Care for iris after blooming, why don’t they bloom?

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1. Post-flowering care

2. Why doesn’t it bloom?

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Iris flowers will produce seeds after pollination. If you don’t want to keep seeds, you can cut off the remaining flowers together with the scapes to reduce nutrient consumption and promote better and more blooms next year. Irises consume a lot of nutrients when they bloom. After the flowers wither, you need to topdress in time and choose thin liquid fertilizer for watering. The lighting conditions cannot be ignored. They need to be kept in a brightly lit place with appropriate supplementary sunlight.

1. Post-flowering care

1. Post-flowering care

1. Cut off the remaining flowers: Iris flowers will produce seeds after pollination. If you don’t want to keep seeds, you need to cut off the remaining flowers. After removing the remaining flowers, At the same time, you can also cut off the flower scapes at the same time and find the right position to cut quickly. This can reduce unnecessary consumption of nutrients, accumulate nutrients, promote growth in the coming year, and promote better and more blooming in the coming year.

2. Reasonable top dressing: Iris flowering consumes a lot of nutrients. , in order to slow down the plants after flowering, timely top dressing is needed. Fertilizer can be applied reasonably to replenish the nutrients consumed. You can choose thin liquid fertilizer.

3. Appropriate exposure to light: After flowering, you cannot ignore the light. You need to keep it in a brightly lit place with appropriate supplementary sunlight.

2. Why not bloom

1. Lack of sunlight: If iris wants to bloom, it cannot do without sunlight. If the external light is weak, it will hinder the opening of the flowers, and even cause the flowers to wither and the plants to weaken. Before the flowering period, it should be kept in a well-lit place and fully exposed to light to maintain flowering.

2. Low temperature: During maintenance, if the temperature is lower than 7 degrees Celsius, it will also affect flowering, so it is best to keep the temperature at about 7-20 degrees Celsius.

3. Infection with diseases: After accidentally contracting diseases, It will hinder and affect flowering. You can strengthen ventilation and pay attention to prevention, and timely treatment in the later stage.

2. Why doesn’t it bloom?

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