Prune your kalanchoe like this in early autumn, then give it a "bud-boosting soup", and the plant will be plump with buds in clusters
Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) is a favorite flower among many gardening enthusiasts. The plant is small and delicate, the blooms grow in clusters, and the colors are bright and very beautiful. In September, the weather slowly begins to turn cool, and kalanchoe enters its bud-forming and blooming stage. To make it produce more flowers, you need to prune it like this, and then give it a little "bud-boosting soup". The plant will be plump and the buds will form clusters!
If you want kalanchoe to differentiate more flower buds, you first need to pinch and prune it to remove apical dominance, so that it produces more side branches and new shoots, making it branch abundantly and grow lush leaves.
When pinching, pay attention to moderation. Generally speaking, for branches with more than 6 pairs of leaves, you should prune off 4 pairs of leaves. This is the most beneficial for kalanchoe to differentiate more new shoots and speed up growth.
After entering the blooming stage, nutrients are especially important, with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers as the main focus. The "bud-boosting soup" mentioned here is fish intestine soup, that is, fish innards. After fermentation, it contains a large amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer as well as other trace elements. Used to grow kalanchoe, it keeps buds forming continuously, with buds in clusters, bursting into a big flower ball.
Specific method: collect some fish innards, clean them thoroughly, cut them into small pieces, then put them in a pressure cooker and simmer for about one hour. After cooling, put them into a plastic bottle, then add a little orange peel and insecticide to speed up fermentation and remove the odor. Seal it and put it in the sun to bake. Vent it every 3-5 days. After about one month, fermentation is complete.
When using it, filter it first, then add water to dilute it 50 times, and slowly pour it in from the edge of the flower pot. During the bud-forming period, kalanchoe needs more nutrients, so you can water it once every 7 days. In this way, kalanchoe will grow like crazy, keep forming buds, and produce the brightest and most beautiful flowers.
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