Fertilize Kalanchoe and Clivia like this for glossy green leaves and nonstop blooms

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Autumn has arrived, and many flowers that bloom in winter or around the Spring Festival have returned to their growing season, such as Clivia and Kalanchoe, whose blooming periods are both around the Spring Festival. So as soon as autumn begins, it is the best time to prepare fertilizer for them. Today Teacher Xiaoye will tell you what fertilizers Clivia and Kalanchoe really love, and how to fertilize them! Let's learn together!

Clivia loves nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer - after feeding, its leaves turn so green they practically drip oil!

Clivia is a flower that many gardening enthusiasts love to grow. Autumn has come - which stage is really the best time to fertilize Clivia? In fact, when the highest temperature stays steady at 30°C, that is the best fertilizing period for Clivia! Because this period is exactly when Clivia's flower buds are preparing to differentiate, so if you want to see Clivia open big flower clusters at the Spring Festival, feeding it now is absolutely a smart move!

Fertilizing tips:

1. Having just gotten through the hot summer, because summer transpiration is greater and consumed a large amount of water and nutrients from inside the Clivia, it is in a growth-recovery stage and very much needs comprehensive nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. We can use well-rotted cake fertilizer water, bone meal, bean dregs fertilizer, etc. as fertilizer, or use it as a base fertilizer when repotting! (For gardeners who are not repotting, when fertilizing be sure to apply it far away from the roots, to avoid burning the roots)

2. Because Clivia consumes a lot of nutrients when it blooms, it is recommended that gardeners give Clivia a top dressing of fertilizer every 15 days when fertilizing. After October, gradually increase the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer; sufficient nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can promote Clivia to send up its flower stalk. At the same time, also give Clivia plenty of sunlight - a relatively large temperature difference is needed to promote its blooming!

Kalanchoe supplemented with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium - flower buds keep bubbling up nonstop!

Autumn is also the recovery period for Kalanchoe. Kalanchoe's blooming period is generally from January to April each year, and now is a good time to top-dress Kalanchoe with fertilizer. Seize this period well, and around the Spring Festival Kalanchoe will bring you an unexpected mass of flowers!

Fertilizing know-how:

1. Kalanchoe is very suitable for cuttings. If gardeners have just finished taking Kalanchoe cuttings, at this time you must wait until it grows roots before fertilizing. If the young seedlings grow to 3-4 pairs of leaves, promptly pinch off the growing tips, then apply nitrogen fertilizer - this helps the growth of Kalanchoe's branches and leaves!

2. If it is a normally growing plant, now is exactly Kalanchoe's bud-forming period, so at this time promptly supplement them with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Sufficient nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium can promote Kalanchoe's flower bud differentiation. Use well-rotted bean cake fertilizer or plant ash for a top dressing every 15-20 days, and at the same time spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate once every 7-10 days. In this way, both the roots and the leaves can absorb sufficient nutrients, and of course when it blooms the flower buds come popping out nonstop!

In autumn, be sure to give Clivia and Kalanchoe plenty of light. Once they have bloomed, you can stop fertilizing. If you are a beginner, you can use a bag of microbial inoculant. Microbial inoculant not only protects the roots and prevents root burn and root rot, but also extends the blooming period, making the flowers bloom vividly and for a long time. When they bloom next year they will be as gorgeous as fire and instantly outshine your neighbor's!

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