The potted flowers that bloom in spring are very beautiful. Potted flowers bring us green life. Therefore, keeping them in a reasonable posture is also a necessity for flower lovers. Proper pruning of potted flowers can make the branches reasonably distributed, save nutrients, and regulate growth. Only then will the potted flowers look graceful and have more flowers and fruits. Pruning after germination not only wastes nutrients, but also makes it difficult to shape.

The main point in the spring cultivation and management of potted flowers and the maintenance of spring greenhouse potted flowers is to prune potted flowers. Now that we know that it is pruning, how should we prune it? The editor will explain it to flower lovers today. The key points of care for potted flowers in spring are particularly important when pruning potted flowers in spring. Before pruning, you must fully understand the growth characteristics and flowering parts of potted flowers before you start pruning.

Pruning of spring flowers can generally be divided into four types: heavy pruning, medium pruning, light pruning and topping. The specific operating steps and key points are as follows:

1. Heavy pruning Pruning

Pruning potted flowers should be pruned heavily for potted flowers that bloom on annual branches, such as roses, jasmine, gardenia, hibiscus, crape myrtle, etc. Let it sprout new branches and make the plant newer and stronger. Many flowers and fruits.

How to prune potted flowers? The knife or scissors used for pruning should be sharp and make the cut smooth to prevent the branches from breaking. To prevent the cut from rotting downward, apply wax to the cut. When pruning, be careful to select bud eyes that grow outward to facilitate even branch expansion, making the plant beautiful in shape, and also conducive to ventilation and light transmission.

2. Middle pruning

The method of pruning potted flowers, such as winter plum, pomegranate, kumquat, etc., can be cut in the middle for potted flowers that need to be shortened appropriately to bloom well. And pay equal attention to thinning and pruning. For annual branches that have bloomed, leave 2 to 3 buds on the stem and cut them short to promote the growth of side branches, and thin out leggy branches, cross branches and diseased branches.

3. Light pruning

For potted flowers that bloom on biennial branches, perform light pruning. Such as camellia, gardenia, peach, Milan, white orchid, etc. Just cut off excess side branches, diseased branches and top branches. Make the main branch strong. During pruning, artificial shaping can be performed. According to personal preferences and actual plant growth conditions, it can be modified into umbrella shape, pagoda shape, etc.

4. Topping

For herbaceous potted flowers, such as violets, daisies, snapdragons, marigolds, rudbeckia, etc., it is necessary to top and head them.

The technique for pruning potted flowers is to pinch and head them multiple times to make them have multiple lateral buds, make the plants short, strong and beautiful, and have luxuriant branches and leaves, so as to increase the number of flowers and prolong the flowering time. After the flowers fade, the remaining flowers should be cut off in time to help the remaining flower heads bloom more vigorously. For those potted flowers that bloom in early spring, such as winter jasmine, plum blossoms, azaleas, etc., do not prune them before they germinate in early spring. They must be lightly pruned 1 or 2 weeks after flowering to promote the germination of new shoots.

The above is the knowledge about pruning potted flowers in spring introduced to flower lovers by the flower website today. I hope it will be helpful to all the friends who love flowers.

Through our introduction, I believe everyone has a deeper understanding of the maintenance and pruning of spring potted flowers.