Cut a Clivia in half, and 6 shoots sprout in 10 days, a cluster of clivias filling the flower pot

Clivia "Beheading" Diary

1. Clivia is too fussy. Not only does it grow slowly, but after the summer its leaves are too ugly to look at. Since trimmed leaves look ugly anyway, you might as well just behead it!

2. Prepare the sharpest large kitchen knife in the house, scorch the blade with a lighter, then quick, ruthless and accurate, chop the Clivia into a flat top in one go. Don't forget to sprinkle some carbendazim on the cut to prevent infection!

3. After the beheading you feel completely relaxed. After two or three days (without watering either), go check on it and the condition is still pretty good. The cut is a bit dry, which means it has healed. Feel the potting soil, and if it's already dry, water it a little.

4. After 1 week, you can feel a bit of change at the roots. Little shoots have already poked out, and counting them there are 5. So exciting! At this time, absolutely do not put it in the sun. Spray water into the surrounding air every day to keep it moist~

5. At 10 days, the little shoots have turned green, which means they have stabilized. They need a bit of sunlight, so from 9 to 10 in the morning, give them a little sun.

6. At half a month, the little shoots have already opened up and look very dense. At this time, also water less, keep it moist, and give it appropriate sunlight.

7. The little shoots grow aggressively, fully opening up in 20 days. The ones at the very top with plenty of sunlight are bigger, while the ones below that are shaded are smaller, so you need to frequently rotate the position so they all get light.

8. At 1 month they are already glossy and smooth. During this time, nutrient solution was added once. To grow this fast, I have to say, this beheading was really worth it, one plant turned into 6, and the original flower pot is no longer big enough to plant them all!

How to grow Clivia

1. Change the flower pot in time, and provide full light

Although Clivia is afraid of sun, it still needs to be placed in a spot with somewhat better light to grow glossy green leaves. A cluster of clivias has many leaves and they easily shade each other, so you need to turn the pot more so that every leaf can carry out photosynthesis evenly.

2. Division

If too many shoots sprout after beheading and you're afraid you won't grow them well, you can also cut off the small seedlings, stick them in sandy soil to re-root and plant them, so that 1 pot can become many pots. But it's best to wait until the temperature is around 23 degrees to do this.

3. "Bathe" often, and keep it sanitary

Because there are many leaves, it's easy for dust and accumulated water to gather in the gaps, breeding bacteria and causing fungal diseases. So when watering, be careful not to splash into the gaps, and often wipe the leaf surfaces to keep them clean and sanitary.

4. Beer fertilizer is also nutrient solution

Surely everyone knows that Clivia loves to "drink" beer. Besides the nutrient solution we buy, you can also mix beer with water (1:10) to wipe the leaves, or pour it into the pot. Not only can it make Clivia's leaves a deeper green, it can also force it to bloom.

5. If it won't bloom, shut it in a dark room

With a large temperature difference between day and night, Clivia tends to bloom more easily. We can simulate the temperature difference: first put it in a place with good light for about 3 days, then shut it in a relatively dark corner for 3 days, and repeat several times, and it will be "tricked" into blooming.