Watering should be dry and wet

The watering of Clivia has always been a big problem. Many people either water more or less, which eventually leads to the rotten roots or yellow leaves of Clivia

1. In fact, Clivia doesn't need to be very diligent in watering, because its fleshy roots can store some water. Generally speaking, the Clivia in the flower market is raised in very loose soil such as pine needles. These Clivia have to be watered once in about 3 ~ 5 days

2. If it is cultivated in garden soil and other very viscous soil, it is best to water it once a week or two, because the water in the soil is not easy to evaporate, and more watering will accumulate water

3. Of course, the most scientific watering method is to see dry and wet, that is, after 2 ~ 3cm of soil on the surface of Clivia is dry, water Clivia again

The light should be moderate

In fact, Clivia is more suitable for nanyangtai with good light. Except that Clivia should be moved to the indoor living room to avoid direct light in summer, it can be directly placed on the balcony in other seasons

In addition, the indoor cultured Clivia has to turn the flowerpot 180 degrees every other week, mainly to avoid the skew of the long leaves

What if the blade is skewed

Clivia leaves skew, mainly because the light on both sides of the leaves is uneven, and the leaves will gradually shift to the place with more light. What should I do after the skew

1. Cut tinfoil or opaque newspaper into strips

2. Fix the tinfoil on the leaves of Clivia according to the method shown in the figure below. Pay attention to cover only half of the leaves of Clivia~

3. The leaves slant to the other side and cover the other side

4. At the same time, it is necessary to cooperate with the basin rotation. Some skews are not very serious and can be recovered in half a month

How to fertilize Clivia

Clivia likes fertilizer, especially the fertilizer made by retting oil crops

1. In autumn, Clivia has a great demand for fertilizer, so it should be combined with changing pots, and a layer of rotten bean dregs, bone meal, pockmarks or other base fertilizer should be placed on the bottom of the flower pot of Clivia

2. In addition, apply fermented bean cake water or fishy water once a half month. There are more phosphorus fertilizer in fishy water and nitrogen fertilizer in bean cake water. Now it is mainly to prepare for the flowering of Clivia in the coming year

3. In winter, if the indoor temperature is above 15 ℃, normal fertilization can be used. Liquid fertilizer is used once in about 10 days, mainly phosphorus fertilizer. If the temperature is lower than 10 ℃, stop fertilizing

How to change the basin of Clivia

1. Before changing pots, stop water for 1 ~ 2 weeks to separate the soil of Clivia from the flower pot

2. Turn the flowerpot upside down and gently take out the Clivia

3. Gently tap the root system, remove the large soil mass first, and then clean the soil at the root with water

4. Clean up the roots and cut off the dead roots, empty roots and rotten roots on the roots of Clivia

5. Then put the wound in carbendazim or potassium permanganate solution for disinfection

6. Prepare new pot soil and prepare it according to 50% rotten leaf soil, 30% pine needles, 10% coarse sand, 10% hemp, bone powder and other fertilizers

7. First fill the gap inside the root system of Clivia with soil, and then put it into the basin~

8. After putting the Clivia in the basin, first pour it into the water, and then put it in the scattered light for maintenance. First let the Clivia slow down its roots, and then put it on the balcony for maintenance after about 2 ~ 3 days~