Sunbritainia not blooming
Even though it’s cloudy, it’s hot enough in Osaka today, 34℃/28℃.
Today, I would like to introduce you to Sunbritainia Scarlet for the first time in a while.
It’s been about a month and a half since I last wrote about Sunbritainia.
As the title suggests, it’s not in bloom right now, but let’s look at the big picture first.
Well, it’s been growing and is now about 30cm long.
It only grows in the direction of sunlight. As you can see, there are no flowers.
I thought it might be weakened by the abnormal heat, but the stems are thick and strong.
There are no insects and I am not sick.
If you look closely, you’ll see buds that look like they’ll become buds in the yellow area. Discovered.
Are other branches likely to become buds?
Ideally, I would have liked it to grow bushy and bloom without growing so long, but I guess it can’t be helped.
Rather than cutting it back and increasing the number of branches now, I decided to let it bloom first.
However, if it doesn’t bloom by the Obon holiday, I plan to cut it back in the fall.
By the way, if you record the current care status,
Location: Installed on a south-facing balcony where direct sunlight is reduced to the level of sunlight filtering through the trees using a shading net.
There is also ventilation.
Sunshine: Currently, the sun is shining from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Watering: twice in the morning and evening. Twice a week, I feed them with liquid fertilizer diluted to more than double the recommended amount and pyroligneous vinegar.
Fertilizer: Place fertilizer and Ortran once a month.
The roots haven’t withered like last year, so at least watering is fine.
Maybe too much liquid fertilizer is causing all the leaves to grow? Let’s do it once a week starting today.
I think the problem with not blooming is the heat.
Should I not have cut it back during the rainy season? But it was too thick.
Many thoughts go through my head, but
Well, I’ve come to the conclusion that just being alive in this heat is enough, and I’m going to keep an eye on it for the long term.
