Afraid to grow azaleas? Master these few tricks, and you'll have green leaves and blooms every year

The azalea is a potted flower many people want to grow, but many are also afraid to grow it, because even a little carelessness in maintenance can lead to problems like leaf drop and bud drop. In fact, this situation can be avoided as long as you pay a little attention to care.

Everyone says azaleas are hard to grow, yet some experts manage to grow them to perfection. Huahua has a friend like this: the azalea at home has been blooming for half a month, and the color is still so vivid, and combined with its plant shape, you really can't take your eyes off it! So today Huahua will tell everyone how to make your azalea bloom continuously too!

If you want your azalea to bloom, then first you have to cater to its preferences! Understand what it likes, and as long as it lives comfortably and happily, then blooming is a matter of minutes! Of course, the most important point is the amount. Don't forget, no matter how good something is, once it's in excess, it really means saying goodbye!

First, azaleas love water very much. If you've grown one, you'll have experienced this: the prerequisite for keeping it from wilting is watering. But there's one thing to note: when we buy it from the flower market without repotting the soil, and put it into a new pot with the original soil, it's very likely that watering won't soak through.

But we have a very handy method, which is the soaking method. Everyone has probably used this, especially flower lovers who go out, since it gives plants a good moisture-retaining effect. For azaleas, this method is even more practical. You can find a larger tray, add an appropriate amount of water and place the azalea in it, and then you'll find the water has slowly been absorbed upward. A plant that was originally wilted can clearly be seen perking up.

In addition, when fertilizing, it's best to do it together with watering, because if the potting soil is too dry, it can easily burn the plant to death. If this happens, we must promptly repot it with fresh soil. By the way, you can also change the soil when you repot it right after buying it. As for the soil, air permeability must come first.

Then when we repot it, we should separate the roots and let them grow in all directions, rather than letting the roots clump together, which would instead restrict its growth. Also, within two weeks after repotting, don't let it get exposed to the sun, and pay attention to keeping ventilation, otherwise the leaves will easily turn yellow and develop black spots.

Another point to note is that its leaves, unlike those of pothos, are not so glossy but have a layer of soft fuzz, so if you don't want it to get spots, be careful not to spray water on its leaves, and also avoid rain!

To promote blooming, besides care, another key point is pruning. Our pruning time is mainly after the flowers have finished blooming. The flower receptacle can be kept, because if the branch below is too thin, cutting it off would instead affect the growth of new buds.

We can wait until after summer and then simply cut off the unwanted branches. Before pruning, we should first plan in our minds and see which branch should be cut and which should be kept, so that we don't end up "pruning randomly."

Another thing pruning should do now is enhance the airflow between the branches, otherwise under high temperatures it will easily breed lots of bacteria and pests!