Jasmine Planting Conditions and Methods
An introduction to the conditions and methods for planting jasmine and understanding the suitable environmental conditions for growing green plants and flowers. Detailed introduction is as follows.
Now that spring has arrived, our jasmine is preparing to grow new buds and bloom. However, many people find that their jasmine flowers bloom less or the leaves turn yellow and do not bloom during home care. The main reason is that we have not mastered the correct operational techniques during maintenance. Today, Xiao Qi will tell you about the five "small conditions" required for growing jasmine. If you meet these conditions, it can bloom continuously for a year, with lush green leaves and fragrant flowers.
1. More Sunlight
If you want your jasmine to bloom more and have a full fragrance, it must have sufficient light. If it lacks light, its branches will grow excessively long and bloom very few flowers. Even if it blooms, it will not have a fragrance on cloudy days. Therefore, if you want your jasmine to bloom well, it must be placed in sunlight, preferably in an environment with full sun exposure, or at least six hours of sunlight.
2. Choose the Right Phosphorus Fertilizer
Everyone who has grown flowers knows that using high-phosphorus fertilizer is essential for blooming. However, when growing jasmine, you must choose the right phosphorus fertilizer. Most plants use monopotassium phosphate directly, but not for jasmine. If your jasmine has plenty of light but still doesn't bloom, you can use monopotassium phosphate for the first flowering promotion. After this round, you should change your fertilizing strategy to a fertilizer with high phosphorus content and no lack of other elements.
When buying fertilizer, there are three values on the packaging. Choose the second-highest value, such as the popular Huaduo No. 2. This is because after blooming, the branches need to grow new buds, which must reach five to ten centimeters before blooming. Therefore, we need to maintain nitrogen content to ensure normal growth of new buds. Long-term use of monopotassium phosphate can cause non-blooming, non-growth, and yellowing of leaves. Generally, high-phosphorus fertilizer should be applied two to three times a month with moderate concentration to ensure normal growth and blooming.
Jasmine Planting Conditions and Methods
3. Don't Lack Water
Jasmine is a woody plant that is relatively drought-resistant. Temporary drought will cause the leaves to wilt, but they can recover after watering. However, to ensure normal growth, water cannot be lacking. Because drought will inevitably damage the capillary roots, which need to regrow, generally, when the potting soil is half-dry, water thoroughly to ensure good ventilation, and it will not wilt, keeping the leaves green and growing normally.
4. Reasonable Pruning
If you don't prune your jasmine during maintenance, its branches will grow very long and bloom directly. After blooming, new buds will grow from the top of the branches, making the whole plant very loose and the blooming scattered and unattractive. Therefore, after each blooming, you should prune it, leaving two to four leaves from the last pruning position, shortening the branches, and cutting off the thin and weak branches. This will allow the remaining thick branches to quickly grow multiple new buds, which will bloom immediately, and the shortened nutrient transport distance will make it faster to sprout and bloom larger and more fragrant flowers. Strong pruning is required after each blooming.
5. Adjust the Soil
Jasmine is a typical acid-loving plant. If the water and soil in your home are alkaline, you need to adjust the soil regularly. The method is simple: buy some wood vinegar, dilute it with water at a ratio of 1:1000, and water it twice a month. If the growth is slow later, and there is a lack of iron in the soil, supplement chelated iron once every one to two months to prevent the leaves from turning yellow. If the leaves turn yellow and are not treated, it will eventually wither.
It is easy to grow jasmine in spring. As long as the temperature is suitable, it will quickly sprout. If your plant is loose, hurry up and prune it strongly after entering spring. After pruning, use plenty of fertilizer, do not lack water, and expose it to more sunlight. It will quickly sprout new buds, which will bloom immediately and can continue to bloom for a year. With proper care, the leaves will remain lush and green, and each flowering will be very fragrant.
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