Do deer eat paddle plants, Kalanchoe luciae?
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
13 years ago
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Kalanchoe/Paddle Plant-Need advice Please
Comments (5)No problem, If you remove the top portion. Has it bloomed alreay? it doesn't matter really . The bottom portion will push out a multitude of small suckers, baies, whatever you want to call them . One can pull them out or cut them off. Some will come with some roots if they grew through the soil. One can cut off the ones above and let them callous and then root them. Maybe you can root the top if it hasn't bloomed yrt. or take the stalk and cut them in sections and root each leaf i with a bit of sralk. I rooted the dtalk after it bloomed and the leaves on the side started to root. This plant is a baby making machine. Here is a picture of a K. luciae of mine after the bloom stalk had been cut and making babies. This is not the varigated "fantastic" variety. She is a plain jane. but don't tell her. She was gorgeous before she bloomed. I think she is still pretty. I just cut off some babies that you see in this pot and left a few of the main plants to grow. I am rooting the smaller ones....See Morepaddle plant
Comments (6)I have had my cluster growing for 5 years in the same pot , a van brake drum stacked on a column of brake rotors.. It bloomed and died back part way, sending out babies and then a year latter I had three babies bloom and I keep giving them away and weeding some out so they still have room to grow. I do need to put in some fresh soil. If you leave it outside as long as possible so it can get some late fall/ winter sun, it will turn a beautiful red. Every year I chance a freeze since it will take a light one. This spring it got snowed on. It did not like that. It didn't like the hail the year before either. BUt it has forgiven me , over and over for the abuse that I give it. It loves the winter sun. It just occasionally looks like it gets acne from unwanted frozen precipitation....See MorePaddle plant help
Comments (8)Lauren All succulents have very similar needs: 1. good drainage (mix and pot), 2. lots of sun (some more-some less, this plant will enjoy a lot), 3. good air circulation, 4. appropriate watering when needed. You can apply this to any succulent plant... C&S soil with lots of perlite is used by many and is much better than original potting mix. I prefer much grittier mix - there is much less chance of overwatering, and worrying about rain...BTW, not sure ifyou are aw are, but it is best to get rid of all of the old soil from the root ball when repotting succulents into new mix. To keep that compact growth and nice red coloring, give it as much sunlight as possible. It will tolerate shadier spot, loosing the reddish coloring. There is also a powdery coating (farina), mostly on young leaves. This Kalanchoe luciae is a monocarpic plant - if it blooms, it will die. It usually needs to be bit 'older' to bloom (more than 1 season - usually 3 or 4), and should also offset to replace original plant....See MorePaddle plant looking sad
Comments (10)I have this plant too, and it spends about 5mo inside because of the climate I am in. Otherwise, it is outdoors, in full sun. I am sure sunshine is more 'potent' in your location than mine. It is more compact and more colored (and squirrel or chipmunk chewed on couple of leaves !:) It got soaked quite a bit this year as we had much more rain (more often - often few times a week), but it is in gritty mix and has excellent drainage: They could/will grow about 1-2' tall, but I never had one growing such tall stem - unless it was blooming, just as shown in 2nd photo posted by Crenda. Blooming rosette may die, but should have few offsets - I can see couple on your plant. They could grow also on the stem. I never gave it any fertilizer. If my plant, I would give it more direct sunshine, and also added more perlite to the soil. During winter, I keep it indoors under CFL lightbulbs. I had them bloom under lights....See Morebluebonsai101
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