Longevity Flower is a flower that is very familiar to flower lovers. Many families like to raise a few pots on the balcony or by the window. As a New Year's flower, the longevity flower will start to grow buds in mid-to-late autumn and nurture buds. It will bloom during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival and can last until the spring of the second year.
1 longevity flowers have begun to bloom on the branches, which is the most critical period. We only need to do 3 "small moves" to make the longevity flower grow more buds. Let's take a look:
Stop pruning a large amount of
Before urging the longevity flower to flower, we must first remind flower lovers: don't prune the longevity flower in large amounts of twigs after November.
When autumn just entered, in order to promote the germination of new buds hidden in the branches and allow the plants to grow better, longevity flowers need to be pruned. However, after November, the longevity flower has begun to grow buds. At this time, pruning the branches will cut off many of the blooming branches and reduce the amount of flowers in winter.
But everything has exceptions. If you are growing the seedlings of longevity flower, you want it to grow well, but you don’t want to bloom this year. Then you can prune the branches appropriately. After the seedlings grow up, you can enjoy the flowers in the spring of the following year.
Don't change the pot without special circumstances
1 months later, if it is not a special case, do not change the pot of Changshouhua. Now is the period when the longevity flower is fostered, and the roots need to absorb a large amount of water and nutrients. Repotting the longevity flower will damage the plant roots and will definitely reduce the absorption of water and nutrients. If the flower buds cannot receive water and nutrients for a long time, they will slowly shrink and finally fall off. Doing so may lead to the fact that even a flower of the longevity flower will not be visible this year.
Special cases
There are two special cases, you can repot the longevity flower:
1. The soil is severely sloughed
Generally, families will use tap water to water the flowers. Over time, the soil in the pot will slowly alkalize and the slough will become hard. Severely slab-cracked soil cannot provide enough nutrients for the longevity flower, and it will also hinder the normal growth of the root system. Even if the plant barely blooms, it can only bloom in a few sporadic flowers. In this case, you can consider repotting and changing soil.
2. Rotten roots or pests in the soil
After the autumn cooling, the water in the flower pot evaporates slowly, and watering should also be reduced accordingly. If watering is still too frequent, the root system will rot. Rotten roots cannot provide the plants with the most nutrients, so you need to stop watering immediately and repot the Changshouhua roots; sometimes pests will grow in the soil, and pests will eat the leaves or roots of the Changshouhua. If you drag it and don’t deal with it, the pests will become more and more serious. Flower lovers must spray insecticides into the soil in time or consider replacing the entire soil.
Action 1: Bath in the sun during the day and block the light at night
Longevity flower belongs to short daylight flower , that is, it is not The longer the light time , the better. The light time is too short and will not bloom. If the light time is too long, it will not bloom. If you want to bloom more in the longevity flower, it is best to keep direct light exposure for about 6 hours every day in November. Let me introduce to you a method to promote flower by using black plastic bags:
Black plastic bag method for flower by using black plastic bags
During the day, we find the best light position at home and place the pot of Changshouhua. Note that the temperature should not be too low, and it must be guaranteed to be above 10 degrees.
At about 5 or 6 o'clock in the afternoon, we found a black plastic bag to cover the longevity flower with a bag. You can use a toothpick to pierce several small holes on the bag to help breathe. Wait until around 8 a.m. the next morning, open the plastic bag so that the Changshouhua can continue to absorb the sun. This is done repeatedly every day.Black plastic bags can also be replaced by waste cartons, or it is also possible to move the longevity flower directly to a dark room after time.
The purpose of this is to keep Changshouhua in darkness, prevent indoor light from continuing to shine on the leaves of Changshouhua, and shorten the daily time for Changshouhua to receive light. By controlling the sunshine time, let the longevity flower transport most of the energy to the flower buds and nurture more flower buds.
Action 2: Control watering
Flower lovers who have raised longevity flowers know that it is a relatively drought-tolerant plant. The branches and leaves have thick flesh and can store a lot of water. Although the autumn longevity flowers grow very quickly, they do not need to be watered too frequently. The soil is too wet for a long time, which can easily cause the root system to rot and the stems to rot black. It is a problem whether the plants can live at that time, let alone flowering. After November, you can only water the Changshouhua after waiting for the soil in the pot to dry out. Before watering each time, we can observe the surface of the pot soil. When you see that your hair is dry, you can touch the leaves at the bottom of the plant with your hand. Only when the leaves feel slightly soft when they touch it means that the plant is lacking in water. Water it at this time.
Action 3: Apply a little thin fertilizer
1 fertilization of Changshouhua is mainly divided into two stages, and the fertilizer required for each stage is different.
st stage
Just entered November, and many flower buds have not yet grown on the top of the branches of the longevity flowers in the homes of many flower lovers. So at this stage, it is mainly to help the differentiation of the flower buds. Flower lovers can use the "black plastic bag method" taught above to promote flowers, and then use fertilizers with a balanced ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, such as rotten sheep manure, Huaduoduo No. 1, Aolu slow-release fertilizer, fruit peel fertilizer, etc. The amount of fertilizer is not needed to be too much. Solid fertilizer once a month and liquid fertilizer once a day 7 to 10 days.
Stage 2
After all kinds of means, if nothing unexpected happens, many buds will burst out on the branches of the Changshou Flower, and there will be many buds on the top of each bud. At this stage, we need to start supplementing flower-stimulating fertilizers, and choose high-phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, such as potassium dihydrogen phosphate, Huaduoduo No. 2, etc. Taking the most common potassium dihydrogen phosphate as an example, the fertilizer liquid is arranged according to the ratio of 1g potassium dihydrogen phosphate to 1000ml of water and water the fertilizer liquid is poured into the roots. You can also put the fertilizer liquid into a spray can, spray branches and leaves, and use it once every 7 to 10 days. After the buds are colored, stop fertilizing in time.
