The Flaming Katy (botanically correct Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) enjoys great popularity as a houseplant, as it brings color into the home with its colorful flowers. In most cases, the succulent plant is only cultivated once a year, because it is often difficult to achieve further flowering in the following years. However, you can ensure a tireless replenishment yourself by multiplying the Flaming Katy with cuttings.

Flaming Käthchen is best propagated by cuttings

This is how the propagation with leaf cuttings succeeds

Like many other succulent plants, the Flammende Käthchen can be propagated quite easily with leaf or shoot cuttings. For leaf cuttings, cut individual leaves. Feel free to take several, because experience has shown that not all take root. Spring is the best time to take cuttings. Proceed as described:

  • First let the edges of the cuttings dry for a day.
  • Plant them cut side down in cactus soil.
  • You can also use a mixture of potting soil and sand that you have mixed yourself.
  • Put several leaves in a plant pot.
  • You don't need to plant the leaves deep - about half a centimeter to a centimeter deep is sufficient.
  • Keep the cuttings slightly moist - do not water too much!
  • Do not put a PET bottle or similar over it to create tense air.
  • The increased humidity will only cause the cuttings to become moldy.
  • Keep the planter warm and bright, but not directly sunny.

After three to six months, the new leaves and shoots finally appear, most of which grow out of the interfaces.

Multiply Flammendes Käthchen using shoot cuttings

The propagation of the Flammenden Käthchen by means of shoot cuttings works in a similar way to that described using leaf cuttings. Instead of individual leaves, just cut off shoots about ten centimeters long with several leaves and plant them along with the leaves. The new leaves and shoots will sprout from the areas where there are already leaves.

Sow Flaming Katy

With a little patience, the Flaming Katy can also be propagated by seeds or you can grow it yourself from commercially available seeds. However, this method is quite complex and not always successful, which is why it is better to use cuttings for home use. If you still want to try, you can do the following:

  • Sow the fine seeds between January and March.
  • Cactus soil or a soil-sand mixture is ideal for growing.
  • The seeds germinate best under glass, i. H. in a greenhouse.
  • The temperature should be between 20 and 25 °C.
  • You should prick out after about eight weeks
  • and after the third pair of leaves they are transplanted into small individual pots.

tips

Please note that the Flaming Katy only flowers when it receives a maximum of nine hours of light per day at temperatures of 16 to 20 °C - after all, it is a so-called short-day plant.

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Vegetable garden