The plantain is also known as blossom, according to Buddhism, the plantain is from the Buddha's toes, flowing out of the blood into. Plantain's flowering period in June to October, in the hot weather, the flower big colorful plantain, in the sun to bloom, give people a strong quality, this vibrant vitality.

Because the plantain has so many advantages, so many flower lovers like to breed. We can keep it in front of the patio or in a small yard, or as a potted plant indoors. Because plantain can absorb toxic gases, yellow flowers of plantain purification ability is a little stronger. Then how to raise it in summer?

Beautiful plantain like full sunlight

Beautiful plantain like full sunlight, can long time resistance to the hot sun, so we planted plantain in the yard, need to plant in the sunny place.

Potted plantain, outdoor open culture, we can put in a sunny place to culture. In indoor plantain, we can keep it near the south balcony, or on the rooftop, to give her the sunniest place.

Happy with humidity

Beauty plantain can be said to be very suitable for the summer to raise, tolerate strong sunlight, can also tolerate a short period of stagnant water, but afraid of long-term stagnation of water, or else prone to rotting the roots of the situation.

We water plantain in summer, you can let the potting soil slightly moist, rainy season, you need to stop watering. In the outdoor cultivation of plantain, if there is too much stagnant water, you need to remove the stagnant water, to prevent the emergence of long-term stagnant water leading to root rot.

When the weather is dry, we also need to spray water around the plantain, and also spray water to the branches and leaves, do not spray water to the flowers of the plantain, to prevent rotting, which can play a role in increasing the humidity of the air, which is conducive to the plantain's flowering and growth.

And also to do a good job of ventilation management, but the plantain is afraid of too windy environment, easy to blow the plantain down, so also pay some attention.

Fertilizer

Beautiful plantain is more fertilizer-loving, because the flowering period of the plantain is longer and the growth is more rapid, so it needs more fertilizer, so we can add 15% rotted manure fertilizer in the pot when planting.

Also in the growing period, need to fertilize often, if the plantain lacks phosphorus fertilizer, the plant will become thin and weak, and will only grow stems and leaves, bloom little or no bloom. We can fertilize the plantain every ten days or so before it blooms, or a water-soluble fertilizer of potassium dihydrogen phosphate, so that it can play a role in promoting the flowers, so that the plantain will bloom more and more brightly.

Pruning residual flowers

Plantain in the growing period, need to be pruned, pruning is mainly in the flowering after pruning, as well as after the frost pruning. The main purpose of pruning after flowering is to reduce nutrient loss and promote the formation of new flowering branches. After frost pruning is mainly to cut off the yellow branches and leaves, and then dig out the rhizomes and save them for planting next year.

Pruning after summer flowers is mainly to cut off the residual flowers in a timely manner to prevent the flowers from drying out and then branching to affect the beauty, and easy to form seeds, resulting in nutrient loss. After we cut off the residual flowers, we can let the beauty plantain grow new flower branches, and then bloom again and more and beautiful.

The origin of the name of beauty plantain

About the origin of the name of beauty plantain, there is a beautiful legend, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang in the battle of Gaixia, Yu Ji after cutting her own throat, the phase soul is not scattered, and followed Xiang Yu to the Wujiang River. Xiang Yu saw that the power was gone, he refused to cross the Wujiang River and cut his own throat, and turned into a king's whip. Yu Ji turned into a beauty plantain, growing next to the Overlord whip, because the leaves are like bananas, and the flowers are brightly colored as if they were beauties, so they got the name beauty plantain.

Beautiful plantain on the air of fluoride, chlorine and sulfur dioxide and other toxic gases, have the function of absorption, including yellow flowers of the plantain to purify the air the strongest ability. So like plantain flower friends, you can plant some yellow plantain at home, not only can purify the air, but also beautiful, the key is the breeding method is also simple.

The plantain has many colors, and the flower is big and colorful, the breeding method is simple, and it can also absorb indoor toxic gases, it is a very worthwhile to have a flower, especially in the summer. Do you like plantain?