The best time to re-prune bougainvillea

Bougainvillea can bloom continuously all year round as long as the temperature is high. Therefore, pruning is very important during the maintenance process, especially heavy pruning. Below, the editor will introduce the best time to re-prune Bougainvillea. Let’s take a look.

1. The best time to re-prune bougainvillea

The best time to heavy-prune bougainvillea is generally at the end of autumn. As winter approaches, bougainvillea will enter a dormant state and basically stop growing. At this time, in order to reduce nutrient consumption, you can shorten its thick branches and cut off its thin branches. Heavy pruning can reduce nutrient consumption and allow it to safely spend the winter. In spring, it will continue to grow and bloom.

2. Methods for re-pruning bougainvillea

1. Short

The so-called short means that when pruning, branches that are too long should be shortened. If the new buds do not have flower buds, they should be topped in time, retaining 1-2 leaf nodes. This will achieve the purpose of shortening. The shortened branches will quickly harden and age.

In this way, the entire plant will be covered with short branches, and new buds will grow on each short branch. The more new buds there are, the more likely it is that when you want it to bloom, the newly grown buds will become flower buds. The more side buds and flowers there will be, achieving the effect of overflowing the pot.

2. Weak

The so-called weak means that the weak branches should be pruned off. If the bougainvillea is not properly maintained and the fertilizer and water are not sufficient, many of the branches that grow out will be very thin. After pruning, the branches that grow out will be very thick.

Therefore, if you find weak branches, cut them off in time. After cutting them off, you need to supplement them with sufficient fertilizer . In this way, the branches that grow again will be very strong. Because the nutrients are sufficient and the root system absorbs enough nutrients, it can grow strong branches.

3. Secret

Bougainvillea has a very strong ability to grow side branches. If it is not given strong light and is only kept in a place with scattered light or bright light, and is provided with enough fertilizer and water, its branches will grow densely packed together, and the plant will look very ugly. When it has too many branches, its flowering performance will be reduced, and it may even not bloom.

When heavy pruning, try to loosen the branches, trim the overly dense branches, and only keep most of the thick branches. This will allow the thick branches to grow new buds. The thick branches have sufficient nutrients. If you want them to bloom, the flowers will be stronger and larger. Even if the thin branches bloom, the flowers will be smaller and weaker.

The above is the best time to re-prune Bougainvillea. When re-pruning Bougainvillea, you need to basically cut off all the branches, leaving only the stump and a few main branches. The remaining main branches should also be cut very short. You must master the time of re-pruning.