Hyacinth, also known as "narcissus", is also very common in life. Different colors of hyacinth represent different meanings, which is especially important for those who do not understand the language of flowers during love. Hyacinth is in Flower shops are a very common flower. Let’s first look at the general meaning of hyacinth.
Purple hyacinth: sadness, apology, regret, regretful love;
Blue hyacinth: noble and rich, fresh and refined, with extraordinary temperament.
White hyacinth: secret love, quiet love, pure and light love or love that dare not show it.
Red Hyacinth: Thank you for accepting me. Your passion is like fire. Your love fills my heart with red and flaming love.
Yellow Hyacinth: Happy and complete, I am very happy when you are here.
Pink hyacinth: admiration for romance, as if your heart is about to melt.
Hyacinths are favored by many literati for their graceful flowers and unique fragrance. The Song Dynasty poet Su_ once wrote in "Two Hundred Jinling Miscellaneous Poems" "Twenty-four wind news reminders." "There are flowers blooming on the road south of Guo. The garden officials want to reward them with money, so they offer hundreds of names first." The poem tells us that hyacinths bloom in early spring.
So with the progress of the times and the development of society, how to cultivate and breed hyacinths now?
In fact, hyacinths are easy to plant, and they are not afraid of flooding or drought. There are currently two methods of hyacinth cultivation: hydroponics and soil cultivation.
1. Hydroponics
1. Prepare a vase with a necked mouth - (big mouth, big bottom, thin neck. The bottleneck should not be larger than the hyacinth bulb, and slightly smaller than the bulb is best. , it is recommended to use opaque bottles, but the roots cannot be seen in opaque bottles to prevent the roots from being exposed to direct sunlight due to poor shading. The choice depends on personal preference).
2. Clean the hyacinth bulbs in the bottle, pour clean water into the vase, and the water level is slightly lower than 5mm of the bulb root plate (you can use chopsticks to roughly measure it, or you can use a ruler if conditions permit), and put it into the vase. Put the bulb on the mouth of the bottle, and put a small piece of charcoal on the mouth of the bottle to absorb impurities, or not, and then drop a few drops of nutrient solution in the water (you don’t need to drop it every time. When the growth is not good, you need to replenish the nutrient solution in time. It is best to drip nutrient solution during the germination period, and the growth will be stronger).
3. Try not to expose your roots to the sun before growing your roots. After growing your roots, place them in a sunny place to receive light for 2 hours a day (note that the water will heat up in the summer and burn the roots to death to prevent freezing in the winter). ), pay attention to changing the water frequently. Even if you put charcoal, you still need to change the water to maintain the water quality. You can change the water once a week. Lazy people can also put a piece of charcoal and change the water every 10 days or so.
4. When changing the water, you need to pay attention to prevent breaking the bulb, as the root is very brittle.
2. Soil planting
1. Prepare flower pots and mix them with soil. Hyacinths like weakly acidic soil. You can add two drops of vinegar when watering during cultivation.
2. Plant the bulbs in the soil, cover 1/3-3/4 of the bulbs with soil (how much is exposed depends on personal preference), just expose the budding position slightly, if you like the bulbs to be semi-exposed During the rooting period, pay attention to keeping the soil moist to avoid affecting rooting due to lack of water.
3. Place it in a cool and dark place to wait for rooting. After rooting, place it on the balcony in time (hyacinth likes shade, so pay attention to shade in summer).
Issues that need attention during the breeding process
1. Hyacinth likes a cool, moist and sunny environment. It has the habit of dormancy in summer, taking root in autumn and winter, sprouting new shoots in early spring, blooming in spring, and withering in summer.
2. If you want to propagate hyacinths, you need to dig up the bulbs after the flowers wither and the above-ground leaves turn yellow. After drying in the shade for 2 to 3 days, store in a cool and dry place. After the seed balls are separated and planted in autumn, new plants can be obtained (seeds can also be propagated, usually pollination of different flower colors is used to cultivate new varieties).
3. Hyacinth is an aestivating plant. Our country is too vast and flower lovers in the south need low-temperature treatment. In the autumn, the bulbs should be kept at low temperature for 2-3 months in order to stimulate the differentiation of flower buds. Otherwise, flowering in the coming year will be affected. Flower lovers in the north are in luck because they do not need cold treatment and can be planted directly.
There is also an ancient Greek legend about hyacinth. According to legend, in ancient Greek mythology, Hyacinthus, the grandson of Zeus, the plant god, and his uncles Apollo, the sun god, and Zephyrus, the west wind god, are three people. They are very good friends. They often play and play games together. The sun god Apollo and the plant god Hyacinthus are uncles and nephews, and their relationship is even closer. So they were jealous of Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, so the god of the west wind, Zephyrus, wanted to play tricks on the two friends. In a game of discus throwing, during the throwing process of Apollo, the god of the west wind changed the shape with a gentle blow. The discus flew in the direction of its friend the plant god. Unfortunately, it hit the plant god Hyacinthus. Hyacinthus bled and dyed the earth red. The sun god Apollo tried every means to save Hyacinthus. The life of Ses was of no avail, nor could he save the life of his nephew, the plant god Hyacinthus. Here, on the ground dyed red by the blood of the plant god, the "hyacinth" we are talking about today grew.