Hi I have this pink flowering Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana and I am wondering if in this picture you guys can tell me if there are 3 plants in the pot or is the whole thing just one. Also its bad if they are so close right? Could that be why my leaves are turning yellow and the new bulbs coming out are yellow then dry out before it gets to open. I am watering it once a week.
It's hard to tell how many plants are in there unless you un-pot the plant, it could be three separate plants, or it could be that all three stems are from the same. If it were me, I'd remove the plant from the container and take a look at the roots, the plant might need a larger container but Kalanchoe's are succulents and don't require a lot of water, I think it may be a watering problem causing the yellowing.
What are you fertilizing with? how often? Are the plants in direct sun? indoors or out? What kind or soil are they in. Are the yellowing leaves limited to only those leaves shaded by the plant's own foliage? Are the yellowing leaves old leaves or newly emerged?
Al
What are you fertilizing with? how often? Are the plants in direct sun? indoors or out? What kind or soil are they in. Are the yellowing leaves limited to only those leaves shaded by the plant's own foliage? Are the yellowing leaves old leaves or newly emerged?
Al
My best guess is that they're suffering from one or more nutrient deficiencies. Container culture isn't like the garden, where you can depend on Mother Nature to a large degree to supply nutrition for your plants. In container culture, the grower needs to take responsibility for seeing their plants get all the essential nutrients plants take from the soil. Nutrient deficiencies are assured if we don't take control of nutrition.
Unless you're limited by a particular ideology, the easiest and most efficient way to fertilize is to use a soluble fertilizer like Miracle-Gro, Peter's, Schultz, Foliage-Pro .... Fertilizers in the 3:1:2 ratio, like 24-8-16, 12-4-8, or 9-3-6 (all are 3:1:2 RATIO fertilizers) supply nutrients in almost exactly the same ratio plants use, so you can keep fertility levels at the lowest levels possible and not have deficiencies - a decided advantage.
Lin cautioned against over-watering - good advice. Water on an 'as needed' basis. Check the soil with a sharpened wood dowel stuck deep into the pot. Wait until it comes out cool & clean before you water. Water until the soil is saturated and at least 10-15% of the water you applied exits the drain. If you cannot water in this manner w/o risking root rot, you should prolly be taking a very close look at your soil and thinking about something more appropriate with better drainage/aeration. The soil is the foundation of every planting and a weak foundation won't support much.
Al
My best guess is that they're suffering from one or more nutrient deficiencies. Container culture isn't like the garden, where you can depend on Mother Nature to a large degree to supply nutrition for your plants. In container culture, the grower needs to take responsibility for seeing their plants get all the essential nutrients plants take from the soil. Nutrient deficiencies are assured if we don't take control of nutrition.
Unless you're limited by a particular ideology, the easiest and most efficient way to fertilize is to use a soluble fertilizer like Miracle-Gro, Peter's, Schultz, Foliage-Pro .... Fertilizers in the 3:1:2 ratio, like 24-8-16, 12-4-8, or 9-3-6 (all are 3:1:2 RATIO fertilizers) supply nutrients in almost exactly the same ratio plants use, so you can keep fertility levels at the lowest levels possible and not have deficiencies - a decided advantage.
Lin cautioned against over-watering - good advice. Water on an 'as needed' basis. Check the soil with a sharpened wood dowel stuck deep into the pot. Wait until it comes out cool & clean before you water. Water until the soil is saturated and at least 10-15% of the water you applied exits the drain. If you cannot water in this manner w/o risking root rot, you should prolly be taking a very close look at your soil and thinking about something more appropriate with better drainage/aeration. The soil is the foundation of every planting and a weak foundation won't support much.
Al
Plants need to be watered at varying intervals. How often those intervals are depends on how much water the soil holds and how fast the plant uses it combined with the rate of evaporation. It's best not to water on a schedule, but rather on an 'as needed' basis. Watering on a schedule can easily lead to either over or under-watering. Wait until the soil is quite dry, for Kalanchoe, before watering. When you DO water, you should saturate the soil completely and apply enough water so at least 10-15% of the total volume of water you applied exits the3 drain hole. If you can't water in this fashion w/o risking root rot, your soil is probably inappropriate for the plant.
How often you should fertilize depends on your soil, your watering habits, and the size/species of the plant material. Kalanchoe doesn't need as much fertilizer as many other plants, but w/o some knowledge of the soil you're using and your watering habits, no one can offer anything more than a guess as to how often/how much to fertilize. It may very well be OK if you are fertilizing every other time you water, but it would probably need to be at no more than 1/4 the recommended rate - and that is if the soil drains well and the plant is growing with good vitality. As light intensity and day length diminish, you're going to want to reduce that level of fertilizing considerable, unless you are using very fast (free-draining) soils.
Everything is connected. Light levels, temperatures, fertility levels, watering habits ..... are all part of the same program, each affecting the other. Understanding these relationships is like getting the border of a jigsaw puzzle completed. Once you have the border assembled, the rest of the pieces of the puzzle fall into place faster and easier.
Al
Plants need to be watered at varying intervals. How often those intervals are depends on how much water the soil holds and how fast the plant uses it combined with the rate of evaporation. It's best not to water on a schedule, but rather on an 'as needed' basis. Watering on a schedule can easily lead to either over or under-watering. Wait until the soil is quite dry, for Kalanchoe, before watering. When you DO water, you should saturate the soil completely and apply enough water so at least 10-15% of the total volume of water you applied exits the3 drain hole. If you can't water in this fashion w/o risking root rot, your soil is probably inappropriate for the plant.
How often you should fertilize depends on your soil, your watering habits, and the size/species of the plant material. Kalanchoe doesn't need as much fertilizer as many other plants, but w/o some knowledge of the soil you're using and your watering habits, no one can offer anything more than a guess as to how often/how much to fertilize. It may very well be OK if you are fertilizing every other time you water, but it would probably need to be at no more than 1/4 the recommended rate - and that is if the soil drains well and the plant is growing with good vitality. As light intensity and day length diminish, you're going to want to reduce that level of fertilizing considerable, unless you are using very fast (free-draining) soils.
Everything is connected. Light levels, temperatures, fertility levels, watering habits ..... are all part of the same program, each affecting the other. Understanding these relationships is like getting the border of a jigsaw puzzle completed. Once you have the border assembled, the rest of the pieces of the puzzle fall into place faster and easier.
Al
