No need to spend any money! Learn these two tricks and you will have too many Clivias to put down

sowing

1. Seed maturity

After the Clivia blooms, it will bear fruit if pollinated properly. When the fruit becomes full and firm, turns reddish brown, and you can hear a sound when you press it with your hand, it means the seeds are ripe and can be sown.

2. Seed picking

Pick the fruit from the top of the Clivia, peel off the skin, and reveal the garlic-like seeds.

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3. Seed treatment

Soak the seeds in slightly hot water (about 40℃) for a day and a night, and place them in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

4. Observe the seed eye

Observe the seeds carefully before planting, and you will see a slightly raised eye. The eye should be facing downward when planting.

4. Seed germination

Place the seeds in loose cultivation media such as pine needles and sand, keep the environment warm (above 20°C), avoid light, and spray water every day.

5. Seed germination

In about 20 days, the seeds will sprout.

6. Seed transplanting

Once the Clivia has grown its first leaf, it should be moved to loose and fertile nutrient soil.

A relatively simple configuration of nutrient soil is to add some carbon slag or fine sand to garden soil. If you are more particular, you can mix in pine needles, coconut bran, charcoal, sawdust, etc.

7. The plants grow.

Place the Clivia in a ventilated and cool place, water it when the soil in the pot feels dry, and the Clivia will soon thrive!

Attachment: Clivia artificial pollination tutorial

Clivia blooms every year but never produces seeds? That's because there is no pollination! Today Huahua will teach you how to pollinate Clivia. From now on, one pot of Clivia can become many pots, and your children and grandchildren can have children. Flower lovers can then sell Clivia!

1. Tool preparation

Cotton swabs, toothpicks, acne needles, sewing needles...these things can all be used as tools for artificial pollination.

2. Pistil and stamen

In the stamens of Clivia, the one with a yellow pollen head at the top is the stamen, and the one with a trident column at the top is the pistil.

3. Start pollination

Apply the pollen on the stamens to the pistil. Note that self-pollination will not produce fruit, and cross-pollination is required for different flowers.

4. Simple method

If you think the above pollination method is too cumbersome, there is also a simple method, which is - take a brush and sweep it randomly on each flower!

But be careful to be gentle so as not to damage the stamens.

Division

After the Clivia has grown for a few years, small buds will grow next to it. These are the "little babies" of the Clivia!

(Author: Tiger Roaring in the Forest 000 Source: Clivia Bar)

1. Timing of division

When the small buds grow to three or four pieces, you can divide the plants!

2. Material preparation

Prepare disinfectants (carbendazim, potassium permanganate solution, gentian violet, wood ash, etc. will all work), as well as sterilized blades, new culture soil, etc.

3. Clean the root system

Take the Clivia out of the pot and clean the soil around the roots.

4. Disinfection

Soak the roots in disinfectant, generally the ratio of disinfectant to water is 1:3000, and take them out after soaking for one hour.

5. Dry the roots

Prepare newspapers, white paper, etc. to cover the leaves of the Clivia, exposing the roots, and place it in a cool and ventilated place to dry the roots.

6. Carry out division

Use a sterilized knife to cut the new shoots from the mother plant, and make sure the new shoots have as many roots as possible to facilitate survival.

7. Wound disinfection

Apply disinfectant to the wound to sterilize it, then place it in a cool place to dry the roots.

8. Replanting

Plant the divided Clivia in pots and water them thoroughly.

Appendix: Clivia maintenance after division

1. The soil must be loose. Add about one-fifth of sand or vermiculite into the nutrient soil. It is best to add some pine needles.

2. It takes about two to three weeks for the plant to acclimate. During this period, avoid exposure to the sun and keep it in a cool and ventilated place.

3. Don’t water too much at this time. The soil should be half dry, otherwise the roots will rot easily.

Before watering, insert your finger 3 to 4 centimeters into the soil. When you feel the soil at your fingertips is completely dry, then water.

With this propagation tutorial, why buy Clivia?

The Clivia in the family gave birth to grandchildren, and the grandchildren gave birth to sons.

One pot becomes ten pots, and ten pots become more.

Flower lovers will be able to sell Clivia soon!

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