Watering method Kumquat likes humidity but avoids water accumulation. Too much watering can easily lead to root rot. During home maintenance, the watering time should be determined according to the home maintenance environment. When it is dry in spring, spray water on the leaves once a day to increase the air humidity. Spray water 2-3 times a day in summer, and spray water on the ground. When watering, you should avoid water dripping on the flowers, which will cause the flowers to rot and affect the results.
Light requires kumquat to like sunny environment, and it should be kept in sunny place when it is maintained. If the light is insufficient, it is easy to cause plants to grow white, with few flowers and few fruits. When the temperature is high and the light is strong in summer, kumquat should be kept in the shade. The indoor temperature in winter should not freeze. If the room temperature is too high, the plant will not be fully dormant, and its growth will be weak in the second year, and it is easy to drop flowers and fruits.
Temperature requires kumquat to like a warm and refreshing environment. Kumquat should be moved indoors when the temperature is lower than 10 in autumn, and it is best to keep the growth temperature at 6- 12 in winter. If the temperature is too low, it is easy to suffer from freezing injury, while if the temperature is too high, it will affect the dormancy of plants, which is not conducive to flowering and fruiting in the coming year.
Fertilization method Potted kumquat needs proper water and fertilizer management, and quick-acting phosphate fertilizer, such as calcium superphosphate, is applied once when the branches are long, so as to prevent the branches from growing white and promote flower bud differentiation and flowering and fruiting.
Pruning requires pruning is an important technical measure to make kumquat flowers flourish. In order to make the tree beautiful and bear more fruits, before the spring buds germinate, some annual branches are cut off, and 2 ~ 3 buds are left for the strong ones, and 3 pruned 1 annual branches are left for each plant, which is beneficial to the spring buds germination. When the new bud grows to 15 ~ 20 cm, the branches will be full.
Pest control kumquat branches and leaves are often harmed by scale insects, red spiders and phoenix disc larvae. Among them, scale insects are more common, and the occurrence period is from April to May, and acephate can be sprayed with 1000 times of liquid medicine; Pests can also be brushed with small brushes.
Potted kumquat has lush foliage, evergreen seasons, fragrant flowers, soft white flowers and yellow-red fruits when they are ripe. It has certain ornamental value for ornamental leaves, flowers and fruits, and it is also very common at home. The cultivation methods of kumquat are introduced here, hoping to help everyone.