Gardenia or Clivia not blooming for 3 years? Getting this one thing right is the key to flowers

Clivia won't bloom

Your Clivia has been growing for three to five years, the leaves look perfectly normal, yet it has never bloomed! When Clivia won't bloom, it is usually caused by a lack of nutrients in the soil, so it is best to change the soil once a year.

1. Remove from pot

Stop watering the Clivia 5-10 days before repotting so the soil moisture evaporates, making it easier to remove the plant without damaging the roots.

2. Trim the roots

Remove the soil from the roots and cut off any rotten or hollow roots. This step depends on the situation; if the roots are not rotten, it is not necessary.

3. Mix the soil and prepare the pot

Place two pieces of broken tile at the bottom of the pot, then spread a layer of nutrient soil mixed from leaf mold, pine needles, perlite and charcoal residue in a 5:2:2:1 ratio.

4. Fill the roots with soil and place in the pot

Hold the Clivia with its roots facing up, fill the gaps between the roots with potting soil, let the roots cradle the soil, then turn it downward into the pot.

4. Fill in soil and bury fertilizer

Hold the roots with one hand and add soil with the other, keeping the Clivia upright. Press the soil firmly as you fill, avoiding the root area so you don't break the roots. Bury solid fertilizer such as roasted sunflower seeds in the soil.

5. Water thoroughly

After repotting, water deeply once, and repeat for three days in a row.

Jasmine won't bloom

Potted jasmine often fails to bloom, mainly because old, aged branches are not pruned in time, which prevents the jasmine from sending out new shoots. So if you want jasmine to bloom, pruning is essential.

1. Remove leaves before pruning

Before pruning the jasmine, remove all the leaves so the branches can receive sunlight more fully.

2. Cut off old and weak branches

Aged branches keep jasmine from growing new ones. If you don't prune in time, the jasmine will miss its growing season, resulting in big leaves and long branches but no flowers.

3. New shoots sprout after two weeks

About two weeks later, the pruned jasmine will grow new shoots. Once the shoots grow into branches, it will bloom easily.

4. Keep pruning and shaping

After the jasmine grows new branches, keep pruning and shaping to prevent leggy growth. Before flowering, you can apply dipotassium hydrogen phosphate to encourage blooming.

Gardenia won't bloom

Many gardening friends like to buy a gardenia in spring, hoping to see it bloom in a few days, only to find that ten days or half a month pass with no flowers. If you buy one and don't repot it, don't expect the gardenia to bloom!

1. Soak and disinfect

Once the gardenia has adapted to your home, find a deep bucket, fill it with water, add one aspirin, and put the gardenia in together with its soil to sterilize and disinfect. Every half an hour, shake the gardenia so the soil comes off cleanly.

2. Soak in rooting water

Move the gardenia, which has soaked overnight, into rooting water and continue soaking.

3. Mix the soil and prepare the pot

Mix garden soil, coconut coir, vermiculite and perlite into a nutrient soil, break a few pieces of plastic foam and lay them at the bottom of the pot, then cover with the nutrient soil.

4. Place the plant in the pot

Move the soaked gardenia into the pot, water thoroughly, and move it to a cool, ventilated spot. You can poke a few small holes in a plastic bottle, fill it with water, and set it on the pot to drip slowly.

Bougainvillea won't bloom

For bougainvillea, if you want it to bloom and bloom abundantly, pruning is the most crucial step.

Pruning before flowering:

1. Cut off weak and long branches

Cut off all the overly long branches and the slender, weak ones to encourage new growth.

2. Water thoroughly

Water the pruned bougainvillea thoroughly and keep it in a cool, ventilated place.

Pruning after flowering

1. Cut off the flower stalks

Cut off the spent flower stalks to prevent leggy growth that would affect new sprouting.

2. Cut off new branches

Cut the newly grown branches back by 1/3 of their length, keeping one strong bud.

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