August Chinese Rose Flower Care Methods
The network introduces the August Chinese rose flower care methods for small experience of plant breeding, and the following editor will answer your questions in detail.
August Chinese Rose Flower Care Methods
With the beginning of autumn, it means that the weather will slowly change from hot to cool, the harsh summer is about to leave, but gardeners cannot relax, let's learn the August garden master's affairs and smoothly pass the tail of summer.
Garden Ground Plant Care
With the arrival of autumn, the rainfall decreases, and the watering frequency of garden ground plants should be appropriately increased. Although short-term water shortage and drought will not kill the plants, it will reduce fruit yield, flower and fruit drop for fruit trees, and it is prone to sunscald for flowering and foliar plants.
Early tillage and weeding should be carried out, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River after the Meiyu season, the soil is severely compacted, and without tilling and loosening the soil, it is difficult for the roots of garden ground plants to grow.
It is necessary to remove weeds from the garden in a timely manner. Too dense weeds will compete with plants for nutrients, and many weeds will bloom and set seeds in July. If they are not removed in time, they will spread to the next planting season.
Rooftop and Balcony Care
Potted plants are most prone to water shortage in the summer. It is necessary to check for water shortage in the morning and evening to ensure that the soil remains moist. For easy management, it is best to place small seedlings together and large seedlings together to avoid forgetting to water or waterlogging.
After long periods of rain, the soil in potted plants can also become compacted. You can use a small spade to gently loosen the soil, to a depth of about 5-10cm. The deeper the pot, the deeper the loosening depth can be, usually 5cm is enough to break up compaction.
Secrets for Heat-Intolerant Plants to Survive the Summer
Although the beginning of autumn indicates that autumn is approaching, it doesn't mean that summer is over, so for heat-intolerant plants, summer still requires shading, rain avoidance, and fertilizer suspension.
Plants like geraniums, Marguerites, dwarf petunias, blue-eyed daisies, hibiscus ( intolerant to rain), alumroot, hexaflower, chrysanthemum, iron筷子, dahlias, African marigolds, double flowering bellflowers, vertical tubular flowers,aji grass, million small bells, goldfish grass, etc., have poor heat tolerance.
Too wet soil is the main reason for the failure of plants to survive the summer, as excessive moisture can lead to root rot. The method of watering is recommended to be "soaking the pot", that is, placing the bottom of the pot in a tray, allowing the lower half to be moist, so that the roots can absorb water, and keeping the surface of the potting soil dry is less likely to cause death.
Rainfall is also prohibited in the summer, as it can easily lead to disease infection after rain.
Shading can reduce the temperature and minimize sunscald. Using shade nets or moving to a north-facing balcony are both good methods.
Care for Heat-Tolerant Plants
Plants like butterfly peas, fragrant vines, golden showers, sunflowers, blue snowflakes, white snowflakes, dendrobiums, cattleya, gesneriad, eucalyptus, bougainvillea, Osmanthus, salvias, windflowers, mini coreopsis, Chinese hydrangea, large hydrangea, roses,喷雪花, pink wheat, peonies, maples, spiraea, panicled hydrangea, lotus, water lilies, hostas, coneflowers, fruits and vegetables all share a common characteristic: heat tolerance, unaffected by the high summer temperatures, and able to grow and develop normally.
Heat-tolerant plants do not differ much in summer care from usual, mainly focusing on watering, fertilizing, and pruning.
In summer, high temperatures and air flow can cause rapid evaporation of water, leading to a lack of water in potted and ground plants. It is important to observe and prevent plant dehydration.
Fertilization should be light, using a concentration of about 2000 times. Flowering plants can use "Flower多多 No. 2," while plants in the growing stage can use "Flower多多 No. 1."
Heat-tolerant plants grow vigorously in summer and can easily grow into a large area, which can affect ventilation in the branches and cause yellowing and rotting if not pruned.
The pruning principle is to remove withered branches, overlapping branches, diseased branches, and spent flowers.
For plants like roses, panicled hydrangeas, and tree hydrangeas, pruning spent flowers can involve cutting more branches to promote the germination of new buds, produce new branches, and adjust the plant shape.
Summer-flowering plants may experience fading flowers or变形开花, which are normal conditions. For example, pink windmill jasmines may turn slightly white when flowering in summer.
Caring for Hydrangeas
Watering: High summer temperatures cause rapid evaporation of water, usually requiring mulching with 3-5cm of pine bark to retain moisture. It is generally necessary to water every day, paying attention to avoid dehydration.
Fertilization: Mainly using high-nitrogen fertilizer, such as "Flower多多 No. 1" or "Melokko nutritional solution" for root irrigation, once a week.
Light: The summer sun is extremely harsh, so it is necessary to hang shade nets or provide shade, otherwise, it is prone to sunspots and sunburn on tender branches.
Disease and Pest Control: There are few diseases and pests at this season, but in high-temperature and dry areas, it is necessary to prevent red spiders.
Pruning: Post-bloom pruning is usually done in June, and no later than the end of August. Pruning generally reduces the height of the branches by half.
If too many branches are left, the new buds tend to be weak, the growth is poor, and it may collapse and affect the appearance the following year. To ensure growth and beauty, pruning must be ruthless.
Caring for Clematis
The main tasks of caring for clematis in August are pruning and resuming fertilization.
1. Pruning
The pruning time for clematis in East China is about a week after the beginning of autumn, roughly between August 15th and August 20th.
Pruning clematis at this time can rejuvenate the branches, and except for old-branch flowering varieties, other varieties have a high chance of blooming in autumn.
For Class 1 clematis, no pruning is needed, while Class 2 clematis can cut off branches with non-full buds.
F-series and Class 3 clematis are recommended to be pruned to the 7th node, while clematis that have already germinated new branches or have flower buds can be left unpruned.
2. Fertilization
After pruning, clematis can begin to resume fertilization, providing adequate nutrients for growth, which can greatly increase the chances of seeing autumn flowers. Generally, after pruning, "Flower多多 No. 1" can be used for root irrigation, once every 7 days.
Caring for Roses
With the arrival of autumn, the temperature is relatively lower than in July, and the growth of roses is gradually recovering. It is now time to start pruning branches and using fertilizers to accumulate nutrients.
1. Pruning Branches
The pruning time is between mid-August to mid-September. For multi-season flowering varieties, if no summer pruning is done, the flowers in autumn will not be uniform, and the nutrients will not be evenly distributed to each branch, resulting in fewer flowers and an ugly plant shape. At this time, pruning should remove one-third of the entire plant, with diseased, weak, and blind branches cut off.
2. Using Fertilizers
Whether potted or ground, after pruning, top-dressing should be carried out. Diseased, weak, and severely sunburned seedlings do not need to be fertilized. The fertilizers used are "Flower多多 No. 1" and "Flower多多 No. 2" alternately.
The above sharing of the August Chinese rose flower care methods hopes to help you, and at the same time, we hope that everyone will come to see more green plant flower experience and common sense!
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