After each blooming period, in order to produce more and more beautiful flowers the following year, we need to prune the kalanchoe, cutting off spent flower stems, weak and diseased branches, overlong stems, old branches and so on, so that it sprouts more new branches and thus gets ready for the next bloom. But many growers find that after pruning, their kalanchoe is slow to grow new buds and leaves, which is very worrying. In fact, after pruning a kalanchoe, you only need three steps to keep it sprouting new branches nonstop.

Control watering

After pruning the kalanchoe, do not rush to water it right away. Letting the potting soil stay a little drier is more helpful for sprouting new buds and growing new leaves. Once the new buds and leaves have emerged and are growing, then water a bit more, so there is enough moisture for growth.This is because a kalanchoe that has had its branches and leaves cut off has its biological clock completely thrown off. At this point it will not grow; instead it adjusts its biological clock, and this process needs very little water. Overwatering makes the roots suffocate and turn black, losing their vitality, and later the new buds and leaves all grow very slowly. When it starts growing new buds and leaves, the new biological clock has stabilized, and the water demand increases, so a little more water will neither suffocate the roots nor fail to promote growth.

Control light

Pruning kalanchoe is generally done in late spring and early summer. Some kalanchoes have a long blooming period and may not be pruned until mid-to-late June. At this time the weather gradually gets hotter and the light gets stronger, and after pruning there are fewer branches and leaves. If you put the kalanchoe in strong light to bake, it is like a monk sunbathing - it is not just a matter of sweating a little, it will completely pass out from the sun.So we should keep a kalanchoe whose branches and leaves have all been cut off in a semi-shaded or diffused-light spot, letting it go through a process of adapting to its current state. There is another reason a pruned kalanchoe must not be exposed to strong sun: if the temperature is too high, the kalanchoe goes dormant, and once dormant it really will not grow branches or leaves! Keep it in a relatively cool place, the dormancy period shifts later, and new buds and leaves pop out quickly.

Fertilize reasonably

After a kalanchoe finishes blooming, a large amount of nutrients has been consumed, and it is already exhausted, with leaves becoming soft and thin. After pruning, if there are not enough nutrients for growing new buds and leaves, it will be very hard for it to grow lushly. But fertilizing during hot weather easily burns the roots, so whether to fertilize or not is a real dilemma. What to do? We need to find a loophole,avoid hot weather, and when the temperature is relatively cool, apply light fertilizer frequently! Note, it must be light! Or buy some foliar fertilizer and spray a little foliar fertilizer at the right time to promote the growth of new buds and leaves.At this time, fertilizing is mainly for growing buds and leaves, so the fertilizer should have a higher nitrogen content, or simply use nitrogen fertilizer.

A lush kalanchoe after fertilizing

As long as you do the above three things well, there will be no problem at all with a kalanchoe growing buds and leaves after pruning, and it will also bloom early in winter. Many growers' kalanchoes do not grow buds or leaves after pruning, mainly because right after cutting they flood them with water or put them in the sun, yet pay no attention at all to fertilizing, making it hard for the kalanchoe even to survive!

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