Growing flowers in 40°C summer heat: miss these 4 points and your plants will wither and die, leaving only empty pots

Watering

No matter the season, watering is a big issue. Too much or too little both cause 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, in many areas approaching 40°C. Lots of gardening friends worry that water evaporates too fast, so they keep watering and watering. As a result, dormant flowers feel like they've entered a sauna and die within a few days!

Don't ask me why the leaves turn yellow and the stems turn black. What can I do when there's too much water?

Too much water, and the leaves all turn yellow in a rush. Poor thing, yellowing at such a young age!

In summer, water these flowers less:

Fuchsia, geranium, cactus (ball cactus), succulents, Clivia

Water too little, and your flowers literally die of thirst!

Some gardening friends have heard that flowers grow slowly once summer comes and enter semi-dormancy or even full dormancy, so they begrudge giving them even a drop of water and just let the flowers fend for themselves. A few days is fine, but if it hits sunny days, after a while the flowers will literally die of thirst!

Is this a flower raised by a stepmother?! Not a single drop of water to drink!

I can even hear the succulents' final cry in life: give me water!

In summer, give these flowers more water:

Pennywort (money plant), jasmine, blue plumbago, moss rose, rain lily

Light

After Major Heat (Dashu) passes, the sun gets more and more fierce. If you can't figure out how to sun your flowers, don't expect an easy summer!

Baking in the sun at over 30°C, it'd be a miracle if they didn't die!

A few days ago, the whole country entered a rainy period. Then, the moment the sun came out, gardening friends rushed to put their flowers out in the full sun. After several days in a row, they were scorched dry!

I've had dried mango and dried apple, but this is the first time I've seen "dried succulent"...

Master, could you think of me when you put on sunscreen!

In summer, these flowers should rarely see the sun:

Asparagus fern, orchid, money tree, spider plant, Calathea

10 days without sunlight, and they'll struggle to even survive!

In summer, people can barely stand being outdoors in the sun. Gardening friends worry their flowers can't take the strong sun, so they move all the flowers indoors with no light. Who'd have thought, within a few days they all wilted!

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 (money plant), blue plumbago, jasmine, cactus (ball cactus)

Pruning

There are two types of gardening friends: one type can't bear to prune their flowers, and even snapping off a single leaf pains them terribly; the other type is like a heartless stepmother, and once they start cutting they can't stop!

If you don't prune now, don't expect any flowers to look at 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 flowers will be smaller and fewer!

This messy hairstyle, just like Brother Xili!

These flowers must be pruned after blooming:

Jasmine, Chinese rose, gardenia, hydrangea, moss rose

Others charge money to prune; you prune like you're out to kill!

Summer is not suitable for heavy pruning. Over-pruning takes a big toll on flowers, especially dormant or semi-dormant ones. With improper care, they can easily fail to make it through summer!

Why do the 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 don't control the amount well, the flowers will die on you in no time!

Fertilizing nonstop, killing one pot after another!

Right now is the blooming season for jasmine and Chinese rose. To make the flowers grow more buds and bloom more, gardening friends fertilize nonstop. As a result, the flowers die pot after pot!

Stop adding fertilizer, my feet are blistered from the burn!

Bare feet dread meeting someone who doesn't know how to fertilize

In summer, these flowers can't go without fertilizer:

Pennywort (money plant), jasmine, Chinese rose, bougainvillea, blue plumbago, hydrangea

Not applying even 1 grain of fertilizer, and you expect blooms? No way!

Lots of gardening friends often ask Huahua in the backend, why do my flowers only grow leaves and never bloom? Without fertilizing, how would the flowers have the strength to bloom!

Only giving water, not giving food, and you still want me to bloom? No way!

Can't even get a full meal, I won't give you a single bloom, let's see who outlasts who!

In summer, these flowers must not be fertilized:

Fuchsia, geranium, cyclamen, Clivia