How to grow bitter water rose

1. Maintenance methods

1. Temperature: It is best to be between 15 and 28 degrees, because warmth is more suitable for it. Neither too hot nor too cold is suitable. In summer, provide as much ventilation as possible. In winter, you can cover the plants to keep them warm, or move them directly indoors if they are potted plants.

2. Light: Bitter Water Rose is light-loving and can tolerate partial shade. Complete shade is definitely not acceptable, as it will seriously affect the quality of its flowering. Therefore, during the fast-growing and flowering stages, good diffuse light needs to be provided, but only slight shading is required at noon. Generally speaking, if it is raised in the north, only shade in summer is needed.

3. Watering: Supplementing sufficient water has a great impact on its growth and flowering. Especially when it is flowering, if there is sufficient but not excessive water, it will bloom more flowers. Therefore, it is more appropriate to keep the substrate slightly moist but not waterlogged.

4. Fertilization: In addition to the base fertilizer mixed into the soil, fertilizers should also be applied regularly. Generally speaking, it is once every two weeks.

2. Breeding techniques

1. Reproduction: Various asexual reproduction methods can be used, such as cuttings. It can be done in mid-March. It is more appropriate to use hard branches for cuttings. After cutting it, you can treat it with rooting powder first. The matrix can be prepared with materials such as perlite, peat soil, and vermiculite. Do not insert it too deep. Then place it in a cool place where the temperature is not too high.

2. Pruning: In order to increase the number of side branches, an important pruning task is to pinch the tips, so that there will be more flowers. In addition, diseased, insect-infested, and dried branches and leaves should be cut off in time. Also, if it is used for viewing, its plant shape must be appropriately trimmed.

3. Problem diagnosis and treatment

1. Diseases: The most common disease is rust, which is most serious from June to July. Once discovered, it must be cut off in time and treated with oxycarboxin.

2. Pests: There are mainly two types of pests, one is "aphids" and the other is "beetles", which seriously damage tender leaves. Pests can be eliminated using drugs such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane.