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How to prolong the flowering period of cactus

Gustavo Fring
2020-07-21 08:17:35
It is also called grass ball. The shape of its stem is a sphere or an ellipsoid. The color is green. The flower grows in the thorn bush. It usually blooms in the early morning or near the evening. The time is very short, only a few hours to a day. Many people are looking forward to seeing it bloom, but they may not get up in the morning, may not return to work in the evening, and often can not see it bloom. So you want to know how to extend the flowering time.

When does it bloom?

If you want to see it bloom under normal circumstances, you need to plant it for at least three to four years, and the diameter of the sphere is more than three or four centimeters. Its varieties are different, and the difficulty and ease of flowering are also different. Some of them are difficult to bloom. It is said that they will not have a chance to bloom until they are planted for a decade or two. It usually blooms in May, with a short flowering period of only a few hours to a day, and a long flowering period of two or three days

How to extend

1. Growth environment

To provide it with an area with suitable temperature, you can choose the window edge and cover it with plastic bags, so that its growth speed will be faster and the probability of flowering will be higher. It likes sunshine. It should be kept at a temperature of more than 20 degrees, or it will not bloom. If you want to make the flowering period longer after flowering, don't put it under the light, just let it see the sun once in a while.

2. Water

It likes to be dry. It doesn't need to pour a lot of water. It prefers to let the basin dry rather than make it too wet, let alone leave water in it. Watering is to water the soil thoroughly. When it blooms, you don't need to replace it with a new flowerpot and soil.

3. Add fertilizer

Add fertilizer to it every ten to fifteen days. The amount of mature fertilizer can be less, not too much. If the temperature in summer is even higher than 32 degrees, or the temperature in cool weather is lower than 20 degrees, do not add fertilizer to it, otherwise there will be fertilizer damage, not good for the root, it is easy to die.

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3. Precautions

1. A large part of cactus blooms because it receives sufficient light. Generally, it's buds in the morning and evening, and flowers will only bloom when the sun is at its strongest, so it's a good way to change the light if you want to make it bloom. As for flowering, in order to extend the blooming time of flowers, it can not be too much sun.

2. There are many kinds of it. When it blooms, it's not universal. So in order to increase the probability of prolonging the flowering period, we should first understand its varieties, and then apply the medicine according to its habits.

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