Lipstick flower cultivation methods and precautions

Soil selection for lipstick flower

Lipstick flowers like acidic soil, so it is best to choose slightly acidic potting soil for planting lipstick flowers. You can choose peat soil, sand and vermiculite to make the culture soil. You can add an appropriate amount of calcium phosphate to the soil. Alternatively, you can mix leaf mold and coarse sand in a ratio of 8:2 , and then add a small amount of decomposed animal manure or compound fertilizer for cultivation.

How to water lipstick flowers

March to September every year is the growing season of lipstick flower. The temperature is also relatively high during this period, and the plant requires a large amount of water. It needs to be watered or sprayed frequently to increase the air humidity. Try to open windows frequently for ventilation in summer. After autumn, gradually reduce the amount of watering to improve the plant's resistance to cold.

Temperature requirements for lipstick flowers

The growth temperature of lipstick flower is 18-30 ℃, and the optimum temperature is around 25 ℃. Its cold resistance is relatively poor, and the wintering temperature is above 12 ℃. In winter, the potted plants need to be brought indoors in time for maintenance, and direct cold wind should be avoided.

Lipstick flower light requirements

Red spider plant likes to grow in a semi-shady environment. Except for the strong light at noon in midsummer, it should be given sufficient light at other times of the year. If you find that the leaves of the lipstick flower turn red during the maintenance process, it is mainly because the room temperature is too low or the light is too strong. At this time, you need to raise the room temperature in time. Being in a low temperature environment for a long time can easily cause. The leaves fall off and the branches dry up.

Lipstick flower fertilization method

Lipstick flowers usually require less fertilizer. Apply some decomposed liquid fertilizer every two weeks. It is better to have a dilute fertilizer rather than a concentrated one.

Adding an appropriate amount of livestock hoof horn slices and broken bones as base fertilizer when potting can help it grow well. During the peak growth period of the lipstick flower, apply decomposed organic fertilizer liquid once every 15 to 20 days. After summer, apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, such as 0.1% solution of potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 20 times solution of decomposed fish viscera water, bone water, etc.

Lipstick flower cultivation precautions

After the lipstick flower is potted, the soil should be kept moist, but not too wet. If water accumulates, the roots will easily rot or cause leaves to fall. Spray water mist on the leaves frequently and keep the air humidity at around 80% .

In the hot summer, shade is needed, with a shading degree of about 50% . Alternatively, you can hang the lipstick flower under the balcony trellis and use bamboo curtains to provide shade, or hang the pot on the inside of south-facing doors and windows where there is plenty of scattered light.

Lipstick flowers should avoid wind blowing their branches and vines to prevent their drooping stems from being worn off by the edge of the pot. As the weather gradually gets cooler in autumn, you should gradually reduce the amount of watering and fertilizing.