With just 3 tips, Christmas cactus and Clivia will grow more and more vigorously, and the flowers will bloom continuously!

How to grow Clivia

If you want the leaves of the Clivia to be shiny and grow vigorously, you must take good care of it in autumn.

Fertilization is key

1. Homemade liquid fertilizer

If you want your Clivia to grow vigorously, you can apply some homemade liquid fertilizer, such as homemade bean dregs fertilizer, Chinese medicine residue fertilizer, bean cake fertilizer, etc. These are all good fertilizers for feeding Clivia! Today Huahua will talk about how to make your own soybean fertilizer!

Production steps:

(1) Cook the soybeans (in order to avoid wasting food, it is best to use moldy soybeans), then grind the soybeans and put them in a clean plastic bottle. Add an appropriate amount of rice washing water or clean water, making sure the water level covers the soybeans.

(2) Cover the container with a lid and seal it. Then place it in the sun to fully ferment. Open the lid after 3-5 days to let the air out. It will be ready in 30-40 days.

(3) After the fertilizer is fermented, add it to clean water at a ratio of 1:50 and use it to water the Clivia directly. Clivia absorbs the nitrogen in the liquid fertilizer and grows rapidly!

2. Solid fertilizer

Clivia is particularly fond of oil crops, so when repotting in autumn, you can put some oil crops in the pot.

Steps:

(1) Oil crops such as peanuts, melon seeds, sesame seeds, etc. must be fried before use and can be placed directly at the bottom of the Clivia pot.

(2) If you have compound fertilizer, chicken manure fertilizer, etc. at home. You can also dig a small hole of about 5 cm along the wall of the Clivia pot, and then bury the fertilizer directly in it, so that the fertilizer effect can be slowly released in the soil and absorbed by the Clivia.

Daily maintenance

If you want Clivia to grow vigorously, in addition to fertilization, other aspects are also very important.

1. Lighting

When Clivia begins to grow in autumn, it must be ensured to have sufficient light. It can be placed on a south balcony separated by glass so that the Clivia can not only get sun exposure but also avoid having its leaves burned.

In addition, you should rotate the Clivia pot 180 degrees approximately once a week to prevent the leaves from becoming crooked.

2. Watering

After the summer dormancy period, the water demand of Clivia increases greatly in autumn. It only needs to be watered once every 3-5 days to ensure that the soil in the pot is slightly moist. When watering, be careful not to get the center of the leaves wet, otherwise it will easily cause black rot.

What to do if the leaves of Clivia are crooked

The Clivias in some flower lovers' homes often appear crooked to varying degrees. Today, Huahua will teach you some tips on how to correct them.

1. Small clip

Use small clips to clamp the crooked leaves of the Clivia and the adjacent normal leaves together. It is best to choose wooden clips with less force, and put toilet paper under them when clamping to avoid damaging the leaves. It will recover after a while.

2. Opaque paper

Use tin foil or opaque paper, cut it into the same shape as the Clivia leaves, then fold it in half, wrap the crooked side of the Clivia, and then use a paper clip to clip the paper. It will be corrected in about 2 weeks.

How to make Christmas cactus grow quickly and bloom

When autumn arrives, Christmas cactus wakes up from dormancy and is ready to grow and bloom, so autumn care is especially important.

Short day + small dark room

If you want Christmas cactus to grow vigorously and bloom more in autumn, you have to keep it in a small dark room!

Steps:

1. Christmas cactus likes short-day scattered light. If it is exposed to direct sunlight, it will easily cause leaf burns, so it is necessary to ensure that Christmas cactus has 6 hours of scattered light every day.

2. Except for these 6 hours, the Christmas cactus should be kept in a completely dark environment at other times. You can place the Christmas cactus in a completely dark room, or you can find a large cardboard box and cover the entire Christmas cactus inside to create a dark environment, allowing the Christmas cactus to grow more flower buds.

Daily maintenance

1. Fertilization

Before Christmas cactus blooms, apply decomposed liquid fertilizer about once a week, such as bean cake fertilizer, rice washing water, etc. When it reaches the bud formation stage, spray 1-2 times with 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to encourage Christmas cactus to grow more flower buds and bloom more.

2. Cut off the tender leaves

The tender leaves that Christmas cactus just grows in autumn will not bloom during the flowering period, so they must be cut off in time to avoid nutrient consumption.

3. Thin out buds in time

Sometimes 2-3 flower buds will grow at the top of the Christmas cactus node at the same time. The consequence of this competition for nutrients is that all the flower buds will not bloom big or even not bloom. At this time, the buds have to be thinned out, retaining the largest flower bud on each node and cutting off the rest.

What to do if the leaves of Christmas cactus become soft

1. Root rot causes leaves to become soft

(1) If the root rot of the Christmas cactus is not very serious, then water it less, increase the light, and let the Christmas cactus recover slowly on its own.

(2) If the root rot is severe, take the Christmas cactus out of the pot and clean the soil off the roots.

After that, trim the old roots and weak roots of the Christmas cactus, soak them in a solution of carbendazim for 20 minutes, then dry them and put them back in the pot.

2. Improper watering causes leaves to become soft

1. Excessive watering can easily lead to water accumulation in the flowerpot, slowing down the growth of Christmas cactus and causing its leaves to become soft. At this time, you can move the flower pot to a ventilated place, loosen the soil, enhance soil permeability, and allow the moisture in the flower pot to evaporate as soon as possible.

2. Too little watering will cause the soil to be too dry, the roots of the Christmas cactus will dry out, and the leaves will become soft. Basically, water it once every 3-5 days, and wait until the surface of the potting soil is completely dry before watering again.

How to grow bougainvillea faster and make it bloom more

Recently, many flower lovers have been asking Huahua in the background, why doesn’t my bougainvillea bloom? Huahua thinks that you must not have taken good care of it!

Control water and shade to make more flowers

If you want Bougainvillea to bloom more, you must learn how to control water and provide shade.

1. Water control treatment

1. Water control should last about three weeks. After starting to control the water, don't water it thoroughly. Just use a watering can to spray water on the plant. This will allow the bougainvillea to remain wilted for half a day and not wilt for half a day. If the weather is hot, you can spray more water. This will prevent the bougainvillea from sprouting new buds, and all the nutrients will be supplied to the old branches, so that it can bloom as soon as possible.

2. Fertilization is prohibited during the water control period. After 20 days, repot the bougainvillea, cut off old and weak roots, apply organic fertilizer or compound fertilizer about once a week, and it is enough to spray it with 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate once before budding.

2. Shading treatment

Bougainvillea requires strong light during its growing period, but short days during its flowering period, so shading can be used to promote more flowering. It is usually carried out 20-30 days before the preset flowering time. After 4 pm every day, move the bougainvillea to a small dark room, or cover it with a paper box, move it out at 8 o'clock the next morning, and move it back in the evening. Repeat this cycle for about 1 month, and the bougainvillea will bud!

Daily maintenance

1. Fertilization

If you want bougainvillea to grow vigorously, you must apply more fertilizer. Normally, you can add some compound fertilizer, bean cake fertilizer and other flower fertilizers to make the bougainvillea stronger and the leaves more shiny. Before flowering, when buds appear, you can combine paclobutrazol with fish intestine fertilizer, bone meal fertilizer and other phosphorus fertilizers to prevent the inflorescence from being too long, which is conducive to more flowering.

2. Branch pruning

Many flower lovers are reluctant to prune the bougainvillea they see growing vigorously in their homes, but they do not realize that this will cause it to grow too tall and not bloom. Therefore, they must be ruthlessly pruned in order to make it grow more and more vigorously!