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Clivia/Kaffir Lily
Hi board,
I have a kaffir lily which has been in my sitting room for the last couple of years. Recently I read in a book it should be summered outdoors and watered/fed thoroughly during this period. So I gave it good soaking and put it in my £20 plastic "greenhouse" about a week ago. I just had a look at it and many of the top leaves have turned yellow, almost white, and they're very floppy. In short it looks like I've killed it. Any ideas on how to save it? Should I bring it back indoors? How I wish I'd never read that book. Thanks for any advice Mac |
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Clivia/Kaffir Lily
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It's Mac wrote: I have a kaffir lily which has been in my sitting room for the last couple of years. That is Clivia not Schizostylis, I assume? Recently I read in a book it should be summered outdoors and watered/fed thoroughly during this period. So I gave it good soaking and put it in my £20 plastic "greenhouse" about a week ago. I just had a look at it and many of the top leaves have turned yellow, almost white, and they're very floppy. In short it looks like I've killed it. Any ideas on how to save it? Should I bring it back indoors? How I wish I'd never read that book. Boggle. My guess would be a combination of lush growth, overheating and waterlogging. When the book says outside, it means just that; those plants do perfectly well on a patio in the summer IF the soil/compost is sufficiently free-draining, they get plenty of light, and they are not dried out too much. But that is a wild guess, as the symptoms are not any I have seen. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Clivia/Kaffir Lily
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Clivias are extremely susceptible to exposure from direct sun if they have been kept shaded. Your plant's symptoms are completely typical of one that has been severely burnt. Move it into a shaded position and when new leaves start to appear, apply a general purpose fertiliser. The damaged leaves will not recover, but you should leave them on until there is strong re-growth. In future, give your Clivia 50% shade from March to november, thereafter allow it to cope with full light. They do not enjoy, nor can they tolerate direct UK sun either through glass, or directly onto their leaves. HTH Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
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Clivia/Kaffir Lily
Thanks for the advice guys. It seems hard to believe it's got sunburned with
the weather I've experienced in London this week! Nevertheless, I believe what you're saying. I's a shame I've damaged such a lovely plant (sob), but I haven't given up on it, just a shame I've ruined so much growth. But once again thanks for your advice, I'll treat it more delicately in future "Dave Poole" wrote in message ... Clivias are extremely susceptible to exposure from direct sun if they have been kept shaded. Your plant's symptoms are completely typical of one that has been severely burnt. Move it into a shaded position and when new leaves start to appear, apply a general purpose fertiliser. The damaged leaves will not recover, but you should leave them on until there is strong re-growth. In future, give your Clivia 50% shade from March to november, thereafter allow it to cope with full light. They do not enjoy, nor can they tolerate direct UK sun either through glass, or directly onto their leaves. HTH Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
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Clivia/Kaffir Lily
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in reply to, Dave Poole : Clivias are extremely susceptible to exposure from direct sun if they have been kept shaded. Your plant's symptoms are completely typical of one that has been severely burnt. Move it into a shaded position and when new leaves start to appear, apply a general purpose fertiliser. The damaged leaves will not recover, but you should leave them on until there is strong re-growth. In future, give your Clivia 50% shade from March to november, thereafter allow it to cope with full light. They do not enjoy, nor can they tolerate direct UK sun either through glass, or directly onto their leaves. Have you got Clivia miniata to flower not exposed to any direct sun? It certainly will grow like that, but the ones I have seen have been effectively foliage plants. I grew some Clivia nobilis from Chilterns seed, but they are growing INCREDIBLY slowly. What is more, they don't seem to have a root system worth a damn. My suspicion is that they are desert plants, and regard the UK's summers as beneath contempt. Can you offer any advice? Our Clivia is decades old and has, in the past when it was my mothers, been grown in a S. facing greenhouse in full sun just 200yds from the S. coast without problems. It is now in our NNE facing lean-to greenhouse and only gets full sun for a couple of hours at first light. In both cases it was/is at the back of the greenhouse away from the front glass, and in both cases there was no burn to the leaves and it has always flowered well. The only problem I have with it is I have never been able to get the seeds to germinate. :-( -- Regards Bob in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK |
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In article , "Bob Hobden" writes: | | Our Clivia is decades old and has, in the past when it was my mothers, been | grown in a S. facing greenhouse in full sun just 200yds from the S. coast | without problems. It is now in our NNE facing lean-to greenhouse and only | gets full sun for a couple of hours at first light. | In both cases it was/is at the back of the greenhouse away from the front | glass, and in both cases there was no burn to the leaves and it has always | flowered well. Thanks very much. Interesting. That rather confirms my hypothesis that burning under glass is a heat reflection effect rather than being a sun strength one per se. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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