I don't have much experience with these plants, but from what I can tell, they root very easily from cuttings. I had a couple of small ones last year that were neglected during the summer and they still sent out roots from the top sections (the plant had fallen over and stayed that way for some time).

My kalanchoes sometimes get rather spindly after the short days of winter, even with southern exposure; but then they recover with some "covered porch therapy" in summer. I think getting it some sunlight is *definitely* a good first step. However, it's good to remember that being super-tropical they detest being placed right next to icy windows! If it really starts looking bad, I'd take a small cutting as "insurance" just in case the parent plant bites the dust. As previously mentioned, they root quite easily.

Best,
L

The leaves root very easily too. I found these leaves recently, I am sure they were there for a while (in different pots); there are roots on leave stem where it was touching the soil, on the other one roots are growing from every 'fold' of the leave.

This particular Kalanchoe doesn't seem to thrive on being dry most of the time like some of the others I have. With the move to more light, I'd suggest watering it a little more often. If the leaves lose their turgidity and the soil is dry, that's probably wilt.

How is your plant doing, Grace?

I see that the plant pot has lots of dried stuff (i think its mulch?) please clean the pot, next is keep the plant in a place where it doesnt receive much light, coz it looks stressed out.

Also make sure that its not sitting in water.

Or if the soil is too much wet.

These plants can forgive you for not watering them for 1-2 weeks, but they wont be able to forgive your overwatering.

Hello there everyone,

I have run it a problem with my Kalanchoe :( it’s winter in my region and I have taken care of it as I should for these times and haven’t had no problem until today. The plant was doing very well when I looked at it yesterday and the day before, but today I found it looking very bad :(

The stems turn black and all are drooping down. And the green leaves fall off as you touch it or move it around.

Is there any way I can retieve it back or do I need to cut off all the stems where the black meets the green part?

Thank you

Prince Jas, That looks like root rot that is working it's way up from the soil. I do not think your plant will recover. However, if you cut off the healthy green parts, you may be able to root them and start new plants.

Hi everyone,

I have been struggling for a few months now with a kalanchoe and it seems like anything I've tried is not helping. All the large leaves started slowly dying and eventually the entire central part of the plant dried up from the top. I am left with a few branches and I am worried that it will die completely.

I've tried watering more often, watering more less, changing from indirect to direct sunlight, but nothing helped. Do you have any advice on what else I may try?

There are two pictures attached, one of the plant in the summer and one of the plant in the current state. Any help would be really appreciated.

HU,

A number of us at the C&S Forum have recommended the same advice below previously to you - is there a reason why you don't want to follow it?

1) the plant is WAY overpotted. The amount of soil around a plant's rootball, when the plant is this size, shouldn't be more than an inch around.

2) the soil is not porous enough - cut that mix with 50% perlite.

If there's something that I'm not explaining well enough, could you let me know? Otherwise I feel it's a waste of time for me to help you save your plants.

Hi Cactusmcharris,

Thank you for your comment.

This is my first post, as I've just stumbled upon this site on google, looking for a solution. Sorry if I haven't searched more, but this is the first discussion I saw. Hu-somenumber is a random name for new users it seems.

Already ordered some perlite and will report in the next couple of days. Hope it helps.

Thanks!

I hope you accept my apology for the ignorant post. There is a HU-..... who has asked the same thing multiple times (and has been answered multiple times), always returning to the same few issues troubling their plants.

No worries, I guessed that was probably the case.

Hi all,

Just an update on my kalanchoe, I managed to save it following Cactusmcharris's advice and here is a picture one year later.

However, for some reason it seems that around this time of year new problems tend to appear. Although it went very well so far and the plant grew back a lot, the lower leaves started turning yellow and dying. I took the plant out of the pot to inspect the roots, and they seem to be quite small - possibly root rot? I rarely water it and not sure what the issue might be. The plant is potted in half perlite half soil.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

These plants do not have that extensive roots. The yellowing of lower leaves is part of the natural renewal of the plant. It should get more light, and as much sun as possible.

My daughter has almost killed this so I am trying to save it. She didn't water much at all. The stem is all squishy and the top leaf is the only one still attached. Is there any hope?

Hey guys,

I see very helpful tips here and I want to consult you with my problems with kalanchoe plants. I have never had problems with growing kalanchoes, but my most recent plants seem to be dying.

At first I got these two (orange and magenta) and everything was fine until their leaves became soft any wilted and a little discoloured. I stopped watering, because I thought that is the problem, but they don't seem to recover. The magenta one even has brown tips.

A month after that I was gifted these two beauties (yellow and pink), but the same thing happened again after a few weeks and I am sure I didn't overwater this time (if that was the problem with the first two plants).

They are at a north-ish facing window sill and get a bit of direct morning sun. I have another kalanchoe that I propagated from leaf cutting on the same window sill and it feels fine.

Did I overwater? Is the sun too mush? Could they have been cold that near to a window all winter?

Please help me, I really want to save these plants.

Thank you!

Could be overwatering or underwatering. In case of the former, the roots are likely rotting and you need to unpot, remove any rotting roots or stem and repot in fresh well draining potting mix. If it is the latter, increasing the watering frequency and making sure the water is absorbed throughout the medium would solve the problem.