Osmanthus likes warm, moist and relatively sunny environment, afraid of too much water, intolerant of cold, tolerate semi-shade. Seedlings need shade in the summer, avoid sun exposure to avoid sunburn. If the adult osmanthus is in a place with insufficient light for a long time, the branches and trunks are easy to grow in vain, affecting the shape of the tree, and the flowering period will also be affected.

The growing temperature of osmanthus is 18℃~28℃, and it is fine if the temperature is above -8℃ in winter, and below -8℃ will cause osmanthus tree to lose its leaves.

Watering

Osmanthus growing period, you can be diligent, 2~3 days watering once; before the flowering to keep the potting soil moist can be, when the flowering period to control the hand; summer and fall can be watered once a day, if the air is dry, you can spray water to the leaves; less watering in the winter, the potting soil does not dry for good.

Fertilizing

Potting: osmanthus in the growing and flowering period, once a month fertilization, with rotted cake fertilizer water or flowers universal fertilizer can be.

In-ground planting: just fertilize once a year in July and once in winter, and bury the fertilizer around the roots in winter.

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Changing pots

Underplanted: potted osmanthus in the height of 40cm or so, you need to change the pots once a year, in the spring, the soil with the garden soil, rotting leaf soil mixed with coarse sand to change the pots, change the pots with the appropriate shade, one week, the roots are basically stable, you can Normal maintenance.

Pest control

Disease: There are leaf blight and brown spot disease, spray with Bordeaux solution or carbendazim powder 1:1000 solution to eliminate the disease.

Pests: there are red spider, whitefly, mesquite and armyworm, spray with oxalic acid emulsion 1:1000 solution to kill.

Pruning

After flowering every year, that is winter, you can prune the branches, cut off the dead branches, the ungrown branches, and the diseased branches, to promote the growth of the new branches, and more flowers.

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