Tips for the care of your Kalanchoe
You will see that the Kalanchoe gives a lot of pleasure and demands very little in return. It is a strong and low maintenance plant and if you take care of it as follows, it will show you how content it is:
- Water: in summer water once a week, in winter water every fourteen days. In winter this depends somewhat on where the plant is situated, if it is near a radiator then it needs watering more often;
- Plant food: Give the plant a few drops of plant food in water every 2 to 3 weeks;
- Temperature: Room temperature is ideal, but the Kalanchoe will do well in temperatures between 12°C and 30°C;
- Dead flowers: For a good continuous flowering period do not deadhead, this also avoid damage to new buds;
- Position: It prefers a sunny spot. The Kalanchoe also does well in full sun;
- Consumption: The Kalanchoe is a decorative plant and is not edible.
Tips for the care of your Patio Kalanchoe
- Frost: as soon as the danger of night frost is over the Kalanchoe can be placed outside on the terrace, balcony or planted in the garden;
- Position: choose a sunny spot;
- Dead flowers: For a good continuous flowering period do not deadhead, this also avoids damage to new buds;
- Plant food: each month add a few drops of plant food to the watering can;
- Watering: keep the soil relatively moist.
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