Bougainvillea longevum... After just one cut, it overflowed the pot and all the leaves were invisible. How did you do that?

How to make Kalanchoe bloom in full bloom?

Spring is here, and it’s time for mystery petunias, marigolds, and pansies to bloom. So, how do you grow these flowers so that they bloom out of the pot? Today Huahua will use Kalanchoe as an example.

Tip 1: Dense cuttings

If you want to harvest a large flower ball from Kalanchoe, you must do dense cuttings and plant many branches into one flowerpot!

1. Choose branches after flowering

Cut off the branches of the Kalanchoe that have finished flowering with a sharp knife, then remove the flower buds and cut the branches into small sections of about 5 cm.

2. Cutting pruning

If you want to propagate Kalanchoe branches by cuttings, only keep 3-4 leaves on each branch, and cut off half of the remaining leaves, and pick off the rest. This can avoid unnecessary nutrient consumption.

3. 45° trimming

Cut the lower end of the Kalanchoe branch at an angle of 45°, then place it in a cool and ventilated place for about an hour, try to let the wound dry, and then apply some rooting powder on the wound.

4. Loose and breathable nutrient soil

Prepare loose and breathable nutrient soil, expose it to the sun for 1-2 days, or add some carbendazim and stir it to sterilize the soil, and then put the nutrient soil in a larger flowerpot.

5. Branch cuttings

Insert the Kalanchoe branches into the soil, cut as many as possible, then water them thoroughly once, place them in a cool and ventilated place and wait for them to take root. If you find the soil is dry, water it a little. After about 10-15 days, the cuttings of the Kalanchoe branches will take root.

Tip 2: Topping

After the grafted Kalanchoe grows up, we have to constantly pinch and top it so that it can grow bigger and bigger than the pot!

1. First pinching

When the Kalanchoe seedlings grow 6-8 leaves, it is time to do the first pinching, cutting off the top 3 pairs of leaves and leaving only 1-2 pairs of leaves at the bottom.

2. Multiple pinching

About a week after the first pinching, the Kalanchoe will grow new buds. Wait until the new buds have three pairs of leaves, and continue pinching. Keep pinching and you can also spray some dwarfing agent, and soon the Kalanchoe will bloom!

How to make Bougainvillea bloom?

If you want the bougainvillea to turn into a flower ball as quickly as possible, pruning is essential. Today Huahua will talk about how to grow Bougainvillea to full bloom by creating a Bougainvillea lollipop shape!

Tip 1: Pruning

1. Pruning branches

The branches of the newly bought bougainvillea are basically messy and have no nice shape. At this time, you can trim them according to the positions shown by the red lines in the picture, and cut off the horizontal branches on the main trunk at the same time.

2. Keep 4 and discard 2

After heavily pruning the bougainvillea, if you want to create a lollipop shape, you have to keep pinching the tip and top it. When the new branches have 6 leaves, cut off the middle 2 leaves, leaving only the bottom 4 leaves.

3. Keep pinching

After the first pinching, continue to remove 2 and keep 4 new branches, and repeat this cycle over and over again until the bougainvillea appears in a tightly clustered ball shape. Now you can let it bloom!

Tip 2: Fertilization and light

1. Fertilization

Bougainvillea likes fertilizer. You can bury some cooked soybeans in the flowerpot. It also needs to be watered with rice water or bean cake water once a week during the growing period. Before it blooms, just spray some more potassium dihydrogen phosphate.

2. Adequate lighting

Bougainvillea particularly likes light. If it is kept indoors, it is best placed on the south balcony or south windowsill. If conditions permit, place it outdoors with sufficient sunlight to make the bougainvillea bloom more!

That’s all Huahua is going to introduce today.

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