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Maintenance method of potted peach blossom

Jesse Pinkman
2020-08-31 11:00:03
Peach blossom has strong cold resistance, drought resistance and likes sunshine. Potted plants should not be shaded, the root of the most avoid water. It is better to choose loose loam with good drainage and not too fertile, otherwise, it will only grow branches and leaves and blossom less. For potted peach flowers, more attention should be paid to maintenance.

Water peach blossom

For the peach blossom bonsai, the principle of watering is not to dry but not to water. When pouring, it should be appropriate to prevent water from causing rotten roots.

Peach blossom fertilization

Once or twice a year after flowering, liquid fertilizer is applied respectively, and the rest can be dispensed with.

Peach blossom pruning

Pruning peach blossom

Peach blossom differentiates flower buds in July and blooms in the spring of the second year. Therefore, attention should be paid to pruning. Young peach mainly cultivates peach crown. Pruning should be carried out in time after flowering. Only two or three buds at the base of flowering branches should be reserved, and the rest should be cut off.

In summer, the branches with excessive growth are picked to form flower buds. For the plants with poor growth, excessive pruning should be avoided, the strength should be restrained, and the branches should be evenly distributed to create a beautiful plant shape.

Peach blossom for pot

Every spring equinox. When changing basin, put some phosphate fertilizer at the bottom of basin as base fertilizer, cut off the dense root system and fill in new basin soil.

prune peach blossom

Pest control of peach blossom

Peach blossom is easy to grow and shrink leaf disease. Bordeaux solution can be used to control the disease in the early stage of the disease to avoid wilting caused by the expansion of disease area in time. Aphids, moths, longicorn and other insect pests can be artificially caught or killed by spraying pesticides.

prune peach blossom

More notes on Peach Blossom maintenance

In fact, peach blossom can also be expedited. Generally, the pot is moved to the place below 7 ℃, and then put it into the room about one month before the festival. The temperature is gradually increased from 10 ℃ - 20 ℃ by increasing the room temperature, and it can bloom in about 10-25 days.

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