- The best time to repot blood flowers
- The right pot
- Which substrate is suitable for the blood flower?
- Repot blood flower properly
- Don't divide onions too often
In order for the blood flower to develop well and receive sufficient nutrients, you have to repot it occasionally. When is the best time to do this and what do you need to consider when repotting blood flowers?
Like any other plant, blood flowers need adequate space to thrive
The best time to repot blood flowers
It's time to repot when the bulbs of the blood flower have taken up the entire pot or roots are already growing out of the top of the container.
Repot in early spring.
The right pot
The new pot should not be too big, as the blood flower will then put all its energy into forming new bulbs. There should be three to four centimeters of space between the onion and the edge of the pot.
If the previous pot is still large enough for the onions, you should remove the top layer of the substrate and fill the pot with fresh soil. This protects the bulbs and they do not have to recover from being repotted.
Which substrate is suitable for the blood flower?
Compost-based potting soil is suitable as a substrate. The pH should be around 6.
Repot blood flower properly
- Carefully remove the onion from the old pot
- if necessary divide onions
- Shake off the substrate
- prepare new pot
- Insert onion
- cover with earth
- Leave the top of the onion uncovered
- pour on
- keep warm and bright
Plant the blood flower bulbs in such a way that the top protrudes above the substrate. Don't cover them completely with soil.
After repotting, you must not fertilize the blood flower for several weeks, as it is optimally supplied with nutrients by the fresh substrate.
Don't divide onions too often
If you repot the blood flower, it makes sense to divide the bulbs to grow offshoots. To do this, carefully separate the small onions.
Choose only onions with the strongest shoots possible for sharing.
Don't share the blood flower too often. The shoots then remain weak and no flowers form. Therefore, wait three to four years before dividing the blood flower again.
tips
The blood flower cannot only be propagated by dividing bulbs. Propagation is also possible by sowing. You can harvest viable seeds from existing blood flowers in early spring.