To grow Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera), you need to know how to remove leaves; 30 days after removal, flower buds appear and it blooms abundantly

To grow Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera), you need to "know how to remove leaves"; remove 1 leaf, and in 30 days flower buds appear, with more blooms

Growing flowers at home has become a lifestyle habit for many people, and many people around me like to grow some green potted plants. Things like spider plant, pothos, money tree, lucky bamboo, Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera), and clivia are all very common household flowers, but if you want to grow these green potted plants well, you still need to master some tips and methods.

Today I will share with you a little tip for the rapid growth and flowering of Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera). In autumn the weather is cool and the temperature is suitable, and Christmas cactus has just entered the growth period from the high-temperature dormant period of summer, and many

netizens report that their Christmas cactus is still growing slowly with drooping leaves. At this time, certain measures need to be taken on the plant in time to promote its growth and ensure that the Christmas cactus produces beautiful flowers in winter.

To care for Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera), you need to "know how to remove leaves"

When caring for Christmas cactus in autumn, the leaves of the plant should be properly pruned, which can not only reduce the plant's nutrient consumption, but also allow new leaves to grow quickly and promote the development of leaves and flower buds.

When removing leaves from Christmas cactus, it is best to remove them with your fingers, not with scissors or a blade, to prevent rust spot disease from appearing on the Christmas cactus leaves. Pinch the leaf to be removed with your fingers and twist it gently, and the leaf will come off. Thinning the leaves of Christmas cactus in this way can reduce the nutrient consumption of the whole plant, thereby promoting the growth of new leaves, and it can also increase the plant's air permeability by thinning the leaves. Of course, the removed leaves can also be used for cuttings to get more Christmas cactus potted plants.

When caring for Christmas cactus potted plants in autumn, you need to supplement them with fertilizer. Generally, supplementing potted plants with compound fertilizer can effectively promote the growth of new leaves. You can directly sprinkle some quick-acting granular compound fertilizer into the flowerpot so that the plant can directly absorb nutrients, and you can also bury some soybean fertilizer, chicken manure, or sheep manure in the flowerpot. But be sure to control the amount of fertilizer to prevent fertilizer burn from too much fertilization.

When caring for Christmas cactus in autumn, you need to increase the light for the plant. It is best to place it on a balcony with good lighting or outdoors for care. At the end of autumn, you need to spray the leaves of the Christmas cactus with a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution every week. After the plant leaves absorb the phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, it can effectively promote the development of flower buds, and the Christmas cactus will produce beautiful flowers in winter.

Pruning flowers is also a branch of knowledge. Sometimes after pruning the branches and leaves of a plant, the plant's nutrient consumption is reduced, allowing more nutrients to promote the growth of new leaves and new branches. Because for many plants, new flowers emerge from new branches, so pruning old branches and old leaves to promote the growth of new branches can effectively promote the plant's flowering.

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