How to distinguish between blind buds of Chinese roses and what to do if Chinese roses have blind buds?
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How to distinguish blind buds of Chinese roses and what to do if they appear?
Just a couple of days ago, a flower enthusiast asked such a question: "The juice balcony potted plant kept blooming last year, but after a winter, all the buds that sprouted in spring are blind buds. What's going on?"
What is a blind bud? Let's first understand this.
The Chinese rose branch in the red circle in the picture is a blind branch, which is characterized by the absence of a core at the tip of the branch and no small leaves. Growth stops and it will not grow longer or form flower buds.
The one above is a normal Chinese rose branch, with small leaves at the top, and flower buds will form after the branch grows to a certain time.
There is also a type of blind branch that is invisible, as shown in the photo below of a new bud.
These new buds can only be seen as a cluster of leaves, with almost no branches. This type of blind branch often appears at the bottom of the Chinese rose plant or in some buds that grow inward, as they do not receive enough sunlight and have poor ventilation, thus failing to obtain sufficient nutrients to grow.
But why is it that all the new buds of this Chinese rose are these small blind branches?
According to the flower enthusiast, this Chinese rose kept blooming continuously last year, but this year the buds have turned out like this, which is quite strange.
From the photos, it can be seen that this Chinese rose was not pruned during the winter, or very little pruning was done, with two long branches sticking out prominently and a large number of new buds.
With more new buds, the required nutrients naturally increase. However, due to continuous blooming the previous year, the plant's reserves of nutrients were insufficient, coupled with no pruning and too many new buds, insufficient spring fertilization and watering can lead to the phenomenon of entire plant blind buds.
So what should be done now?
For blind branches, our usual practice is to break off or lightly prune them, but with an entire plant of blind buds, they cannot be cut off. Otherwise, the Chinese rose will lose the leaves for photosynthesis and may grow even weaker.
A better approach is to pull the two tall branches horizontally, pressing them to a horizontal angle, and the other branches can also be pressed to a horizontal position. Then, use a fast-acting nitrogen fertilizer to promote new buds.
Apply the fast-acting nitrogen fertilizer every 5 days, drenching the roots and spraying the leaves. Soon, the Chinese rose will sprout new buds. If you only want strong suckers from this plant, you can pinch off the new buds on top, continue fertilizing, and the Chinese rose will grow strong new suckers from the bottom.
After the new suckers have grown, the old branches can be pruned, which can not only strengthen the plant but also adjust the shape of the plant.
Of course, during this process, the Chinese rose should not be allowed to bloom. The main reason many flower enthusiasts cannot get their Chinese roses to bloom together is that they can't bear to remove the flower buds, even if there's only one. If too focused on blooming and not paying attention to plant growth, the Chinese rose may bloom less and less. To learn systematic methods for growing Chinese roses, I recommend reading the book "How to Grow Chinese Roses from Scratch" which can help you quickly master the methods.
The above is a specific introduction to [] on how to distinguish between blind buds of Chinese roses and what to do if they appear, for reference by netizens.