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- A blood flower must be kept cooler for a long time
- So you overwinter a blood flower
- Maintaining blood flower properly in winter
- Tips
Blood flowers need less water in winter
A blood flower must be kept cooler for a long time
The blood flower is taking a break from autumn on. It has to be wintered cooler during this time. Otherwise, it does not drive flowers in the following year. Frost must not get the delicate ornamental plant in any case. So overwinter blood flowers.
Share Bloodflower - Tips for Propagation by DividingSo you overwinter a blood flower
The bloodflower comes from South Africa and is not hardy. It does not tolerate any freezing temperatures and should not be kept cooler than 12 degrees even in winter.
In spring and autumn, temperatures around 20 degrees are ideal for the flower. From autumn, keep it cooler for a few weeks. Hibernation temperatures should be 14-18 degrees, but never drop below 12 degrees. The winter location must continue to be as bright as possible. Avoid direct sunlight.
Do not over-winter the blood flower, wait in vain for new flowers next year.
Maintaining blood flower properly in winter
From September, the blood flower is poured sparingly. During the winter, you only need to add enough water to keep the substrate from drying out. From spring, slowly increase the moisture intake again.
Do not fertilize blood flowers in winter. Stop fertilizing completely from August. From March, you will start again with the supply of liquid fertilizer. Only if you replant the flower flower in the spring in fresh substrate, it needs in the first months, no new fertilizers.
Tips
The onions of the flower are delicate. If they are overpoured, they rot and the plant enters. Make sure that you do not pour too much or too little, and always throw off excess irrigation water.