Papaya begonias are widely used plants in gardens, and now patio potted papaya begonias are also very popular. So, what is the breeding method of papaya begonias? Below with me to see it.
Papaya Begonia culture
1. Planting: generally planted in the ground, can also be potted to make bonsai, spring planting, avoid water damage, should be planted in the terrain is not easy to high water, sunny places. The soil is neutral alkaline, pH value is not less than 7. The top quality is required to be loose, but not too fertile, too fertile easy to cause growth, flowering reduced. Planting hole should be determined according to the size of the root system, should not be too deep and too large, in order to be able to stretch open the root system is good. The depth of planting is 10 centimeters of water from the ground. It is best to plant with soil clusters. Water well after planting.
2. Light and temperature: Begonia is suitable for growth in a light environment, in the shade of the environment is poor growth. If potted plants, the growing period should be placed in a well-lit place. In winter, it will not be harmed by freezing under the low temperature of -15℃, and it can be overwintered outdoors in the open ground. But in the cold abnormal winter, it is necessary to take measures to prevent cold.
3. Watering and fertilization: watering combined with fertilization. Every autumn after the fall of the leaves to apply a large fertilizer to supplement the nutrients consumed by the flowers and fruits, to the application of well-rotted organic fertilizer is good. At the same time combined with winter irrigation watering. Before the spring buds shade move 1 time to apply organic fertilizer, and watering 1 time thorough watering. Autumn and winter fertilization methods vary according to the age of the tree, young trees ring pick Tao fertilization, ring from the roots of the tree within 100 cm; older trees radial digging Tao fertilization; older trees combined with the exclusion of grass in the crown of the tree sprinkled with organic fertilizer, after the application of fertilizer into the ground after 30 cm, after the flower shedding of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, in order to ensure that a certain rate of fruiting. At the same time, pay attention to watering.
4. Shaping and pruning: Begonia buds are mostly differentiated from the terminal buds, and the short and medium fruiting branches are the main flowering branches, so we should keep the short and medium fruiting branches. The long branches should be short cut, and should also be cut out too dense branches, dry branches, pests and diseases, and then pruned according to the desired tree shape. If you want to make the crown complete, it is sparse to raise sparse, cut the over-dense branches,, while the sparse branches of the parts of the pendant cut, in order to make it more lateral branches, plain vacancies.
Papaya Begonia Breeding Precautions
1. Winter Papaya Begonia after the fall of the leaves should be a pruning and shaping of the plant, cut out the withered branches, weak branches, as well as other branches affecting the modeling, and leave more strong branches, so that the next year's flowers and fruits are plentiful.
2. Papaya begonias are cold hardy, can be left outdoors in the winter in a sheltered sunny place to overwinter, it is best to bury the pots into the ground, but also can be placed in the room above 0 ℃, the temperature is too high plant will germinate early, but on the contrary, the growth of the second year of growth is not favorable, so the maximum temperature should not exceed 10 ℃, in order to make the papaya begonias full of dormancy.
Papaya Begonia Care Knowledge
Papaya Begonia transplanting and potting should be carried out in the early spring, should come with a mound of soil, and cut the main root short, leaving more lateral roots. Planted with neutral to slightly acidic, loose and fertile sandy soil, and applied to the end of rotted cake fertilizer as a base fertilizer. After survival in the outdoor sunny place maintenance, growing period to keep the potting soil moist but not waterlogged. early April to the foliar spray a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to promote buds healthy, to the later flowering and fruiting to provide sufficient nutrition. Due to the potting soil is less, nutrients are limited, the fruit can not be too much, generally leave 3 to 5 fruits per pot can be, the rest of the fruit should be removed as soon as possible, so as not to consume too much nutrients, affecting the normal growth of the plant. Apply once a month? Alum fertilizer water? , to prevent soil alkalization, and make the fruit big flavor. Maintenance in the head of frequent centering, to maintain the shape of the plant are beautiful.
After the winter leaves fall on the plant for a pruning and shaping, cut out dead branches, weak branches and other branches affecting the shape, and leave more strong branches, so that the next year's flowers and fruits. Papaya hardy, winter can be left outdoors in a sunny place sheltered from the wind over winter, it is best to bury the pot into the ground, can also be placed in the room above 0 ℃, the temperature is too high plant will germinate early, but the growth of the second year of growth is unfavorable, so the maximum temperature should not exceed 10 ℃, so as to make the plant fully dormant. Every 1 to 2 years, turn the pot in early spring.
Can papaya begonia fruit be eaten
It can be eaten.
Papaya begonias are deciduous shrubs or small trees, up to 7 meters high, without branch thorns; branchlets terete, purplish-red, yellowish tomentose when young; bark flaky off, backward traces of significant. Leaf blade elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 5-9 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, apex acute, base cuneate or subrounded, margin spinose-aristate serrulate, teeth terminated with glands, surface glabrous, sparsely pilose along nerves when young, abaxially densely yellow-white tomentose when young; petiole stout, 1-1.5 cm long, yellow-white tomentose, with clavate glands on top on both sides; stipules membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, 7-15 mm long, apex acuminate. 15 mm, apex acuminate, margin glandular-toothed, pilose along leaf veins. Flowers solitary at short branch ends, 2.5-3 cm in diam.; pedicel stubby, 5-10 mm, glabrous; calyx tube outside glabrous; calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, ca. 7 mm, apex long acuminate, margin sparsely glandular-toothed, outside glabrous or sparsely pilose, inside densely light brown tomentose, longer than calyx tube, reflexed when fruiting; petals obovate, reddish; stamens ca. 5 mm; style ca. 6 mm, puberulent. pilose. Pear fruit long ellipsoidal, 10-15 cm long, deep yellow, glossy, flesh woody, slightly acidic, astringent, aromatic, shortly pedicellate. Flowering in April, fruiting in September-October.