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Questions tagged [kalanchoe]

Succulent flowering herbaceous plants and shrubs, Genus "Kalanchoe".

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Is this a pest? How can I get rid of it?

I found these bugs on my Kalanchoe plant this morning. I might have overwatered it for a while so that may be the reason why they appeared. They're tiny and green in colour, though there are some that look like little fruit flies. I'm not exactly…
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What is wrong with my kalanchoe blossfeldiana?

I bought this lovely girl for my mom last May at Vons, and kept it alive since then. It's been in continual bloom. It gets plenty of shade and sun, and I bring it inside at night and back out in the morning so it doesn't run risk of frost. I believe…
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What must I do to save this kalanchoe?

The leaves of this kalanchoe are thin and greyish. I noticed that the main stem looks like the trunk of a tree. When I received it as a gift, it was beautiful, very small and filled with flowers. But then it was thrown off of its pot many times by…
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getting rid of scale bugs by submerging

I've got two kalanchoes that have scale bugs on them. Initially, I tried spraying them with neem oil, which seemed to reduce the population but never eliminated them. One person I spoke with said that remove the adult scale bugs when they form the…
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How to get healthier an old kalanchoe plant?

I have recently brought this kalanchoe plant from work. Previously it was by the window and would flower a couple of times a year. It has been less vital at my place. I learned that it needs a different placement to increase the sunlight (new…
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my..kalanchoe is dying

It started like this at first (13 January 2023) Then I placed it on a dining table near sunlight. My older sibling (when II was at school) saw it kind of ?? I don't know decaying and put it under a table a bit too near the sun and she told me it…
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What is wrong with my kalanchoe plant?

I got this kalanchoe plant in October 2021 when I moved to Cardiff, UK. It was flowing back then. It had lots of flowers. But after the flowering season, i removed the dried wilted flowers, and since then it has not flowered. I have not even seen a…
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Kalanchoe lower leaves yellowing

I have a pretty big Kalanchoe and it looks 99% green, but the bottom leaves are starting to brown and die. Not many of them, just like one at a time I think. Is that normal? If I look online, it says I'm doing something wrong. Am I? It just keeps…
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Can plantlets on Kalanchoe be removed?

I'm wondering if the plantlets on kalanchoe can be removed occasionally without affecting the plant in some anyway. To my knowledge, these structures on the leaves are basically a means of natural propagation. So if they don't serve any other…
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Kalanchoe Flowers dying, what's the cause?

I have 5 Kalanchoes in my balcony and they are faced to the east, and they get around 5 hours (7 am to 12 pm) of sunlight. But recently the flowers' color started to fade out and then after a while they got completely dried out and fell off. I live…
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Kalanchoe leaves turning yellow

A little worried about my otherwise healthy looking Kalanchoe. One of its leaves started turning yellow at the tip and am worried because a similar thing happened to another leaf, and that one now looks almost dead. The first image shows the…
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what kind of pest is this, and how to get rid of it?

Hello, this is a pest that invaded my kalanchoe after I had overwatered it for a few weeks. I am not completely sure what is it, though I narrowed it down to gnats or scale bugs. I stopped watering the plant, pruned most of the branches, I use…
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Kalanchoe's stems becoming red and roots growing on them

What are these red stems and the things that look like roots? Do they damage the plant and how should I take care of it?
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How do I trim spent flowers of Kalanchoe plants?

I have two beautiful kalanchoe plants with white flowers. The leaves at the bottom. The flowers at top are beginning to be spent. some are still fine but if I remember correctly they were the last to bloom. What do I do with the spent flowers? Do I…
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Do these kalanchoes look normal or healthy?

I have several kalanchoes and am having different problems with them. They are two different plants. I planted them a month ago. Do the leaves of the plant look normal or healthy? I ask because I think they are folded(?). If so, then what is the…
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