Use this kind of soil for your clivia, and you won't have to worry about it blooming abundantly in winter
Growing clivia with pine needles and pine needle soil: get these few points right, and your clivia will grow fast and bloom more
How do you grow clivia well - with pure pine needles or pine needle soil? Whether it's pure pine needles or pine needle soil, as long as the pine needles inside have fermented well, both can be used directly, and there is basically no difference between the two. Once pure pine needles have fermented well, they can also be used directly to plant clivia. Pine needle soil has a certain amount of garden soil mixed into it. You can use either of them; the only difference between them is watering.
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Pure pine needles, once watered, dry out quickly and drain quickly through the bottom holes, so their water retention is relatively lower. When planting with pine needle soil, its water retention is a bit better than pure pine needles, so the watering frequency for the two is different. With pine needles you need to water more, while with pine needle soil the number of waterings should be reduced somewhat compared with pure pine needles. As long as you control the watering frequency for your clivia well, you can use either of these two soils.
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Let me mention here that if you are a beginner and not very good at growing clivia, it is not recommended that you use these two materials on their own. Whether it is pure pine needles or pine needle soil, both are acidic soils. Used on their own - clivia likes acidity, slightly acidic - there is no need to use so many pine needles. We can mix pine needle soil with 1 half portion of coal cinder granules, and that will do. This way it is loose and breathable, and after watering the water drains directly through the bottom holes, while the potting soil can still retain part of the moisture. Coal cinder granules also have a certain water absorbency. Pine needle soil can also retain part of the moisture, and this retained moisture is very good for supplying the clivia's growth, and pine needle soil also contains nutrients. It also has a certain amount of acidic substances, and the clivia will grow very well.
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In fact, there are all kinds of soil mixes for clivia. As long as the mixed soil is loose, breathable and contains nutrients, this kind of soil is very good to use. Loose and breathable means that after watering, part of the water can be retained in the potting soil, while the rest of the excess drains directly down through the gaps in the potting soil and the bottom holes. This is called loose and breathable. Having nutrients means peat soil, pine needle soil and leaf mold are all nutrient-rich soils. Mixing granular soil and nutrient-rich soil at 1:1 is very good
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