How to care for plum blossoms before winter? These methods you need to master

After autumn begins, pests and diseases on potted plum blossoms are relatively reduced. To lessen the irritation of sprayed pesticides on the leaves, the spray concentration should be on the low side, and spraying does not need to be too frequent. This way, leaf drop and bud drop can be avoided. Strong wind is also one of the factors causing leaf drop. If strong wind occurs, the pot can be moved to a wind-sheltered, sunny spot.

After autumn begins, apply an organic fertilizer solution to the potting soil once every 7 days to 10 days, mainly phosphorus fertilizer. At the same time, apply an additional 1 to 2 rounds of a 0.1%-0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution. Also be careful to prune off the tender shoots that sprout in autumn, because tender shoots cannot mature before winter and will consume nutrients for nothing. Pruning in time in this way can achieve the purpose of forcing flower buds.

The potting soil must not be too dry or too wet. After autumn begins, gradually restrict watering for potted plum blossoms. Potted plum blossoms are very sensitive to moisture. If the potting soil is too wet, it easily causes premature yellowing of leaves, leaf drop, and even root rot and death.

If the potting soil is too dry for a long time, it also easily causes leaf drop and affects bud formation and flowering. Therefore, watering should follow the principle of watering when dry and not watering when not dry, and when watering, water thoroughly. After the weather turns cool in autumn, the amount of watering should be gradually reduced to help the branches become firm.

To make potted plum blossoms bloom abundantly and beautifully, thinning branches and shaping should be carried out. The long shoots growing from the tips of the side branches of potted plum blossoms have few flower buds and should be appropriately shortened. On the side branches, thick vigorous water shoots, thin weak branches, crossing branches, overlapping branches, crowded branches, and dead branches should all be pruned off completely. In autumn, shorten short branches to 10 cm, and shorten long branches leaving 5 to 6 buds, so the branches are somewhat sparse, the branch form is elegant, and the flowers will be more numerous and larger.