Kalanchoe: Looking After
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Kalanchoe: Looking After
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana , is an undemanding flowering plant, the red forms of which are justly popular winter flowering plants. Now it can be found in a range of colours from pink through to salmon, yellows, cream and orange shades.
Choose a plant that has just a few open blooms and has bright green shiny leaves. Place in a sunny window in a temperature of around 50 degrees . Water regularly , but allow the compost to dry out between waterings.
Should the temperature drop below 50degrees , keep the plant almost dry and it ill survive.
When in bloom feed fortnightly with liquid fertilizer.
Pot on in Spring using a pot one size up and a gritty potting mix.
Kalanchoes can be a little tricky to flower again as they are day length responsive .This is easy to overcome by putting the plant in a dark place overnight and back out into the daylight in the morning for a period of three weeks in August, This initiates the flowers and the plant will then bloom consistently at Christmas.
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