Stock Flower Blooming Period Control and Edible Mushroom Disease Prevention and Control Methods

Stock, also known as grass violet, four-peach-gram, and grass stock, originated along the Mediterranean coast. It is currently widely cultivated in southern China and is the collective name for various species of plants under the genus Matthiola in the Brassicaceae family. Stock is a perennial herbaceous plant, with oblong or oblanceolate leaves, purple-red flowers, and also pale red, pale yellow, or white ones, all fragrant, with slender fruits. Stock in bloom is truly something that must be seen to be believed. Friends surely want to be able to see stock bloom at any time. Today, the editor will lead everyone to take a look at stock and learn about methods for controlling its blooming period.

Methods for Controlling the Blooming Period of Stock Flowers

1. Choose different varieties. According to differences in blooming periods, plant selectively and purposefully so that blooming occurs as desired.

2. Adopt different sowing times. According to the characteristics of stock, if sown in a greenhouse, seedlings can emerge when the temperature reaches 18-20°C. Sown in February, it can bloom in May; sown in March, it has flowers in June. In this way, the blooming period can be controlled.

3. Supplement lighting. Because stock is a long-day plant, after buds appear during winter greenhouse cultivation, turn on lights for 4-5 hours every day when there is no sunlight, or provide 2-3 hours of light at midnight, until blooming. Install the supplementary light source at a position 1 m above the upper part of the plant.

4. Gibberellin treatment. In order to make it bloom earlier, a gibberellin solution containing 5 mg per 100 ml can be applied to the flower buds to promote earlier blooming. Drain in time. Its petals are shredded in shape and unusually beautiful. It can be used as a flowering groundcover plant or for flower beds, potted flowers, and cut flowers.

Common cultivated species of stock

1. Large-flowered Lychnis fulgens. Cold-tolerant, plant height 30-80 cm, flower diameter about 5 cm, 7-10 flowers clustered at the top of the branches, flowers deep red, blooming period June-September.

2. Lychnis coronata. Plant height 40-80 cm, flowers pale red to rose red, blooming period May-July.

3. Lychnis chalcedonica. Plant height 40-60 cm, flowers red, hence also called bright red Lychnis, blooming period April-June.

4. Lychnis senno. Plant height about 60 cm, flowers red or with white stripes, blooming period July-September.

5. Lychnis coronata. Plant height 50-90 cm, flowers red, sometimes with orange or pure white spots, blooming period June-August, mostly planted under forests.

6. Lychnis fulgens. Plant height 60-90 cm, flowers light orange-red or white, terminal, several in clusters, blooming period June-August.

The methods for controlling the blooming period of stock are introduced here. I hope they can help everyone. Stock has abundant flowers, bright flower colors, rich fragrance, a long blooming period, and long inflorescences. It is an ornamental flower loved by many people.