How to Grow Ping Pong Chrysanthemums and Points to Note

Nature's marvelous craftsmanship has created this colorful world, and one cannot help but marvel at it. Among plants, there is a flower with a peculiar shape, the ping pong chrysanthemum, which is even more enchanting. Here we will learn about the

The ping pong chrysanthemum is a type of the Asteraceae family, with three colors: yellow, green, and white. It is often used as a cut flower, originates from Japan, and mainly grows in Kunming, China, where it is like spring all year round. The ping pong chrysanthemum has a clever and cute shape; it is formed by numerous petals clustered together in layers, creating an adorable round appearance. Because the flower's size and shape are quite similar to a ping pong ball, this plant is called the ping pong chrysanthemum.

The ping pong chrysanthemum is a perennial herbaceous plant that prefers a cool climate. The plant has good cold tolerance and is suitable for growing at a temperature of 18-21. The underground rhizomes are very drought-tolerant and are most averse to waterlogging, so when watering, there must never be standing water, otherwise it is easy to cause the roots of the ping pong chrysanthemum to rot.

The ping pong chrysanthemum has relatively high soil requirements. It prefers loam soil on high ground, with deep soil layers, rich in humus, loose and fertile, and with good drainage. It can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil, with pH 6.2-6.7 being best. However, when planting, never use clayey soil or yellow earth with poor air permeability.

The ping pong chrysanthemum is a short-day plant. Under long-day conditions of 14.5 hours per day, it undergoes vegetative growth. More than 12 hours of darkness per day and a night temperature of 10°C are suitable for flower bud development. In winter, it must not be exposed to low temperatures; place it on a windowsill, balcony, or other location where it can easily receive light. When summer temperatures are too high, the ping pong chrysanthemum should be placed in a cool, ventilated location, and watered and misted in time.

For fertilizing and pest control of the ping pong chrysanthemum, generally it is enough to add some organic fertilizer to the soil when changing the soil, and water with some nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium liquid fertilizer during the growth stage and flowering period. The most common diseases and pests include powdery mildew, brown spot disease, root rot, as well as aphids, mites, red spiders, and so on. For the above diseases and pests, the main approach is prevention.

The above are the growing methods and points to note for ping pong chrysanthemums. Have you learned them, flower grower?