Rhododendron Cultivation Methods and Techniques
An elaboration on the cultivation methods and techniques of Rhododendron and the precautions for planting green plants for netizens concerned, the specific content is as follows:
Rhododendron's bright red fruit. The fruit is bright and juicy, matures in autumn, does not wither in winter, and is very lovely! The leaves of Rhododendron are large and dark green, the leaves are elegant and graceful, the berries are bright red and round, which are considered auspicious in folk custom. It is used as an auspicious symbol for house building, moving, male marriage, female marriage, and the birth of a child. The royal family likes to plant Rhododendron in buckets, symbolizing "unification for ten thousand years". Rhododendron symbolizes wealth, auspiciousness, peace, longevity, eternal unity, eternal youth, and long-lasting friendship, etc., which are deeply loved by people. The "Flower Mirror" says: "People in Wu area often use it for building houses, easy living, marriage proposals, and the birth of a child, all kinds of happy events, all use it as an auspicious slogan."
Rhododendron is a perennial evergreen herbaceous plant belonging to the Liliaceae family. The rhizome is short and thick, the leaves grow from the rhizome, are丛生, thick and glossy, oblanceolate, 15-50 cm long, and 2.5-7 cm wide. Between May and June, a flower stem shorter than the leaves emerges from the leaf cluster, bearing small greenish-white flowers, and the fruit is produced in October, which is a fleshy spherical fruit. It is a traditional habit to pair it with a potted plant placed in the living room or on the desk, with green leaves and full of red fruit, used as a festival offering to symbolize auspiciousness.
It prefers a warm and humid semi-shaded environment, is afraid of waterlogging and root rot, but is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and can tolerate rough management, making it an easy-to-grow ornamental leaf and fruit variety in rooms. Peasant families often plant it in shady places in groups, rely on snails for pollination, and then pot them after the fruit is set for sale. It is not easy to bear fruit in a pot, and it is necessary to prevent it from getting rainy during flowering and to perform artificial pollination. If you want to bear more fruit, you should make an effort to pollinate the inflorescence during the flowering period from May to June. Since it is a spicate inflorescence, if you only use a brush to flick the flower stem for one-time pollination, it will bear less fruit. You should flick the flower core with a brush from the bottom to the top of the flower as the flowers gradually open until the top flower is fully open. This can increase the fruiting rate. In addition, the following maintenance management should be done in coordination:
(1) In summer, place it under a shade棚 to prevent direct sunlight, otherwise, the leaves will turn yellow. Keep the air moist. Dry air will also cause the leaves to turn yellow, which will cause the plant to grow poorly and difficult to bear fruit.
(2) In spring and autumn seasons, apply a thin fertilizer solution once every 3-4 weeks to make the plant grow strong and the leaves green. Fertilization should apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers and control the amount of nitrogen fertilizer, otherwise too much nitrogen fertilizer will cause the leaves to grow excessively and it will be difficult to bloom and bear fruit. Phosphorus fertilizer should be applied in the later stage of flowering.
(3) Watering should keep the potting soil moist in summer, and it should not be too frequent in spring and autumn, slightly dry, and watering should be controlled in winter.
(4) Change the pot every April, apply enough base fertilizer, cut off the old leaves, then the new leaves will grow vigorously, and propagate by dividing the plant, with 4 buds in each pot.
Rhododendron not only has good ornamental value but also has medicinal value. After collection and processing, the flowers, leaves, and roots of Rhododendron can be used as medicine. Flowers are collected when they bloom, fresh or dried for future use, leaves are used as needed, and roots are dug in autumn and winter, removing fibrous roots, washed, fresh or dried for future use. It has the function of diuresis, clearing heat and detoxifying, and stopping bleeding.
The above introduction to the cultivation methods and techniques of Rhododendron and the precautions for planting Rhododendron is hoped to bring some knowledge of flowers to green plant enthusiasts.