Gardenia yellowing leaves and dropping flower buds? Do this to save it, and it recovers in 2 days
Gardenia, with green leaves and white flowers, is very fresh and elegant. Its leaves stay evergreen all year round, and its flowers are fragrant and refined, making it very suitable for growing in the living room or bedroom. But gardenia is very delicate, and caring for it is not simple. A moment of carelessness can easily cause yellowing leaves and black tips, and it may even drop flower buds. This is really unbearable for growers - it starts dropping flowers before it even blooms!
Why does gardenia drop its flower buds? What causes the yellowing leaves? How can you grow it so it blooms more and bigger? Let's answer these questions one by one~
The gardenia in the picture above comes from a gardening friend in the Gardenia forum: Liqi.
What lovely gardenia flower buds, dropping before they even get to bloom. What is the reason for this?
The main reason gardenia drops its flower buds is: too much watering. Many gardening friends know that gardenia likes a moist environment, and they are so afraid the gardenia will be "thirsty" that they water more and more frequently. They wish they could water it once every day. Well, gardenia is not pothos, which needs that much water every day. An overly wet environment will cause the gardenia's roots to lack oxygen, directly affecting the growth of the flower buds. Over time, the buds will naturally drop off. So stop right away - watering twice a week is enough.
Gardenia is quite beautiful after it blooms. The picture above shows a gardenia grown last year by a gardening friend: Buhuibuhenbuyuan. Although it did not bloom many flowers, it was still very beautiful. But this year this gardening friend's gardenia has started dropping its flower buds. The reason, when you get down to it, is all because of watering too frequently.
Besides dropping flower buds, gardenia has another common problem, and that is yellowing leaves. A considerable part of the reason for gardenia yellowing leaves is a lack of iron.
As shown in the picture, this is the gardenia of a gardening friend from the Gardenia forum: XHPqianqianai. At first glance the gardenia is blooming beautifully, white as snow. But look at the leaves - they are not emerald green at all, and the yellow makes them look like they are about to wither. There are many gardening friends with yellowing leaves. Most of it is caused by a lack of iron.
Solution: when watering each week, add a little ferrous sulfate solution to the water, and within two days the gardenia's leaves will recover their vitality. In addition, if you also apply a little monopotassium phosphate at the same time, that is even better, and it can make the gardenia's leaves even more lushly green.
How can you make gardenia bloom more and bigger?
Let me share a little trick for growing gardenia: take half a jin of soybeans, boil them in boiling water, put them into a sealed container and ferment them for half a month, then take them out and bury them at the bottom of the gardenia's flower pot. Of course, you can also dilute them with water to water the flowers. Fermented soybeans are an organic fertilizer full of nutrients, very good for gardenia flowering and growth, and can also extend the flowering period!
That is all for sharing about gardenia care. Thank you for reading!
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