Whether as a houseplant or in the garden – in a favorable location, the gerbera produces many flowers. Spent flowers must always be cut off immediately. This stimulates the plant's ability to bloom.
How do you promote flowering in gerberas by cutting off spent flowers?
To encourage gerberas to bloom, spent inflorescences should be cut off regularly. Cut the stems deeply, leaving a maximum of three centimeters on the plant. This stimulates the plant to develop new inflorescences.
Stimulating flowering
In order to produce many flowers, spent inflorescences must be cut as frequently as possible. This applies to both the houseplant in the house or on the balcony and the gerbera in the garden.
Cut the stems as deeply as possible. Only a stub of a maximum of three centimeters should remain on the plant. He moves in and shortly afterwards is no longer visible.
By regularly cutting off spent flowers, you encourage the plant to develop new inflorescences. However, if you leave the stems standing, the gerbera will stop blooming quite quickly.
Tips & Tricks
If the gerbera has a lot of flowers, you can cut a few of them for the vase or a beautiful bouquet. As a cut flower, the flowers last up to two weeks.
