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Help! why my kalanchoe flapjack skinny and wrinkled??water issue?

12 years ago

Help please anyone, i love my flapjack but i dunno its look not healthy, is it too much water?? or lack water?? or too much sun?? the leaves doesnt look thick enough and it is wrinkled on the edges of leaves..please advise how many time should i water them?? i only mist spray them so far....once a week or sometimes twice a week when it is dry to the touch...when i see other normal flapjack it seems very strong leaves and thick , why is it mine so skinny and thin??? i suspect lack water..is it right?? i put in on the south facing windowsill...please anyone...

Comments (8)

  • 12 years ago

    Pictures would be helpful

  • 12 years ago

    Try watering them instead of Misting them once a week if it is warm and once every two weeks lightly if it is cold and in winter. Is your plant in a fast draining gritty soil???? This is important if one is going to water once a week. If the soil is overly peaty , you probably have a dry brick around your roots and need to change the soil.Misting might be s good idea in wintertime with a once a month watering but if you want growth, then one needs Water.

    A picture will help.

  • 12 years ago

    The cold weather, if the house the heater and perhaps lack of air circulation. It likes it warm. It doesn not like peat moss, and gathers mosture from the air at night. Don't leave by an open winder. Change the soil to dry soil, with a lot of coarse sand mixed into very little orchid bark, I live in the far West, I have African Weather, mine does fine year round, Do not mist them. If you are going to water,Then water thoroughly, the not again until the soil, not peat moss dries out. When you get a plant always change the soil. The western wholesale houses ships in peat so they won't dry out on the trip. Use a Cactus mix add in coarse washed construction sand at a ratio of 40% and only 10 % red wood bark or oak leaf.
    50% perlite or pumice. Kalanchoe cannot grow in cold unless with other plants around them, they do not like harsh Eastern temps. Most Kalanchoe are from Madagascar. Has it outgrown it's pot? Norma

  • 12 years ago

    I took a picture of mine today. It is starting to loose its winter colors.

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  • 12 years ago

    thanks for the replies, I just did water it thoroughly and it did get back to normal...now I know :)) I am so beginner, this is the pic before, i did post the picture before just wondering wh it doesnt come up. Norma, mine grew a small pup nearby....so cute and love it! my soil is cactus mix with 50% pumice, is it ok? why it cant use organic peat moss?? I read succulent love acidic soil which is peat moss not the spaghnum peat moss?? so confused, dunno where to get red wood bark...

    so beautiful flapjack of yours
    thanks guys

  • 12 years ago

    When peat moss dries , especially as it ages, it become hydrophobic, or it won't absorb water willingly.. It becomes a hard brick and shrinks . All the water goes down the sides of the pot, not to the roots. Onr then needs to soak a pot in water toget it to soften. I think the bug nurseries use it because it is cheap. they keep things pretty wet and they use a lot of fungicide.

  • 6 years ago

    My flapjack isn’t looking good. Can anyone help?

  • 4 years ago

    Need full sun and thicker leaves, only water when dry soil if inside it doesnt need much water. Well drainage pot.

    Cut off damage leaves and good luck.

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