When do chrysanthemums blossom?

Chrysanthemum is one of the top ten flowers in China, one of the four gentlemen in flowers (plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum), and one of the four cut flowers in the world (chrysanthemum, rose, carnation and gladiolus). Because of its cold and proud snow character, Tao Yuanming's famous sentence of "picking chrysanthemum under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan" is available. Chinese people have the custom of enjoying chrysanthemum and drinking chrysanthemum wine on Double Ninth Festival. Let's take a look at when chrysanthemum blossoms!

When do chrysanthemums bloom?

Chrysanthemum flowers generally from September to November. There are many kinds of chrysanthemum, which are planted in a wide range of areas. They do not bloom at a certain time, but most of them bloom in autumn, but there are also summer and winter chrysanthemum. Under normal natural conditions, according to flowering period, it can be divided into summer chrysanthemum (flowering from May to September), autumn chrysanthemum (flowering from October to November) and cold chrysanthemum (flowering from December to January), which generally last for about 20~35 days. But after horticulturists cultivate, change the sunshine conditions, there are also May chrysanthemum flowering in May, July chrysanthemum flowering in July, August chrysanthemum flowering in August.

Flowering classification of chrysanthemum

1. Summer chrysanthemum: It blooms once in May and September of the lunar calendar every year. Now it can bloom once in May and October of the solar calendar by using protective facilities.

2. Autumn chrysanthemum: There are early and late flowering stages. The early chrysanthemum stage is medium-sized chrysanthemum in the middle and late September, and the late chrysanthemum stage is large-sized chrysanthemum from October to November.

3. Cold chrysanthemum: Cold chrysanthemum is also called winter chrysanthemum, etc. Its flowering period is from December to January of the following year.

Why don't chrysanthemums bloom?

1, environmental discomfort: chrysanthemum origin is different, ecological habits are different, some like light and heat, some like semi-shade, some like warm, some like cool, such as living conditions are not met when it is easy to cause no flowering.

2, excessive water and fertilizer: chrysanthemum growth period if excessive water and fertilizer easy to cause excessive growth of branches and leaves, nutrients are mostly used for nutritional organs of the roots, stems, leaves, and flowers, fruits or seeds lack nutrients, affecting flower bud formation.

3, lack of fertilizer and less water: chrysanthemum growth period if lack of fertilizer and less water, it will account for poor plant growth, but also easy to cause less flowering, and even if barely flowering its quality is very poor.

4, room temperature is too high: chrysanthemum in winter room temperature is too high will affect dormancy or make it premature germination leaves, consumption of nutrients, the next year will grow weak, resulting in no flowers or flowers small or wither.

5, pest invasion: chrysanthemum growth period due to pest damage, thus affecting nutrient accumulation, resulting in growth inhibition, resulting in flower drop bud phenomenon.

6, pruning discomfort: chrysanthemum in the growth period is not shaped pruning, which not only affects the appearance, but also consumes a lot of nutrients, thus affecting flower bud formation, resulting in no flowering or less flowering.