The flowers that were about to die in the summer were thrown away by others, but she picked them up and grew them to the point where the pots were full in just one month!

Saving Yellowing and Wilting Gardenias

Gardenia is difficult to grow. Its leaves turn yellow and its buds fall off easily. Most of the time, it is caused by lack of water. Sometimes, when you are away from home for two days, the gardenia will wilt when you come back. Don’t throw it away in a hurry. It can still be saved!

Rescue method 1: watering

For gardenias whose wilting and withering are not too serious.

1. Move the gardenia to a cool and ventilated place, and water it slowly and thoroughly, or directly immerse the pot until the surface of the soil is moist.

2. Cut off the severely withered branches and buds of the gardenia, and do not cut those leaves that are just slightly drooping, because these leaves will slowly come back to life after watering.

3. Normally, you must avoid letting the gardenia lack water repeatedly, otherwise the gardenia will be in great pain, with yellowing leaves and falling buds becoming commonplace, making it difficult to enjoy the flowers!

Rescue method 2: Re-cut

For gardenias that are severely wilted but whose root systems are still healthy.

1. Move the gardenia with the pot to a cool place and water it thoroughly.

2. Cut off all the withered branches, leaving only the main branches about 5-8 cm.

3. Keep the soil in the pot moist and don’t water it. After a few weeks, new buds will sprout from the branches!

Rescue method 3 - branch cuttings

For gardenias with damaged root systems.

Once the root system is damaged, it is difficult for gardenia to recover. The only way is to cut off healthy branches and use them for cuttings. I won’t write the specific tutorial. The most direct way is to watch the video tutorial below!

Saving Succulents from Black Rot

Summer is also a disaster for succulents. Just take a look at the circle of friends, and you will see a bunch of succulent lovers mourning their dead succulents. So are those succulents that have black rot or waterlogging really hopeless?

Rescue method 1: Cutting and grafting

For succulents that are discovered in time and only have rotten roots and part of the stems.

1. Cut off the healthy upper half of the succulent stem until the cross section is not black and is all bright green and healthy.

2. Place the cut succulent stems in a cool and ventilated place to dry for 1 day.

3. Replant the dried succulent stems into the soil in a well-lit and ventilated place. Do not water them for about a month before they take root. Water them thoroughly again after they take root.

Rescue method 2 – leaf cuttings

For succulent plants with serious black rot on the rhizomes but some healthy leaves left

1. Select the healthier leaves on the mother plant, shake them left and right, and break them off from the mother plant.

2. Place the leaves flat on the soil in a well-lit and ventilated place. No need to water them. After a while, roots and small buds will grow.

3. Then, at 45 degrees, bury the roots of the leaves with roots and small buds in the soil, leaving the leaves and small buds exposed. Water the plant once a week, and after a while, the small succulent plant will become a large succulent!

Saving the Fuchsia

When summer comes, many flower lovers’ fuchsias die, mainly because of the high temperature. The fuchsia enters semi-dormancy and should be shaded and watered less. However, many people expose it to the sun, and the high temperature and high water content cause it to dry out and die.

Rescue method - pruning and cutting

1. Move the fuchsia to a cool place and cut off healthy and fresh branches of the fuchsia, preferably tender branches as they are easiest to root.

2. Cut the branches into small sections of about 10 cm, cut off the lower leaves, and leave only 3-4 leaves on the upper part.

3. Insert the trimmed fuchsia branches into the hydroponic bottle, making sure that the portion of the branch immersed in water does not exceed half of the length of the branch.

4. Place the hydroponic bottle in a cool, well-ventilated place with diffused light. After about half a month, the fuchsia branches will grow roots. When the roots are 3-4 cm long, they can be planted in the soil.