These 5 kinds of flowers need to be taken care of. If you cut their heads in summer, they will bloom again in a basket in 10 days!

How to shave the head of Kalanchoe?

The Kalanchoe has already withered by summer and has entered a semi-dormant period. In order to accumulate strength for future flowering, it can be shaved once around July.

Shaving tips

Cut off all the branches and leaves of the Kalanchoe, leaving only branches about 3 to 5 cm long.

After shaving, it will sprout within 1 month.

The cut branches can be propagated by cuttings, and the plant should be kept at a height of about 15 cm. Stop pruning after September.

How to shave petunias?

Petunias tend to outgrow their pots very quickly. After that, the flowers will become smaller and smaller, bloom less and less, and wither quickly. The only way to make it continue to grow wildly is to shave your head! That is strong shearing.

Shaving tips

1. Heavy pruning during flowering period: The peak growth season of petunias is generally from June to September. Heavy pruning is required every 2 to 3 weeks to cut off all flower branches and leave enough nutrients for the new flower buds.

After 7 to 10 days, the pot will burst again~

2. Pruning after flowering: If you find that the plant is getting longer and looser, and there are more withered flowers than new buds, it means that the petunia has reached the decline stage. At this time, you should quickly cut off all the flower branches, leaving about 5 to 12 cm long at the old roots to retain enough nutrients so that it can bloom again after a while.

Don’t wait until all the flowers have faded and the branches and leaves have turned yellow before pruning. It is too late at this time and the plants will most likely die if pruned!

How does Baiwan Xiaoling shave his head?

The flowering period of Million Bells is very long, and it can bloom from April until the frost season. At the end of each flowering season, when the plant shape is scattered and unsightly, it needs to be shaved and re-pruned, and the new plant shape will be better.

Shaving tips

1. Haircut during flowering period: After the first flowering, cut off all flower branches and weak branches, leaving strong branches with buds, and keep the height of the whole plant at about 10~15cm. It will bloom again about 10 days after shaving your head.

The cut branches can be replanted!

2. Adjustment of plant shape: It looks best when it grows into a large flower ball shape. When pruning, use the edge of the flowerpot as the boundary, remove excess side branches, and move the central branches as little as possible to prevent the plant from growing into a Mediterranean shape with a short center and high surroundings, which will affect the effect.

How to shave your head with sunflower?

Although sunflowers love light, when it is too hot in the summer, they have fewer flowers and older branches, which looks unhappy. Give them a flat cut and they will immediately become obedient and bloom!

Shaving tips

1. Pinching and dwarfing: For newly transplanted sunflower seedlings, when they grow to 4~5cm high, the tips of the main branches should be pinched off. When the branches are too long, they should also be pinched. This way the plants will be dwarfed and the plant shape will become more beautiful.

2. Pinch off the flower buds before flowering: If you want a compact plant with full flowers, you must pinch off all the new flower buds in the early stages of growth. This way, the flowers that grow later can bloom at the same time and be large and round!

Don’t forget to fertilize while pinching the plants. Use diluted phosphorus and potassium fertilizers once a week.

3. Pruning during flowering period: During the flowering period, if you find that the plant shape is scattered, the flowers are few and the flower color is light, you need to shave and re-prune. Cut off the scattered flower branches together with the thin and weak branches, and keep the plant 15~20cm high.

How to shave with Gloxinia?

The flowering period of Gloxinia is from March to August. The branches after flowering have no flower buds and quickly age and their growth becomes weaker. At this time, if you want Gloxinia to bloom again earlier, you need to shave its branches.

Shaving tips

1. Pruning during flowering period: During flowering period, if you find that the flower buds are small, the flower stems are thin and weak, or even rotten, cut off all the branches without hesitation. After shaving, new branches will grow within 10 days.

In order to make all the flowers bloom at the top of the plant and form a bouquet, the leaves around the flower branches should be removed in time during the flowering period.

2. Heavy pruning after flowering: After the flowers have completely withered, heavy pruning is necessary. Choose a sunny day to cut off the withered branches, leaving 1 to 2 pairs of leaves. No watering is required within three to five days after pruning to avoid wound infection and bulb rot. It will bloom again within 2 months after pruning.

Flower lovers, how are the flowers in your home growing?

Give it a crew cut.

It will soon be blooming again!