How to care for potted jasmine?
This article provides an overview of the related aspects of caring for potted jasmine plants, as follows:
How to care for potted jasmine
If you can only grow one fragrant plant in the summer, it must be jasmine. Although the flowers of jasmine are not striking, its fragrance is sure to captivate your heart.
Jasmine is a very suitable plant for potting, and it can also be planted in the ground in southern regions. It is adaptable, grows vigorously, and to ensure continuous blooming, you need to focus on the following three points.
1. Ensure sufficient lighting
Jasmine loves sunlight and can tolerate full sun exposure even in the hot summer. The stronger the light, the better the plant grows and the more fragrant the flowers.
If the lighting is insufficient, jasmine may exhibit excessive growth with long branches but no flowers. If your jasmine only grows branches and doesn't bloom, consider the lighting factor first. If the lighting time is insufficient, move it to a better-lit position.
2. Maintain adequate water and fertilizer
Jasmine grows rapidly and produces many flowers, so it consumes a lot of water and fertilizer throughout the growing season.
In the spring sprouting period, a general-purpose growth fertilizer should be used, applied every 7-10 days. When jasmine begins to form flower buds in the summer, switch to a fertilizer with a focus on phosphorus and potassium, such as using Huaduo No. 2, applied every 5-7 days.
How to care for potted jasmine?
Why is the use of monopotassium phosphate fertilizer not recommended? Because monopotassium phosphate does not contain nitrogen, and jasmine flowers continuously, so it actually requires a higher amount of nitrogen. Using only phosphorus and potassium fertilizers during the bud stage can lead to a nitrogen deficiency, causing the leaves to turn yellow.
Therefore, during the bud stage, it is recommended to use a fertilizer with a small amount of nitrogen and a focus on phosphorus and potassium to support both the buds and new growth.
If you are concerned about茉莉花 having insufficient phosphorus and reducing flowering, you can shallowly bury calcium magnesium phosphorus or superphosphate around the pot or use bone meal to continuously provide phosphorus and potassium.
3. Prune regularly
After each flowering cycle, it is important to prune the branches to stimulate new growth and allow the plant to bloom again.
Jasmine is very tolerant of pruning. To maintain a low-growing habit, you can cut off most of the branches after flowering, leaving only 1-2 pairs of leaves on the flowering branches. Heavy pruning can maintain a good shape, but the speed of new bud growth may be slightly slower.
If shape is not a concern, you can cut off 1/3 or 1/2 of the flowering branches, which will make the plant taller but new buds will grow faster.
It is important to note that after pruning, you must fertilize promptly. It is recommended to add a controlled-release fertilizer first to provide continuous nutrients, then supplement with a growth compound fertilizer or growth nutrient solution, while also ensuring adequate lighting.
Following this procedure after each flowering will allow the jasmine to bloom continuously until late autumn.
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