These 7 flowers enter dormancy in summer; the more you water them, the faster they die.
How does cyclamen go dormant and get through summer?
Cyclamen is a flower that likes cool shade. The high summer heat is not friendly to it at all, and a small mistake can cause death, so before the weather gets super hot, you must prepare for summer in advance!
How to get through summer:
1. Prune the leaves
When the outdoor temperature exceeds 20°C, cyclamen leaves begin to turn yellow and the amount of flowering gradually decreases. At this time, cyclamen should be pruned, cutting off those yellow leaves, about 1/3 of the leaves. If the flower stalks tend to fall over after pruning, find a string and tie them slightly to secure them.
2. Prune again
When the outdoor temperature reaches 25°C, cyclamen should be pruned a second time, continuing to prune about 1/2 of the unopened flowers and leaves. When the temperature reaches 30°C, cut off all cyclamen flowers and leave only 2-3 leaves.
3. Care during dormancy
Place the pruned cyclamen in a cool, ventilated place, such as a north balcony or a ventilated spot indoors, and avoid direct sunlight. During dormancy, avoid rain, and the amount of watering must be reduced. You can water by the immersion method to avoid water accumulating in the corm and rotting the roots.
4. Regrowth
During dormancy, you can observe the condition of the leaves. If the remaining 2-3 leaves of the cyclamen also turn yellow, then prune until only 1 leaf remains. Keeping 1 leaf will make the cyclamen wake up earlier in autumn, even 1 month earlier than those pruned bare, so more nutrients accumulate and it will bloom more in winter!
How does hyacinth go dormant and get through summer?
Many flower lovers' hyacinths have now finished blooming, and even the green leaves have dried up. This means they are going dormant!
How to get through summer:
1. Cut off the flower stalk
If the hyacinth is soil-cultivated, after flowering cut off the flower stalk, roughly from a point above half of the flower stalk, then add some phosphorus and potassium fertilizer so the leaves continue to grow and keep providing nutrients to the bulb.
2. Dig out the bulb
As the temperature rises, the hyacinth leaves will keep withering. At this time, stop watering for 10-15 days. After the leaves have all turned yellow and withered, dig out the bulb, cut off the flower stem, yellow leaves and roots, and then soak it in a carbendazim solution for about 40 minutes.
3. Find a dry plastic bag, put the dried hyacinth bulb inside, do not seal the opening, and then place it in a cool, ventilated place, such as the refrigerator's cold storage compartment. To prevent moisture, you can also add sawdust. About 2-3 months is enough.
4. When October comes, take the hyacinth out of the refrigerator and replant it, and in this way the hyacinth can bloom again.
How does fuchsia go dormant and get through summer?
Although fuchsia blooms beautifully and easily fills a pot, once the weather gets hot it basically cannot hold on. Many flower lovers have told Huahua that several pots of fuchsia at home have already died!
How to get through summer:
1. Prune the branches
Fuchsia is especially afraid of heat. As summer temperatures gradually rise, especially after 30°C, it basically begins to go dormant. At this time, the branches can be cut short, cutting off everything above the 6th bud point on the branch.
2. Reduce watering
Place the fuchsia on a north balcony or windowsill, avoid direct sunlight, avoid rain, and at the same time reduce watering to keep the potting soil slightly dry.
3. Stop fertilizing
Stop fertilizing above 25°C. Because fertilizing will cause new branches to grow excessively, which in turn makes it difficult to get through summer.
4. Take cuttings of small seedlings
Although fuchsia does not easily get through summer, newly cuttings-propagated small seedlings are relatively tolerant of high temperatures, so before summer, you can use branches to take cuttings of small seedlings to avoid the mother plant dying because it fails to get through summer.
How does kalanchoe go dormant and get through summer?
Since the beginning of the New Year, kalanchoe has been blooming continuously batch after batch, and now that the weather is hot it is finally entering dormancy.
How to get through summer:
1. Avoid direct sunlight
Once the temperature exceeds 30°C, kalanchoe begins to enter dormancy. At this time, place kalanchoe in a bright living room, north balcony or other well-ventilated place, and avoid direct sunlight.
2. Reduce watering
Kalanchoe in dormancy grows slowly or stops growing, so watering must be reduced. Normally, water only after the soil 2-3 cm below the potting soil surface has dried thoroughly, and never let water accumulate in the pot. Stop fertilizing during dormancy.
How does Christmas cactus go dormant and get through summer?
Like kalanchoe, once the weather turns hot, Christmas cactus also begins to enter dormancy.
How to get through summer:
1. Pay attention to pruning
To prevent Christmas cactus from dying in summer, be sure to prune before summer, cutting off those branches that are so dense that air cannot pass through, so that the whole Christmas cactus plant is well ventilated.
2. Shade and ventilation
Place Christmas cactus on a north balcony or in a ventilated spot indoors. If placed on an east or west balcony, be sure to provide shade and avoid direct sunlight.
3. Reduce watering
During the dormancy period of Christmas cactus, make sure the potting soil surface stays dry, and water about once every half month. Be careful never to let it get rained on. If the temperature is especially high, be sure to spray water around the flowerpot.
How do succulents go dormant and get through summer?
For those winter-growing succulents, once summer comes they enter a dormant state and basically stop growing.
How to get through summer:
1. Pay attention to shading
Plants such as Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop', Kalanchoe tomentosa and Greenovia dodrantalis all enter dormancy once summer comes. At this time, you must pay attention to shading and keep the succulents in a cool, ventilated place.
2. Reduce watering
To prevent succulents from dying from water accumulation during dormancy, the amount of watering must be reduced, keeping the potting soil in a slightly dry state. Watering about once every 10-15 days is enough.
How does geranium go dormant and get through summer?
When the temperature at home stays at 30°C, the geraniums at home are about to go dormant. At this time, all flower lovers must pay attention!
How to get through summer:
1. Keep it dry
Keep the potting soil surface dry. When watering, pour slowly from the edge of the pot, and never let it touch the leaves and stems.
2. Stop operations
Starting in May, operations such as repotting, heavy pruning or shaping and pruning branches should all be stopped. Do not carry them out anymore.
3. Supplemental fertilizer for those that do not go dormant in summer
Regal geraniums and Angel varieties do not go dormant in summer because of the heat. For these flowers that grow wildly in summer, diluted fertilizer must be given to encourage the geraniums to bloom more.
That is all Huahua is introducing today.
All flower lovers must take this seriously,
otherwise if the flowers at home die,
it will really break your heart!