thank you so much for sharing your journey with the Kalanchoe! mine is in dire need of some help right now and your videos have given me the courage to prune and propagate it! i had no idea where to start before watching your vids! thanks!
TY so much for this wonderful information about the root system. I just re-potted my 1st orchid & had to “do surgery” on it as well. ;-) So am using tweezers & hydrogen peroxide as well on my Kalanchoe. I’m wondering if using charcoal where the roots are little black against the stem would help on the Kalanchoe as it does on Orchids??? Or, do you think the charcoal would hurt the Kalanchoe? Any advice about the charcoal will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again for this wonderful video. Jackie
Thank you for sharing this plant's progress! I have a k. Blossfeldiana that needs a hard prune really badly but I was worried it might not survive the process. Seeing yours recover so well is reassuring. Do you think the roots you noticed on the stems when you hard pruned this plant were a sign that the root system was having problems? I've read that areal roots can indicate overly humid conditions and/or insufficient water uptake by the plant, which could be a side effect of root dieback. Mine put out a lot of areal roots a couple years ago because I wasn't watering it enough but I had no clue that's what the issue was at the time. Also as a note, watering succulents immideatly after a repotting can actually cause excessive water uptake/root rot because the roots need time to callus the same way that stem cuttings do. I never really thought about it until another succulent TH-camr (succulents and sunshine) brought it up, but it makes a ton of sense.
I'm so glad you found this video reassuring. I find this plant to be incredibly resilient! I do feel that in my particular case, the roots were induced by stress from the main stem. I think its akin to air layering, where you would cut halfway through the stem to induce rooting in the adjacent node. However, I also find my healthy stems like to throw out aerials in humid conditions as well. I find my kalanchoe to love water so I'm sure its natural supplementation. I actually have never had issues with watering after repotting. I've actually found that if I let the roots dry at all, they tend to die and form new roots. I have always thoroughly watered all my plants after repotting in new soil to stabilize the plant. I do so immediately with liquidirt and microbe lift to help with acclimation, even with my snake plants. I don't sterilize my soil because I worry about killing beneficial microbes so I like to kill them wtih microbelift. Would you mind sharing the video from the other youtuber? I'd love to learn the science behind root callusing! Thanks in advance!
@@plantingparadise1546 Thank you for the additional information! It's honestly interesting to see the different approaches that people take with their plants and to see how many of them work well even though they're so different. I'm still pretty new to succulents and container plants so the range of possibilities is impressive to me. I'd be happy to link the video! After rewatching, it definitely seems like your kalanchoe would be much less prone to the issues she discusses. I didn't catch it initially but I now think she was mainly discussing repotting a new plant after purchase/shipping, so the plants she's giving advice on would have probably been under much more stress. I also wonder if some of it could be tied to differences in soil. She primarily uses a mix from Bonsai Jack that she helped develop (equal parts pine coir, monto clay, and a material called Bonsai Block). The video link below should be timestamped to the discussion of roots and repotting, but there's also some stuff about fertilizer and ants before that if you're interested. She may also have additional information on her blog or be available to answer questions if you have any. I'll also put a link to the soil she uses in case you're curious about it. And thank you again for sharing your experiences! The video: th-cam.com/video/ghGmarKS1aw/w-d-xo.html The blog: www.succulentsandsunshine.com/blog/ The soil: www.bonsaijack.com/shop/premixed-bonsai-soil/succulent-soil/2-quarts-succulent-and-cactus-soil-mix/
I received a kalenchoe plant probably about 4 years ago. I kept it alive this whole time but it never flowered. This past year I started getting into gardening and have propagated these like crazy. I am definitely the propagating Queen. However, now I have a whole bunch of green plants that still will not flower. I was told that I had to put it somewhere where it got a lot of light but the other half of the day had to be completely dark. I have the perfect spot in my attic where there is a window and it is pretty cool but not too cold. So during the day it gets light through the window and the rest of the time it's completely dark. I live in Ohio so the days were definitely not long. Alas, I still have a whole bunch of green plant with no flowers. Any ideas? Thanks for this kalenchoe series, especially about pruning.
Hi! I'm glad you enjoyed the videos! I believe Kalanchoe specifically need a dormant period in order to flower. I reduce watering by only watering a drizzle when its 90% dry, place it in a cooler, darker environment like 2 feet from a window for a couple months. Then, come spring, I'll resume watering normally, start fertilizing a couple weeks after taking it out of dormancy, and temps usually start going into the 70s. This is just what worked for me. Good luck!
Please help! My plant is drooping, leaves are turning yellow and falling off. My plant is sitting by the window and I watered my plant maybe over 2 weeks ago. I’m not sure what to do
I've actually done well just shaking the pots or gently tapping them on the ground to shake things down into the roots. I haven't tried the chopstick method, but that's a good thought.
thank you so much for sharing your journey with the Kalanchoe! mine is in dire need of some help right now and your videos have given me the courage to prune and propagate it! i had no idea where to start before watching your vids! thanks!
Thanks!! Beginner gardener here 👋🏽 so this was very helpful!!!
TY so much for this wonderful information about the root system. I just re-potted my 1st orchid & had to “do surgery” on it as well. ;-)
So am using tweezers & hydrogen peroxide as well on my Kalanchoe.
I’m wondering if using charcoal where the roots are little black against the stem would help on the Kalanchoe as it does on Orchids???
Or, do you think the charcoal would hurt the Kalanchoe?
Any advice about the charcoal will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks again for this wonderful video. Jackie
Thank you for sharing this plant's progress! I have a k. Blossfeldiana that needs a hard prune really badly but I was worried it might not survive the process. Seeing yours recover so well is reassuring.
Do you think the roots you noticed on the stems when you hard pruned this plant were a sign that the root system was having problems? I've read that areal roots can indicate overly humid conditions and/or insufficient water uptake by the plant, which could be a side effect of root dieback. Mine put out a lot of areal roots a couple years ago because I wasn't watering it enough but I had no clue that's what the issue was at the time.
Also as a note, watering succulents immideatly after a repotting can actually cause excessive water uptake/root rot because the roots need time to callus the same way that stem cuttings do. I never really thought about it until another succulent TH-camr (succulents and sunshine) brought it up, but it makes a ton of sense.
I'm so glad you found this video reassuring. I find this plant to be incredibly resilient!
I do feel that in my particular case, the roots were induced by stress from the main stem. I think its akin to air layering, where you would cut halfway through the stem to induce rooting in the adjacent node. However, I also find my healthy stems like to throw out aerials in humid conditions as well. I find my kalanchoe to love water so I'm sure its natural supplementation.
I actually have never had issues with watering after repotting. I've actually found that if I let the roots dry at all, they tend to die and form new roots. I have always thoroughly watered all my plants after repotting in new soil to stabilize the plant. I do so immediately with liquidirt and microbe lift to help with acclimation, even with my snake plants. I don't sterilize my soil because I worry about killing beneficial microbes so I like to kill them wtih microbelift.
Would you mind sharing the video from the other youtuber? I'd love to learn the science behind root callusing! Thanks in advance!
@@plantingparadise1546 Thank you for the additional information!
It's honestly interesting to see the different approaches that people take with their plants and to see how many of them work well even though they're so different. I'm still pretty new to succulents and container plants so the range of possibilities is impressive to me.
I'd be happy to link the video! After rewatching, it definitely seems like your kalanchoe would be much less prone to the issues she discusses. I didn't catch it initially but I now think she was mainly discussing repotting a new plant after purchase/shipping, so the plants she's giving advice on would have probably been under much more stress. I also wonder if some of it could be tied to differences in soil. She primarily uses a mix from Bonsai Jack that she helped develop (equal parts pine coir, monto clay, and a material called Bonsai Block).
The video link below should be timestamped to the discussion of roots and repotting, but there's also some stuff about fertilizer and ants before that if you're interested. She may also have additional information on her blog or be available to answer questions if you have any. I'll also put a link to the soil she uses in case you're curious about it. And thank you again for sharing your experiences!
The video: th-cam.com/video/ghGmarKS1aw/w-d-xo.html
The blog: www.succulentsandsunshine.com/blog/
The soil: www.bonsaijack.com/shop/premixed-bonsai-soil/succulent-soil/2-quarts-succulent-and-cactus-soil-mix/
I received a kalenchoe plant probably about 4 years ago. I kept it alive this whole time but it never flowered. This past year I started getting into gardening and have propagated these like crazy. I am definitely the propagating Queen. However, now I have a whole bunch of green plants that still will not flower. I was told that I had to put it somewhere where it got a lot of light but the other half of the day had to be completely dark. I have the perfect spot in my attic where there is a window and it is pretty cool but not too cold. So during the day it gets light through the window and the rest of the time it's completely dark. I live in Ohio so the days were definitely not long. Alas, I still have a whole bunch of green plant with no flowers. Any ideas? Thanks for this kalenchoe series, especially about pruning.
Hi! I'm glad you enjoyed the videos! I believe Kalanchoe specifically need a dormant period in order to flower. I reduce watering by only watering a drizzle when its 90% dry, place it in a cooler, darker environment like 2 feet from a window for a couple months. Then, come spring, I'll resume watering normally, start fertilizing a couple weeks after taking it out of dormancy, and temps usually start going into the 70s.
This is just what worked for me. Good luck!
@@plantingparadise1546 thank you, I'll give it a try!
Please help! My plant is drooping, leaves are turning yellow and falling off. My plant is sitting by the window and I watered my plant maybe over 2 weeks ago. I’m not sure what to do
Can you trim during flowers bloom?
Was that a cigarette bud in the mix when you poured 😮
Looks very leggy 😮
I follow the bonsai masters by settling the soil in and around the roots by gently inserting a chopstick repeatedly.
I've actually done well just shaking the pots or gently tapping them on the ground to shake things down into the roots. I haven't tried the chopstick method, but that's a good thought.