How to top blue snowflakes

1. Purpose of Topping

The so-called topping of blue snow flowers is actually called pinching in flower cultivation. Its purpose is to remove the growth at the front end of the plant and the tender shoots to encourage the leaf buds at the bottom to sprout and grow new branches.

2. Topping method

Topping of blue snowflakes can be started from the seedling stage. When a branch grows to five or six leaves, remove the tender shoots in front and keep the three to five leaves at the bottom. In this way, after the leaf buds at the base of each retained leaf sprout, they can be retained to form new side branches.

We keep three of them that are growing stronger and with more symmetrical angles for further cultivation. When the side branches on the newly grown branches grow to four or five leaves, we keep the two or three leaves at the bottom and remove the tender parts in front. In this way, the leaves that remain on each side branch will grow into two or three side branches, and this process will be repeated until a satisfactory column shape is achieved. You can allow side branches to grow, and flower buds will form and bloom at the top of the side branches. Generally speaking, this kind of topping only needs to be done 3 to 4 times for each plant during maintenance.