I bought one a couple of years ago, and it got leggy after flowering. I cut it right back to the big leaves, but it's just been growing long stems with tiny leaves, and no flowers, ever since. Any tips please?
So easy to propagate , break of any decent bits, pop in a glass of water, they root in no time. Then throw the leggy stuff away. They don’t recover from leggyness.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I am assuming you have one of the flowering 'supermarket' type Kalanchoe. Sometimes these are not really worth the effort of keeping going,it will hardly ever be like it was when originally bought as they are grown to look good for selling. Buy a new one, enjoy the flowers and then discard when it starts to look rubbish!! (Just as you would a bunch of flowers )
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Four cuttings done here, depends it you can afford to go and buy new plants or try to salvage the original. Keep pinching the tops out and they’ll bush up.
This one means a lot to me, wouldn’t normally have bought it but when the first lockdown started, it was Mother’s Day and Tesco had baskets with mixed plants and a big bow which they didn’t sell. They gave 5 each to their delivery drivers to give out to their favourite customers, my man gave one to me.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
My kalanchoe was from IKEA about five years ago. It is kept on a north-facing window sill and flowers every year. As the photo shows, it was sadly neglected last year. When the flowers were finished, I cut it right back. All stems were cut back to almost soil level. I water it now and again when I think it is needed. I have never fed it. The second photo was taken tonight.
Thanks all. 👍 No I've not fed it, and yes, it was a supermarket one. I chopped it right back last year. Thanks @Lyn I'll get some rooted and see how they go.
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Sometimes these are not really worth the effort of keeping going,it will hardly ever be like it was when originally bought as they are grown to look good for selling.
Buy a new one, enjoy the flowers and then discard when it starts to look rubbish!!
(Just as you would a bunch of flowers
This one means a lot to me, wouldn’t normally have bought it but when the first lockdown started, it was Mother’s Day and Tesco had baskets with mixed plants and a big bow which they didn’t sell. They gave 5 each to their delivery drivers to give out to their favourite customers, my man gave one to me.
No I've not fed it, and yes, it was a supermarket one.
I chopped it right back last year.
Thanks @Lyn I'll get some rooted and see how they go.