Prune like this after the flowers fade, and 8 new shoots will sprout in 3 days, filling the pot in 20 days

Rose

If you want your roses to bloom flush after flush, growing more and more brilliant with bigger and more numerous flowers, then you absolutely must learn how to prune roses after flowering. Let's see how Huahua does it!

When to prune?

You can prune just as the flowers are about to fade. Don't wait until the rose blooms have completely withered, because that will only waste a lot of nutrients for nothing.

Where to cut?

1. Cut off the spent blooms

Starting from the fading flower, count downward to the 3rd leaf. Make 1 cut on the stem 0.5 cm above this leaf, cutting at a 45-degree angle. With one snip, the spent bloom comes right off.

2. Cut off blind branches

Examine the rose branches carefully and cut off any branches that never develop buds, or that wither after budding. These are blind branches, and keeping them just wastes nutrients.

A blind branch looks like this, with no buds

A branch with buds

3. Cut off diseased and weak branches, and dead branches

Cut away diseased branches and dead branches to reduce nutrient consumption, so that nutrients are concentrated on supplying the flower buds and promoting another round of blooming.

4. Cut off inward-growing buds

Buds that grow inward or downward will become crossing branches once they develop into stems, which harms the plant's shape and appearance, hinders ventilation, and makes it prone to pests and diseases. So these buds should be cut off.

After pruning, feed a little something and it will burst into bloom again

Roses love fertilizer. After pruning, apply fermented rice water or decomposed fish waste water once every half month, so the rose will vigorously push out new shoots and new branches, and in 20 days it will bloom 100 flowers again!

Camellia

After camellias bloom, don't forget to prune, but don't prune haphazardly either. Only by pruning correctly can you get your camellia to burst into bloom again!

When to prune?

After the camellia blooms fade, prune promptly by cutting off the spent flowers and spent branches.

Where to cut?

1. Cut off the leaves at the top of the flower base

After the camellia flower fades, it leaves a flower base at the top of the branch. At this point, cut off the 2 leaves right next to the flower base. If these 2 leaves are spaced a short distance apart, then just cut off 1 leaf together with the flower base.

2. Cut off old and weak branches, and parallel branches

Old and weak branches are unlikely to produce big, vivid camellia blooms, so gardeners should cut them off right away. Keeping them ruins the plant's shape and wastes nutrients. Parallel branches should also be cut off to prevent them from competing for nutrients and affecting flower bud development.

After pruning, feed a little something and it will burst into a full pot again

Camellias already consume a lot of nutrients while blooming, so after post-bloom pruning, replenish nutrients promptly. Water with fermented rice water once every half month, or bury bone scraps in the soil, so the camellia will burst into bloom all over its branches.

Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)

Spring is a great time for pennywort to grow. Some gardeners' pennywort has even bloomed! Those whose pennywort hasn't bloomed needn't be envious, because what Huahua is going to teach you today is how to cut the flowers off!

When to prune?

Pennywort flowers are very small and not attractive either. When gardeners notice their pennywort blooming, that's the time to start cutting!

Where to cut?

1. Cut off the flowering branches

When only a few pennywort branches are blooming, you can simply use scissors to cut off the branches with flowers. Leaving the flowers wastes nutrients, and even the leaves grow slower and smaller.

2. Give it a buzz cut

If too many pennywort branches are blooming, cutting them one by one is too much trouble, so just give it a buzz cut, leaving about 10 cm of stem.

After pruning, feed a little something and it will grow like crazy, as if on a shot of adrenaline

After cutting off the flowering branches, to get the pennywort to fill the pot again quickly, water with a little compound fertilizer solution once every half month and place it in a spot with plenty of light. In 1 month it will surely fill the pot!

Succulents

Some beginner gardeners are thrilled to see their succulents bloom, but Huahua has to say that succulents blooming is not a good thing. They either die outright or grow thinner and thinner!

When to prune?

As soon as you notice the flower stalk at the top of a succulent blooming, cut off the flower stalk immediately. Varieties like Sempervivum 'Calcareum' and Moonlight die completely after blooming, and even succulents that don't die will have branches that wilt and soften.

Where to cut

Cut off the flower stalk

The flower stalk grows from the base of the succulent plant. When cutting, get close to the base of the flower stalk, but don't yank the flower stalk out by force. After cutting, the remaining stem of the flower stalk on the succulent will gradually wither and fall off.

After pruning, feed a little something and it will grow into a big chubby plant

The succulent has already consumed quite a lot of nutrients while blooming, so after cutting, apply a little slow-release fertilizer to the succulent every month, so its leaves grow plump and round. It will be hard not to burst out of the pot!

Azalea

April is exactly when azaleas bloom. After azaleas flower, prune promptly, but don't prune excessively either. Come and see Huahua's pruning techniques!

When to prune

Prune promptly when the azalea is about to fade, so it doesn't waste too many nutrients for nothing.

Where to prune

1. Cut off spent blooms

When the azalea flowers wilt, the color darkens, and the branches feel a bit soft, that's the near-fading state. At this point you can decisively cut off the spent blooms.

2. Cut off sprouts at the base

Azalea flower buds form at the top of the branches, so gardeners can cut off the sprouts at the top of the plant.

3. Cut off leggy branches and diseased branches

Cut off overly long branches, diseased and weak branches, and thin branches, keeping the thick, strong branches. After pruning, the plant's shape will be more attractive, and the plant's ventilation will improve.

After pruning, add a little something and the flowers will bend the branches with their weight

After pruning, water the azalea with a little fermented rice water every week, or bury a little decomposed chicken manure in the soil, so the azalea's flower buds grow vigorously and bloom flush after flush!

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