Calibrachoa blooms profusely after "abortion," making it a potted millionaire

Million Bells (Calibrachoa) is a flower that easily fills out a pot. Grandpa especially loves this flower. He says that if you grow a few more pots, you become a "multimillionaire." If you want Million Bells to fill out a pot, you have to let it "abort."

1. Filling out a pot depends on "abortion"

When Grandpa grows this flower, he often pinches off flower branches and flower buds, saying this is the best way to make it fill out a pot. When gardening friends care for Million Bells and want to promote flowering, then in March-May, when it only grows scattered flower buds, use tweezers to pinch off the buds and let it "abort." This allows it to bloom smoothly and fill out the pot when it flowers again.

Grandpa says this little trick for filling out a pot is based on daily care. During normal care, you also need to pay attention to a few small details for this method of promoting flowering to be effective.

2. Transplant with care

Grandpa says this flower grows rampantly and vigorously, so when one pot no longer has enough space, you have to make a new place for it, change it to a new pot, and transplant it. When transplanting, you must place it gently. Its roots are easily damaged, and once damaged, they are very hard to recover, so when transplanting you cannot be rough.

3. Be cautious when supplementing fertilizer

When Grandpa grows flowers, he usually composts his own fertilizer, but he does not use his own composted fertilizer indiscriminately on this flower. He says this flower does not like heavy fertilizer. Unlike roses, which take any kind of fertilizer, this flower likes light fertilizer. When potting, it is best not to bury base fertilizers such as bone meal or cake fertilizer, as that will only harm this flower.

This flower does not need much fertilizer. During normal care, you can use your own composted fertilizer, but the dilution ratio should be doubled compared with usual to ensure safety. Grandpa says this flower likes iron, so when fertilizing, it is best to water it with an organic fertilizer with balanced trace elements, and you can also spray the leaves 1-2 times with a 0.2% ferrous sulfate solution.

Grandpa says that although this flower is easy to grow, if you want it to bloom abundantly and fill out a pot, you still need to pay attention to details. Many gardening friends think that lively blooming means it likes heavy fertilizer, but for this flower, that is very fatal. When caring for Million Bells, if gardening friends have any other "little tricks," feel free to share them with everyone.