Gardenia is not easy to raise? Learn three tricks not to be afraid of yellow leaves and buds.

Many people like gardenia very much, the color is white, the taste is sweet, but it is not easy to raise, especially for the flower friends in the north, it is especially easy to drop yellow leaves and rot roots, so how to prevent this phenomenon?

First, the reason for the bud loss of gardenia flower

Many new gardenia bought by flower friends are full of buds, but they all fall off before they bloom. Flower friends don't know what's going on. In fact, the reason is very simple.

That is, the gardenia does not adapt to the environment, because the gardenia bought by flower friends are maintained in the greenhouse, while the greenhouse is generally very hot and humid, which is the environment that gardenia likes.

Flower friends can do this.

Gardenia just returned home, first put in the scattered light, watered through, let it slowly adapt to the environment, gradually moved to the environment with sufficient light, the growth will slowly recover.

Second, the cause of yellow leaves

Gardenia flowers grow buds but do not open, the main reason is not enough light watering and lack of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Gardenia should be put on the sunny south balcony right away.

Lack of fertilizer

Insufficient watering

Lack of light

Gardenia should be put on the sunny south balcony right away.

At the flowering stage, phosphorus and potassium can promote the growth and opening of the bud. During the budding and flowering period of Gardenia jasminoides, organic liquid fertilizer dominated by phosphorus was applied twice a week, such as cake fertilizer and water.

Gardenia likes acid, if the water and soil are alkaline, then it must be yellow leaves. The solution is to buy special soil for gardenia, and then add a few drops of vinegar to the water to improve alkaline water quality when watering.

Third, how to trim gardenia

Gardenia in the growth process, grow a lot of small lateral buds, consume a lot of nutrients, in the maintenance process, should be cut off in time. After the gardenia flower fades, cut it off in time to promote the germination of the new bud, and when the new bud grows to two or three nodes, you can pick the heart. At the same time, part of the axillary buds can be cut off to promote the growth of the main branches.