How To Care For Christmas Kalanchoe. A Kalanchoe plant will grow best in well-drained soil so choose or create a blend that doesnt retain too much moisture like a 50 percent potting soil and 50 percent cactus mix or a 60 percent peat moss and 40 percent perlite mix. The insects ate the leaves of the Florist Kalanchoe so it needs to be sprayed with carbendazim on the Florist Kalanchoe page as well as the root system to kill the pests on the surface.
Fertilize your kalanchoe once a month. Then uncover it and watch the flower buds develop. Recognizable for its yellow tube-shaped flowers the Christmas tree plant can grow up to three feet tall.
Place in very bright indirect light or even full sun if its unavoidable.
Fertilize your kalanchoe once a month. The soil also needs to be exposed to the sun to kill the pests in the soil. Start seeds indoors in by June 1st for blooming size plants at Thanksgiving July 1st for Christmas blooms. It requires well-draining soil and should be watered regularly in the summer and sparingly in the winter.