Gardenia grown with half a kilo of apples, it grows like crazy and blooms in a fiery profusion

Gardening friend Sister Zhang doesn't like anything else, she only loves gardenias. Ever since she retired, she spends her free time studying the habits and growth characteristics of gardenias. As a result, the gardenias she grows have gone wild, and as soon as the blooming season arrives, buds come shooting out in a rush, blooming in a fiery profusion. Relatives and friends are all envious. Let's see how Sister Zhang did it - the method is unexpected!

Sister Zhang just bought half a kilo of apples. She says she uses the rotten apples from the apple stall, very cheap. After buying them and bringing them home, she chops up all the rotten apples, then piles them all into a flower pot. But first you need to spread a layer of garden soil on the bottom of the pot, then spread the chopped apples on top, then more chopped apples, then more garden soil, and layer it up like this until the pot is full, then water it thoroughly, preferably with rice-washing water, and finally cap it with garden soil. Don't water it, cover it thickly, and put it in the sun to bake and ferment. After 2-3 months it becomes the sour soil that gardenias especially love, and it's also nutrient-rich, loose and airy.

After using this kind of potting soil for her gardenias, Sister Zhang says the flowers that bloom even have a hint of apple fragrance

Gardenias like acidic soil, and maintaining the acidity of their soil during gardenia care is the most important part. Especially for gardening friends in the north, this is very hard to achieve. But no worries - Sister Zhang is based in Tianjin, a standard northern gardening friend, and she still managed it with just one apple

The method is as follows:

Take one apple, chop it up and soak it in water (of course you can also use just apple peels and cores), but Sister Zhang uses the whole apple, and Xiaohua also suggests using the whole apple, it's not too expensive

Soaking apples in water generally means soaking for about 10 hours. Xiaohua suggests using purified water or cooled boiled water. Generally using it once every 7 days is enough. This water won't burn the roots, and long-term use can maintain the acidity of the gardenia's soil and make your gardenia flourish with lush branches and leaves.

Gardening friends, have you learned it?

So what is the principle behind growing gardenias with apples?

Apples are rich in malic acid and trace elements, which can make the soil weakly acidic and also improve the soil pH value, very suitable for gardenias.

Gardening friends, if you want your gardenia to grow like crazy, you also need to pay attention to light and watering. Let's talk about that next:

Light

Gardenias need plenty of sunlight to grow. If kept in half shade for a long time, the flowering branches become weak and slender. During care, apart from needing shade at noon in July and August and dormancy in winter, at other times just keep it in the sunlight.

Watering

Gardenias like a moist and humid environment. During the growing period from April to September, keep the potting soil moist, watering when the soil is dry and letting it dry between waterings. At night you can mist the leaves to wet them and maintain humidity. If the plant is growing too vigorously, don't water at night; water after the sun comes up in the morning.

Every 3-5 days, water with a little malic acid water solution, and it will keep the leaves emerald green.