Edible Mushroom Cultivation Methods and Tips for Keeping Clivia Safe Through the Summer

How to Keep Clivia Safe Through the Summer

Clivia is a precious flower of the Amaryllidaceae family, native to the mountain forests of southern Africa, with an optimum growth temperature of 18 to 28°C. However, summer temperatures in our city are very high, which is very unfavorable for Clivia through the summer. To keep Clivia safe through the summer, the following measures can be adopted:

1. Shade and cooling. During the day, Clivia should be placed indoors where it receives no sunlight, allowing it to receive appropriate sunlight only in the early morning and evening, and at night it should be placed in a ventilated spot such as a balcony or windowsill. If it is to be placed outdoors for the summer, a shade shed should be set up, blocking light all day, covered in the morning and opened in the evening.

2. Increase humidity and spray water. Clivia likes a moist, cool environment. In summer, water needs to be sprayed on the ground and misted on the leaves several times a day. In a high-temperature environment, Clivia will stop growing and is actually in a semi-dormant state, requiring less water, but the potting soil must not be allowed to dry out completely. The soil moisture content should be kept at around 50%, that is, it is suitable when it feels moist to the touch but not sticky to the hand.

3. Choose pots reasonably. Clivia has very long roots, so it is usually thought that deep pots should be used for planting, but deep pots are unfavorable for getting it through the summer. A deep pot with thick soil inevitably has poor aeration. When watering is relatively infrequent, the carbon dioxide waste gas discharged by root respiration cannot be expelled in time through watering, and anaerobic saprophytic fungi will proliferate in large numbers, causing root rot. Therefore, in summer, deep pots or large pots should not be used for cultivating Clivia. (Source: China Farmers' Daily)