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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - again
Wife, who never gives up on any plant, has a Kalanchoe which flowered
beautifully last year. Despite my advice to throw it away and start anew, it has been nurtured and is throwing new growth from the base of leaf stems. She is smirking. Should these be potted up individually or left to develop where they are? Despite your best advice she may well do as she pleases. ;-)) -- ned |
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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - again
"ned" wrote: Wife, who never gives up on any plant, has a Kalanchoe which flowered beautifully last year. Despite my advice to throw it away and start anew, it has been nurtured and is throwing new growth from the base of leaf stems. She is smirking. Should these be potted up individually or left to develop where they are? ----- K. blossfeldiana especially, once it has flowered, isn't worth keeping for the following year as it rarely flowers indoors again. However, you could try a few, nothing ventured, nothing gained individual cuttings from the new growth in the spring. Use a half-and-half mix of peat moss and sharp sand in 3inch. pots and put the pots in a warm position. Keep checking the compost as a peat and sand mix soon dries out. Once new growth starts, re-pot using a standard compost taking care not to damage the young roots. Mike Crossland |
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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - again
"ned" wrote: Wife, who never gives up on any plant, has a Kalanchoe which flowered beautifully last year. Despite my advice to throw it away and start anew, it has been nurtured and is throwing new growth from the base of leaf stems. She is smirking. Should these be potted up individually or left to develop where they are? ----- K. blossfeldiana especially, once it has flowered, isn't worth keeping for the following year as it rarely flowers indoors again. However, you could try a few, nothing ventured, nothing gained individual cuttings from the new growth in the spring. Use a half-and-half mix of peat moss and sharp sand in 3inch. pots and put the pots in a warm position. Keep checking the compost as a peat and sand mix soon dries out. Once new growth starts, re-pot using a standard compost taking care not to damage the young roots. Mike Crossland |
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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - again
"ned" wrote: Wife, who never gives up on any plant, has a Kalanchoe which flowered beautifully last year. Despite my advice to throw it away and start anew, it has been nurtured and is throwing new growth from the base of leaf stems. She is smirking. Should these be potted up individually or left to develop where they are? ----- K. blossfeldiana especially, once it has flowered, isn't worth keeping for the following year as it rarely flowers indoors again. However, you could try a few, nothing ventured, nothing gained individual cuttings from the new growth in the spring. Use a half-and-half mix of peat moss and sharp sand in 3inch. pots and put the pots in a warm position. Keep checking the compost as a peat and sand mix soon dries out. Once new growth starts, re-pot using a standard compost taking care not to damage the young roots. Mike Crossland |
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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - again
"Mike Crossland" wrote in message ... "ned" wrote: Wife, who never gives up on any plant, has a Kalanchoe which flowered beautifully last year. Despite my advice to throw it away and start anew, it has been nurtured and is throwing new growth from the base of leaf stems. She is smirking. Should these be potted up individually or left to develop where they are? ----- K. blossfeldiana especially, once it has flowered, isn't worth keeping for the following year as it rarely flowers indoors again. However, you could try a few, nothing ventured, nothing gained individual cuttings from the new growth in the spring. Use a half-and-half mix of peat moss and sharp sand in 3inch. pots and put the pots in a warm position. Keep checking the compost as a peat and sand mix soon dries out. Once new growth starts, re-pot using a standard compost taking care not to damage the young roots. Cheers m' dear. We'll give it a go. -- ned |
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