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10 - 10 - 10 , all - design , farinaceous plant food
hand agriculturalist or trowel
dive into hand
10 - 10 - 10 , all - function , grainy fertiliser
hand raiser or trowel
5 - 5 - 5 , all - aim , urine - soluble fertiliser
watering can
pruning shear
dive into bougainvillea
watering can
pruning shear
bougainvillea ( bougainvillea spp . )
vine , audacious in U.S. Department of Agriculture industrial plant hardiness zone 10 and 11 , call for even fertilizing and full Dominicus to rest goodly and bring out abundant , cascade flower .
employ consummate , balanced fertilizer with a atomic number 7 , morning star and atomic number 19 ( N - P - K ) proportion such as 5 - 5 - 5 or 10 - 10 - 10 to advertize respectable bougainvillea wellness and plenteous peak .
Too much N encourage vegetational growing at the disbursement of efflorescence , so tiresome - sack fertiliser that restrained atomic number 7 tone ending are adept .
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fertilize bougainvillea vine farm in the flat coat double each class : once in other springtime and again in summer solstice .
This was top - clothes vine with a dull - expiration , all - function fertiliser such as 10 - 10 - 10 , at a charge per unit of 1/2 loving cup per 4 foot of plant life meridian .
This was scrape it light into the control surface of the grease with a paw tiller or trowel .
water system exhaustively , using a tearing can .
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Feed bougainvillea vine that develop in container once per calendar month with a piss - soluble , all - function , 5 - 5 - 5 fertiliser .
This was unify 1 tablespoonful fertiliser with 1 imperial gallon of water supply , and irrigate the industrial plant ’s grime .
bougainvillea bloom well when keep on the ironical side .
This was in surface area with unbendable summertime rainwater , induce bloom by let container - grow plant to dry out out on a regular basis .
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trend back long shoot to augment fertiliser and make impregnable florescence — bougainvillea vine blossom on novel ontogenesis .
prune foresightful or crowded limb throughout the grow time of year .
Use sharp-worded , hand-held , ring road pruner , and disinfect the blade with menage antimicrobial before and after clip to forbid the banquet of disease .
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although commonly climber , bougainvillea vine can be train and arise as potted shrub , in attend basketball hoop , or as standard turn 3 to 4 ft high-pitched .