Correct pruning time and method of Gardenia

Gardenia has a strong sprouting power, as long as a little conservation, it will flourish, grow and grow, affecting the ornamental beauty. And if you want to keep its plant shape beautiful, you need to prune its branches and leaves, then how to prune, and when pruning will not affect the growth of the plant in the future, let's take a look at the correct pruning time and method of gardenia.

Pruning time

Gardenia is generally pruned in two periods each year, one from May to July in summer and the other in December in winter, which are in the growing and dormant periods of gardenia, respectively. There are not many places to prune, just cut off a few pairs of leaves at the end of each branch, and trim the fallen flowers and dead leaves at the same time. Gardenia has weak disease resistance, so in order to prevent it from infection after pruning, we recommend spraying a certain amount of diluted chlorothalonil after pruning, and the concentration should not be too high.

Pruning method

1. Growing apprenticeship: every year May-July is the peak growing season of gardenia, and we usually prune it after the growing period, when the gardenia grows slowly, and we cut off its top tips and overgrown branches and leaves, which can keep the plant type beautiful and beautiful. it is also helpful to promote its branches, and the number of flowers will be more in the future.

2, weak branches, bad direction branches: gardenia has strong sprouting power and grows rapidly, often the branches and leaves will grow into one piece in a short time, which not only does not look good, but also preempts plant nutrients, resulting in small flowers or poor flower growth. At this time, we should cut off those useless branches, such as weak branches, bad direction, and branches that are not conducive to growth. in addition, buds that grow too densely should also be pulled out to ensure that 2-3 are the best on each branch.

3. Flower bud: in order to ensure that the flower is beautiful and the flower is large, we need to cut off the extra bud, leaving 2-3 sturdy branches, and one weaker one is better, which is beneficial to the concentrated supply of nutrients so as not to be dispersed by the excess bud, resulting in a large number of flowers, but they are all stunted flowers, reducing the ornamental quality.

Pruning consideration

In addition to the above pruning conditions and methods, if there are yellowing or black spots in the branches and leaves of the plant, we should also cut off the diseased leaves in time so as not to cause the infection of the diseased leaves and lead to the unhealthy growth of the whole plant. There are many flower friends who are used to pruning them in autumn and budding, which is wrong, which will lead to excessive dispersion of plant nutrients, insufficient flowering and reduced aesthetic appreciation.

Through the introduction of the correct pruning time and methods of gardenia above, we must know something about gardenia pruning. I hope I can help you. Finally, I wish you all can grow beautiful gardenia.