After Christmas cactus and kalanchoe finish blooming, give them one cut, and every pot you grow will thrive, blooming whenever you want

Recently quite a few flower lovers have said that their kalanchoe and Christmas cactus at home have already finished a round of blooming, and now they just have to wait until next year for more flowers, right? Huahua wants to tell you: NO! Today, Huahua will teach everyone a little method to let your flowers bloom a second round, a third round... as many times as you want!

Cut kalanchoe once after blooming, and it will burst into a full pot again in 1 month!

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The kalanchoe in quite a few flower lovers' homes has basically finished blooming, and at this point you just need to follow Huahua and learn to make 1 cut, and it will immediately sprout new shoots and soon burst into a full pot again!

How do you prune a kalanchoe that has finished blooming?

1. Normally, if you notice the kalanchoe flowers starting to turn black, and the flowers feel a bit soft to the touch, and the flower stems start to droop, then it is basically time to prune.

2. When pruning, use sterilized scissors and cut starting from the position of the 2 pairs of leaves below the flower. As shown in the picture below, just prune from the position below 2.

3. After pruning, place the kalanchoe first in a cool, ventilated place to let the wound dry, and after about 1 week, move it to a south-facing balcony to receive plenty of sunlight. During this period, water only after the surface of the potting soil turns white, to avoid root rot.

4. If you want the kalanchoe to sprout new branches as soon as possible, you must promptly supplement with nitrogen-containing fertilizer. You can bury 3-5 granules of compound fertilizer in the flowerpot, or use homemade decomposed soybean fertilizer, okara fertilizer, etc., to make the kalanchoe grow more new branches and thus bloom more.

5. Do not throw away the branches you cut off, because the branches after blooming are especially rich in nutrients, and if used for cuttings, the rooting rate is very fast, and they can take root in about 20 days!

Cut the Christmas cactus once after blooming, and it will bloom as many times as you want!

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Some flower lovers' Christmas cactus only blooms once and then never again, but other people's Christmas cactus can bloom 3-4 times a year. What is going on? Of course, it is because post-bloom pruning was done properly!

How do you prune a Christmas cactus that has finished blooming?

1. If you find that the flowers on your Christmas cactus have already begun to wilt to varying degrees, then quickly grab a pair of scissors and snip snip away, otherwise the flowers left on the leaves will also consume unnecessary nutrients.

2. When using scissors to prune the spent flowers, cut at the middle joint of the 2nd-3rd leaf below the spent flower, that is, cut off the 2 leaves counted from below the spent flower. If the Christmas cactus leaves are long enough, you can cut a bit more; basically, each branch only needs to keep 6-8 segments of leaves, which is enough.

Before pruning:

After pruning:

3. After pruning the spent flowers, the branches should be shortened, cutting off all the old stems and overly dense stem segments on the branches. The new branches that grow after pruning will be more tender green and robust, making the blooming more abundant!

4. After the Christmas cactus blooms, because it has consumed a large amount of nutrients, it has a short dormant period. At this time, we can take advantage of the dormant period to repot the Christmas cactus, cutting off old roots and weak roots, and then place enough base fertilizer at the bottom of the pot, such as soybean cake fertilizer, bone meal fertilizer, or homemade okara fertilizer.

5. During the dormant period, control water for the Christmas cactus and stop fertilizing. Wait until new buds emerge on the stem segments, then apply 1 diluted liquid fertilizer every half month. When fertilizing, do not let it touch the stem segments, so that the modified stems can grow quickly. After flower buds appear, spray a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, and the Christmas cactus will bloom again very soon!

6. Do not throw away the Christmas cactus leaves you cut off. Prepare a nutrient soil mixed with peat soil and perlite at 2:1, and use the Christmas cactus leaves for cuttings. They can take root in about 10-20 days!

Cut the camellia once after blooming, and it will bloom as many times as you want!

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Because of different varieties, the camellias in some flower lovers' homes are still blooming, while the camellias in some other flower lovers' homes have basically finished blooming and are preparing to enter the spring shoot growth period. At this time, you must prune promptly!

How do you prune a camellia that has finished blooming?

1. After the camellia at home finishes blooming, be sure to prune promptly to avoid unnecessary nutrient consumption. After the camellia finishes blooming, it will leave a flower base on the branch. The post-bloom pruning we need to do is mainly to prune the 2 leaves at the top below the flower base.

2. Cut off the 2 leaves at the top of the flower base. If the top leaves are staggered, then only prune 1. Because the growth of camellia has apical dominance, new shoots all emerge from the top. Pruning this way can promote the growth of side branches, making more and more branches, and thus more and more flowers.

3. After pruning the spent flowers, carry out renewal pruning on the branches, cutting off old branches, weak branches, parallel branches, etc., to promote new branches and improve the vitality of the camellia.

4. After pruning the spent camellia flowers, before the spring shoots sprout, you can apply 1 round of compound fertilizer mainly based on nitrogen fertilizer or okara fertilizer, to supplement enough nutrients for the camellia to send out shoots. After the new buds sprout, spray 1 round of foliar fertilizer to make the spring buds sprout vigorously.

5. When the camellia's spring shoots grow to 10-20cm, you need to disbud the spring shoots, remove the top bud points, and keep 3-4 leaves, so that side branches can be sent out as soon as possible, making the overall shape of the camellia look better.

6. Do not throw away the camellia branches you cut off either. After trimming them a little, you can directly insert them into the soil for cuttings. In spring, when the temperature is high and the temperature and humidity are sufficient, in about 10 days the camellia cuttings can take root!

Cut the cyclamen once after blooming, and it will immediately bloom a second round!

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The cyclamen in quite a few flower lovers' homes bloomed once during the New Year and then directly died, and then was thrown straight into the trash can. In fact, after this cyclamen blooms, as long as you care for it well, reblooming is super easy!

How do you prune a cyclamen that has finished blooming?

1. For a cyclamen that has finished blooming, be sure to cut off the spent flowers promptly. Generally, prune from the base of the flower root and cut off the entire flower stem.

2. Besides the spent flowers, all those dead branches and withered leaves should also be removed. If you do not want to use scissors, you can also just pull them off by hand.

3. The cyclamen blooming consumed a large amount of nutrients from the tuber, so after post-bloom pruning, nutrients must be supplemented. You can bury 2-4 granules of compound fertilizer in the flowerpot, or water with some homemade liquid fertilizer, so that the tuber can accumulate nutrients.

4. In summer, when the weather is hot, the cyclamen will enter a dormant period, and the leaves will continuously wither. At this time, stop water and fertilizer, and place the flowerpot in a cool, ventilated indoor place for care, so it can pass the summer safely.

5. Wait until autumn when the temperature drops, and the cyclamen tuber will wake from the dormant period, begin to sprout new buds, and grow flower buds, thus succeeding in reblooming. It is just that a reblooming cyclamen will bloom a little less than the first time.

Cut the rose once after blooming, and it will bloom from spring all the way to autumn!

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Although many flower lovers' roses are still growing flower buds now, some flower lovers told Huahua that in the warmer south, quite a few roses have almost finished their first blooms, which really makes Huahua envious and jealous!

How do you prune a rose that has finished blooming?

1. After the spring blooms of the rose end, be sure to cut off the spent spring flowers promptly, so as to avoid nutrient consumption and give the rose enough nutrients to immediately carry out a second bloom.

2. When pruning, from about 0.5cm above the rose's 3-leaf position, cut at a 45 degree angle, slanting inward, so that the entire spent flower is cut off.

3. Blind branches and thin, weak branches on the rose branches should also be cut off promptly, and those buds and leaves growing inward and downward should also be cut off at the same time, to promote ventilation and light inside the plant, enhance the rose's disease resistance, and also allow more nutrients to be supplied to the rose branches that bloom.

4. After the rose blooms, if you want it to sprout as soon as possible for a second bloom, you must promptly supplement fertilizer. Things like decomposed rice water and compound fertilizer can all be used for the rose, about 1 time every 10 days. After the rose sprouts flower buds, you can also water with some fishy water, which can make the rose bloom large and abundant!

5. Cut the rose branches you pruned off into small sections of about 7-10cm, and directly insert them into soil for cuttings, or place them in water for water cuttings, and they will basically take root very quickly!

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