When growing flowers in summer, they always end up dead. I'd happily fall into this trap a hundred more times

The weather is getting cooler and cooler, and summer is really gone. Looking back, it was quite a thrilling ride. A third of the flowers at Huahua's home have died or been damaged. I wonder how things are at your place? Today, let's take a look at what flowers everyone ended up killing this summer~

Succulents

I knew long ago that succulents are hard to keep in summer. Now that I count, there are over 50 empty pots piled in the corner that I dare not even look at. Nothing but tears~

When the weather is hot, black rot and turning to mush are routine. Every time I come home and check, there's bound to be one pot that has kicked the bucket...

Put them outside and birds peck at them; put them inside and cats gnaw on them, mice gnaw on them. You just have to face it all calmly...

I've now mastered the Zen art of growing succulents. Once autumn arrives, I'll buy succulents again. I'll still be a fine hero!

Roses

Every time Huahua browses our community, it's all beautiful photos of roses, enough to dazzle your eyes. But "you only see the new ones laughing, not the old ones weeping." How is your rose doing now?

Today's roses are basically hybrids, with poor disease resistance and pest resistance, and they're always short on fertilizer. In short, your roses either die of disease or get bitten to death by pests, or they starve into malnutrition~

Watching the experts' roses bloom wave after wave, are you starting to question life? Huahua has taught a whole bunch of methods for composting fertilizer, treating diseases, and killing pests. Hurry up and review them, and fight again next year!

Kalanchoe

Do flower friends know that kalanchoe is also a succulent, so its death rate in summer also shoots right up...

Black rot, turning to mush... Kalanchoe dies the same way as succulents, usually caused by overwatering, poor ventilation, or too much heat. When you run into this problem, it's best to pick out the good leaves and keep them for cuttings~

Luckily Huahua was prepared and had long since propagated a bunch of kalanchoe seedlings. The survival rate is super high. Although more than half have died now, at least some are left, and they'll make it to the New Year no problem!

Clivia

Any flower friend who has grown clivia has dealt with root rot. One moment of carelessness in summer and it's done for~

Think losing its roots means it's beyond saving? Then you're really too young, and you must be a new fan of Huahua. Huahua has taught many times before how to save a clivia with root rot. Go flip through those posts!

Clematis

This year's luxury item is definitely clematis, but clematis has one flaw: it's prone to wilt disease. Once the flowers drop, the disease starts acting up...

This is truly a delicate ailment. Many flower friends notice the problem, but spraying medicine doesn't help much, and they can't bear to prune, so it just gets worse and worse until the whole plant withers. Once you spot it, you should prune hard and let the plant rely on its own strength to sprout anew~

So every time Huahua says to prune, prune, don't take it lightly. Sometimes a good trim can save a flower's life!

Hydrangea

Even if you can dodge the rose barrage, you can't dodge the stunning beauty of hydrangeas. Same goes for Huahua. I say I won't buy, won't buy, but the moment I hit the flower market, I fall for them~

Don't be fooled by how red they are and how blue they are when you buy them. As you keep growing them, they turn into plain greens, and by the next year's bloom, even their own mother wouldn't recognize them! This is because the pH at home is unstable. Remember, acid makes blue, alkaline makes red. Acidic soil grows blue flowers, alkaline soil grows red flowers~

Oh right, one more thing. Many hydrangeas bloom on old wood, so you need to do a hard prune before August. Only after pruning will they bloom next year. If you forgot to prune this year, then...

This summer

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