Our gardenia,transplanted from our old place about 5 months ago,is flourishing but not flowering as we are coming to the end of summer Down Under. Can anyone help me?
Muzza

Hello Muzza,
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Can I ask a few questions from you first and those answered will help the gardeners coming through narrow something down for you in a bit..

What time of year did you move it?? (ie: was it really hot, stressful.....too muddy)
What did you do to prepare the hole you put your new plant in???
Have you fertilized it?? (ie: too much, not at all)
Have you kept it watered, or over watered..???

And I do have one thing to add, not being an expert on gardenia's by no means, but plants in general sometimes when you plant or re~plant them, they are better in the long haul to establish a GOOD SET OF ROOTS FIRST BEFORE BLOOMING" Maybe that's what it's doing,
(***Setting up house before it has children,
)

Hope some of this info helps,
Happy Gardening!


Weezie

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Weezie

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Hi Muzza, I've been doing some reading and found this for you!

Gardenia info at The Garden Helper

Forum Post/Info @ The Garden Helpers Forum

There's alot of good reading there!!

Hope this helps!!

Weezie

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Weezie

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I WOULD NEVER BE RUDE TO SUCH A GREAT SITE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE'S ARE YOU SENT TO MUZZA. WE ALL DON'T DO CELSIUS. MAYBE I SHOULD LEARN. THANKS.

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SHIRLEY

WEEZIE, I NEED TO ASK U A QUESTION... DO U KNOW WHAT A BLACK BAT PLANT IS? I BOUGHT ONE IN THE MARK DOWN SECTION OF WALLYMART. ITS A RARE TROPICAL PLANT. MAYBE SOMEONE WILL LET ME KNOW IF THEY HAVE OR EVER HAD ONE. HAD ONE LEAF WHEN I GOT IT. NOW IT HAS 2.

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SHIRLEY

Temperature Conversions.

note:

Tc = temperature in Celsius

Tf = temperature in Fahrenheit
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To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius:

Tc = (5/9) x (Tf-32)

a. divide 5 by 9 = 0.555
b. subtract 32 from Fahrenheit temp.
c. multipy 0.555 by the reduced Fahrenheit temp.

ex: Tf = 62*F

a. divide 5 by 9 = 0.555
b. subtract 32*F from 62*F = 30*F
c. multiply 30 x 0.555 = 16.65*C

62*F is about 16.65*C

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To Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit:

Tf = (9/5) x (Tc) + 32*F

a. divide 9 by 5 = 1.8
b. multiply 1.8 by the Celsius temp.
3. add 32*F

ex. Celsius temp. = 16.6*C

a. divide 9/5 = 1.8
b. multiply 1.8 x 16.6*C = 29.88
c. add 32 to 29.88 = 61.88*F

16.6*C is about 62*F (0.88 rounded off to 1.0)

I should have indicated the temperatures in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. I am sorry I didn't do that at the time I made the post.

I now have indicated the temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. See below.

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To force the Gardenia to flower, the ideal temperatures are about 18*-21* Celsius/ 65*-70* Fahrenheit during the day and 15.5*-16.6* Celsius/60*-62*Fahrenheit at night.

Flowers will fail to form if the day temperatures are higher than 21* Celsius/70*Fahrenheit or night temperatures less than 15.5* Celsius/60* Fahrenheit.

Part of the problem could be that your day temperatures are about 23*-28* Celsius/75*-82*Fahrenheit (day) and 12*-14* Celsius/54*-57*Fahrenheit (night).
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Amor est vitae essentia.
Love is the essence of life.

hi schoe welcome to the garden helper. congrats on your gardenia cuttings. what i would do is mix a good quality potting soil like miracle grow, with some sand and pot the cuttings up. after you see some new leaf growth, then you can plant them out where you want them.