It looks like a bowl lotus and also like copper coin grass, blooms all year round with many and brilliant flowers, and is most suitable for the balcony

Now growing flowers has become a fashion, and many people grow some flowers for viewing and to decorate their homes. Today Hua'er also recommends a flower to everyone. This flower is seventy percent like copper coin grass and also like a bowl lotus, especially its leaves, but it blooms abundantly and brilliantly, can bloom all year round, has a fragrant scent, and is especially easy to grow, making it most suitable for the balcony.

This flower is the nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), a perennial semi-trailing or prostrate plant. A single plant can produce dozens of flowers at a time, with brilliant colors and a rich fragrance, and in recent years it has been deeply loved by many flower enthusiasts.

Master these 3 points for growing nasturtium well and it will fill the pot and bloom nonstop.

[1] Choice of soil

Nasturtium likes fertile soil with good air permeability and drainage. Generally, when mixing soil, leaf mold is used as the base soil, then mixed with garden soil and sand at a 4:2:1 ratio, and when mixing, some bone meal, decomposed chicken and duck manure, etc. are added to increase soil fertility.

[2] Light

Nasturtium likes light. Only sufficient light can make it grow and bloom better. It can be placed directly in a sunny area for care, and its growth will be very good. However, in summer, when the sunlight is strong, it can still scorch the leaves, so a shade net should be set up to weaken the light intensity, allowing it to continue growing and produce more and more fragrant flowers.

[3] Fertilizer and water management

Although nasturtium contains the word "nasturtium" with a meaning related to drought, it is not very drought tolerant. On the contrary, it likes a moist environment. Insufficient water can easily cause elongated nodes and yellow leaves, and no flowering. During growth, it must be given enough water. Generally, in spring and autumn, water every other day, and in summer, once a day, and also spray water on the leaves to increase humidity. However, after flowering, watering should be controlled, and maintaining appropriate dryness can extend the flowering period.

Nasturtium does not have a particularly large demand for fertilizer. During the growth period, apply 1-2 times a month a 20% decomposed soybean cake liquid or homemade rice washing water, etc. During the flowering period, 0.1% superphosphate can be used for foliar topdressing, sprayed onto the leaf surface, which can promote emerald-green leaves and more flowers.

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