How to manage azaleas so they don’t wither, and how to manage azaleas after they bloom

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1. Picking flowers and pruning branches

2. Enhance lighting

3. Increase watering

4. Timely top dressing

Azaleas consume a lot of nutrients when they bloom, making them easy to wilt after flowering. At this time, it is necessary to strengthen management to restore it to health. First, prune off dead flowers, dead branches and weak branches to avoid loss of nutrients. Then increase the light appropriately to facilitate the photosynthesis of the leaves. Watering should be gradually increased, especially in summer. Top dressing is also required every 15 days. However, when the temperature is high, fertilizer should be stopped immediately to avoid damaging the roots.

1. Picking flowers and pruning

After the azalea flowers gradually wither, the remaining flowers should be cut off as soon as possible to avoid wasting water and nutrients and allow the plants to have the ability to accumulate nutrients. At the same time, branches must be pruned. Weak branches, diseased branches, and branches that affect internal ventilation and light transmission must be cut off to avoid various diseases and insect pests caused by poor air circulation.

2. Enhance lighting

Due to Rhododendrons are generally placed indoors during the flowering period, and their exposure to light will be greatly reduced. After flowering, the light needs to be gradually increased. However, because the light in summer is relatively strong, it cannot be placed under the light immediately. It needs to slowly adapt to scattered light.

3. Increase watering

Watering is generally less during the flowering period, and should be gradually increased after flowering to allow the plants to fully absorb water. Generally, watering should be done once a day in summer and once every two to three days in autumn. In addition to daily watering, you can also spray water on the leaves to increase the humidity of the air.

4. Timely top dressing

Flowering period Top dressing should be done in a timely manner, usually every 15 days. When the temperature is higher and the growth of azaleas slows down, fertilizing can be stopped.

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