Pay attention to these points: both young seedlings and old stakes can have beautiful plant shape and full head of flower branches.

Longevity flower is a winter and spring flowering plant loved by many flower friends. Because it is easy to breed, the cuttage survival rate is high, the plant type is beautiful, and the flowering period is long, it has gradually entered more and more families in recent years. Experienced flower friends, through successful cutting propagation, make a pot of longevity flowers at home into multiple pots. Flower friends who have just come into contact with longevity flowers will have a lot of questions in the process of breeding and trying cuttings, such as the heart-picking and topping time of seedlings and how to prune after flowering. How can we promote the second flowering of longevity flowers faster? Here to share with you some breeding experience, I hope it can be helpful to the flower friends.

The cuttage propagation of longevity flowers is very simple, leaf cuttings or branches can quickly take root and survive. General cuttage survival seedlings, when growing to about 8-10 cm high, it is necessary to pick the heart and top it for the first time. Topping can promote longevity flowers to grow more lateral branches and promote plant type fullness. After the side branch grows, continue to pick the heart to hit the top, as to where to hit the top and how many centimeters to retain, I think there is no rigid stipulation. It is generally recommended to keep three pairs of leaves above the root and pinch off the top. If you want the plant to be low, pinch it down a little when you hit the top. General longevity flower seedlings after three times topping, the plant shape will be controlled at about 15 cm high, can make the plant shape more round and full. When the room temperature reaches 18-28 ℃, combined with sufficient light and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer supply, buds can blossom quickly.

Some flower friends breed longevity flower old pile, the plant shape can be as high as 40 or 50 centimeters, after several times of flower pruning, the plant shape is as round and plump. If the long-lived flowers that spend the dormant period in summer grow only in summer, they can cut short and pick the hearts of the overgrown branches according to the growth of the plant type, and at the same time remove the aged yellow leaves to promote the germination of lateral buds. Topping should be done as soon as possible before September, because the temperature gradually drops after September, the longevity flowers will enter the peak period of branch and leaf growth, and then the early flowering plants may enter the flower bud differentiation stage before October. At this time, topping may remove the differentiated flower buds, which will have a certain impact on the flowering time and number.

If you want to have a beautiful plant shape of longevity flowers, post-anthesis pruning is also very important. it is generally recommended to cut from the second pair of leaves after flowering, which should also be selected according to personal preferences and different varieties. Some varieties have longer internodes and can be trimmed a little lower. Pruning can promote the germination of more lateral branches and increase the number of flowers. After pruning, a comprehensive compound fertilizer of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium was added in time, and after the new branches grew, the temperature of about 20 ℃ and short sunshine of 6-8 hours were maintained, the intake of nitrogen fertilizer was reduced and the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer was increased, which could promote the secondary flowering faster.