What are the pruning techniques for flowers
If you want to learn about the pruning techniques for flowers and the essential pruning methods for houseplants, let's take a look together!
“Seven parts care, three parts cut” is the saying from experienced gardeners. The purpose of pruning is to promote the growth and flowering of flowers. All flowers need proper pruning. Now, there is a popular saying, "If the pruning is not aggressive, the flowering is unstable." If you want the potted plants to look beautiful and bloom continuously, you need to learn pruning.
When pruning flowers, you cannot cut randomly. There are many small techniques that many people are not aware of. Understanding these tips makes it very easy to grasp, and it's really enlightening.
Pinching the top and removing the growing tip
Many flowering plants in life need to have their tops pinched and growing tips removed to promote the growth of lateral buds. This process is not done in one go but needs to be repeated 2 to 3 times to achieve the effect of full blooms. Do you know which ones? For example, sunflowers, chrysanthemums, geraniums, dwarf morning glories, Marguerites, and million bells, etc., these flowers produce a large number of blooms and are very easy to achieve full blooms. If not pinched in time, the number of flowers will be very few.
Removing withered and diseased leaves
Plants go through a process of renewal during growth, so not all yellow and withered branches are a sign of "illness." Just like large trees outdoors shed leaves every day, potted flowers are the same. Therefore, when growing flowers, we need to observe and manage them more. Removing withered and diseased leaves can promote the growth of new buds, reduce nutrient consumption, and benefit overall development.
Removing suckers
The purpose of removing suckers is to ensure "quality." By controlling the number, you can make the flowers larger and more vibrant. For example, removing the weaker lateral or leaf buds on the branches can achieve this goal. For instance, if the branches of large-flowered roses are too dense and numerous, the resulting blooms will be smaller and the colors dull. Therefore, it's necessary to remove some suckers, which is also a pruning method to enhance the ornamental value of the plant.
What are the pruning techniques for flowers
Pruning branches
Pruning branches is one of the most common tasks in flower cultivation. Any plant needs proper pruning. Through reasonable pruning, it can promote the growth of new buds, increase good light transmission and ventilation, reduce consumption, and promote overall development. For example, it is necessary to prune the excessive growth to lower the shape, making the appearance shorter and stronger, like bamboo.
Some also need to observe the density between branches and prune the overly dense ones, preferably choosing the weaker ones and leaving the branches that grow outward, pruning the ones that grow inward to increase ventilation, thus allowing the plant to develop better and bloom continuously. For example, jasmine and chrysanthemums.
Thinning flower buds
For some flowering plants, sometimes there are five or six flower buds on one branch, competing with each other for nutrients, which can result in smaller and less vibrant flowers, or even cause flower buds to fall off before they open. In such cases, don't hesitate to remove some. Generally, it is enough to keep 1 to 2 large flower buds on one branch, like camellias, to ensure adequate nutrient supply and promote flowering.