Rhododendron k is Rose Hibiscus, a plant of the genus Hibiscus in the mallow family.

Rose eggplant, also known as cardinal k, loropetalum, loropetalum, loropetalum, loropetalum, loropetalum, belongs to the mallow family hibiscus annual erect herb, native to West Africa, now cultivated all over the world in the tropics, and introduced into cultivation in China, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, and south of Yunnan Province.

How to plant rosehips

1, soil

Rosehips are afraid of waterlogging and not afraid of drought, it is appropriate to choose sunny, deep soil, well-drained sandy loam planting. Apply 1000-1500 kilograms of farmyard fertilizer per acre.

2, density

According to the land fertility, plant spacing: 0.6-0.8 cm, sowing 1300-1500 ponds per acre is appropriate.

3, sowing time

Sowing before soaking the seed 12 hours, mid-late April to early May sowing is more appropriate, spot sowing of 3-4 grains per pond; the use of nutrient bowl seedling transplantation, in the height of a seedling 12-15 centimeters in time for transplantation.

4, water and fertilizer

Rose eggplant does not need a lot of water and fertilizer, but the land is too poor to properly apply fertilizer. Watering 20 kg of compound fertilizer per acre, 8 kg of urea, 5 kg of zinc fertilizer for seedling lifting; 30 kg of compound fertilizer per acre before flowering, 20 kg of potassium sulfate to meet the needs of flowering.

5, spraying pesticides

Spraying pesticides to prevent insect pests must be carried out before flowering, the flowering period is strictly prohibited spraying pesticides, so as to avoid the drug poison retained in the calyx, affecting the yield.