Jasmine maintenance tips and management methods (daily maintenance techniques for jasmine at home)

1. Choice of jasmine flowerpots

Growing flowers starts with choosing a flower pot. Nowadays, flower pots are made of many materials, and there are also many flower pots suitable for jasmine.

The most ideal flower pot is a ceramic pot, which has good air permeability and water permeability, and is suitable for the characteristics of jasmine roots that like moisture and air permeability.

In addition to ceramic pots, plastic flower pots are also more reasonably designed, with more water holes at the bottom. Even if the pot wall is not breathable, it can still be used for watering. Plastic is also relatively cheap, making it one of the most commonly used flower pots.

The flowerpot should not be too big or too small. Generally, the diameter of the flowerpot should be slightly smaller than the crown width.

2. Jasmine soil preparation

Jasmine likes fertile, loose, breathable, slightly acidic soil, with sandy or semi-sandy loam being the best. Jasmine is not suitable for poor, sticky, or alkaline soil.

Therefore, the preparation of the culture soil should be rich in organic matter and have good drainage and air permeability.

The nutrient soil can be prepared by mixing garden soil, compost, and fine sand. It can also be prepared by mixing garden soil, leaf mold, river sand, or coal slag. In order to improve the alkaline soil, a small amount of sulfur powder can also be added.

3. How to plant jasmine in pots

The suitable time to plant jasmine in pots is from April to May every year before the jasmine sprouts new branches. You can buy suitable jasmine flowers for potting as needed.

First, cover the drain outlet at the bottom of the pot with a clay pot. This will facilitate drainage and ventilation. You can also lay a layer of pebbles as a drainage layer.

Then cover the tiles with a proper amount of nutrient soil, then place the stem jasmine plant in the middle of the flowerpot, then hold the plant and fill the soil with one hand. When half of the soil is covered, lift the plant slightly to stretch the roots and allow the soil and roots to fully contact.

Then continue to fill the pot with soil. The soil in the pot should not be too full, just cover it to the root neck. After covering the soil, compact it slightly with your hands, and then water it thoroughly.

Afterwards, place the jasmine in a well-ventilated, shaded place to allow it to grow slowly, and gradually expose it to direct sunlight after 7-10 days.

4. Watering jasmine

Jasmine is neither drought-tolerant nor water-tolerant, so watering should be done according to the season and the plant's condition. In spring, from April to May, water thoroughly every 2-3 days. When the flower buds are just formed, water should be reduced to promote plant health and neat flowering.

Summer is the peak flowering period of jasmine, and it cannot lack water. Generally, it should be watered once in the morning and evening every day. In addition to normal watering, the leaves and the surrounding ground should be sprayed with water every day to achieve the purpose of cooling and increasing humidity.

After the weather turns cooler in autumn, gradually reduce the amount of watering. Water thoroughly once before bringing the plant indoors in winter, and reduce the number of watering after bringing it indoors, and water again after the surface of the pot soil is dry.

5. Fertilizing Jasmine

Jasmine has a long flowering period and requires a lot of fertilizer. It is necessary to maintain sufficient fertility in the soil to ensure that the jasmine flowers bloom more.

It is best to use organic liquid fertilizer to fertilize jasmine. You can use fertilizer water made from decomposed chicken and duck manure, pigeon manure, pig manure, bean cake, vegetable cake, peanut cake, etc.

Before jasmine sprouts in spring, applying concentrated fertilizer can promote the sprouting of new branches. When new shoots begin to sprout, the fertilizer should not be too concentrated. The general water-fertilizer ratio is 9:1, that is, diluted 10 times, and fertilized once every 7-10 days.

Before the jasmine blooms, the concentration of fertilizer and water can be appropriately increased, and it is best to use fertilizer with a higher content.

After flowering, you can follow the normal fertilization rhythm. After the flowering period, as the weather turns cooler, fertilization should be gradually reduced to avoid excessive fertilization causing leggy growth, which is not conducive to wintering.

6. Jasmine pruning

The inflorescence of jasmine grows on new branches, and it blooms every time a new branch emerges. Therefore, in order to have more flowers, the branches must be pruned to promote the sprouting of more new branches.

Jasmine pruning can be carried out from spring to before winter. In order to ensure the ventilation and air permeability of jasmine, some overcrowded branches, weak branches, and leggy branches should be cut off in time.

After each flowering, the flower stems and overly dense branches should be pruned off to promote the germination of axillary buds and the growth of more side branches.