Gardenia potted plant can sunbathe, but avoid the hot sun.

Gardenia vitality is very strong, flower fragrant, is an important garden ornamental plants. Gardenia like light and well-ventilated environment, but avoid strong light exposure, to keep the whole day 60% of the light, in order to meet the needs of its growth. Gardenia can tolerate shade also slightly hardy (-3 ℃), in the sheltered conditions of leaf color green, but the flowering is slightly poor appropriate with loose fertile, well-drained acidic soil planting.

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1, the gardenia is shade-tolerant and also slightly cold-tolerant (-3℃), but the flowering is a little poor, it is suitable to use loose fertile, well-drained acidic soil to plant. P>1, gardenia likes acid soil:

Soil, water fertilizer contains alkali, all make plant can't absorb iron element, and affect the formation of chlorophyll, make branch wither, leaf scorch, even die. To use fertile, loose, well-drained acidic soil, such as composted pine sawdust mixed into the soil, the use of the effect is also very good.

2, gardenia like wet:

Air humidity such as less than 70%, will directly affect the flower bud differentiation and flower bud growth, but too wet and will cause the root rot branch wither, leaf yellow shedding phenomenon. In addition to normal watering, you should often spray the foliage and the nearby ground with water to properly increase air humidity.

3, gardenia like fertilizer:

Suitable for composted soybean cake, jatropha residue, peanut bran and other fertilizers, fermented and rotted can be acidic, but must be thin fertilizer multi-shipping, avoid thick fertilizer, raw fertilizer, winter hibernation period does not fertilize. Planting less than three years, do not apply human urine. Too much nitrogen fertilizer will cause thick branches, large leaves, thick green, but not flowering. Lack of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer will also appear not to flower or flower buds withered and fall off phenomenon.

4, gardenia likes temperature:

Gardenia is not hardy, should pay attention to the appropriate period into the room and out of the room. Generally in mid-October into the room, into the room after put to the sunshine place, room temperature keep in 10-12 ℃ is suitable, the lowest shall not be below 0 ℃. Spring should not be too early out of the room, usually in late April out of the room is good.

5, gardenia pest control:

Gardenia is often prone to leaf yellowing disease and leaf spot disease. Pests are harmed by stinging moths, mesquite and whitefly.

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