Gardenia summer maintenance trilogy luxuriant foliage, beautiful plant type without flowers also beautiful

The flowering period of Gardenia jasminoides is concentrated in spring and early summer. Due to different regions and climates, the florescence of Gardenia is also slightly different. But most of the florescence is from April to June, except Gardenia jasminoides. After the early summer, the gardenia in many flower friends' homes have passed their flowering period and entered a period of vigorous growth of branches and leaves. At this time, the culture management should not be relaxed, because it determines the plant type and flowering effect of gardenia in the coming year. Gardenia cultivation in summer, do the following three points, luxuriant branches and leaves, beautiful plant type, even if there are no flowers.

1. Light. Gardenia likes a warm and humid environment and sufficient scattered light. Summer is sunny and warm, but it is the best time to manage gardenia with few diseases. Family breeding gardenia, the best location is a balcony with sufficient scattered light and a shaded courtyard to keep light for 6 hours a day to avoid direct sunlight and prevent leaves from sunburn. Many flower friends' gardenia have the phenomenon of scorched edges of leaves in summer, mostly due to sunburn caused by not giving it shade in time.

two。 Adequate fertilizer and water management. Some flower friends think that gardenia has passed the flowering period, the requirements for water and fertilizer are not so high, coupled with the high temperature in summer, fertilization is afraid of burning roots. In fact, adequate fertilizer and water management in summer is also the key to determine whether gardenia can flourish and full of flowers and branches in the coming year. When the temperature is high, the branches and leaves of Gardenia jasminoides grow rapidly. We can apply thin fertilizer frequently and give it mature bean cake water or nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutritious compound fertilizer once a month.

Watering gardenia in summer is also completely different from that in winter. Evaporation is large in summer, and gardenia has a great demand for water. Don't wait until the potted soil is completely dry before watering. Qualified flower friends can also spray water on gardenia leaves every morning and evening, which can cool the plant on the one hand and maintain the air humidity it needs on the other hand. Timely supplement of water and fertilizer can promote gardenia to sprout more new branches and leaves, even in the flowering season, it is also of great ornamental value. Gardenia likes slightly acidic soil, and the timely supplement of ferrous sulfate solution of 1RU 2000 once a month is beneficial to soil acidification and prevent the occurrence of iron deficient yellow leaves.

3. Trim. Gardenia grows rapidly in summer, which is not only a good time for pruning, but also a time to minimize damage to gardenia. Generally, after the florescence in June, the residual flowers are removed in time, the adventitious buds under the branches are regularly removed, and the old, weak, sick and residual branches and cross parallel branches are cut off, which is not only beneficial to increase the permeability of the plant, but also promote the germination of new branches and make the plant type fuller.

Some flower friends like to prune gardenia in autumn, which is actually wrong. Because the flower primordium of Gardenia jasminoides is formed in the top buds of robust branches in autumn, the terminal buds of these branches are very full but the buds are not visible, and there are also buds formed at the bifurcations of a few top branches, if these branches are accidentally cut off at this time, the following spring will have sparse or no flowers to enjoy.