This is how you maintain your Clivia tips and tricks

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• This is how you maintain your Clivia tips and tricks
• Plant the Clivia
• The right location for the Clivia
• The Clivia pour properly and fertilize
• The Clivia in winter
• Tips

The Clivia needs a lot of light

This is how you maintain your Clivia tips and tricks

The Klivien (Clivia) are a plant genus of the family of Amaryllidaceae or Amaryllisgewächse. They come from South Africa and are often kept as a houseplant. As she grows older, she makes more and more beautiful and lush flowers.

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Plant the Clivia

An adult Clivia plant in normal potting soil. If you want to pull a young plant from a Kindel, then put it in a mixture of peat and sand. The best time for this is shortly after flowering. About every three to four years, the Clivia should be repotted.

The right location for the Clivia

The Clivia needs a lot of light, but it does not stand a direct sun. Therefore, should not just stand on a south window. Be careful not to move or reposition your Clivia when watering or cleaning the windows. As a result, the plant may not bloom. It is best to mark the flower pot so that you always know which side should face the light.

Unfortunately, the Clivia is one of the poisonous indoor plants, so it should not be in a household with small children or pets, or at least get a safe place out of their reach.

The Clivia pour properly and fertilize

In summer, the Clivia would like to be poured abundantly. The root ball should always be slightly moist without causing waterlogging. In winter, you pour only very sparingly, just so that the plant does not dry up.

During the growth and flowering period, the Clivia needs additional nutrients. Fertilize the plant weekly or every two weeks with a commercially available liquid fertilizer or use a slow-release fertilizer according to the package instructions.

The Clivia in winter

From about October it is time for a hibernation. The Clivia now needs less water and no fertilizer. The temperature should be reduced to about 10 ° C to 12 ° C for at least two months. The cool time may be longer. Without this hibernation, it is difficult to bring the Clivia to flower. Make sure you give it a bright winter quarters, the Clivia needs plenty of light even in winter.

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Tips

As a poisonous houseplant, the Clivia is not exactly in households with children and / or pets, at least not within their reach.