Good morning to all of Steemit's friends, hopefully on this beautiful morning they are all in good health, and more successful to work at Steemit. On this occasion I will share a little about the beauty and how to plant Asoka flowers. Asoka flowers are often used as ornamental flowers are planted in the garden or yard of the house. Although it does not emit a fragrant aroma like roses and jasmine but this flower contains many nectar. Nectar is what invites a lot of butterflies to settle on it. The bright floral colors coupled with beautiful butterflies will give you a very beautiful view.
How to Cultivate Asoka Flowers
Initially this flower is a shrubs commonly found in forests. Beautiful flower shape and bright colors that radiate to make a lot of people interested to bring this plant home and used as an ornamental plant. Along with the development of science, currently widely developed Asoka hybrid flowers that have more varied floral colors. This plant is a type of plant that requires a lot of sunlight, therefore it is suitable for planting in the open. Here is the process of Asoka flower cultivation.
How to Ashoka Flower Nursery
To obtain Asoka flower seeds can be obtained by vegetative way. You can take part of Asoka tree trunk that has been aged and then used as a plant seed. Choose that has at least 15 cm long, then put this in a medium of seedlings that are in a humid and shady climate. The goal is that the rod that is used as a fast bit takes root and grow new shoots. This will make it easier for you to plant this flower.
How to Plant Asoka Flower
After the seeds have started to remove the roots, the next step is the process of planting. But before planting flowers Asoka certainly need to prepare the media plant first. Planting media can be made from a mixture of soil with organic fertilizer (manure or compost).
Mix the two ingredients above with a ratio of 1: 1. You can use a medium pot or polybag, make a hole with a depth of about 5 to 10 cm. Plant the seeds in a perpendicular state, then cover the hole with the ground. Flatten the ground while pressed slightly in order to hold the plant so as not to tilt. Preferably when the process of planting is done in the afternoon or morning when the sun is not too hot.
Ways to Care for Ashoka Flower
Asoka's flower treatment is quite easy to do. At the time of initial growth you just do watering every morning. Meanwhile, when the flowers have begun to grow can be given additional fertilizer once a month, this is to maintain the availability of nutrients on planting media.
In addition to both of the above also need to do the maintenance of the fire like cleaning weeds that grow around the plant. It needs to be done also weeding and the cutting of the plant stems that start drying up. In addition to inhibiting growth, dry plant parts will make the appearance of Asoka's flowers become less pleasurable.
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