Folk and traditional information on the use of hibiscus flowers

Hibiscus flowers have in addition to its majestic beauty, also exhibits spectacular health properties, in this post discover how to care for hibiscus and tricks to maintain its flowers.

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▶ In relation to fertilization, stubble, leguminous trees and green manures can be used as plant nutrients. Fresh cattle manure can be used as a supplement and applied as a foliar fertilizer.

While for pest control, among the pests that attack the flower of Jamaica we have the zompopo and tortoises which attack mostly the leaves of the plant; to control them you can use aqueous extract of nim, traps and hormonal preparations, as for the diseases of Jamaica rose can be caused by mildew and Phytophtora causing blight on the leaves.

While for the management of seed germination includes a series of processes that begins with the imbibition of water and culminates with the emergence of the seedling through the covers. Germination is defined as the emergence and development of those essential structures that come from the embryo and that manifest the capacity of the seed to produce a normal plant under favorable conditions.

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Seed dormancy is mainly due to four conditions such as the presence of a hard testa that the embryo cannot break, impermeable testa that prevents water and air from entering the embryo, rudimentary or not fully formed embryo, and when the embryo is physiologically immature or the presence of inhibitors in the testa or in the endosperm that prevent the initial development of the embryo.

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The threatened flowering plants of Jamaica.

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