KALANCHOE BLOOMING: WHY DOES NOT IT BLOOM AT HOME? HOW TO MAKE A PLANT TO BLOOM?

Kalanchoe flourishing is a resident of the tropics, but on the windowsills of our country this beautiful foreigner has found his place.

In the nation this is a unique plant called the flower of life, green first-aid kit.

Really Kalanchoe and treatsand just surprises with its bloom.

From our article you will learn: caring for Kalanchoe flowering from a photo of a plant, what to do after flowering, how to cut a flower?

Bloom

When and how often does Kalanchoe flower at home?

Kalanchoe one of the most ornamental plants, which is valued primarily because of the long flowering, bright large caps of flowers of various colors and shades.

When does Kalanchoe bloom? Compact bushes Kalanchoe often delight the eye when a snowstorm sweeps outside. And therefore a period flowering kalanchoe can be called winter.

Flowering period: Kalanchoe in bloom may be already at the end of January, but sometimes it happens that they do not bloom, hold on for a long time, then the plant throws them off by the beginning of March.

And after some time, gaining new ones that bloom by the end of the month. Flowering continues all spring.

But some varieties, mostly artificially bred, can bloom from March to late September with the right content.

If the plant is comfortable, then it, having finished flowering at the end of spring, can start it again in the middle of summer and finish in deep autumn.

That is why the question of how many times a year and when blooms Kalanchoe impossible to answer.

How to make bloom?

The basic rules of how to care for Kalanchoe to bloom. Observing these conditions you will certainly achieve flowering:

if Kalanchoe does not bloom, the reason may be the lack of bright ambient light. If it is overcast outside the window, your pet can be provided with an electric day with a lamp;
how to achieve flowering kalanchoe? To do this, it is necessary to maintain the optimum temperature: not lower than 10 degrees and not higher than 25.
The plant is not afraid of such drops, but it’s not worthwhile to put Kalanchoe near heating devices, heat fluxes are harmful to the flower;
produce watering with soft water. Do not water very often.
Look, if the ground is completely dry, pour in some water so that it covers the ground and absorbs very quickly, you can not spray it;
the faded parts of the plant should be removed, as they will take power from the new buds, and their time flowering may noticeably decrease;
flower loves transplanting once in two years in fresh ground, you can use the usual ground for succulents, or simply mix the turf soil with sand and peat;
Kalanchoe does not need special feeding, any liquid fertilizer is suitable for flowering;

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rest period, which consists in creating an artificial short daylight and long, up to 14 o'clock at night, from August to September, plays a major role.

Many people perceive Kalanchoe as a bouquet plant, and when it fades away, it is thrown away.

Those who leave complain that Kalanchoe does not bloom anymore. In fact bloom can provoke.

A photo

Kalanchoe blooming:

Care for flowering Kalanchoe: pruning after flowering

Why does not bloom?

What to do, if Kalanchoe decorative stop blooming at home?

if a Kalanchoe blooming does not bloom, but grows upwards, then you need to radically cut, remove all the upper leaves so that the plant goes wide, be sure to tear off the shoots on the leaves, if the roots begin to appear;
to Kalanchoe blossomed it is possible to provide him with a minimum temperature during the rest period with a short daylight hours;
it is worth trying to rearrange the plant on a window overlooking the other side of the horizon, but not on the north;
what to do to bloomed Kalanchoe? It is covered with a dark thick paper cap and left for 20-21 days without water.
After sunlight is returned to him, it is worth feeding fertilizer;
how to make bloom Kalanchoe at home and in winter? To do this, you need to organize for him a short light day, which lasts 8 hours.
After a month of living in this mode Kalanchoe begins to bloom.

Kalanchoe can bloom almost the entire year, if the conditions of his detention.

But flowering kalanchoe at home, throughout the year, it is peculiar mainly to young plants that bloom in the first year.

Kalanchoe faded

What to do after flowering? Care Kalanchoe after flowering:

if a the flower is already "tired", it is necessary to cut off the old wilted leaves;
flowers with peduncles, put it in a cold place;
when new shoots appear, it is best to pinch them, at the level of no more than three rows of leaves from the root, otherwise the plant will look “disheveled”, and this should be done until about the end of November.

Kalanchoe after flowering needs to be updated. It is very easy to make - by cutting in the spring.

And already on new, very young plants, buds will appear, which will soon become flowers than old ones.

What to do with the faded flowers of Kalanchoe is to cut and let the plant rest.Kalanchoe is not the most capricious flower. With proper care, a beginner florist can handle it, and he will answer you with a delightful long flowering and will decorate your home.