Should you still pinch and fertilize your kalanchoe during its summer dormancy? This is the right way to care for it
What, kalanchoe goes dormant in summer, so no pinching, no fertilizing! Wrong! This is how you should care for kalanchoe in summer
Can you pinch the tips of kalanchoe in July? What effect does pinching the tips have? July is also the hottest time of summer as it approaches the dog days! To be honest, Xiao Qi cuts off any long branches that grow in every season except before blooming. Even in summer heat of 37 or 38°C he still pinches the tips and even takes cuttings, with no problems at all. The mass of blooms on the kalanchoe he grew before was spectacular, and you should have seen it too.
But lately I often see people saying that when the temperature is high, you must never pinch or prune your kalanchoe. In summer when the temperature is high, as long as the kalanchoe is growing you can absolutely prune it. Kalanchoe basically does not go dormant in summer. It just grows slowly. Use a granular slow-release fertilizer and place it evenly on the surface of the potting soil to supplement nutrients, and it will still grow in summer. Do not expose it to strong light; put it under the shade of a tree or in an environment with scattered light, and it can grow normally and be pinched and pruned normally, all without any problem.
Only after pruning can the new buds at the bottom grow out. Even if after you finish pinching and pruning now it does not grow or grows slowly, by autumn the wound where you pruned has already healed and it has no apical dominance. When autumn comes, with suitable temperatures and adequate nutrients, it will directly grow side shoots from between the two leaves below where you pruned. This does not affect its blooming at all. Kalanchoe blooms from late autumn until after the New Year, because the light in this season is short-day light, which is suitable for it to bloom. Just as autumn begins and the temperature is suitable, it will keep growing. Pruning it in summer actually does not affect its growth at all, nor does it affect its blooming. If you trust Xiao Qi, then do as Xiao Qi says: prune when you should, and do whatever needs doing. But in summer you must pay attention to one thing: it cannot take strong sun. Giving it half a day of light or scattered light intensity is fine; strong sun will scorch the leaves.
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No wonder your kalanchoe does not grow well: you did not do the most important thing. Do this and it will bloom profusely in autumn
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