Moss rose blooming sparsely? One little trick makes it explode with flowers, and one pot can become many pots

Moss rose is a flower we often grew as kids. Today's moss roses are even more beautiful, with all kinds of colors, double-petaled and single-petaled ones, and even ones that can survive the winter. But some friends' moss roses stay thin and weak, blooming little. What exactly is going on?

To grow moss rose, do these 4 jobs well, and you'll get fat stems, sturdy leaves and lots of flowers, with one pot able to yield ten pots:

Moss roses that grow leggy and don't bloom, or bloom sparsely, have no ornamental value. Moss roses grown indoors easily end up like this, usually because of too much watering and not enough sunlight. The solution is simple: with the few little tricks below, Xiaoya guarantees your moss roses will soon burst into a full pot of blooms.

Thin the seedlings in time. If the sown moss rose seedlings are packed densely everywhere, once they are within five centimeters tall they need thinning. Don't be reluctant to do it. Pull out some of the thin, small seedlings and keep the sturdy ones, otherwise they'll be too crowded and won't get enough nutrients.

After thinning, ventilation and light can increase, and the plants grow stronger. Or replant the seedlings you thinned out into other flower pots. That way you can grow even more pots of moss rose.

Fertilize in time. Moss rose blooms from May all the way to September and October. During the flowering period, you must give it phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, which lets it grow more branches and bloom more. Water it with some monopotassium phosphate, and give a bit more fertilizer, such as fermented fish waste fertilizer, shrimp shells, animal manure, and so on. Ordinary flower fertilizers work well too.

Pinch the tops in time. When the moss rose grows leggy, promptly pinch off the top branches to encourage more side branches to grow. This process is fairly casual: leave about ten centimeters of branch at the bottom, and the tops can all be pinched off, and then many side branches will grow again. It will bloom more too.

Don't throw away the branches you pinch and prune off. Stick them as cuttings into flower pots, and you can propagate many new pots of moss rose. Moss rose must not be watered too frequently. Let it dry out occasionally, and water only when the potting soil is slightly dry, which encourages it to bloom even more.

One more thing: give it plenty of sun, and the branches grow sturdy. Just give moss rose plenty of sun; the more sun it gets, the healthier it grows, and the more and more vividly it blooms.

Do these jobs well - watering, sunning, fertilizing and pruning - and it would be hard to stop it from bursting into a full pot of blooms.