Pothos and clivia growing slowly? Learn 2 tricks, and the leaves will turn glossy green and climb all over the wall
Why does pothos grow slowly?
Every time Huahua sees someone else's pothos grown into a waterfall, she feels especially envious. How on earth do they grow it? Why is it that your pothos just grows slowly, or even doesn't grow at all for several years?
1. Lack of fertilizer causes slow growth
If you want the vines of your pothos to keep getting longer, you can't do without fertilizer. If you don't apply some fertilizer in spring, the pothos leaves will not only be very small, but will also keep turning yellow, and over time they will die.
Solution:
If you want your pothos to grow more and more vigorously, you can usually water it with some rice-washing water. Put the rice-washing water in a clean plastic bottle, seal it to ferment, and open the lid about every 3-5 days to let it breathe. It only takes 1 month for the rice-washing water to ferment completely.
Mix the successfully fermented rice-washing water with clean water at a ratio of 1:10, and give it to the pothos about once every 7-10 days. This will make the pothos leaves greener and greener, and they will even grow bigger and bigger!
2. Insufficient light causes slow growth
Although pothos is extremely shade-tolerant, if you keep it in a dimly lit spot indoors all the time, it will definitely grow slowly.
Solution:
Place the pothos somewhere indoors with good indirect light, such as the living room, the study, or an east- or west-facing balcony, so the leaves can absorb light and synthesize the substances needed for growth, and it will grow faster and faster.
Why does clivia grow slowly?
Starting from the Spring Festival, clivia in quite a few gardening friends' homes have been blooming one after another, but some gardening friends have kept clivia for three or four years and, not to mention blooming, the leaves haven't even grown anymore. That really stings!
1. Lack of fertilizer causes slow growth
If you want clivia to grow rapidly, you must ensure sufficient fertilizer. If it lacks nutrients, clivia naturally cannot produce new leaves or bloom.
Solution:
If you have expired waste oil at home, you can use it to grow clivia. Collect the waste oil from the range hood or expired cooking oil and use it as fertilizer for the clivia.
Use a small wooden stick to poke 2-4 small holes along the edge of the clivia pot, then pour the waste oil in, filling about 2/3 of the small holes, and then cover them with soil. The waste oil slowly releases nutrients in the soil, and as the clivia absorbs the nutrients, it starts to grow.
2. Not repotting causes slow growth
If you've kept your clivia at home for a long time, the nutrients in the potting soil are gradually used up while the root system grows more and more. At this point you must repot it into a larger pot and add some nutrient soil, otherwise the clivia has no nutrients to absorb and will definitely grow slowly.
Solution:
1. Take the clivia out of its pot, wash the soil off the roots, trim away old roots, weak roots, and rotten roots, then soak it in a carbendazim solution for half an hour, take it out, and let it dry.
2. Prepare a slightly larger flowerpot, place a few pieces of broken tile at the bottom of the pot for drainage and airflow, then put the prepared nutrient soil into the pot. You can grab a handful of sunflower seeds and peanuts and scatter them evenly in the pot to supplement nutrients for the clivia, and then simply pot it up.
Why does gardenia grow slowly?
As soon as spring arrives, many gardenias that were in dormancy begin to wake up and gradually produce new leaves and grow, but quite a few gardening friends also report: why does my gardenia grow slowly, unlike other people's that grow so rapidly?
1. Lack of nutrients causes slow growth
If it lacks sufficient nutrients, the growth of the gardenia will definitely be limited, and it won't even be able to produce new leaves, so of course it won't grow.
Solution:
If you have beer at home, let it sit for 1-2 days. After the alcohol evaporates, mix it with clean water at a ratio of 1:50 to make a solution, and use it directly to water the roots of the gardenia or spray the leaves. Both methods can supplement nutrients and make the gardenia grow faster and faster!
2. Alkaline soil causes slow growth
Gardenia likes acidic soil. If the soil stays alkaline for a long time, it will definitely affect the normal growth of the gardenia, and it will certainly grow slowly.
Solution:
If the soil is alkaline, find some white vinegar at home and mix it with clean water at a ratio of 1:200 to make a solution, then use it to water the roots of the gardenia. Use it about once every 10 days, and it can improve the alkaline soil condition of the gardenia, so that the gardenia grows more and more vigorously!
That's all for today from Huahua.
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