When is the best time to repot a clivia, spring or autumn?

If you want to grow a clivia well, there is one step you cannot skip, and that is repotting! Some flower lovers grow clivias and do not repot them even once in two or three years. To be honest, with that clivia, it is already quite good if you do not kill it. So when is the right time to repot a clivia?

In my previous videos I told everyone that the time to repot a clivia is in spring and autumn each year. If you can repot twice a year, that is great. If you find it troublesome, then we should at least make sure to repot once.

As for whether it is better to repot in spring or in autumn, this depends on the situation. For example, if the clivia we grow has not yet reached maturity, or has reached maturity but has not yet bloomed, then its repotting time is in autumn.

But if it is a mature clivia that has bloomed, we repot it in spring. Why do I say that? Because blooming consumes a relatively large amount of nutrients in a clivia. After the spring flowering period ends, it urgently needs to replenish nutrients and recover its strength. Moreover, after repotting it in spring, with sufficient energy replenishment, it will also be more conducive to getting through the summer.

Many flower lovers are quite concerned about what soil to use for repotting a clivia. As for soil mixing, flower lovers may each have their own methods, but in the end it must be permeable to water, breathable, and nutritious. The soil mix I commonly use for growing clivias is: 70% peat soil + 25% perlite + 5% vermiculite! This way it is not only permeable to water and breathable, but nutrients can also be ensured.

In addition, there is one point that needs to be reminded to everyone: after the weather gets hot in summer, the clivia will enter a dormant period. Care at this stage is quite critical. We must place it in a well-ventilated spot and avoid direct sunlight.