Secret No. 17 for Flower Cultivation: fragrant plant [Michelia]
Today, I am sharing some experiences related to woody flowers, Secret No. 17 for Flower Cultivation: fragrant plant [Michelia]. Next, a comprehensive introduction follows.
Michelia, with glossy leaves, stays green all year round. When the flowers bloom, they are richly fragrant. The tiny golden yellow flowers, like rice grains, stand out against the green leaves. If well-cultivated, Michelia can bloom five times a year. So, can it bloom and be fragrant every day? There is a method:
Generally, after Michelia finishes blooming once, it needs to "rest" for a period before it blooms again, as it needs to accumulate nutrients for the next bloom. Therefore, its blooming is intermittent. To make it bloom every day, we need to manually meet its nutrient requirements, which is to reduce the nutrients consumed in each bloom by properly thinning the flower buds.
Specifically, when Michelia first (or second) begins to form flower buds in spring, you can first thin 1-2 branches of flower buds, and then thin another 1-2 branches of flower buds 4-5 days later. By repeating this process continuously, accumulating more than 6-7 thinnings, and thinning the branches to reach 60-70% of all branches, all branches of Michelia can take turns blooming, achieving the goal of blooming and being fragrant every day.
Following the procedure, branches that have not been thinned bloom first, and about 5-10 days later, branches from the first thinning follow. Then, branches are bloomed in the order of thinning. Overall, a Michelia plant can provide fragrance for 7-8 months during its entire growing period (as its aroma is strong, thinning some is fine).
Key points:
1. Water, fertilizer, and sunlight must be sufficient.
2. The plant cannot be too small, it should have at least 10 branches.
The above content introduces Secret No. 17 for Flower Cultivation: fragrant plant [Michelia - blooming and fragrant every day]. I hope it helps you and also encourages everyone to come and see more green plant and flower cultivation experiences and knowledge!