Tea flowers bloom in the middle of summer, and when autumn comes, special attention and care must be paid to ensure tea plants have plenty of flowers for the Lunar New Year. Otherwise, you will find that the small blossoms that grow too easily will fall in the autumn-winter season, leading to no flowers to enjoy this year.
1. Prepare soil.
Tea planted in pots requires rich, loose, water-permeable soil that is rich in organic matter. Tea soil also needs to have the appropriate acidity. After mixing leaf mold soil, garden soil, sandy soil, and bottom-fertilizer soil in equal proportions, it can be used.
2. Light must be bright.
In the summer, tea plants usually spend the whole summer in a shaded place. After the start of autumn, tea plants need to be provided with more light and moved to a location with sufficient sunlight to ensure at least 4 hours of light each day. The tea plants will bloom for the Lunar New Year.
3. Control watering.
Normally, tea plants prefer moist soil, but when the weather cools down in the autumn, you need to pay attention to the amount of rain when planting outdoors, and regularly check the soil to ensure the appropriate moisture and avoid waterlogging. Otherwise, the leaves will turn yellow and the flowers will fall off. Just wait for the top layer of soil to dry before watering thoroughly.
4. Regularly apply thin fertilizer.
The tea flowers bloom in the summer, and they bloom quickly in the autumn. This is an important stage for accumulating nutrients, so it is necessary to ensure an adequate nutrient supply. You can apply liquid nutrient solution fertilizer or slow-release fertilizer or mixed fertilizer once every half month to maintain the health of the tea plants and flowers. After October, fertilize once every ten days to ensure they bloom for the Lunar New Year.
5. Pruning and thinning branches.
To ensure that the flowers have enough nutrients to bloom, it is necessary to trim and thin the buds in a timely manner, leaving 2 healthy buds on each branch and using your hand to prune the rest. Remove weak buds and leave the healthy ones to ensure that the remaining buds are well nourished and produce bigger and more colorful flowers.
At the same time, pay attention to pruning branches and leaves that are withered or diseased to concentrate nutrients on the development of new shoots and flowers.
6. Control pests and diseases.
Regularly check the leaves and flowers of the tea plants in the autumn and clean up fallen leaves in a timely manner to limit pests and diseases. Use insecticides once or twice a week to detect infestation. If fungus, mold, yellow leaf edges, etc. are detected, spray carbendazim three times in a row once a week.
According to phunuvietnam.vn
