowers outdoors say that the soil in the basin dries out at night with the water poured in the morning. In the closed balcony of my house, vigorous adult plants can only dry once in three or four days in sunny and dry weather. In rainy days, it takes five or six days to dry. Well, it needs to be watered once a day outdoors, and once every three or four days or even five or six days indoors, depending on the situation of the basin soil.
How to water geranium in summer
The second is basin soil configuration:
Due to the good permeability of peat (due to its own structure), if peat culture can grasp the amount and frequency of watering, it is very conducive to the growth and development of plant roots and the full exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases around roots. Therefore, the matrix recommended in the series cultivation Guide of Fischer Geranium varieties is 55 ~ 70% high-quality peat and 20 ~ 25% perlite, 5 ~ 10% vermiculite, 5 ~ 10% ceramsite.
The Peat Content of my own soil is also about 50%. However, the water holding capacity of peat is also particularly strong. According to the data, its water holding capacity can reach about 15-20 times its own weight. Therefore, flower friends who use this substrate can not have more water. In summer, the basin soil is too wet for a long time, which is easy to make the root system breathe poorly. In addition, high temperature and high humidity are easy to breed fungi, which is easy to lead to root suffocation and decay.
Through the above comparison, it can be seen that the maximum water content of different substrates is also different. Therefore, the method and amount of watering should also be different according to the different basin soil configuration. If the Peat Content in the substrate of potted geranium is high, the water method cannot be used in summer for two reasons:
First, in summer, in addition to angel and big flower days, straight days and vertical days are in a semi dormant state with slow growth, with small absorption, so it's good to keep the basin soil moist;
Second, because peat is not like sandy loam and garden soil, too much water can seep from the hole at the bottom of the basin. In addition, in case of continuous cloudy and rainy weather with high humidity, the dry and wet cycle of basin soil will be slower and take longer. Finally, it is concluded that when watering geranium in summer, we must grasp the amount and frequency of watering according to the maintenance environment and soil matrix, and try to achieve the alternation of dry and wet basin soil.
How to water geranium in summer