Master the pruning and shaping techniques of potted flowers to open the way of exquisite flower cultivation

Breeding potted flowers is not like breeding cactus, as long as it is watered regularly, basked in the sun, and let it grow on its own, but for potted flowers, it needs more attention. In order to make potted flowers grow better and control their growth shape, pruning must be carried out from time to time.

Potted flowers cultivated by families should be pruned and shaped frequently in order to promote plant growth and control plant type in the process of breeding.

1. Pruning techniques to promote plant growth

1. Pick the heart

Heart-picking and star-picking is the action of removing the terminal bud of flower plants, and its main function is to control the height of the plant and promote the growth of lateral buds. It is often used in the process of flower seedling growth, especially some grass flower varieties, through coring, it can promote the growth of lateral buds and achieve the effect of full plant type.

2. Erase buds

To wipe the buds is to break off the excess bud points. The purpose of sprouting is to centralize the supply of plant nutrients and control the shape at the same time. For example, winter pruned rose may grow multiple buds at the same time in spring, so it is necessary to break off the extra or weaker buds.

4. Picking leaves

In the process of picking leaves and removing the leaves of flowers, many flowers will cause poor ventilation due to too many or too dense leaves. Removal of some leaves is beneficial to strengthen the internal ventilation of the plant and avoid the occurrence of diseases and insect pests. At the same time, excessively large leaves can increase the light uniformity of the plant, which is beneficial to the uniform growth of the plant. For example, petunia seedlings in the growth process, can be used to remove large leaves to increase the light of lateral buds, so as to promote the growth of lateral buds.

5. Go to the top

Decapitation is the removal of the top of the plant, which is usually used in larger potted plants. De-topping is mainly used to control the height of the plant and prevent the plant from growing too high.

6. Pruning

Pruning is often used in woody flowers, especially some woody bonsai flowers, when new branches grow too much, in order to maintain their beauty, and pay attention to timely pruning. When pruning, we should pay attention to pruning dead branches, parallel branches, cross branches and so on.

7. Shu Lei

Sparse buds and remove too many buds, in order to concentrate the nutrients of the plant, so as to make the flowers large and gorgeous. For example, camellias and rose flowers are often combed in order to make the flowers big and beautiful, leaving only one bud on each branch.

2. Techniques of pot shaping and pruning

1. Pruning after flowering

Post-anthesis pruning is an important work in pot plastic surgery. Post-flowering pruning, including residual flower pruning and plastic pruning. The purpose of pruning the residual flowers is to avoid excessive nutrient consumption and to do shaping and pruning at the same time, which is helpful to regulate the plant type of potted flowers and promote the production of the next crop of buds.

2. Thinning cut

For those whose growth is too luxuriant and the branches are too dense, potted plants need to prune the branches. Cut off the overdense branches and cross branches in the hall to enhance the ventilation of the plant.

3. Styling pruning

Styling and pruning are mainly woody potted flowers. Usually a styling pruning is carried out after flowering, usually in winter, after the potted plant enters the dormant period, another strong cut is carried out to control the whole shape of the potted plant. For example, rose flowers need to be cut back after flowering, and re-cut after entering the dormant period in winter.

If you really like flowers, pay more attention to your own potted flowers. If you can't take care of these potted plants in time, the editor suggests that you can choose plants with strong survivability, such as cactus.