How to care for freesia after its blooming period (how to deal with freesia after it blooms and withers)

Maintenance tips for freesia after it withers

Freesia is a perennial bulbous flower. Its natural flowering period is from March to May. It can also be cultivated in greenhouses to adjust its flowering period to around the Spring Festival. Therefore, it is also one of the most popular New Year flowers.

Moreover, freesias do not bloom only for a short time. If people can do a good job of maintaining the plants after the flowers have bloomed, they can come back to life and grow luxuriantly next year.

①Ball cultivation:

After April, the flowering period of freesia is coming to an end. In addition to cutting off the withered flower arrows, you can also add some high-phosphorus and potassium water-soluble fertilizers to allow nutrients to flow back to the bulbs and promote the growth of sub-bulbs.

Proper bulb care before the leaves completely wither can make the bulbs full again, which is beneficial to the quality of re-flowering next year.

② Receiving the ball:

Around May and June, when the leaves above the rhizomes of freesia turn completely yellow, the bulbs enter a deep dormant state and can be dug out and harvested.

Clean the soil from the dug bulbs, dry them, put them in a net bag and hang them in a cool and ventilated place, or wrap them in newspaper and refrigerate them.

Compared with dormancy in the original pot or hanging in a cool and ventilated place over the summer, the temperature in the refrigerator is relatively stable, and the low-temperature vernalization process is also completed at the same time, which is conducive to synchronous germination when the plant is potted again in October.

③Replanting:

Around October, when the ambient temperature stabilizes at around 20℃, the bulbs can be taken out and replanted.

When potting, try to choose relatively full bulbs of uniform size for planting. Particularly small bulbs may not bloom this year, so they can be planted separately, which will help to differentiate their management and keep the flowering period basically consistent.

Before potting, the bulbs can be soaked in a solution of carbendazim, which will help preserve the bulbs and reduce the occurrence of pathogens and pests.

【 Summarize 】

Freesia can be used as a New Year flower or as a fresh cut flower. It has an elegant fragrance. Compared with other bulbous flowers, it is non-toxic and can bloom again. Placing it in the home not only adds warm colors, but also brings a pleasant fragrance.

If you don’t know what bulbous plants are suitable to grow in autumn, you might as well try growing a pot of freesia, so that you can have flowers to enjoy every year!