Tuesday, February 7, 2012

I have a bromeliad.?

Lately the top "flower" part has been dying. A little while ago, new stem looking things started coming up. Am I supposed to repot those or cut them off or what? Why has it all of the sudden started dying?

I have a bromeliad.?
Bromeliads are in the same family as Spanish Moss, Pineapples, Air Plants. They flower and after fading it sends out plantlets at it's base and dies. Let the little ones grow and then you can cut them from the mother plant carefully watching the roots and pot them up. Now you have another plant or two. When the little ones grow you water the plant with some water and diluted fertilizer into the inside where the flower will grow from. This is how they grow in the wild by bird dropping on the leaves and the rain washing it into the vase ,don't water the soil too much as this will rot the roots.
Reply:After the plant flowers it dies. It produces offshoots which then become the new plant. Dont cut them off. Cut the dead piece off.
Reply:Bromeliads are tropicals like pineapple. You can prune the "stem things" and the dying flower. They need to be watered into the "cup" of the plant. Watering the soil only makes the base rot.

Good Growing!

The Muse


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