Growing flowers in high summer heat: miss these 4 points and your plants will die off until only the pots are left
?After Major Heat, temperatures shoot straight up, and Huahua doesn't want to step one foot outside the air-conditioned room. These past few days, Huahua has received lots of messages from flower friends, basically all saying their plants died and they never want to grow flowers again! In hot weather, people suffer, and plants suffer even more. But as long as you pay attention to these few points, you can still grow flowers well in summer!
Watering
No matter the season, watering is a big issue. Too much or too little causes problems, and in summer you need to be especially careful.
Water too much, and your flowers are in a sauna every day!
Temperatures have been high recently, with many areas approaching 40°C. Lots of flower friends worry that water evaporates too fast, so they keep watering their plants nonstop. As a result, dormant flowers feel like they've entered a sauna room and die within a few days!
Don't ask me why the leaves turn yellow and the stems turn black. With too much water, what can I do?
Too much water, and the leaves turn yellow in a rush, poor thing going yellow at such a young age!
In summer, water these flowers less:
Fuchsia, geranium, cactus, succulents, clivia
Water too little, and your flowers literally die of thirst!
Some flower friends have heard that flowers grow slowly in summer, entering semi-dormancy or even dormancy, so they begrudge giving even a drop of water and just let the flowers fend for themselves. A few days is fine, but if a blazing sunny day hits, over time the flowers will literally die of thirst!
Is this a flower raised by a stepmother! Not even a drop of water to drink!
I can even hear the succulents crying out in their final moments: give me water!
In summer, give these flowers more water:
Pennywort, jasmine, blue plumbago, moss rose, rain lily
Light
After Major Heat passes, the sun gets more and more scorching. If you can't figure out how to sun your flowers, don't expect an easy summer!
Baking in the sun at over 30 degrees, it'd be a miracle if they didn't die!
A few days ago, the whole country entered a rainy period. And then, the moment the sun came out, flower friends rushed to put their plants in the blazing sun. After several days in a row, they were sun-dried outright!
I've eaten dried mango and dried apple, but this is the first time I've seen "dried succulents"...
Master, when you put on sunscreen, could you think of me too!
In summer, these flowers should rarely see the sun:
Asparagus fern, orchid, money tree, spider plant, calathea
No sunlight for 10 days, and they can hardly survive!
In summer, people can barely stand being outdoors in the sun. Flower friends worry their plants can't handle the strong sun, so they move them all into a lightless indoor spot. Little did they expect that within a few days they'd all wilt!
Officer, my master is suspected of unlawful imprisonment. I haven't seen light for 10 days!
I miss basking in the sunlight under the blue sky...
In summer, give these flowers more sun:
Moss rose, pennywort, blue plumbago, jasmine, cactus
Pruning
There are two kinds of flower friends: one kind can't bear to prune their plants and even feels heartbroken over snapping off a single leaf, and the other kind is like a cruel stepmother who, once she starts cutting, can't stop!
If you don't prune now, don't expect flowers in autumn!
Woody flowers like jasmine and Chinese rose have already finished a round of blooming. These flowers need timely pruning, otherwise the second wave of blooms will be smaller and fewer!
This messy hairstyle looks just like Brother Sharp!
After these flowers bloom, you must prune:
Jasmine, Chinese rose, gardenia, hydrangea, moss rose
Others charge money for pruning; your pruning costs lives!
Summer is not suitable for heavy pruning. Excessive pruning takes a big toll on flowers, especially dormant or semi-dormant ones. With improper care, they easily won't make it through summer!
Why do flowers die so tragically...
When it's hot, never prune these flowers:
Geranium, cyclamen, succulents, fuchsia, clivia
Fertilizing
Summer is the peak growing season for some flowers, and they need proper fertilizing during growth. But if you can't control the amount, your flowers will die on you in no time!
Fertilizing nonstop, burning one pot after another!
Right now it's the blooming season for jasmine and Chinese rose. To make the plants grow more buds and bloom more, flower friends fertilize nonstop. As a result, the plants die pot after pot!
Stop adding fertilizer, my feet are burning up with blisters!
Barefoot plants fear nothing more than someone who doesn't know how to fertilize
In summer, these flowers must not go without fertilizer:
Pennywort, jasmine, Chinese rose, bougainvillea, blue plumbago, hydrangea
Not a single granule of fertilizer, and you expect blooms? No way!
Many flower friends often ask Huahua in the backend, why do my plants only grow leaves and never bloom? Without fertilizer, how would the flowers have the strength to bloom!
Only giving water, not giving food, and you still expect me to bloom? No way!
Can't even fill my belly, not a single bloom for you, let's see who outlasts who!
In summer, these flowers must not be fertilized:
Fuchsia, geranium, cyclamen, clivia
Have you learned these little tricks for growing flowers in summer?
If you have other summer care questions,
You're welcome to leave a message and ask Huahua~