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Houseplant query - is this allowed?

XenXen Posts: 10
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I have a very old jasmine (white-flowered and scented  - the kind you get in garden centres near Mothers Day) - although it thrives, it hasn't flowered for about four years, and I'm not sure how to convince it to do its stuff.
All helpful suggestions gratefully recieved!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hi @Xen and welcome to the forum 😊
     Could it need repotting into fresh compost?
    Has it been fed fairly regularly?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • XenXen Posts: 10
    Thankyou  :)

    It has been fed regularly, I generally use Phostrogen for my houseplants, so that's what it has been getting.
    I repotted  it last year, but no progress (other than upwards!)
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    try tomato food, less nitrogen ( feeds leaves ) and more Potash, ( feeds flowers )
    Devon.
  • XenXen Posts: 10
    Thank you - I will give it a try.  I was beginning to despair of it ever flowering again, but fingers crossed now.   :)
  • LadythineScotlandLadythineScotland Posts: 7
    Hi! Xen. Have you tried trimming them or cutting the old shoots? That's what I did to my jasmine plant and they grow new shoots and flowers a lot and smell absolutely gorgeous.

  • XenXen Posts: 10
    Hi!
    Do you  think i should cut it right back (and at what time of the year?)  - it's about five and a half  feet tall, at the moment.  i do so want it to flower again. :)
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