What to do when petunias grow lopsided? After pruning they bloom into a big flower ball
Many flowers, like petunias and roses... can bloom multiple times a year. And if you prune properly and in time, it can help the flowers shorten the time to bloom abundantly again! Today, Huahua will tell everyone the techniques to shorten the time to bloom abundantly again, hurry up and learn them!
Petunia
Complete Guide to Growing Flowers
1. Although some flower lovers' petunias bloom a lot, the flowers bloom along the edge of the flower pot, and the top of the flowers is empty. If you want it to bloom into a full sphere next time, you need to prune after the flowers fade.
2. Use scissors to cut off the overly long flower branches along the edge of the flower pot, so that the length of the branches just reaches or does not reach the edge of the flower pot.
3. After cutting the overly long branches, you will find that some places in the flower pot have no flower branches. Cut off the branches above the empty spots as well, control the top growth, and encourage the bottom branches to sprout.
4. Try to let the branches cover the whole flower pot. The side buds that grow later (red circles in the picture below) will fill the empty spots, so you must not be reluctant to cut off the branches.
5. After pruning, place the petunia in a ventilated place for care.
6. Do not throw away the cut branches. Use them for cuttings, and you can harvest a bunch of petunias!
7. A petunia blooming abundantly again
Marguerite daisy
Complete Guide to Growing Flowers
1. There are two kinds of post-bloom pruning for marguerite daisies.
2. To make it bloom quickly, you can cut off the spent flower branches, then cut off the tops of all the branches to encourage sprouting.
3. If you want it to bloom more next time and have a fuller plant shape, you can leave only 15-20 cm of the marguerite daisy branches and cut off all the rest.
4. To ensure a full plant shape when blooming, you need to keep pinching the newly grown branches and buds.
5. Do not throw away the cut branch tips. Cut off the remaining flowers at the tips of the branches and use them for cuttings.
6. After taking cuttings, place them in filtered light for care. After about 10-15 days, the marguerite daisy cuttings will take root.
7. A marguerite daisy blooming abundantly again
Rose
Complete Guide to Growing Flowers
1. When the rose is about to fade, prune it in time. Only in this way can it store nutrients and prepare for the next bloom.
2. Find the second leaf below the rose flower, and about 1 cm below this leaf, cut off the branch with the spent flower at an angle.
3. The weak and thin branches of the rose should be cut off as well. Branches that grow downward or horizontally should also be cut off. This can reduce nutrient consumption and increase ventilation and light for the rose.
4. To make it bloom as soon as possible, you can use fermented rice water when watering, about once every 2 weeks.
5. Trim the cut branches to a length of 5-10 cm, insert them into soil or grow them in water, and they will take root in about 10 days!
6. A rose blooming abundantly again
Kalanchoe
Complete Guide to Growing Flowers
1. When pruning kalanchoe, find the third pair of leaves below the flower and cut 0.5 cm above the third pair of leaves.
2. Place the pruned kalanchoe in a filtered-light, ventilated place for care. After about 7 days, place it on a windowsill or balcony with plenty of light. To encourage blooming, you can bury a few granules of compound fertilizer in the soil.
3. Process the cut kalanchoe branches and cut them into small sections of about 5 cm, making sure each section has a pair of leaves.
4. After drying the processed branch sections in a ventilated place, insert them into soil and place them in filtered light for care. They will take root in about 2-3 weeks.
5. A kalanchoe blooming abundantly again
If you want the flowers to bloom abundantly again
hurry up and give the flowers a little buzz cut!
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