If you drop it in the pot, the cuckoo will never have yellow leaves again, and the flowering pot will explode 100!

Maintenance points 1: Rhododendron likes acid.

I don't know if any friends have found that their azalea leaves turn yellow easily, and it is difficult to turn green even if they are poured with ferrous sulfate. Why is this? Actually, it has something to do with the soil. Rhododendrons like acidic soil. If the soil is alkaline, it will get angry.

So what can be done to get acidic soil? Every household will use white vinegar, which can be used not only for seasoning, but also to adjust the pH of the soil!

Every time you water azaleas, drop a few drops of white vinegar into the water, so that you can get an acidic soil.

Of course, if you are a friend who is planted in the ground or in trouble, you can bury sulfur powder in the soil. Sulfur powder will be oxidized after being buried, which will also make it acidic.

Maintenance point 2: Fertilization

Rhododendron is a plant that likes fertilizer very much, but it is prone to fertilizer damage. Fertilizing azaleas must follow the principle of "thin application and diligent application", otherwise it will not be worth the loss because of improper fertilization.

Now it's the flowering period of azaleas, so I'll mix cake fertilizer with water and give it to azaleas. Cake fertilizer can provide nutrients for azaleas and ensure the nutrients needed for flowering.

Of course, light cake fertilizer is not enough, and I will use urea, because azaleas are plants with new buds, and their branches have to grow well if they want to bloom well.

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Urea is a high nitrogen fertilizer, which can promote the growth of branches, and more flower buds can be differentiated after the branches grow.

Usually, if fertilization is applied, cake fertilizer and urea will be used alternately, and cake fertilizer will be used this week and urea will be used next week to ensure the comprehensive supply of nutrients.

Maintenance point three: reasonable pruning

The single flower of rhododendron can bloom for a long time, but once it fails, it needs to be cut off to avoid the inhibition of nutrient diversion on later flowering.

Also, the weak branches should be trimmed, and the weak branches can't produce big flowers ~

As shown in the above figure, one-third of the branches are cut off with scissors after failure, which is enough to enhance internal ventilation, strengthen illumination and promote branch growth.

After pruning, water and fertilizer management should be done well, and it can bloom again at the end of June, which can prolong the flowering time.

Maintenance point 4: pests and diseases

Rhododendron has been planted for three years, and it is found that it is very easy to grow red spiders and brown spots, especially in rainy season, which needs management.

Red spider is a kind of tetranychus urticae. It will suck the juice of plants and will not cause death, but it will seriously affect its photosynthesis and lead to the decrease of flowers.

If brown spot occurs, a large area of brown to dark brown spots will appear, and in severe cases, people will die! So don't take it lightly.

Avermectin can be sprayed once a week for three or four times in a row to kill the red spider. Remember to spray it on the back of the leaves, which is the hardest hit area of Starscream.

In case of brown spot disease, spray 800 times thiophanate-methyl solution or 1000 times leaf spot solution to kill it, and spray it 10 times a day for 2~3 times continuously, and the effect is good.

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In fact, azaleas are very good flowers.

As long as you master the method,

And make the cuckoo at home explode!