How to Grow and Care for Carnations: Essential Knowledge for Every Gardener

Growing Techniques Jan 1, 1970 0 views

We are all very familiar with carnations, because they are a hugely popular cut flower at Mother's Day. We all like to use this flower to express our love for Mom, but how to grow carnations is quite a skill in itself.

When growing carnations, many people say their leaves turn yellow or whitish. In fact, among flowers and plants, carnations count as easy to grow; as long as you understand their habits, there will definitely be no problems in growing them. And they can bloom all over the pot, very beautiful.

First, for the flower pot, choose one that is fairly breathable, because carnations themselves are not plants that particularly like a lot of water, so a pot with holes at the bottom is not only breathable but also lets water flow out if you water too much. This way there will be no waterlogging, which is also very good for growth.

Second, carnations like soft soil and dislike soil that is too hard. Do not just grab some soil and use it to grow carnations; to grow good flowers you have to find suitable soil, and you can buy black soil at a flower market. It is very good for the growth of carnations, and its plentiful nutrients greatly help rooting. Only then can they bloom normally and the roots have sufficient nutrients.

Third, when growing carnations you must pay attention to temperature; do not put carnations in the sun to bake, because under baking the flowers stay open for much less time. The suitable growing temperature for carnations is around 23 degrees. In many places the temperature in winter is especially low, and in that case you must not put carnations outdoors.

One more very important point is that when carnations bloom they easily attract small insects, and at such times you must promptly spray insecticide. Otherwise the flowers will be eaten full of little holes and look not pretty at all. After spraying the insecticide, do not water right away; watering after about 2-3 days is fine.

Home Flower Growing: An Interpretation of Home Flower Growing Tips and Taboos

Many people grow flowers with a just-try-it attitude, because we do not have enough professional flower-growing knowledge, and there is much we do not understand about growing flowers. Growing flowers is actually something that requires care and patience; some flowers have very high environmental requirements for growth, so people are required to have careful observational ability.

For home flower growing, what we need to pay attention to is doing the maintenance work of home flower cultivation well, and paying attention to the influence of different climates on flowers. Repotting flowers (generally done in spring) is also a major flower-growing skill; repotting can replenish fertilizer for the flowers. When repotting, you can properly prune parts that are growing too densely or roots that have rotted. After repotting, put the flower in a shady place and water it once, and once new roots have grown, move the flower out to a place with plenty of sunlight.

You must learn to judge whether a flower lacks water. To judge whether a flower lacks water, you can tap the flower pot; if a crisp sound is made when tapping, it shows that the soil in the pot is very dry, which is a sign of lacking water, and you need to immediately replenish water for the flower. There is also the most direct way, looking with your eyes, to see what color the soil in the flower pot appears. If the soil in the flower pot appears light grayish-white, it means the pot lacks water and needs immediate replenishing. There is another way, using your hand to rub some soil to see whether the soil still has a certain stickiness; if it has become powder, then it means you need to replenish water immediately.

When growing flowers, pay attention to fertilizing; too much or too little fertilizer will affect the growth of flowers. When fertilizing, we should pay attention to fertilizing according to the season; in the flower's growing season you can appropriately increase the amount of fertilizer, but we generally recommend using the method of frequent applications in small amounts when fertilizing flowers. Also pay attention to the temperature when fertilizing; fertilizing in an environment with too high a temperature will scorch the flowers, so noon is not suitable for fertilizing flowers.

Taboos in growing flowers. Growing flowers is a task of patience and love, so the first taboo in growing flowers is that the flower grower is careless; this kind of grower generally only gives the flowers care at the time they are bought and brings them home, and afterward gradually gives less. The second taboo: avoid excessive pruning when growing flowers; sometimes we prune our flowers out of fondness, and in the pruning process avoid pursuing perfection too much and pruning too much. The third taboo: growing everything; growing flowers emphasizes slow cultivation, and some growers do not pay attention to classifying the varieties of flowers they grow and buy everything into the home; this kind of flower growing not only fails to take good care of the flowers but instead leaves more flowers idle. The fourth taboo: being fickle; some growers have only a few minutes of enthusiasm for one kind of flower, and when they see other pretty flowers they want to buy them too. This way of growing flowers will not grow them well; instead, the flowers will not get enough care and may die, and so on.

How to Grow and Care for Carnations: Essential Knowledge for Every Gardener

Home Flower Growing: An Interpretation of Home Flower Growing Tips and Taboos

An Interpretation of Home Flower Growing Tips and Taboos

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