How to grow potted Clivia and what to pay attention to
Clivia is one of the most common indoor foliage and flowering potted plants, and it is also a plant suitable for beginners to care for. Pay attention to the 5 key points below for care, and you can keep the leaves dark green and also keep it blooming year after year. Let's compare together below and see whether your care methods are correct.
1. The importance of container choice:
For the sake of looks, many of them choose ceramic pots, or pottery with painted pottery. In fact, this is not very suitable for growing potted Clivia. The best flowerpot is a tile pot. Although it is not very nice-looking, it has good breathability and good drainage performance, and has a very good effect on the growth of Clivia. Right.
If the young plant is a Clivia, choose a small clay pot instead of some ceramic pots.
2. Selection of soil and base fertilizer
Another key factor in growing Clivia is soil. Its native environment is under tree shade. Therefore, it is most suitable for growing Clivia. However, there is a special Clivia soil on the market, but beginners can buy special soil. Good drainage performance, good breathability, and good soil fertility.
If you want the plant to grow stronger and bloom year after year, adapting the soil alone is not enough. When potting, you also need to put a layer of organic fertilizer at the bottom of the pot. It can be manure or bean cake fertilizer. We should not use chemical fertilizers such as chemical fertilizer.
3. Watering and root growth:
If a friend who has repotted it knows what the roots of Clivia are like, it has very lush roots, so usually watering cannot be too frequent, to avoid water in the pot, and water should be properly controlled during the flowering period.
Preventing Clivia from rotting is very important. Before watering, check whether 3 to 5 cm below is dry or dried out.
4. Why does your Clivia not bloom?
Generally speaking, a Clivia's age is not enough, that is, its age has not yet reached more than 3 years. Attention should be paid to repotting once every 1 to 2 years to maintain sufficient soil fertility and various trace elements needed for growth.
5. Nutrient supplementation:
Some friends' Clivia is not easy to grow and bloom, but the buds below the flowers cannot come out, that is, the common "arrow clamping". This is because the nutrition is not enough and the flower cannot shoot the arrow. You can properly supplement some beer. Before flowering, it should be paired with organic fertilizer and organic fertilizer.
Fertilizer should also be properly added during the normal growth period. You can directly buy special Clivia fertilizer, which is suitable for beginners, but pay attention to the amount of fertilizer.
Clivia is one of the most common indoor foliage and flowering potted plants, and it is also a plant suitable for beginners to care for. Pay attention to the 5 key points below for care, and you can keep the leaves dark green and also keep it blooming year after year. Let's compare together below and see whether your care methods are correct.
1. The importance of container choice:
Many people who grow Clivia choose some ceramic flowerpots for the sake of appearance, or pottery pots with painted patterns. In fact, these are not very suitable flowerpots for growing Clivia. The best flowerpot is a tile pot. Although it is not so nice-looking, it has good breathability and good drainage, and has a very good promoting effect on the growth of Clivia.
If it is a young Clivia plant, just choose a small clay pot; do not raise it in some ceramic flowerpots.
2. Selection of soil and base fertilizer:
Another key factor in planting Clivia is soil. The environment of Clivia's native place is under tree shade, so leaf mold soil is most suitable for planting Clivia. However, there is also special Clivia soil on the market. Beginners can buy special soil for planting. If mixing it yourself, you can choose leaf mold soil + coal cinder + river sand. In this way, good drainage, breathability and soil fertility can be maintained, and there will be no problem with care.
If you want the Clivia plant to grow stronger and bloom year after year, just mixing good soil is not enough. You also need to spread a layer of decomposed organic fertilizer at the bottom of the pot when potting. It can be manure or bean cake fertilizer, etc. Note that quick-acting fertilizers such as chemical fertilizers cannot be used.
3. Watering and root growth:
If a friend who has repotted Clivia knows what Clivia's root system is like, it has very strong fleshy roots, so ordinary watering cannot be too frequent. Prevent water accumulation in the pot soil, and properly control water during the flowering period.
Preventing Clivia root rot is very important. Before watering, check whether the soil 3 to 5 cm below is dry. Water thoroughly only when it is completely dry.
4. Why does your Clivia not bloom?
If Clivia does not bloom, it is usually because the plant age is not enough, that is, its age has not yet reached more than 3 years. A Clivia that has not matured cannot bloom. The second reason is insufficient nutrients. During care, pay attention to regularly giving an appropriate amount of monopotassium phosphate to supplement phosphorus fertilizer, so as to better promote flowering. Also, if it is a mature Clivia, pay attention to repotting once every 1 to 2 years to keep the pot soil with sufficient fertility and various trace elements needed for growth.
5. Nutrient supplementation:
Some friends' Clivia finally blooms with great difficulty, but the flower buds are stuck under the leaves and cannot come out, which is the common "arrow clamping". This is because the nutrition is insufficient and the flower cannot shoot the arrow. You can properly supplement some beer. Before flowering, properly supplement thin organic fertilizer water.
Fertilizer should also be properly supplemented during the normal growth period. You can directly buy special Clivia fertilizer, which is suitable for beginners, but pay attention to the amount of fertilizer applied.