How to make Kalanchoe blossom at home

So. You bought a beautiful lush bush Kalanchoe. He pleased you all summer with his magnificence. And then offended. He blossomed, stretched out long branches, leaves sticking out in some places. And no more colors. And you kind of looked after you as you should, watered the whole winter from the heart, fertilized, bought special lamps. So, to shine him at least 15 hours a day. And he did! Sticks out like a scarecrow in a pot and there is no past decoration in it.

How to make Kalanchoe blossom at home? Very simple. It should be less around him to dance and indulge all sorts of whims. It is necessary to arrange his "sweet" life. Then it will bloom like a nice little one. Now let's figure out what to do.

For any plant, flowering is reproduction. And it comes when hard times come.That is, the plant understands that he left to live quite a bit. Therefore, we must urgently bring posterity. Or, on the contrary, the pet will rejoice that it has survived in difficult times and will flourish for joy. One way or another, but it is necessary to complicate the life of a capricious Kalanchoe a little.

That is, create an artificial winter. The plant comes from the tropics. And the cold time there is not at all our snow and frost. Tropical winter includes:

• cold air
• short daylight hours
• low precipitation
• scanty stony soil

It is from this knowledge that we will dance. All the cold season we will keep Kalanchoe in extreme conditions. And in the spring ... what will happen - read below.

Cold air

You can even put on a warmed loggia or balcony.Or in the coldest room in the house. In a word, get out, as you can. Otherwise there will be no flowers for you.

Short daylight hours

For the full flowering of Kalanchoe, you need to provide lighting no more than 10 hours a day. This is the approximate duration of daylight in the winter in the tropics. Means, in the fall we cover densely from light. A black bag, cardboard box, large pot or saucepan will do. And in the winter a little more light. In total, it should be only 8-9 hours. This is optimal for the formation of buds.

Low precipitation

It is here that in winter snow is falling, and in the south it is raining. In the tropics, winter is the driest season. Maybe once a month a cloud will fly in, splash a little water. And there is no dew, because there is no daytime heat either.

So we also act. Starting from October and ending in February, we water Kalanchoe once a month. We do not look at his offended, drooping leaves. He is deceiving you. This is a succulent! And in his shoots enough moisture to endure dry time.

You only have to give in once to his trick and water more often, that's all.You can say goodbye to spring flowering until next year.

By the way, it is difficult to call it by irrigation. Light soil moistening. And that, only because the air in the apartment in the winter is often dry.

Council In order not to forget the next irrigation date, write it down in the calendar. Or, more conveniently, put a note in the phone. At the right time, he will remind you with a call about the need for watering.

Scanty stony soil

The tropics are not only a jungle with a fat substrate of centuries-old compost. The tropics are also deserts, mountain and plain. Here in the mountains with stony poor land and grows most types of Kalanchoe. There is nothing to eat there, the root system also has nowhere to turn around.

And look what you have? A pot the size of a good tub, fertilizer, almost shoveling carry. What are your flowers? You Kalanchoe just eats. It is urgent to change everything!

Capacity for planting take tiny. Here are just a little more than the root system, a centimeter from the force. The soil is collected such:

• sand
• gravel
• garden land
• coal
• turf

We take everything in equal parts. No doubt, the mixture turns cruel and brutal.But the closest to the natural realities. Here in it and transplant Kalanchoe. Let him know where the crayfish winter and how to deprive the owners of the flowering.

Naturally, no fertilizer. Generally not a drop. And even a crumb of organics give another flower. Kalanchoe will catch up with its spring and summer, when you will be treating him feedings for the lush and bright flowering.

Pinch all!

Well, do you think all the dances are over on this? But they did not guess! Now your faithful Kalanchoe again try to deceive you. He shoots will increase. Hard and hard. To turn into the most hated scarecrow with long branches.

What to do? Tweak! Mercilessly and without pity. Without missing a single escape. We are waiting for the appearance of three leaves, and we tear off the rudiment of the fourth together with a piece of cutting. We continue this haircut until the end of February. By this time you will have a neat round and dense bush, and not a feature that is on the side of the bow.

Spring

In early March, we begin to give Kalanchoe more light. Raise the temperature a bit. We renew regular watering and feeding.That is, we finish the artificial winter, we make spring. After truly spartan conditions, the plant with great relief will begin to grow its buds. And then bloom. In this case, the process can continue until August without interruption.

After flowering

Once you admire the flowers, you can not let things take their course. It is imperative to cut flower stalks strictly to the very leaves. And continue forming the plant until the beginning of November. And there we repeat the cycle and arrange an artificial winter.

Moreover, all the time of flowering necessarily Holim and spoil the flower. We water regularly, we add fertilizing periodically. We don’t touch the shoots and leaves yet, we give plenty of light. During this period, Kalanchoe will pick up enough nutrients to survive the harsh winter.

Useful recommendations

1. Now the industry offers a great variety of Kalanchoe varieties. If possible, choose plants with yellow flowers. They are the most unpretentious and bloom on their own without shock therapy.
2. The most pretentious varieties - with pale pink flowers.Even with all the observance and harsh conditions in winter, such plants almost never bloom at home.
3. Please note, Kalanchoe in offices or offices bloom beautifully and literally pyshut health. It's all about a short light day. After all, they work there from 8 to 17. Just what you need. At the same time and watered forget. The result is obvious.
4. If, after all your dancing, the Kalanchoe still stubbornly refuses to build up its buds, then make it a cataclysm. For 25 days, place in a cool dark pantry, in a cupboard in the kitchen, or place it under a sink. Then reach and continue to care, as they used to. There was still no such thing that after the experienced stress the Kalanchoe did not bloom.

How to make Kalanchoe blossom at home? It's simple. You have to be stricter with him and stop feeling sorry. Eliminate the slightest care and you will be happy. All spring and summer - lush flowering crown.

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