Add this to your clivia in autumn: leaves become thick and glossy, and flower spikes shoot up fast
After the hot summer, the weather has now officially entered autumn. Setting aside those colorful herbaceous flowers, this autumn it is the clivia's turn to take the stage. Although it is not yet the flowering season, if you want your clivia to bloom well once the flowering season arrives, you need to start preparing now, for example: fertilizing, that important task. Today's topic is: how to fertilize clivia properly so its leaves become thick and it blooms abundantly!
Key rule for fertilizing clivia: do not fertilize in high temperatures; wait at least until the temperature drops below 30°C before starting to fertilize! The most suitable time is of course autumn, as autumn is the period of vigorous growth for clivia. Keep up with the fertilizer to prepare for flower bud differentiation.
Fertilizing tips for clivia:
1. For fertilizer, a comprehensive organic fertilizer with potassium phosphate is best. Besides commercially purchased fertilizer, you can also prepare some roasted hemp seeds, well-fermented cake fertilizer, bone meal, and the like at home.
How to use: it is recommended to add it as a base fertilizer at the bottom of the pot when repotting. If you are not repotting, dig a few holes about 2cm deep around the edge of the pot, then bury the fertilizer in them, but be careful not to let it touch the roots, so as to avoid burning them.
2. Besides adding base fertilizer, after autumn arrives you also need to apply a top dressing once every half month of well-fermented cake fertilizer water or fishy water. After October arrives, let the clivia get more sunlight to encourage the plant to send up flower spikes.
If you find fermenting fertilizer yourself troublesome, you can also directly buy some professional clivia flower fertilizer online and add it, to ensure our clivia smoothly sends up spikes and blooms.
Dear flower lovers, I hope the above sharing can give you some reference suggestions. If you like it, share it with more flower-loving friends, and you are also welcome to leave comments sharing more care tips, so that more people can grow flowers well.