Grow flowers on the balcony and feed them a spoonful of soy sauce every week; the blooms grow bigger than your face and amaze all summer long

The summer solstice is just over half a month away, and the weather really is getting hotter and hotter. The season that flower lovers dread has truly arrived. One moment it is blazing sunshine, the next a torrential downpour, leaving the plants at home either wilted or plagued by pests and diseases. What should be done? Experienced flower lovers know that some flowers are heat-tolerant and still bloom gorgeously in the scorching summer.

Red Eden Rose, or Red Dragon for short, is one of the rare rose varieties that is especially resistant to sun exposure. It can bloom without fading at high temperatures above 30 degrees, with a flowering period from March to December, perfectly covering the entire summer. Red Dragon is a climbing rose, with a plant height of around 360-455cm, suitable for courtyard planting. Its flowers are 8-10cm in diameter, with more than 80 petals, dark red in color, and carry a faint fragrance when the temperature is high. It is a aristocrat among roses.

For Red Dragon to produce large blooms, with good care the flower diameter can reach 12cm, truly making the flower bigger than your face. Flowering requires sufficient nutrients, so to grow Red Dragon well you must know how to fertilize. During the peak growing seasons of spring and autumn, Red Dragon is basically fertilized once every 3-5 days; now in summer, once a week is enough, adhering to the principle of light fertilization applied frequently.

For fertilizer, you can choose a good liquid fertilizer, which the plant will absorb relatively well. Many flower lovers choose Huadongde rose-specific organic nutrient solution. This nutrient solution is specially formulated for roses, fermented from sugarcane molasses. It looks as dark as soy sauce and smells sweet. It contains no added chemicals and is rich in humus. The fertilizer available for rose absorption can reach more than 90%, effectively promoting flowering and extending the flowering period.

When growing Red Dragon in summer, you also need to pay attention to watering and timing. The watering principle for Red Dragon is: do not water if not dry, and water thoroughly when you do. You can observe the dryness and moisture of the potting soil and water in the early morning and evening when temperatures are low. Never water at noon, because watering at noon can easily cause the plant to suffer from damp steaming and disease, leaving it wilted.

For beginners who find it hard to judge fertilization and watering times, you can use a plant and soil monitor. Just insert the device into the soil in the flowerpot, and you can accurately know when the rose needs fertilizing and when it needs watering. With scientific watering and fertilizing, Red Dragon will amaze your entire balcony in summer.