Monday, April 27, 2009

How to make a night-blooming Jasmine flower?

It has never flowered, or shown any signs of trying.


Any suggestions to try and make this plant flower?


Any suggestions appreciated.

How to make a night-blooming Jasmine flower?
To ensure the cestrum flowers throughout the year, ensure the plant is kept compact. This will help encourage flowers rather than leaves to grow!


http://www.hintsandthings.com/garden/nig...





1. The requirement for floral initiation in Cestrum nocturnum is satisfied if plants receive long days followed by short days. Continuous short or long days or short days preceding long days are ineffective.


2. A minimum of 5-7 long days followed by two short days is required for the production of flowers.


3. The sequence of reactions necessary for floral initiation in Cestrum is as follows....


http://etd.caltech.edu/etd/available/etd...





Plant night jasmine in moist, well-drained soil near a porch, patio or window that you might have open in the springtime. It needs plenty of light to bloom its best but will do fine even in filtered light. http://msucares.com/news/print/sgnews/sg...
Reply:What do you mean by keeping it compact? My jasmine has 4 "branches" that are spread out. Do you mean I should tie the "branches together" to make the plant more compact? I don't know what else the word "compact" implies. Report It

Reply:You are interesting,to use the three weapon below :water,sunshine and your heart.
Reply:Summer months





To ensure the cestrum flowers throughout the year, ensure the plant is kept compact. This will help encourage flowers rather than leaves to grow! Ensure the specimen has plenty of sunlight and ventilation. Feed once a week with a phostrogen feed to help encourage flowers.


The optimum pH is 6.5





Cestrum – Night Blooming Jasmine


Fact sheet


from David’s Exotic Plants





Watering


Cestrum should be watered thoroughly but then allowed to dry out almost completely before re-watering.





Note – they don’t like to be over-watered, and in the rest period (winter) they should only be watered when the soil is almost dust dry. When growing begins in the Spring they should be given phostrogen feed once a week, to encourage new growth


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