Flower pruning secrets: If you don't make a couple of cuts, good luck getting them to bloom

August is here, can October be far behind? Your Chinese roses and bougainvilleas at home are looking a bit tired of blooming, and that won't do. You must find a way to get a flush of blooms for National Day and celebrate along with the country! Today Huahua will teach you how to make your flowers bloom on National Day!

Pruning Chinese roses to promote blooming

By September and October, Chinese roses are at the end of their blooming season, and at this time many of them stop blooming well. If you want good blooms for National Day, you need to take advantage of one of their traits - they can bloom 45 days after pruning!

Steps

1. Pruning time:

After Chinese roses are pruned, if water and fertilizer are adequate, it takes 45 days from sprouting to blooming, so pruning around August 15 is best.

2. Pruning tips:

Cut off the slender flowering branches and keep the short, thick main branches. Keep 2-3 buds on each branch, and cut off crossing, overlapping and overly dense branches and leaves.

3. After-pruning care:

After pruning, strengthen water and fertilizer management. Water before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. every day, apply a compound fertilizer every 10 days, and make sure there is plenty of light.

Controlling water on bougainvillea to promote blooming

If you want bougainvillea to bloom on schedule, the simplest and most direct method is:

Control water to promote blooming

Steps

1. Water-control time:

Bougainvillea takes about 20 days from bud appearance to blooming. To have it bloom on National Day, start controlling water from late August to early September, for 3 weeks in a row.

2. Water-control tips:

Controlling water does not mean not watering at all. Instead, wait until the leaves are slightly half-wilted, then water with half the usual amount, or just

sprinkle a little water to let the leaves recover, then continue controlling water to wilt them again.

Note:

Water control should be moderate. Never let it "die of thirst." Do not fertilize during water control, otherwise it will burn the roots.

Controlling temperature on osmanthus to promote blooming

Potted osmanthus trees generally bloom at 13-16°C. In the north, where the temperature difference is large, osmanthus blooms in September. To have it bloom in early October, you need to control the temperature in advance.

Steps

1. Reduce the temperature difference:

In early August, move the potted osmanthus indoors and keep the temperature above 17°C to reduce the day-night temperature difference, and the blooming period will be delayed.

2. Control water and fertilizer:

After moving it indoors, just keep the potting soil slightly moist. No need to fertilize. Let the flower buds grow more slowly and delay flower bud development.

3. Increase the temperature difference:

By mid-September, 15 days before blooming, move the pot back outdoors and spray water more often to keep it moist. With the large temperature difference between morning and evening, the flower buds will develop quickly and bloom in early October.

Pinching scarlet sage to promote blooming

Scarlet sage is a main flower for National Day. It grows most vigorously in summer. To control its blooming period, you need to pinch it skillfully!

Steps

1. Pinching time:

Scarlet sage has strong sprouting ability and tolerates pruning. After pinching, it can bloom in 25-30 days, so pinch from late August to early September.

2. Pinching tips:

First cut off the flower branches that bloomed before, then remove the top 3-4 true leaves of the young shoots. After pinching, strengthen water and fertilizer management and give it plenty of light!

Shading chrysanthemums to promote blooming

Chrysanthemums are short-day flowers. In the south, where daylight is long, chrysanthemums bloom later. To make them bloom earlier, you need to shade them!

Blooming-promotion tips

1. Shading time:

For early-blooming chrysanthemum varieties, shade them in early August. After shading, they can form buds in 20 days, show color within 2 weeks after budding, and bloom during National Day

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2. Shading tips:

Find a black plastic bag and cover the potted chrysanthemum with it. Shade from 5 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next day, making sure the daily light duration is less than 10 hours.

Note:

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