Key Care Points for Clivia Seedlings and Methods for Preventing and Controlling Edible Fungus Diseases

Clivia

① Transplanting. Mix 60% leaf mold, 20% garden soil, and 20% rice husk ash to prepare the growing medium for transplanting. After filling the pot with the growing medium, level it with a small wooden board, first poke a small hole in the pot soil with a bamboo stick, then gently insert the seedling's young fleshy root into the growing medium, with the depth such that the root stem is buried while the seed bulb is exposed. When planting, make sure the leaf fronts face the same direction, and separate the small seedlings for easier management later.

② Temperature. During the seedling stage, keep the temperature between 10°C and 25°C. In early spring and late autumn, provide full sunlight. In summer, avoid direct sunlight and place the plants in a cool, ventilated spot.

③ Fertilizing. Two weeks after potting the Clivia, apply 15% dilute decomposed cake fertilizer water (or rotted fish and shrimp fertilizer water) once a week. If a small amount of bone meal is added as a base fertilizer when potting, the effect is even better. When fertilizing, avoid getting the fertilizer water on the leaves or into the pseudobulb; after fertilizing, spray with clean water, commonly known as returning water.

④ Watering. The first watering after transplanting the seedlings should be thorough, and afterward keep the soil moist. When the second leaf of the seedling has not yet grown out, the plant should be properly "water-restricted," reducing and controlling the amount and frequency of watering, but the leaves should be misted at noon. Spray continuously for 2 weeks, giving about 20°C water at the normal amount each day. As long as you pay attention to selecting seedlings, repotting in time, strengthening fertilizer and water management during the seedling stage, and adjusting and controlling the temperature and light requirements of Clivia at different stages, it can grow more than 10 leaves within 3 years and bloom in the spring of the 4th year.