How to fertilize clivia? Master these tips for more vigorous growth
Clivia is a highly ornamental flowering plant, and as a potted plant it is now widely distributed in our country. When growing clivia, whether for home cultivation or base planting, we need to do a good job of fertilizing. Fertilizing is the key to ensuring the healthy growth of clivia. So how should clivia be fertilized? Today the editor brings you the fertilizing tips for clivia. Let's take a look together below!
1. Base fertilizer
Base fertilizer is a very important fertilizing technique when fertilizing clivia. If planting in the field, then the base fertilizer should be applied in combination with land preparation work to improve the soil fertility. If growing in pots, then it should be applied before potting the clivia, or every year when repotting. Normally, clivia is generally repotted about once every two years. Therefore, in addition to applying it once at the beginning of planting, the base fertilizer is generally applied once every two years. The fertilizer is mainly decomposed farmyard manure, which can provide sufficient growth nutrients for clivia.
2. Water-soluble fertilizer
In addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer, topdressing work is also very important. Because clivia has a relatively large demand for nutrients during its growth period, you must pay attention to regular topdressing. Topdressing is mainly to meet clivia's demand for fertilizer during the growth period and ensure its safe growth. The fertilizers for topdressing are generally solid fertilizer, cake fertilizer and other fertilizers. When fertilizing, keep away from the root system to prevent the fertilizer from burning the roots. After fertilizing, cover it well with soil. Generally, topdress about once a month.
3. Liquid fertilizer
Liquid fertilizer is very important for the growth of clivia. When we apply liquid fertilizer as topdressing, watering should be stopped 1-2 days before, keeping the soil in a relatively dry state can improve the fertilizer efficiency of the liquid fertilizer. Generally, fertilizing should be done in the morning, and when fertilizing, be careful that the fertilizer does not directly touch the leaves. Then water once within two days after fertilizing to ensure the fertilizer can fully penetrate into the soil and prompt clivia to absorb it normally. Then pay attention to seasonal changes, as the types of fertilizer also differ. In winter and spring, appropriately apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, while in autumn nitrogen fertilizer is mainly used.
4. Foliar fertilizer
The main purpose of spraying foliar fertilizer on clivia is to make up for the deficiency in clivia's growth nutrition. Foliar fertilizer is generally mainly composed of fertilizers that are easy to absorb, such as urea and monopotassium phosphate. When spraying foliar fertilizer, be careful to spray both the front and back of clivia leaves. It should not be done at noon, and if the clivia has bloomed, then fertilizing should be stopped. At the same time, also pay attention to appropriately spraying some foliar fertilizer with trace elements, which should be done when clivia is nutritionally deficient. If the clivia is growing well, then there is no need to spray foliar fertilizer.
The above is a brief introduction to the fertilizing tips for clivia. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can be helpful to everyone!