Use expired beer and eggs for your clivia, and it can bloom twice a year

Attention, flower lovers who grow clivia as a potted plant: if you have expired beer at home, or eggs that have been sitting around for a long time and break apart as soon as you open them, don't throw them away. For clivia they are extremely rare nutrients, and used well they can keep your clivia from getting stuck buds and let it bloom twice a year.

Expired beer used to water clivia can force flowering

We can't drink expired beer, but clivia can drink it, because beer contains a large amount of nutrients. For example, the large amount of carbon dioxide in it can promote the metabolism of clivia, ethanol lets clivia breathe freely, and nutrients such as amino acids, phosphoric acid, sugar and protein can provide more nutritional components for the growth of clivia, making it grow more vigorously with green leaves and bright flowers, and it can even bloom twice a year.

Besides pouring it into the potting soil like a water-soluble fertilizer, you can also use expired beer to wipe the leaves of clivia, or spray it with a spray bottle, so the leaves can directly absorb the nutrients, achieving the effect of foliar feeding.

Eggs and eggshells are of great use to potted clivia

Eggs are rich in nutrients. Pouring the egg liquid and eggshells into the potting soil of clivia can both provide nutrients to the plant. In particular, they contain a large amount of trace elements, which are exactly what potted clivia needs. Of course, when doing this you need to pay a little attention to the method.

The egg liquid is best diluted with water so clivia can absorb it

Some people directly beat raw eggs, stir the egg liquid and add water to water the clivia, while others ferment the egg liquid and then dilute it with water to apply. Generally speaking, as long as you control the ratio properly it is fine. The boiled water used to cook eggs, left to cool, can also be used to water flowers; this kind of water is easier for clivia to absorb than egg liquid, and it is also a very good method. Finally, unwanted eggshells can also be crushed and spread on the potting soil of clivia, and after they rot they can also provide nutrients for the clivia.

Note that the egg liquid should not be poured directly onto the soil, because many nutrients must dissolve in water, and only through water as a medium can clivia better absorb nutrients. Also, when pouring, do it slowly so the liquid does not splash onto the leaves.

Besides expired beer and bad eggs, some other household waste can also be put to use, such as peanut shells, orange peel and banana peel. They are also very good for composting, and clivia likes this kind of fertilizer very much.