Gardenia drops its leaves and buds right after you buy it? 3 steps to save it

Gardenia has pure white flowers and an elegant, delicate fragrance, and is deeply loved by flower growers, but most gardenias bought and taken home easily develop yellow leaves and drop their buds, and people don't know how to care for them, whether to prune or repot. Today let's talk about it

Usually, with the gardenias we buy at the flower market, you can take a close look at the root system: the main roots are generally cut roots, because while they were in the greenhouse they were usually grown in the ground, with quite robust roots, and when they are sent to market for sale, the roots are cut through to pot them up,

Bearing a whole tree's worth of buds, with the main roots cut, the plant cannot recover for a while, and at this point wilting and yellow leaves appear, and in more serious cases bud drop and leaf drop also occur.

1. Solution: acclimatise the seedling, keep the plant alive

You can repot it now, choosing a loose, airy, well-draining potting soil to grow it in. You can use peat soil, perlite and vermiculite in a 1:1:4 ratio of peat soil, and you can add one part pine needles to make the soil slightly acidic; you can also use what is available locally, mixing leaf mould dug from woodland with large-particle river sand and garden soil, as long as it is loose and airy

2. After planting, put it in a ventilated, airy place with sunlight, cut off some leaves as appropriate and also cut off some buds as appropriate to reduce nutrient consumption, and mist it with a little water every day. Only when you see the plant has clearly grown and new tender shoots have come out is this gardenia truly considered to have survived.

3. Once the gardenia has survived, it can get three or four hours of light a day, but not strong direct light. Watering should be ample, and keep a good ventilated environment. Gardenia likes warmth and humidity, so you can mist the plant to increase air humidity, but note that when it has buds, absolutely do not spray water, or it will drop its buds,

The gardenia plant stays green all year round, with a simple and elegant floral fragrance, green leaves and white flowers, so fresh and lovely. Placed at home, it soothes the heart and eases fatigue, and is well worth having.