Nowadays, people are yearning for rural life more and more, so many flower lovers will have a courtyard dedicated to growing flowers at home. They find a small world of their own in the noisy and bustling city to plant some flowers and grasses. So comfortable. What Huahua is going to introduce today is the dianthus flower, which has strong vitality and is very suitable for planting in the yard. Let’s take a look at its maintenance methods!

1. Soil maintenance

It is quite important to maintain the soil of carnation. It prefers soil with good drainage, and it also needs soil with relatively rich humus. When choosing, be sure to look for soil that has good fertilizer retention properties and is alkaline.

Here Huahua gives you a little tip on how to mix soil, which is to use common garden soil, more common compost, and sand, and mix it in a ratio of 3:1:1. This kind of soil is the one mentioned above. As mentioned above, qualified flower lovers can prepare the soil that is most suitable for dianthus flowers according to the flower formula.

2. Maintain water

Danthus flowers have relatively good drought tolerance, but in areas with rainy and over-humid conditions in my country, the soil is prone to hardening, so at this time we should promptly Loose soil and drain the soil to prevent diseases of the dianthus flowers. Except for the peak growth season of dianthus flowers, all florists should water the dianthus flowers in time. In other cases, you can water less. The main thing is to keep the soil moist.

3. Maintenance temperature

Dianthus flowers have very strong vitality and good cold resistance. Generally speaking, the maintenance temperature is very suitable to be controlled between 15 degrees and 20 degrees. In winter, The dianthus flowers will grow better if the temperature is kept above 12 degrees Celsius. The air humidity should be kept at about 75%. Flower lovers can spray some mist to adjust the humidity before the dianthus flowers bloom. This can be very effective in preventing the dianthus from blooming. The flower buds dehisce early, and also allow the dianthus flowers to grow better.

4. Maintenance of light

If you want to grow Dianthus flowers well, it is best to allow them to receive 6-8 hours of light every day. However, except in summer, Dianthus flowers are not tolerant. It is hot, so in the hot summer, the sun is too harsh. At this time, we need to shade the dianthus flowers to prevent them from being exposed to direct sunlight and causing diseases.

5. Daily fertilization

In addition, dianthus is a plant that loves fertilizer very much. In addition to applying some base fertilizer when potting, it also needs to be fertilized continuously during the growth period of dianthus. For top dressing, generally use decomposed thinner fertilizer and water. Top dressing is enough every ten days or so. Top dressing can be done after the dianthus flowers are picked. This can allow the dianthus flowers to absorb nutrients to the greatest extent and make the flowers more abundant. More, it can also prevent the dianthus flowers from developing diseases due to insufficient nutrients.

The beautiful dianthus flowers are not delicate at all and are very simple to maintain. If you have a garden at home and don’t know what flowers to grow, you might as well raise some dianthus flowers to make your yard more colorful!