Cut 90 out of 100 buds, and his wife wanted to hammer him to death and open happily a month later.

Camellia thinning buds

Why Shu Lei?

Camellias have a habit of giving up their lives and flowers! Excessive flowering will consume a lot of nutrients, resulting in small flowering, ugly flowers, weak growth in the coming year, and problems such as falling yellow leaves and slow germination after flowering.

How many buds do you want to leave?

The number of buds left can be determined according to the number of leaves, reference data:

Giant flower varieties leave one bud for every 30-40 leaves

Large flower varieties leave one bud for every 20-25 leaves.

A medium-sized flower variety has 15 leaves and one bud.

Small flower varieties leave one bud for every 10 leaves

Miniature flower varieties leave one bud for every 6-7 leaves.

In addition: if you want to prolong the florescence, you should leave some of the large, medium and small buds.

The misunderstanding of Shulei

Most people break off the extra buds directly, which will leave large wounds at the base of the buds, causing the buds to shrink and dry up, making it difficult to sprout in spring.

The correct method of thinning buds-- cutting buds

When the bud is about the size of a soybean, use scissors to cut off 3x4 (slightly below the waist), creating a large wound that evaporates moisture from the rest of the bud.

Bud cutting can achieve the effect of thinning buds without hurting leaf buds. A week after bud cutting, the remaining buds will naturally wither and yellow and fall off.

Note: the amount of bud cutting should not be too small, the purpose is to destroy the pistil, if the pistil is not injured, this half of the bud will continue to grow.

Chrysanthemum bud thinning

Why Shu Lei?

Small chrysanthemums do not need buds thinning, large flowers, single pole, autumn need buds thinning, this kind of chrysanthemums in the natural state, the top of the branches will grow multiple buds, branches also grow buds, if not sparse buds, each flower is very small, and disorganized, the ornamental value is much worse.

How many buds do you want to leave?

Single-pole chrysanthemums can only leave one bud on each branch, leaving the thickest and strongest one, and get rid of the rest. The flowers in this way are big enough, full and plump, bright in color and of high ornamental value.

Bud thinning method

Chrysanthemum bud handle is very short, 6-7 buds clustered together, sparse buds to be careful to remove the extra buds, but also can not hurt the remaining buds.

Start thinning buds from the end of September to the beginning of October. Use scissors or tweezers to carefully cut off the extra buds. Don't break or break the buds left behind. Big and gorgeous flowers will bloom in November.

Azalea sparse buds

Why Shu Lei?

Autumn is the critical period for the development of rhododendron buds. Rhododendron can bear buds very well. Too many buds will lead to problems such as small buds, buds that cannot be opened or buds that fall off midway, small blossoms and so on.

How many buds do you want to leave?

Azalea bud thinning is best carried out in November, leaving only one bud on each shoot is enough.

Bud thinning method

The buds under the leaves and armpits are erased, leaving only the top buds, and the buds on the inner branches should also be picked in time. At this time, it will grow some branches and grab nutrients with the buds, which should be removed at the same time.

Maintenance after bud thinning

Cold-tolerant varieties of azaleas in winter can spend the winter outdoors. Those who are not cold-tolerant need to move back to the house, and do not get fat at this time.

There is heating in the north, and the high indoor temperature is disadvantageous to the cuckoo's overwintering, which leads to the further depletion of nutrition and the development of flower buds. It is most advantageous to put the cuckoo in a place of 0-5 degrees to sleep naturally.

At the end of the year, when the cuckoo buds first burst, some branches will produce 2 or 4 flowers at the same time, then only one flower needs to be left and the rest will be picked, so that the flowers will be more beautiful and neat after the Spring Festival.