Is it good to water Clivia with beer? What fertilizer should be used for care
As is well known, Clivia is a very delicate flowering plant, and only with careful care can you enjoy its unique beauty. Many people still have a lot of confusion about caring for Clivia. For example, most people care about what fertilizer is best to use normally. In fact, fertilizing Clivia has its own rules! And some friends like to water Clivia with beer. Is it good to water Clivia with beer? Regarding these questions, the editor will analyze them one by one for everyone.
Is it good to water Clivia with beer
Clivia can be watered with beer. You can water it once a week, 100ml each time, and before watering you can dilute it with an appropriate amount of water. The main reason is that beer contains a large amount of carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide is an indispensable substance for the metabolism of various plants and flowers. In addition, beer contains nutrients such as sugar, protein, amino acids and phosphate, which are beneficial to flower growth.
What fertilizer to use for growing Clivia
1. What kind of fertilizer to use in spring
Spring is its vigorous growth period, and it needs a relatively large amount of nutrients. When repotting it, you can mix already roasted sunflower seeds and charcoal together and use them as a base fertilizer. During the growth period, add a nitrogen-based fertilizer about once every 10 days. It should be sufficiently dilute and can help the growth of branches and leaves.
2. What kind of fertilizer to use in summer
Summer weather is very hot. If the temperature is above 25°C, Clivia needs to stop being fertilized. If there is too much fertilizer, its fleshy roots will be burned. If it is placed in an area with a temperature below 25°C, you can add a very dilute liquid fertilizer about once every 15 to 20 days, which can promote its growth and shorten its dormant period.
3. What kind of fertilizer to use in autumn
Autumn is also its vigorous growth period, and it needs a relatively large amount of fertilizer. In addition to putting some fermented cake residue when repotting it, you should also give it fermented fishy water once every 15 days. If it is a relatively small seedling, in autumn focus on nitrogen fertilizer, paired with an appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium, which can make its leaves more emerald green and its growth more robust. For adult Clivia, using phosphorus fertilizer paired with a little nitrogen fertilizer in autumn can prevent its flower scape from splitting and produce more seeds.
4. What kind of fertilizer to use in winter
In winter, you should add more fertilizer to it. Some people think that winter is relatively cold, and even if you fertilize it, it has entered a dormant period and cannot absorb it. But this is actually not the case. It needs a temperature of 15 to 25°C, and many regions can meet this condition in winter. This time is exactly a good period for it to shoot its scape, and it needs a lot of nutrients.
How to use foliar fertilizer on Clivia
When using foliar fertilizer on Clivia, it is generally diluted and sprayed.
Mix the fertilizer with water so that it fully dissolves, and filter out impurities. Note that the concentration should be kept at 0.2%——0.5% to make a liquid fertilizer. Choose to fertilize when the temperature is relatively low and the humidity is relatively high, generally in the morning.
When spraying foliar fertilizer, be careful to spray evenly and let the fertilizer remain on the leaf surface for about one hour, so that young leaves absorb it relatively quickly.
In fact, you can add some fungicide and insecticide when spraying.
How to judge whether Clivia is deficient in fertilizer
1. Clivia deficient in nitrogen fertilizer
When growing Clivia, if its plant shows poor development, very weak leaf growth, or even stagnant growth, and the lower leaves turn yellow and dry up, this is often Clivia lacking nitrogen fertilizer.
2. Clivia deficient in phosphorus fertilizer
When growing Clivia, if poor flowering, dull flower color, or even delayed flowering occurs, plus dark green leaves and very small fruits, this is often the Clivia plant lacking phosphorus fertilizer.
3. Clivia deficient in potassium fertilizer
When growing Clivia, if the root system is underdeveloped, the plant is weak, the leaves turn yellow and have spots, and the flowers are also very small, this may be a lack of potassium fertilizer.
4. Clivia deficient in iron
When growing Clivia, if the newly grown leaves appear yellow-white and are severely chlorotic, this is often due to iron deficiency. Curled and yellowing leaves may be due to iron deficiency and magnesium deficiency.
The Clivia plant has a tall, straight and beautiful shape, as courteous as a gentleman, and its flowers are exquisite and beautiful. Surely there are few people who do not like it! But behind a beautiful Clivia there is always a hardworking gardener.