These 5 flowers will bloom abundantly again 10 days after summer pruning
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Moss rose and petunias are blooming listlessly, with few flowers and old branches, which is really annoying! After giving them a buzz cut, they immediately behave and bloom abundantly and beautifully! So, fellow flower lovers, be ruthless and steady-handed. Give them a quick buzz cut, and 10 days later, you will have a beautiful pot of flowers again!
How to give kalanchoe a buzz cut?
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By summer, kalanchoe has finished blooming and entered a semi-dormant period. To build up strength for future blooming, you can give it a buzz cut around July.
Buzz cut tips
Cut off all flower branches and leaves of the kalanchoe, leaving only about 3~5cm of stems.
After the buzz cut, new shoots will sprout within 1 month.
The cut branches can be re-propagated by cuttings. Afterward, just keep the plant height at around 15cm, and stop pruning after September.
How to give petunias a buzz cut?
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Petunias fill out their pots very quickly. After filling the pot, the flowers get smaller and smaller, bloom less and less, and decline quickly too. The only way to keep them blooming like crazy is: a buzz cut! That is, heavy pruning.
Buzz cut tips
1. Heavy pruning during bloom: Petunias grow most vigorously generally from June to September. Heavy prune every 2~3 weeks, cutting off all flower branches and leaving enough nutrients for new buds.
After 7~10 days, they will fill the pot again~
2. Pruning after blooming: If you notice the plant growing more and more sprawling, and there are more spent flowers than new buds, it means the petunia has entered its decline period. At this time, quickly cut off all flower branches, leaving about 5~12cm at the old roots, preserving enough nutrients so it can bloom again after a while.
Do not wait until all the flowers have faded and the branches and leaves have withered and yellowed before pruning. By then it is too late, and pruning will most likely kill the plant!
How to give million bells a buzz cut?
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Million bells has a very long blooming period, from April all the way until frost season. At the end of each blooming wave, when the plant shape is messy and unattractive, it needs a buzz cut and heavy pruning, and the new growth will have a better shape.
Buzz cut tips
1. Buzz cut during bloom: After the first bloom, cut off all flower branches and weak branches, keeping strong branches with buds, and maintain the overall height at about 10~15cm. About 10 days after the buzz cut, it will fill the pot again.
The cut flower branches can be re-propagated by cuttings!
2. Shape adjustment: Growing into a large flower ball shape is the most beautiful. During regular pruning, use the edge of the pot as the boundary, remove excess side branches, and touch the central branches as little as possible, to prevent growing into a "Mediterranean" shape with a short center and tall surroundings, which affects the look.
How to give moss rose a buzz cut?
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Although moss rose loves light, when summer is too hot, it has few flowers and old branches, which is really annoying. Give it a buzz cut, and it immediately behaves and blooms like crazy!
Buzz cut tips
1. Pinching to dwarf: For newly cut moss rose, when the seedlings grow to 4~5cm tall, pinch off the tip of the main branch. When side branches get too long, pinch them too. This dwarfs the plant and improves its shape.
2. Pinching off buds before blooming: To get a compact shape and full flowers, in the early growth stage, be sure to pinch off all newly emerged buds. This way, the flowers that grow afterward will open at the same time, and bloom large and round!
While pinching, do not forget to fertilize with diluted phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, once a week is enough.
3. Buzz cut during bloom: During the blooming period, if you notice the plant shape is messy, with few flowers and pale colors, it needs a buzz cut and heavy pruning. Cut off the messy flower branches together with thin and weak branches, keeping the plant at 15~20cm tall.
Before the buzz cut:
After the buzz cut:
Filling the pot again:
How to give gloxinia a buzz cut?
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Gloxinia blooms from March to August. After blooming, the branches have no buds or flower buds and quickly age, with weakened growth. At this point, if you want gloxinia to bloom again sooner, it needs a buzz cut.
Buzz cut tips
1. Pruning during bloom: During the blooming period, if you notice small buds, thin and weak flower stems, or even rotting stems, cut off all flower branches without hesitation. After the buzz cut, new branches will grow within 10 days.
To make all the flowers bloom together at the top of the plant and form a bouquet, during the blooming period, promptly remove the leaves around the flower branches.
2. Heavy pruning after blooming: After blooming is completely finished, heavy pruning is needed. Choose a sunny day, cut off the spent flower branches, keeping 1~2 pairs of leaves. After pruning, do not water for three to five days to prevent wound infection that could cause the tuber to rot. Within 2 months after pruning, it will bloom again.
Fellow flower lovers, are your flowers doing well?
Hurry and give them a buzz cut,
and they will fill the pot again very soon!
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