How to trim poinsettias after blooming

After blooming, poinsettia needs to carry out the pruning operation of heart-picking, wiping head and thinning dense branches, cutting off the top tips of the main stem and side branches of the plant, removing the top advantage of the plant and promoting its axillary bud germination. The upper part of the plant was cut off before the new branch germinated to reduce its space occupation rate. At the same time, cut off the overdense branches and leaves to ensure the overall growth quality of the plant.

Pruning methods after flowering of poinsettia

1. Pick the heart

After the poinsettia blossoms, it is necessary to pick the heart and hit the top, pinch it by hand or cut off the top tip of the main stem and side branches of the flower plant with scissors to prevent the top advantage of the plant. This can promote the germination of its lower axillary buds, at the same time inhibit the excessive growth of branches, so that it can have more space to branch, so that the plant shape is more beautiful.

2. Wipe your head

In order to prevent poinsettia from growing too tall to be cultivated indoors, pruning and wiping are needed. Generally, all the upper branches of the plant are cut off before the new branches germinate, that is, wiping. In this process, you need to consider how high the trunk is, usually according to the size of the flowerpot and the size of the room.

3. Thinning cut

If the plant of poinsettia is too luxuriant after flowering, resulting in its branches and leaves are too dense, it should be thinned properly, and the branches and leaves that are too dense can be cut off, so that its interior can be ventilated and transparent, so as to ensure the overall growth of the plant more robust. At the same time, it is necessary to prune the withered and yellow branches, weak and diseased branches and leaves affected by insect pests to maintain the beauty of the plant.