The correct method and benefits of watering clivia with beer

Clivia is not only elegant and dignified, its meaning of a gentleman as noble as an orchid and courteous and polite is also very much loved! The lush green leaves and the colorful varieties and flower colors make people feel relaxed and happy when kept in the home.

Many flower lovers like to grow clivia, but many flower lovers also fail to grow clivia well. Especially for novice flower lovers, the care of clivia may, due to a lack of some essential experience, often involve some mistakes during the care process, leading to root rot, yellow leaves, wilting, rotting and other phenomena, and ultimately ending in tragedy. Today Hua'er Gu will tell everyone about the wonderful use of beer for clivia care and the correct method of watering clivia with beer.

I. Methods of using beer to grow flowers

1. Dilution ratio

Using beer to water flowers is already not uncommon, but do you really know how to water clivia with beer? Watering clivia with beer involves the issue of usage and dosage, and here Hua'er Gu suggests that everyone follow a ratio of beer 1:30~50 parts water. This is done to reduce the concentration of beer being too high and causing harm to the roots of clivia. Pouring beer onto clivia will also make the potting soil more loose, permeable and breathable.

2. Fertilizer supplement

Beer is rich in various nutrients needed for the growth of clivia, and using beer to water clivia can allow it to obtain sufficient trace elements. Whenever clivia is about to bloom, it needs a great deal of nutrients to promote flowering. Beer is a very good nutrient. When we repot clivia in spring, we can also use beer mixed evenly with soil, spread it over one third of the bottom of the flowerpot as base fertilizer, and then place soil on top to plant the clivia. The advantage of doing this is that it avoids beer directly contacting the roots, and it can also reduce the problem of concentration becoming too high due to evaporation of the beer moisture after watering.

3. Watering time

Clivia should not be grown in a place with direct strong light. We generally fertilize clivia after the sun sets, at which time there will not be excessive evaporation of moisture due to overly high temperature and overly strong light, which would cause the concentration of the fertilizer liquid to increase. Generally, watering at dusk is the most suitable, allowing the nutrients in the beer to be slowly absorbed by the plant.

4. Wiping leaves

In fact, many times we can use beer instead of clean water to wipe the leaf surfaces. We wipe the leaf surfaces of clivia according to a ratio of beer 1:30 clean water, which can make the leaves of clivia even more lush green, and can also supplement some of the nutrients needed by the leaves. It can promote the leaves to be more robust and more beautiful, and when blooming they will also be more vivid and attractive. When wiping, be sure not to leave water droplets remaining on the leaf surfaces; we need to wring the wiping tool as dry as possible.

II. Precautions for watering flowers with beer

When using beer to water flowers in summer, we must do it according to a ratio of beer 1:50 water, because summer temperatures are high and moisture evaporates quickly. If the ratio concentration is too high, it will be even more likely that evaporation causes the beer concentration to rise, and this will harm the root system of clivia.

In winter, we had best not use beer to water flowers. In winter evaporation is slow, and beer will remain in the potting soil for a long time, which can easily lead to the breeding of bacteria and affect the growth of the plant. Hua'er Gu suggests that everyone can use beer to water flowers in winter and spring. As for wiping leaf surfaces, it can be done in all four seasons.