Why calla lilies do not bloom at home or outdoors
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Growing calla lilies both in the garden and at home requires compliance with certain rules of care, planting, and choosing a pot. An African plant needs warmth, light and sufficient moisture during the active growing season. Sometimes the inflorescences do not appear, which upsets the owner. Below we will consider why calla lilies do not bloom and what provokes this, as well as how to make a plant at home please with its beauty.
Why calla lilies don't bloom
There are several reasons that prevent the formation of inflorescences on the plant. All of them are similar to each other both for growing calla lilies at home and outdoors in the garden.
Varieties of flowerpot for home and garden
At home
When kept indoors, the plant blooms only twice throughout the year (in late spring and mid-autumn). If inflorescences do not appear, then the growing conditions should be changed. The most common reasons why calla lilies do not bloom at home:
- overgrown tubers;
- lack of light;
- frequent changes in the location of the flowerpot;
- improper care during the growing season;
- permanent transplants;
- lack of nutritional components.
To avoid trouble when growing an African flower, the topsoil should be removed and replaced with a new, more fertile one. All manipulations must be done with extreme caution so as not to injure the root system. This technique allows you to reduce the frequency of transplants.
Outdoors in the garden
Callas that are planted in the garden react negatively to shade and lack of sun. It is better to choose a place with diffused lighting, where ultraviolet rays will appear in the morning. Planting a plant under the scorching sun is considered no less destructive, as a result of which burns are formed on the leaves. For flowering calla lilies must be under diffused light.
Flowering outdoors
The reason for the absence of peduncles can be the planting of calla lilies on a hill, so it is better to place them on a site in a lowland. The plant is not afraid even of the close location of groundwater, but frequent transplants and excessive neglect are detrimental to the flower.
Flowers will not bud if the soil is acidic. The soil should only be neutral.
What you don't need to feed calla lilies for abundant flowering is with preparations with a high nitrogen content, so as not to delay the appearance of peduncles.
Factors provoking the lack of flowering
Calla lilies are compared in beauty to anthurium, which is distinguished by large white flowers and bright large leaves. Gardeners love to grow both flowers, not only indoors, but also outdoors. Sometimes it happens that the plant grows well, new leaves appear, but there are no flowers.
There are several factors that cause this:
- wrong landing site. It is better to grow a plant in a lowland, especially since it is not afraid of groundwater;
- lack of light. Kalle needs diffused lighting throughout the day, the shade prevents flowering, and the open sun provokes burns on the leaves;
- an increased nitrogen content in the soil leads to oversaturation of the root system and slows down the growth of the flower;
- snug fit. The optimal distance between the holes is 30-40 cm;
- increased acidity of the soil. It is necessary to select a neutral soil; to reduce it, it is required to treat it with a vinegar solution;
- surface fit. The tuber should be deepened 10-20 cm into the hole, depending on the size of the root.
Improper care is one of the main reasons why there are no flowers. Callas require periodic loosening of the soil, moderate watering and mineral feeding during the growing season.
How to make calla lilies bloom
Novice gardeners when buying a plant are faced with various problems and do not know how to solve them on their own at home. Calla can be made to bloom in simple and effective ways.
Ensuring proper watering
Calla lilies are moisture-loving plants, so they need constant watering. The optimal frequency of irrigation is daily or every other day, and the water should also be in the pan. Moisturizing is especially important at the stage of emergence and blooming of inflorescences. Good results are shown by taking out a flower pot under summer rain.
How to properly water black flowers
Moistening of the plant is carried out as soon as the soil dries out 1 cm in depth. When the soil is completely dry, the flowering stage is postponed for 6 months. For irrigation, soft or settled water is ideal, but not cold. At the end of the budding stage, white calla lilies can be watered less often, and colored callas can be completely moistened after 1-2 months.
Transferring calla lilies to a spacious pot
The plant is actively developing in natural conditions, but at home it is under stress. After purchase, the flower must be transplanted into a deeper and wider container. As the root system grows, you will have to change the pot in order to avoid the occurrence of various diseases.
Suitable pot for transplant
The main parameters for buying a new capacity:
- the width should exceed the size of the crown by 5 cm or more;
- the height is selected depending on the length of the root system, exceeding it 2 times.
It is necessary to control the reproduction of calla lilies and babies in a pot, which are able to displace an adult plant and prevent its flowering. To exclude bad consequences, it is required to plant the shoots in time or transplant it together with the main flower into a larger flowerpot.
Providing calla lilies with a rest period
Calla is a flower that needs rest from time to time. In winter, the plant should be stopped watering so that the leaves can dry out on their own. Tubers that are in the ground need to be showered with sawdust, placed in a cool, dark place and watered on very rare occasions.
During the rest period, the flower bulb gains strength. The minimum rest period is 1.5 to 2 months. From mid-April, abundant watering can be resumed, and in the summer season it is allowed to be exposed to the sun and planted in the garden. This will strengthen the tubers and bloom for a long period of time. If it is not possible to plant the plant in open ground, you can simply put the pot on the balcony or street. It is worth remembering to protect the calla lilies from the excessive scorching sun.
Increasing the amount of feeding
To achieve long and abundant flowering, regardless of the type of plant, it is required to periodically fertilize it. If calla lilies are transplanted into open ground in the summer, then it is enough to feed it once a month.Any organic fertilizer for garden calla lilies is suitable for this, but during the flowering period it is better to add minerals, an infusion on eggshells, and urea.
Top dressing for active flower growth
Calla lilies that grow in a pot at home should be fertilized with combined products at least once every 2 weeks. An excess of nitrogen components will cause increased leaf growth, but at the same time leads to the absence of inflorescences. If peduncles began to appear on the stem, then what to feed the callas with is potassium and phosphorus-containing substances.
Callas are at the top of the list of ornamental crops used in home floriculture. The plant of African origin is quite unpretentious with the right approach. Before buying, you should familiarize yourself with the information on what temperature conditions the flower needs, the frequency of hydration and how calla lilies reproduce. If you follow all the recommendations, then you can prepare for the appearance of beautiful buds in order to extend the flowering period.
