One Little Trick for Gardenia: Make It Bloom All Over the Branches with Glossy Green Leaves, No Yellowing and No Bud Drop

Gardenia flowers are especially beautiful, pure and spotless white, perfect for keeping a pot on the balcony at home. Actually, gardenias are very easy to grow, not as delicate as people imagine. Many large-leaf gardenias and small-leaf gardenias in the green belts downstairs in the neighborhood will not freeze even on snowy days, and bloom abundantly every year. How should you grow a gardenia at home so it grows luxuriantly and blooms all over the branches?

1. If you usually water too frequently and too much, the potting soil is too compacted, and drainage is poor, and at the same time it is placed on a closed, unventilated balcony, it will definitely have yellow leaves and drop buds. If you see the soil still has moisture, there is no need to water; if the potting soil is poor, you can transplant it with the soil into a new pot in spring.

2. A newly bought potted gardenia may have just been taken out of a greenhouse and is adapting to a new environment, so dropping a small amount of leaves or flower buds is normal. Do not place it in too dark a spot or where the sunlight is too strong; put it in a spot with bright, indirect light and good ventilation. It will gradually grow new leaves.

3. Do not fertilize with unfermented organic fertilizer such as rice water, as this also easily causes yellow leaves and dropped flower buds. So when fertilizing, use fermented organic fertilizer, such as cake fertilizer or chicken manure fertilizer, etc.

4. Adjust the pH of the gardenia's soil, because it likes acidic soil, so you need to make the soil more acidic. Prepare a small spoon of vinegar, mix it into a full cup of water, and pour it at the base of the gardenia. After ten days, the soil will become more acidic.

Use these few little tips to grow gardenias, and only then will they grow better and bloom more, incomparably beautiful and fragrant.