Bougainvillea is a representative flowering plant in the summer, the greater the sun, the stronger the light, the higher the temperature, the more spectacular it blooms, especially in the southern region, the bougainvillea can be seen almost everywhere, the ground-planted bougainvillea can grow into a big tree, and even climb to a height of more than ten meters into a flower waterfall, it is really very spectacular, ah,
Bougainvillea is raised in the northern region, but it is easy to grow leaves, and it is not easy to flower with long branches, so use these few tricks to promote flowers and double its flowering amount to live up to the whole summer. July and August is the blooming period of the bougainvillea, if your bougainvillea is not yet in bloom, quickly use these few tricks to remedy it.
First, bask in the sun
Bougainvillea is a strong positive plant, the more the sun the more flowering, if you have a terrace at home, a balcony, be sure to get the light, the most intense place to bask in the sun, if the home light is not enough, do not raise bougainvillea, it is not easy to flower. Raising bougainvillea in the summer does not need shade, thrown outside the sun does not matter, do not less than six hours of direct light, more sun exposure to make its better flower bud differentiation, in order to prevent it from growing branches, all the nutrients are used to flower.
Second, trim the bougainvillea
If the long branches are too long, the flowers at the top are sparsely stretched, it is not beautiful, you have to prune the top branches, it has the advantage of the top, at the top can give birth to flower buds, there are flower buds also to prune it, let it branch at the bottom of the long side, let it flower under the bottom. If the long branches are too high, the bottom of the development of very thin flower buds, it is not easy to open, so pruning is indispensable work.
Pruning the bougainvillea, you can keep two or three pairs of nodes of each branch or prune according to your own preference, as long as you can achieve its short branches, promote the purpose of branching on the side, promote the purpose of flower buds, a main branch can be differentiated into several side branches, to flower the amount of at least two or three times. For those who let the bougainvillea grow thin and lala, the plant type is not beautiful friends, repair must prepare a pair of scissors, to be prepared to prune in time, the more pruning the plant type, the better it looks, the easier it is to flower,
Third, supplement fertilizer
Bougainvillea in the summer blooming period, natural fertilizer can not be lacking, bougainvillea has enough fertilizer to have the strength to open pop, if it is a ground-planted bougainvillea, basically do not care about it. Bury some fertilizer on the ground can be, if the soil of the pot is relatively small, fertilization should be watered two to three times a month, with phosphorus and potassium fertilizer as the main fertilizer, you can sprinkle some dried sheep manure in the pot, when watering, the flower is more than two, three times a month, it is enough to supply it to grow branches, to promote the need to supply it to flower.
With three of these three tricks to promote flowers, the bougainvillea will definitely grow lush, full of flowers, until late autumn, in many places in the south as a must-have flower for the family, can grow a big flower tree, it is really envious.