Daily Care Methods for Summer-Dormant Flowers

Light Management

Before summer arrives, you first need to know which flowers have a dormant period and prepare ahead of time. Once the temperature exceeds 30, potted plants entering dormancy need to be moved from the intensely lit outdoors to a shaded, light-blocking environment. You should also pay attention to air circulation and mist the leaves with water to cool the plant down.

Watering Management

Summer flowers in dormancy basically need no water supply, and growers must stop their regular watering of the flowers. Flowers that have stopped growing will not absorb water; instead, the roots and stems stay soaked for a long time and rot, and in severe cases the plant dies.

Rainy Weather Management

Summer has high humidity and heavy rainfall. It is best if you can move the plants indoors; if you cannot, you need to shelter them from the rain in time to prevent water from accumulating in the flowerpot, for the same reason as overwatering.

Fertilizing Management

Some people may ask whether flowers in dormancy need more nutrients to survive better. Actually this is not the case, and it is completely wrong. Even if you add more nutrients, summer flowers in dormancy will not absorb them, let alone grow, so fertilizing must be prohibited at this time, otherwise root rot will occur.

Wait until the temperature gradually drops and the summer-dormant flowers gradually resume normal growth, then you can restore normal daily care.