How To Prune Kalanchoe
How To Prune Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe is a very beautiful and healthy plant that is found in every second house. Not only does it bloom often and magnificent, delighting its owners, but it can also be useful in the treatment of various diseases, for example, with a runny nose and ear diseases, skin diseases. So that the flower does not grow and stretch, but is of a neat rounded shape, it is necessary to trim the Kalanchoe in time. |
| How To Prune Kalanchoe |
- Kalanchoe;
- sharp knife or blade.
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| How To Prune Kalanchoe |
- First of all, determine the type of your Kalanchoe , as different varieties have different attitudes to pruning. The usual Kalanchoe of Blossfeld, blooming in red flowers, can be dived without restrictions. Even if you leave only one stump, after a while it will sprout and curl. Take care of rare hybrids with yellow, pink, white flowers more carefully, they may even die as a result of incorrect pruning.
- If the plant has grown (this often happens in sunny places), has lost its compact form, and an ugly, frail apex has formed, remove it. After each flowering, be sure to cut off all the flower stalks . To form buds, put the plant on a dark windowsill (you can even cover the flower with a bucket or a box at night) and keep it for almost a month without watering. Then rearrange to a bright place and start watering, such a change of regime has a favorable effect on Kalanchoe, and it will almost certainly bloom.
- So that Kalanchoe grows in a dense bush, carefully monitor the shoots. As soon as they begin to grow, pinch off their two upper leaves. After a while, two shoots will appear in the pinch place, let them grow until a third pair of leaves appears, and cut them at this level. Wait for the appearance of two more shoots and a third pair of leaves, again pinch. Do this until a neat, dense bush of a rounded (or desired) shape forms.
- For the last time, cut the shoots of Kalanchoe in November (on the southern window) or in winter (on the western or eastern window). Note that in winter it is advisable to keep Kalanchoe in a cool place, the optimum temperature is 10-15 ° C.
- Propagate Kalanchoe or simply update can be cuttings. To do this, cut the young shoots from 10 to 15 cm long with a sharp blade or knife. Remove leaves from the bottom of the handle, dry for 1-2 days. Prepare a place for the flower in a pot with a mixture of sand and wet peat. Place the stalk to a depth of about 5 cm, well ground around well. Do not cover the handle with polyethylene or a jar, and also spray with water. Just moderate it and keep it at a temperature of 20-25? C.
