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How to manage the fake Epiphyllum flower after its withering

Saul Goodman
2020-07-23 08:45:26
The most beautiful time for a flower is when it is in full bloom. During the flowering period, the flowers are delicate and beautiful. False Epiphyllum is no exception, we work hard to maintain is to be able to enjoy its appearance in the flowering period, so the long-term maintenance before flowering is particularly careful. However, sometimes it is a more important maintenance period after the withering of flowers. At this time, if carefully cultivated, it can not only increase the vitality of flowers and promote the growth of plants, but also greatly improve the quantity and quality of flowers in the next year. How to maintain and manage Epiphyllum after withering? Here are the answers.

Pruning

The pruning of Epiphyllum is very important, especially after flowering, it must be trimmed as soon as possible, at least once. At this time, pruning is mainly to cut off the old branches, residual branches and branches with weak and too dense growth, which can reduce the nutrient consumption during the dormancy period of the plant, and the new shoots will be healthier and stronger in the next spring, and the flowers will be more gorgeous and various.

Fertilization

One or two times topdressing should be done properly after the flowers of pseudoepiphyllum wither, and the thin fertilizer mainly composed of nitrogen is the best. Every 20 days or so to increase phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, soil nutrients, until the end of late autumn, ready for winter.

Watering

After its flowering period, pseudoepiphyllum should be watered less gradually. Usually, it is only necessary to keep the soil not too dry. Because the flower of pseudoepiphyllum is in high temperature after withering, and then the flower will start to sleep. At this time, its physiological activity will be reduced, and the absorption capacity of roots will be sharply reduced. If you do not pay attention to reduce watering, it is easy to cause a large number of branches and leaves of the plant to fall off, and it may also appear rotten roots or even directly lead to plant death.

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Change basin

Pseudoepiphyllum has a short period of semi dormancy after anthesis, which is the most suitable period of basin changing. When changing pots, we need to clean up all the roots of Epiphyllum, remove the rotten old and diseased roots, and only keep the healthy and strong roots, so as to maintain the permeability of the roots. The old soil should be completely removed, and the new soil rich in humus should be replanted.

If you want to hang the false Epiphyllum to decorate the room, you can plant it in a shallow flowerpot, use some moss as the cultivation medium of the plant, wait until the plant slowly adapts and recovers its vitality, then you can hang it to decorate and appreciate it

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