Trick 1: dense cutting

Longevity flower is usually cut once a year. If you want to harvest big flower balls next year, you can cut now and cut more branches in a basin

Post flowering branches

Cut the branches of longevity into several bracts, and cut the flowers into several bracts after each section of longevity

Pruning cuttings

Only 3-4 leaves are left in each branch, and half of each leaf is cut off, and the other leaves are removed to reduce nutrient consumption

Oblique incision of wound

Cut the incision at the bottom of the branch obliquely and put it in a cool and ventilated place for 1-2 hours to dry the wound. If possible, you can also dip it in rooting powder

Prepare soil

Find a large flowerpot and fill it with soil. The soil has no requirements and is loose. It's best to bask in the sun or pour some carbendazim to kill and sterilize, so as to avoid rotten roots

Branch cutting

(author: Yu Ailan, source: HuaBa)

Soak the soil thoroughly, cut the long-lived branches into the soil, and insert more, which is conducive to bursting the pot. After cutting, spray some water, cover it with film or plastic bag, and put it in a cool and ventilated place to wait for rooting. Spray water when the soil is dry without thoroughly watering

Trick 2: pick the heart and hit the top

After the longevity flower survives and the seedling grows up, we have to topple and pick the heart. The specific steps are as follows:

First heart pick

Before heart picking

(author: sun, moon and stars _111; source: Changshou flower bar)

Less than a week after heart picking

(author: sun, moon and stars _111; source: Changshou flower bar)

When the seedlings of Changshou flower are full of 6-8 leaves, pick the heart, remove the top 6 (3 pairs) of leaves, and only keep the bottom 2-4 (1-2 pairs) of leaves

Keep picking your heart

(author: sun, moon and stars _111; source: Changshou flower bar)

After continuous heart picking

Less than a week after picking the heart, new buds will appear. When the new buds grow to six leaves, continue picking the heart until the big flower ball is formed. If you have dwarf Zhuang element at home, you can spray some dwarf Zhuang element. The buds grow more

Post flower pruning

(author: jing069; source: tread on flowers)

After the longevity flower blooms, the flower arrows will be trimmed in time, and it will bloom again in less than a month

Trick 3: fertilization and light

(author: Sunshine Lele} source: stepping on flowers)

1. The bottom of the longevity flower pot can be sprinkled with compound fertilizer. When watering every week during the growth period, you can put several grains of compound fertilizer in the water and irrigate the roots with the water

2. The long-lived flower is dormant in summer and does not need fertilization

3. From October to November, potassium dihydrogen phosphate can be sprayed on the leaves every week in the ratio of 1:1000, or irrigated with roots

4. Although Changshou flower is shade tolerant, it will not bloom if it is not illuminated for a long time. Therefore, it must be placed on nanyangtai with good illumination. The better the illumination, the more flowers will bloom< span>