How do you grow a kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) so it bursts with blooms? These care tips are worth knowing

Flowers & Gardening Jan 1, 1970 0 views

If you want it to burst with blooms, you need to do well in aspects such as soil, water, ventilation, light, and pruning. For example, give it fertile soil with good aeration; give it appropriate fertilizer, liquid fertilizer is best; give it a suitable temperature, 15 to 30 degrees is best; give it a certain amount of water and enough light, and also pinch and prune it at the right time.

1. Soil

Because what it likes is relatively loose and breathable soil, only in such an environment can it grow very abundantly. Generally speaking, what we need to provide it is leaf mold, garden soil, and sandy soil; the combination of these three is very good. In addition, it is better for us to add some perlite or compound fertilizer to it.

2. Fertilizer

Giving it an appropriate increase in fertilizer is one way to make it grow very abundantly. Generally speaking, we need to add fertilizer solution to it once or twice every month. In summer we should stop fertilizing, while in autumn and winter the amount of fertilizer water should be increased.

3. Watering

Watering is necessary. Generally speaking, it is better for us to wait until the soil three to five cm down has dried out before watering, while in summer watering should be controlled, because it is more prone to rotting. In addition, when the temperature is above 30 degrees, we just need to ensure good ventilation and spray water on the plant. In autumn the amount of watering should be relatively large, and generally speaking we should give it water close to room temperature.

4. Temperature

Temperature has a certain effect on it growing fully. Generally speaking, 15 to 30 degrees is relatively good, and in winter at night it is best to keep the temperature above 10 degrees.

5. Light

Light is essential. In summer we should let it have direct light for as long as four hours, and after October give it more sun. If there is often no light, its growth will be greatly affected, and the leaves will not easily bloom. Of course, when the light is too strong, we also need to give it a certain amount of shade.

6. Pinching

Pinching is a very important means of making it grow abundantly. Generally speaking, pinching can make its branches more numerous, and the number of flowers will also increase greatly.

7. Pruning

1. If after it finishes blooming, we still need to cut off some of the spent flowers, so that it will not affect its nutrients, and the next round of flowers will also be more numerous.

2. If it is newly grown leaves, we can try pinching off the tips, so that there will be more branching, and new flowers will also be produced.

3. Wait until all the flowers have finished blooming, then we should remove its first pair of small leaves, while the second pair needs to be kept, in order to encourage it to grow new branches.