Content
- What is behind it if the cylinder cleaner does not bloom?
- Most common cause: Incorrect pruning
- How to do it right
- Second most common cause: The winter has gone wrong
- Wrong care in the winter time
- Other reasons for a flower failure
- Tips
A wrong pruning can be the reason that the cylinder cleaner does not bloom
What is behind it if the cylinder cleaner does not bloom?
Its flowers are for many gardeners and lovers the main reason why they grow it. With their color, their luminosity and filigree filaments they are not to be overlooked. Since the anger is great, if the flowers do not appear. What can be behind it?
Most common cause: Incorrect pruning
The cylinder cleaner trains his flowering plants in the previous year. That is, the flower buds are on the annual wood. Who cuts the plant in the fall or spring, thus automatically removes the flowering plants for the next year.
How to do it right
After flowering, the cylindrical brush shrub or tree is trimmed slightly in summer. To do so, use the secateurs below the old inflorescences. Be careful not to cut into the old wood. That does not like the cylinder cleaner. After this stump cut is in late summer often still a Nachblüte.
Second most common cause: The winter has gone wrong
The second most common reason why the cylinder cleaner does not bloom is that he did not get any rest. This tropical and evergreen plant needs a rest period of at least 3 months. In this country, it is recommended to put this rest phase on the winter time.
The cylinder cleaner is set in. He comes to a cool but bright place. In the warm living room is not a suitable place to spend the winter for him. There he can not gather new strength, as he is driven by the heat to grow.
Wrong care in the winter time
In addition to the lack of rest, it may be due to a wrong care during the winter, that the cylinder cleaner does not bloom in the spring. He should not be fertilized during his resting phase. Watering is important as its evergreen foliage evaporates water.
Other reasons for a flower failure
But there are a few more reasons why your cylinder cleaner shows up lazy. Here is a selection:
Tips
The cylinder cleaner blooms with good care several times a year and in spurts. He can bloom up to 3 times a year!