Kalanchoe only growing leaves and not blooming? One snip and it will burst into a full pot in a month

What to do when kalanchoe grows leggy?

Leggy growth in kalanchoe is mainly caused by not pruning it regularly. By pinching out shoots and cutting off the overly dense fine branches or diseased-looking branches on the main stem of the kalanchoe, you can suppress leggy growth and encourage branch growth.

Specific steps for pinching out shoots and pruning:

1. Use sterilized scissors to cut off the top. Do not pinch it off with your hands, otherwise the cut wound on the branch can easily become infected.

2. Place the pruned kalanchoe in a spot with light to dry. With insufficient light, kalanchoe easily grows leggy again.

3. After several rounds of pinching back, the kalanchoe has a full shape, and the leaves on the new branches have already grown. You can then force it to bloom.

4. Cover it with an opaque black plastic bag or cardboard box, or put it in a dark room for dark treatment. The daily dark period should be more than 16 hours, with the dark period from 17:30 to 8:30 the next day.

5. After about a month, the kalanchoe will bloom again.

How to handle the cut branches:

1. Divide the cut branches into 10cm cuttings, place them in a cool, ventilated spot, and after the wounds have healed, pot them up for cuttings.

2. When inserting the cuttings, simply push the reserved short section of stem into the soil. The part inserted into the soil does not need to be too deep, as long as it can keep the cutting standing upright and stable after insertion.

It is not enough to only learn how to deal with leggy growth in kalanchoe; learning how to prevent leggy growth is what matters most.

Pinching seedlings to prevent kalanchoe from growing leggy

Preventing leggy growth in kalanchoe must start from the seedling stage, mainly relying on pinching to promote branch development and prevent leggy, rapid spindly growth.

Specific steps for pinching seedlings:

1. Find a pair of scissors or a scalpel, first wipe it with alcohol, keep the bottom 2 pairs of leaves on the seedling, and cut off the top.

2. Place the pinched seedling on a bright balcony. After about 2-3 days, 2 new shoots grow from the top.

3. When the new shoots grow to about 2cm, spray with chlormequat to control leggy growth of the side branches and shoots.

Post-bloom pruning to prevent kalanchoe from growing leggy

Pruned kalanchoe blooms more, but after the flowers fade, you still cannot relax. If you want it to burst into a full pot again next time, you need to prune after blooming.

Post-bloom pruning for ordinary kalanchoe:

1. Use sterilized scissors to cut off the spent flowering branches.

2. Prune diseased branches and weak branches to keep the plant shape full.

Post-bloom pruning for multi-year old plants:

1. Use sterilized scissors to cut off the branches that have already bloomed, leaving about 3-5cm of branch.

2. Remove the spent flowers from the cut branches, then place them in a ventilated spot to dry.

3. Insert the dried branches into a water bottle and root them in water.

4. After about two weeks, the pruned old plant sprouts new shoots, and the water-cultured branches take root.

5. Pot up the successfully rooted branches as cuttings.

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