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Jasmine and gardenia on the balcony stop blooming in less than 2 months? Many people grow them wrong

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More and more people are growing jasmine and gardenia. These two plants bloom especially vigorously in summer. They both produce pure white flowers with a very elegant and noble air, extremely beautiful, and they...

More and more people are growing jasmine and gardenia. These two plants bloom especially vigorously in summer. They both produce pure white flowers with a very elegant and noble air, extremely beautiful, and when in bloom they also give off a unique fresh fragrance. Jasmine is more intense than gardenia, so most people like to grow jasmine and gardenia at home, so they can enjoy the beauty and unique fresh scent of the flowers every day.

In daily life, when people grow jasmine and gardenia, they usually place these two plants on the balcony at home for care, because only the balcony can free up space to grow jasmine and gardenia. But I wonder if you have noticed that when gardenia and jasmine are grown in this spot, the number of flowers on jasmine and gardenia becomes very small, and the blooming period ends in less than 2 months, which is very distressing.

Actually, the cause of the above problem lies in the balcony. This practice is very wrong. First of all, when growing jasmine and gardenia, we need to understand that these two flowers are actually plants that love light very much. They need at least 8 to 14 hours of light per day to grow more vigorously and produce more flowers.

If jasmine and gardenia are placed on the balcony for care, the light they receive almost never meets the requirement. This is because the homes people live in nowadays are all buildings, and the layout between buildings is very dense, with high-rises everywhere, so the light on the balcony is blocked by the buildings. As a result, when people usually grow jasmine and gardenia on the balcony, they can receive at most only four or five hours of light, which is far from enough to meet the requirements for blooming.

So when people usually put jasmine and gardenia on the balcony, the blooming period of jasmine and gardenia will not be very long. Therefore, everyone must change the location. Next, I will introduce 2 good methods to supplement light for gardenia and jasmine.

1. The first is that when we usually grow jasmine and gardenia, we can put jasmine and gardenia on our rooftop for care. In this way, they can receive light for a long time without being blocked by surrounding buildings, allowing jasmine and gardenia to fully meet the light conditions. The only downside is that this method is relatively troublesome, because watering and fertilizing usually also need to be done on the rooftop.

2. The second is that we can make a balcony rack outside our own balcony, fix these racks well, seal them with cement, and then place jasmine and gardenia on the outside racks for care, so they can receive light for a long time. This method is very convenient and simple. Everyone can usually use this method to care for jasmine and gardenia. The effect will definitely be very good. Everyone should go and try it right away!




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