In August, I raised geraniums, started doing 4 things, and soon bloomed again
Geraniums are flowers that need to be dormant in the summer, and when the temperature rises above thirty degrees, the plant basically stops growing, until the autumn weather begins to become cool, it can return to normal growth again, and at this time to go to the buds to flower. If it is not properly maintained, it may stop flowering in the autumn. It is now the middle of August, and the weather will slowly become cooler after autumn, so as long as you strengthen the maintenance, you can bloom again in October.
Stay hydrated
After the weather becomes cool, the geranium will change from a dormant state to a growth state, this time can no longer be like summer, so that the potting soil is too arid, if the plant can not get water supplementation, it is not easy to grow new branches, and too much drought, but also make the leaves below yellow, causing the leaves to dry and scorch.
After the plant returns to normal growth, it is also necessary to increase the watering appropriately, and the potting soil should be watered in time to water it thoroughly, and the watering should also be noted, and it cannot be watered half-cut, that is, only the surface of the potting soil is watered, and the root system below cannot absorb the water, so that the watering time is very unfavorable to the growth of the plant. Then there is no water in the pot, this flower is also afraid of waterlogging, when the pot soil is wet for a long time, it is easy to cause yellow leaves to fall.
Start supplementation with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers
Those luxuriant geraniums, after the autumn, as the temperature drops, the plant begins to return to normal growth, generally to the new branches to gestate flower buds, in the late autumn to bloom again. If it is not properly maintained, it may only grow branches and leaves and not flower.
In order to make geranium flower again, in terms of fertilization, do not give it too much nitrogen fertilizer, to phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, and so on after the weather is cool, you can apply 1:1000 potassium dihydrogen phosphate liquid fertilizer once a week, generally used continuously 2 to 3 times, the branches can grow a lot of flower buds.
Do a reasonable amount of light
Geranium prefers sunlight, but during the high temperature in the summer, the plant enters a dormant state, this time is very afraid of strong light exposure, continue to be exposed to the sun, the branches and leaves are easy to be sunburned, causing a large number of yellow leaves, and even the whole plant withers. So all summer, I have to go to shade it and put the potted plants in a cool and ventilated place for maintenance.
After the temperature drops, the light becomes softer and softer, and at this time, it can no longer be left without light, otherwise the branches will grow, grow tall and long, and it is not easy to go to the buds to flower.
In autumn, after the light is soft, it should be slowly allowed to receive light, morning and evening to let it see the sun, or move the pot to the place where there is scattered light for maintenance, which can promote the growth of the plant, help the formation of flower buds, and let it flower more.
Do not over-prune
If the geranium branches at home grow tall and long, if you want to prune, you should prune as soon as possible, because if the pruning is too late, after growing new branches, it may affect normal flowering.
For geraniums with better plant shape and strong growth, do not overprun in the autumn, you can simply prune the yellow branches and leaves, and too dense branches to increase the ventilation and light transmittance between plants, so that the plant can grow buds as soon as possible.
Geranium will soon wake up from the dormant period, after the weather is cool, as long as it is strengthened in the above aspects of maintenance management, the plant will soon be able to grow buds on the branches, flowering beautiful, beautiful flowers.
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