How to care for bougainvillea in January
Main content introduction: How to care for bougainvillea in January and some small knowledge about bougainvillea maintenance guidelines for January. If there are any mistakes, please feel free to correct them!
Bougainvillea, also known as paperflower, has been extremely popular among flower enthusiasts in the past two years. Different varieties of bougainvillea have different plant heights. Shorter ones can be used as potted plants for display, while larger ones with longer branches can be used to create flower walls, fences, arches, etc. They are great for both balcony potted plants and decorating courtyard flower beds.
In spring, bougainvillea enters a period of vigorous growth and is one of its main blooming seasons, usually starting from February to March, when a large number of flower buds will grow. To lay a good foundation for flowering in spring, we need to use various flowering promotion methods to help the growth of flower buds in January. In terms of maintenance, there are three things to do that can promote the rapid development of flower buds, so that by the time spring comes, large clusters of flowers can bloom, achieving the effect of "seeing flowers, not leaves."
The first thing: Water control
Water control is one of the most commonly used and effective methods to promote flowering in bougainvillea. The growth of bougainvillea can be divided into two stages: vegetative growth and reproductive growth. If we continue to water and fertilize bougainvillea normally, the plant will not feel threatened and will remain in the vegetative growth stage of producing stems and leaves. Appropriate water control can make bougainvillea feel threatened, prompting it to reproduce quickly, transition from vegetative growth to reproductive growth for flowering, thus inhibiting stem and leaf growth and accelerating the rapid development of flower buds.
Water control for bougainvillea requires skill. If the control period is too short, it won't be effective, and if it's too long, it can harm the plant. We can determine when to control water and when to water by observing the leaves.
How to care for bougainvillea in January
Before watering, observe the leaves of the bougainvillea. If the leaves are not wilted, even if the potting soil is dry, do not water. Maintain a state of water control until the surface of the potting soil is dry and the leaves of the bougainvillea are slightly wilted and drooping, then water. Generally, after repeating this process of water control and watering 4-5 times, a large number of flower buds will grow.
After we see flower buds at the tips of the branches, we should continue to control water slightly. However, there is no need to wait for the leaves to wilt before watering. When the bottom old leaves show slight wilting, it's time to water. After repeating this process several times, the entire branch tip will be covered with flower buds, at which point we can stop water control and return to normal watering.
The second thing: expose to the sun
How much does bougainvillea like the sun? To put it this way, if you visit places where bougainvillea is planted in Guangzhou or Fujian, you will find that they like to plant bougainvillea in sunny areas, and even during the hottest days of summer, they do not shade it. The more the bougainvillea is exposed to the sun, the better it grows. This shows how much this plant loves the sun.