One, the method of maintaining gardenia

1, potting soil is suitable

Gardenia needs loose and breathable soil, drainage should be good, usually use humus, peat soil mixed with general garden soil to formulate and become. Gardenia likes acidic soil, the most suitable PH value for gardenia growth is about 5~6, if the acidity and alkalinity is not suitable, it will affect the normal growth of gardenia.

2, pay attention to watering

Gardenia is suitable to grow in the wet and humid environment, need to keep the potting soil wet, watering frequency is not fixed need to see dry and wet, in the air dry time, can use the sprayer to spray water mist to the foliage.

3, light enough

Want gardenia to grow well, need to give it plenty of sunshine, plenty of light not only can make it grow well, but also can be better to flower, the flowering period will also become longer. If the gardenia is put in the dark place for a long time, the branch will grow very thin and weak, the leaves will also curl and yellow, not conducive to growth.

4, appropriate amount of fertilizer

Only to ensure sufficient fertility, can let the gardenia grow more prosperous, flowering will be better. If it is just transplanted gardenia, need after three months to start fertilization, it is better to use cake fertilizer as base fertilizer. And in the growing season need thin fertilizer hard application, supplement ferrous sulfate as well as cake fertilizer can be. In the gardenia breeding buds period, can be appropriate to apply a Trum potassium phosphate fertilizer.

5, regular pruning

In the gardenia growth period, there will be some disease branch dead branch, and branch overlap waste branch, need to carry on the appropriate pruning, especially the disease branch should be timely pruning to avoid infecting other branches. After the flowers are gone, you need to cut off the residual flowers in a timely manner, you can save the nutrients to promote the sprouting of new shoots.

Two, raise gardenia notes

1, soil acidification

Don't know how to raise gardenia potted flower friends, may ignore this point. Most of the moisture at home is alkaline, long-term watering with alkaline soil, may lead to soil gradually alkalization, so need to regularly acidify the soil, you can pour some ferrous sulfate solution at the right time, as a way to change the PH value of the soil.

2, winter dormancy

Gardenia in winter time back into dormant state, if long time in the cold state may let the root system damaged. But if put in the warm indoor, may let the plant the second year to bloom late, the best way is to put the gardenia in the temperature of about 5℃, let it winter dormant.

3, change the pot to trim the root

Every 1~2 years, need to give the gardenia to change a bigger pot, also need to join the new soil which is more nutritious, in the change of pot can be the gardenia's withered root rotten root to trim off, after the change of pot put in the shade place first for a week, after that can be moved to the sunshine under the normal growth.

4, prevent pests and diseases

Gardenia is easy to be infected with pests and diseases, such as yellowing disease, leaf spot disease and mealybugs, etc., in the summer weather is hot and humid, easy to be infected with all kinds of fungal diseases. After the discovery of pests and diseases, must be timely spraying insecticidal agents, the right medicine, the agent in the major flower stores are generally sold.

Conclusion: after reading the above, I believe we should be in the know gardenia potted plant planting method, as long as careful maintenance, gardenia natural will grow well, open flowers will be more radiant.