This is how an apple attracts the bromeliad flower
In commercial plant breeding, gardeners use ethylene fumigation to accelerate the bloom formation of a bromeliad. Ethylene is assigned to the plant hormones and is suitable as a plant growth substance. Among other things, ripening fruits release this gas. These climacteric fruits include apples, bananas and peaches. Clever hobby gardeners use this fact to promote flower formation. That is how it goes:
- Place the reluctant bromeliad in a light, warm window seat
- The Location shade in the blazing midday sun in summer
- Place one or more fully ripe apples next to the plant
- Put a bell jar or a transparent bag over the bromeliad and apples
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By filling the coaster with water and Expanded clay,(€ 16.35 at Amazon *) you also create a high level of humidity under the hood. In combination with the outflowing ethylene, the formation of the flower is forced. Of course, this process only works if the bromeliad has never flowered before.
Proper care until flowering
A bright, warm location and ethylene gas alone are not enough to make the bromeliad bloom. Spray the plant every 2 days with lime-free water. Furthermore, the funnel(€ 4.58 at Amazon *) Do not dry out within the leaf rosette. Change the water in the cistern every 4 weeks. By adding a liquid bromeliad fertilizer to the irrigation water every 8 to 10 days, the disgruntled plant gets fresh energy.
Tips
All tips and tricks to get a bromeliad to bloom will come to nothing if you separate a child from the mother plant too early. Take the division only before when a separate leaf rosette has developed on the offshoot and the stature has reached at least 10 cm.
