Can gesang flowers be grown indoors?

Gesang flowers are also known as gesang meiduo. In Tibetan, “gesang” means “good times” or “happiness”, and “meiduo” means flower, so gesang flowers are also called happiness flowers. In addition, they are also a byword for the wildflower with the strongest vitality on the plateau. So, can gesang flowers be grown indoors?

1. Can gesang flowers be grown indoors?

Gesang flowers can be grown indoors, but they need to be placed somewhere with sunlight exposure; they need to receive enough light in order to grow.

2. Points to note when growing gesang flowers indoors

1. Sowing

Gesang flowers are mostly grown from seed. Sow in spring into loose, moist soil, covering with only a thin layer of soil, and you will soon see the gesang flowers sprout and grow into small seedlings.

2. Flowering period

The flowering period of gesang flowers is divided into two stages and lasts a long time. The first stage is flowering in spring; because the weather is hot in summer, fewer flowers bloom. The second stage is in autumn, when the temperature drops and gesang flowers begin to bloom on a large scale again.

3. Light

Gesang flowers like light. When we grow them, it is enough to place them in the open air for light. Unlike other flowers, gesang flowers are not afraid of direct sunlight.

4. Watering

Gesang flowers are very drought-tolerant. When we keep gesang flowers, we should reduce watering; if the soil is not dry, there is no need to water, otherwise too much water in the soil will instead affect the normal growth rate of gesang flowers. If they are planted in the ground, then in the rainy season pay attention to drainage.

5. Fertilizing

Gesang flowers tolerate poor soil. We usually do not need to fertilize them; just apply a small amount of organic fertilizer before flower buds form, and that is enough nutrition for gesang flowers to bloom.

6. Collecting seeds

After gesang flowers fade, they produce seeds. Once the seeds are ripe, we should pick them and keep them for planting the following year. If you are not quite sure when the seeds are ripe, we can spread plastic sheeting under the gesang flowers and wait for the ripe seeds to fall naturally; we just wait and collect them.

Because gesang flowers are a flower species from the plateau, when growing them the most important thing to pay attention to is giving them sufficient light.