Dead or out-of-season?
This is my lovely Kalanchoe! Usually, it lives in my room on the highest level of my plant stand (because it’s special and I have cats 😅). Recently, I repotted it from a small nursery pot in a boot to this fancy pot (room to grow and whatnot). The flowers are dying, but the leaves look ok. Is it past flowering season, or was the repot a bad idea that ended up costing me? Where I live, it’s currently Spring, nearly Summer. #HappyPlants #dying #Dyingplant #Kalanchoe #FloristKalanchoe repotting">#repotting #northernhemisphere
2ft to light, direct
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 day ago
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So I found out a great way to bring back the flowering.
For the kalanchor you can do a reset.
So you can start a consistent routine. For 4-6 weeks you give it bright indirect light for 8-10 hours a day and the rest of the day keep it in a completely dark room or a black out box to deplete light this simulates a “winter state” and will reset the flowering of the plant. Be sure to let it completely dry out between watering during this time. Do not water log it or expose to artificial light at night it will disturb your the reset cycle.
Otherwise prying away the dead flowers and giving plenty of light may bring them back when it loops around its growing season again. Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have questions 😊
For the kalanchor you can do a reset.
So you can start a consistent routine. For 4-6 weeks you give it bright indirect light for 8-10 hours a day and the rest of the day keep it in a completely dark room or a black out box to deplete light this simulates a “winter state” and will reset the flowering of the plant. Be sure to let it completely dry out between watering during this time. Do not water log it or expose to artificial light at night it will disturb your the reset cycle.
Otherwise prying away the dead flowers and giving plenty of light may bring them back when it loops around its growing season again. Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have questions 😊
It looks like it's getting too much water. Kalanchoe like lean soil (pic is what I use), meaning mostly mineral with very little organic matter. Something that drains quickly. I use a ratio of 2:2:1:1 lava, pumice, Turface (calcined clay), and a good quality potting soil. Only water once the soil is bone dry. Don't let them sit in water, either. Succulents thrive on neglect. For right now, cut back all of those dead flower stalks, gently remove the current soil from the roots, let it dry out overnight (I know that sounds counterintuitive, but they need to have a chance to get rid of the excess water), then repot in the well-draining soil. If you don't have easy access to those soil components, you can use a mix of 3:1 perlite to cactus soil (both available at big box garden centers). Wait a few days for any nicks or breaks to callus over, then give a drink. I hope this helps!
@Hollyhock @Culverslover any tricks on keeping the leaves as large as they are when bringing it home from the store? Mine always drastically reduce in size, l have no luck otherw but I do get lots of blooms. Over time I see them get really leggy and maybe that is signs of not enough sun (now permanently moved into the sunroom)
@LoyalYellowrose you can use a fertilizer during the growing months from spring to the end of summer. You can do this about once a month to promote flowering in summer. But make sure it’s a balanced fertilizer so it doesn’t just grow more leaves. 👍
@ravioliApproved Yes your flowers have run their course and will be back in six to eight months depending on the care you give it . Start by removing the flower shoots and flowers . Soon it will start growing new leaves . I wouldn’t suggest pushing for the flowers to come back they’ll be back soon enough. Let the plant concentrate on leaves . All the little leaves on mine are since removing flowers.
Leggy and small leaves sounds like not enough sun to me. Kalanchoe typically like a lot of sun. Mine are planted around our pool in FL. It is sandy soils with not a lot of organic and plenty of drainage. In fact, mine have tons of babies. They typically only flower once a season for me. I mostly neglect mine.
I have one, haven’t done a thing to it and the flowers are drooping and dying.