How to care for a clivia so it gets through summer safely? Just do these few things
Once summer arrives and the temperature rises, the clivia begins to enter its dormant period, so how should fellow gardeners care for it during this dormant period? In summer there are several major threats affecting the clivia's survival, and the editor counted them up: there are mainly two major threats, high temperatures and strong light. So come along with the editor and take a look at what countermeasures there are for these threats.
Shading and providing shade
It looks quite simple, but doing it is not necessarily so. If you fellow gardeners do not believe it, then give it a try! The editor offers two methods: one is to move the clivia to a suitable location, and the other is to leave the clivia where it is and create the environment for it. The specific operation of the first method is that in early summer you can place the clivia in a spot with scattered light, for example under tree shade or among flowers. When the hottest time comes, when the sun is at its most intense - midsummer - the sun is then too much to bear, and the clivia needs to be moved to a place with light but no direct sunlight, for example indoors or inside a shed.
Another method is to set up a shade net above the clivia, so there is no need to move it back and forth; this is a once-and-for-all solution. In the morning you can spread the net out, and in the evening you can roll it up to let it receive the nourishment of the dew.
Preventing heatstroke and cooling down
What is the best way to exercise in summer? Have you fellow gardeners thought of it? Of course it is swimming; in the moment of soaking in the water you hope time can stop. For the clivia, water is also its need; water can not only be "drunk" but also lower the temperature. At the time of day when the temperature is at its highest, you fellow gardeners can fill a sprayer with water and spray water around the clivia to increase the air humidity. Besides this method, you can also set a water trough under the flower pot to lower the plant's temperature.
A ventilated environment is also one of the important conditions for the clivia to get through summer, and it can also let the plant dissipate heat.
Controlling water and stopping fertilizer
The clivia is in its dormant period at this time, and during this special period you fellow gardeners must be even more careful. How so? A clivia in its dormant period has a poor appetite, its metabolism is slow, and it no longer grows. Therefore, when preparing nutrients you need to be diligent, and its consumption of water is also relatively reduced. When you fellow gardeners water, you must grasp the degree and just keep the potting soil moist.
During the dormant period the clivia basically does not need to "eat", and its life consumption is also relatively reduced, so it basically does not need nutrients. Fertilizing the clivia should be stopped; if you fertilize it during the dormant period, then it may cause root rot, or even death from fertilizer damage.
You fellow gardeners should keep the twelve-character maxim above firmly in mind, so the clivia can safely get through this special period of dormancy, and you fellow gardeners no longer need to worry.