My kalanchoe plant was flowering when I bought it but now, 2 years later, the flowers won’t come back. I recen?
My kalanchoe plant was flowering when I bought it but now, 2 years later, the flowers won’t come back. I recently transplanted it to a bigger pot but it hasn’t helped. I keep it by a window with lots of light but no direct sun. What can I do?
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Set it in a very sunny window and water it moderately. To force it to bloom indoors during winter, you need to manipulate the amount of light it receives. In the fall, place it where it will receive total darkness for about 15 hours every night. (Cover it with a box, put it in a closet or leave it in a room without artificial light so it experiences the decreasing daylight hours.) Do this every night for 6–8 weeks. This will encourage it to set buds and bloom. When growth slows after blooming, cut back on water. When growth resumes in spring, increase watering again and fertilize lightly with a water-soluble fertilizer from Miracle-Gro or Osmocote, available in-store. In summer, place your kalanchoe plant outdoors as soon as temperatures rise above the high 50s.
Reduce watering and give it 14 hours of darkness and 10 hours of bright light a day (this is explained in the attached article). Your plant will also benefit from plant food as well.
Good luck! They are beautiful plants.
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Kalanchoes can be forced to bloom again.