Christmas cactus, bougainvillea and kalanchoe bloom sparsely? Hurry and add this one step

Many flower lovers especially enjoy growing kalanchoe and Christmas cactus, but there is one thing that is quite frustrating: their own care is about the same as everyone else's, with sufficient nutrients, light and water, so why do other people's plants bloom all over their branches, while their own bloom so little.

In most cases, one step has been missed. Today Hua'er will introduce to everyone a little trick for kalanchoe and Christmas cactus to produce more buds and bloom more flowers.

Kalanchoe, Christmas cactus and bougainvillea are all short-day flowering plants. When they enter the flowering period, they need enough light to produce more buds and bloom more flowers, but it cannot be too long either. Keeping it at about 8-10 hours per day is best; too much or too little will affect bud formation and blooming.

So during the flowering period, properly control the light duration. After the light exposure, you can give it dark treatment by wrapping it in a black plastic bag, carrying out dark treatment for more than 12 hours each day. After about a month, it can produce buds all over the branches. Note that when wrapping it up, you should poke some small holes for the plant to breathe.

Besides giving kalanchoe, Christmas cactus and bougainvillea dark treatment to increase the number of buds, you also need to pay attention to these 2 points:

1. Spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate

Every week, you can spray the leaves with a 0.1 potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, spraying both the front and back evenly. This can make the leaves more emerald green and glossy, speed up metabolism, and extend the flowering period.

2. Pruning

During the flowering period, nutrients should be concentrated. Besides providing enough nutrients, you should prune it properly to reduce excessive nutrient consumption. You can prune off some old leaves, damaged leaves and overly dense overlapping leaves, and you can also prune off thin, weak buds. This allows the flowers to open more fully and vividly, increasing their ornamental value.

That is all for the flowering care introduction. If flower lovers have other additions, you can share them with everyone in the comment section below. If you want to learn more about flower growing, you can follow Huajianke.