In rural areas, people who like to grow flowers can plant them in their own yard. When they go to the city, the most distressing thing for flower lovers is that there is no suitable place to grow flowers. Generally speaking, the growth of flowers has a great relationship with light and temperature. In fact, in order to raise flowers well, the main thing is to provide a suitable environment for the growth of flowers. The following is to share with you the flower friend balcony flower experience, for your reference and learning.
First of all, let's talk about a few places of urban buildings and flowers: Generally speaking, there are several places where people live in the city to raise flowers, such as roofs, balconies, balconies, windowsills (including bay windows) and small yards. One of the most ideal is the south facing courtyard, terrace, balcony, bay window. The following are the above several cases to express the maintenance point of view.
1. Terrace and courtyard
If you can make a small greenhouse on the terrace and yard, you will not worry about it in winter. The area of the terrace and courtyard is more than 5 square meters. I don't recommend that all the patio and courtyard be sealed into greenhouse (except for those with multiple terraces and courtyard). It is suggested that the proportion of closed balcony should be 60% - 75%. Because some flowers can be moved outdoors in the weather with the temperature allowed (spring, summer and Autumn), which is good for flowers and can strengthen their resistance.
And at this time can also give the greenhouse, (greenhouse, flower cellar) sufficient ventilation. Because of the long-term closure in winter, it is easy to breed pathogens. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen ventilation and drying in summer and autumn. Prepare for winter use the next year. Conditional also can install exhaust fan, electric fan, humidifier, winter heating equipment, etc.
2. Roof
The practice of the roof is not the same as that of the terrace. In the city, if the conditions permit, it is also a good choice to use the roof space to grow flowers, but there are more factors to be considered, so we need to pay attention to a few points.
1. There should be convenient access to the roof;
2. Coordinate the neighborhood relations, try to build the flower shed on their own roof to avoid unnecessary disputes;
3. During the construction of flower shed, the roof shall not be damaged to avoid water leakage;
4. The cooling measures should be strengthened in summer and thermal insulation measures should be strengthened in winter;
5. The flower shed should be strong enough to resist the attack of wind, rain and hail, and lightning protection measures should be taken;
6. Pay attention to strengthen the anti-theft measures.
3. Balcony
In the city, most lovers grow flowers on the balcony. Close the balcony. And then install a guardrail and bracket outside the balcony, so that no matter it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, you can grow flowers. According to the shape and location of your balcony. Do some shelves layered flowers, but also can be installed on the top of the balcony hanging clothes pole, make full use of the sun and limited space. The width of the shelf is between 300 mm and 500 mm, and the floor height is about 200 mm-300 mm.
The number of layers is determined according to sunlight and your own needs. The design bearing capacity of balcony is 250kg / m2. Heavier flowerpots should be placed on the inside of the balcony as far as possible. Winter balcony should have heating or insulation measures. Flowers with strong cold resistance should be placed outside, while flowers with weak cold resistance should be placed inside.
4. Window sill (bay window)
In addition to the balcony, there is a window sill that can be used. There are many houses without balcony. If you want to raise flowers, the best way is to use the windowsill. New houses generally have bay windows. The width of bay window sill is about 500mm, which is a good place for flower cultivation. And hang curtains along the window in winter. The windowsill is located indoors, so you don't have to worry about the flowers being frozen. Fans who don't have bay windows or balconies can only rely on themselves.
Seal a window set with the same width as the bay window outside the window, with the width less than 600mm. It's a last resort to grow flowers. This way of raising flowers is more troublesome in winter. In winter, the flowers are moved indoors at night, and they are put in the window set outside during the day (the temperature can drop below 0 ℃ in winter). The windows must be south facing.
Maintenance points and precautions
1. Illumination
The growth of flowers and plants is closely related to the surrounding environment. It is very important that the artificial environment can make the growth of flowers and plants better protected in the family environment. But remember to make full use of natural conditions so that your flowers can grow healthily and healthily. The balcony, terrace, windowsill (including bay windows) and courtyard orientation are very important. It is best to be due north and south, so that flowers can get the most energy for growth.
The second is the easterly flowers, which can get the most comfortable light, and have a longer light time, and avoid the cool sun in summer, and winter is also reduced by the wind. The west side is a very chicken ribs environment, the lighting time can basically guarantee about 4 hours in winter, but the sun is too hot in Xiamen and the northwest wind is cold in winter night. Protection measures must be strengthened in these two seasons.
In the north, some shade tolerant and shade loving flowers can be cultivated in late spring, summer and winter, which is not suitable for breeding succulent plants for a long time. Each orientation can be used in different stages of flower growth. According to the amount of sunshine needed by flowers and the intensity of sunshine in each season, necessary sunshade measures should be taken. There must be heat preservation and heating measures in areas where the temperature is below 0 ℃ for a long time in winter.
2. Watering
Watering is generally based on the degree of dryness of soil and air; the amount of water required by plants should be watered more in the growing period and less in the dormancy period; in summer, it is better to water before the morning and after sunset at night; in winter, it should be watered according to the temperature and growth conditions. The water that is beneficial to plant growth is the water that the soil can provide the root of plant continuously under the condition of air permeability and moisture.
The advantage of growing flowers on the ground lies in this. The soil floor can continuously provide the evaporation of moisture to the plants in the flower pot, and the flowers in the flower cellar can be watered for a long time in summer. It's hard to live in a building. If there are balconies and balconies, you can try to lay a layer of 10 mm-20 mm thick medium sand on the ground or flower bed, and half bury the flowerpot inside, which can play a certain role in water retention.
3. Ventilation
It is necessary to cultivate flowers and ventilate in a closed environment. Changing fresh air is conducive to the growth of plants and reduce the growth of bacteria in the closed environment. Avoid plant diseases. Keep ventilation as long as possible in summer, ventilate when the temperature is high in winter, and ventilate according to temperature and air drying degree in spring and autumn.
Ventilation should be combined with the environment inside the shed. In order to make the flowers grow healthily, we must observe the flowers more and adjust the breeding methods according to their habits, growth conditions and growth environment.
4. Pest prevention
Flower pest control is a key step to the success of flower cultivation. Let's introduce the common pest prevention of family flower cultivation.
scale. When the ventilation is not good, it is easy to produce scale insects. It is characterized by the first appearance of white hairs like cotton, and then the appearance of oval insects from needle tip to rice grain size. Scale insects belong to piercing sucking pests. There is a layer of wax on the surface of the body, which can isolate the liquid medicine. Therefore, the general stomach toxic insecticides are ineffective to scale insects. To eliminate scale insects, insecticides containing wax melting agent should be used. I use plant insecticidal king. Scale insects are very easy to recur, so the body and white hair should be removed, especially the scale insects hidden in the leaf folds can be removed by brush, probe and other tools.
Another way is to start a fire quickly. The white hairs of scale insects are as flammable as catkins, and can be burned off with a single fire. I used a lighter to kill the scale insects on the pocket coconut trees, and it worked very well. But this method should pay attention to two points, one is to master the fire baking time, a little longer time will burn flowers and leaves, the other is if the method is not used properly, it may cause fire, minors can not use.
Red spider, aphid, whitefly. This kind of pest is very harmful to flowers, but common insecticides can kill this kind of insect. My glass green, dripping Guanyin have given birth to red spiders, as long as thorough spray, or can quickly eliminate clean.
Insect pests in the soil, flying small black insects. This kind of insect pest is often caused by the fertilizer in the soil is not completely decomposed. The effective way to deal with this kind of pest is to soak a large number of cigarette butts in water for a day, then filter, dilute with water, and then pour it into the flowerpot, pour it thoroughly, and irrigate it twice or three times.
earthworm. Earthworms are beneficial insects in farmland, but in flowerpots, earthworms will make a large number of caves in the basin soil, and their feces will form hard soil balls, which will have adverse effects on plant growth. It is found that earthworms can be removed manually when changing pots, and can also be irrigated with double diluent of bromothrin.
