Learn 2 tricks for bougainvillea care: double the blooms and extend flowering by 1 week

In our daily life, bougainvillea can be seen in many places, because when bougainvillea blooms well, it appears in clusters and looks very beautiful. There are also many varieties of bougainvillea, offering plenty of choices, so many flower lovers also love growing bougainvillea.

But some flower lovers have encountered this problem: bougainvillea does not bloom well enough or long enough, and sometimes some flowers wither just a few days after opening. This problem is not serious, but the flower buds that have not yet opened also shrivel up along with them, which makes flower lovers very sad. In fact, this situation is still caused by poor care during the flowering period, so when caring for it, use these 2 tricks, and bougainvillea can bloom for 1 more week. Very practical.

1. Give enough light to quickly make bougainvillea produce flower buds

Bougainvillea can be said to be a flowering plant that loves light just like roses, so before the flowering period, if you want bougainvillea to produce more good flowers, you must give it enough light. If the light is insufficient, bougainvillea cannot synthesize enough nutrients well to induce more flower buds, so it will bloom very little, sparsely.

So flower lovers who have the conditions should, before the flowering period of bougainvillea, give it as much sufficient light as possible if they can expose it to sunlight outdoors. In this way, bougainvillea will grow better, bloom a little more, and also bloom a little longer.

2. Control water and fertilizer to increase the flowering time of bougainvillea

Although many flower lovers have made some preparations for bougainvillea before the flowering period, some oversights inevitably occur. This is mainly caused by flower lovers being too impatient. How so? In fact, many flower lovers apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to bougainvillea before the flowering period, but after the flower buds grow out, seeing that the flower buds are still small, they want to suddenly apply another handful of fertilizer. The result is that the flower buds absorb a lot of nutrients and grow quickly, but this also speeds up the pace of flower decline.

Because too much fertilizer will make bougainvillea shift from the flowering period into the growth period, thus causing a short flowering period. Just as the flowers fade, the flower buds that have not yet opened also wither. The same is true for heavy watering. After watering too much, this situation will also occur.

So before the flowering period, after applying some organic decomposed fertilizer or general-purpose microbial flower fertilizer to supplement nitrogen and potassium fertilizer, once the flower buds emerge and show themselves, do not apply fertilizer again, and even more so do not apply fertilizer during the flowering period. Before the flower buds of bougainvillea emerge, water control should also be carried out, keeping bougainvillea in a relatively wilted state. Only then will it grow flower buds out of a sense of crisis, and the flowers it blooms will also last a little longer.

Alright, in fact, making bougainvillea bloom longer is not difficult. Pay attention to the above 2 points, and bougainvillea can bloom for 1 more week. Very practical. If you like it, you can follow and share!