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Types and Styles of Greenhouses
- Investigating What's Available
- The Right Greenhouse For You
- Greenhouse Styles
- Glass To Ground Greenhouses
Greenhouse Climate Control
- Greenhouse Temperature Ranges
- Heat in Your Greenhouse
- Selecting a Heater for the Greenhouse
- Electric Heaters for Greenhouses
- Warm Air Gas Fired Heaters
- Warm Air Oil Fired Heaters
- Utilize Your Residential Heating System
- Alarms and Auxiliary Heat
- Greenhouse Ventilation
- Complete Climate Control System
- Water in the Greenhouse
- Master Control Watering Systems
- Shading Strategies
- Supplemental Lighting
Greenhouse Equipment & Work Areas
- Work Benches
- Propagating Area
- Work and Storage Areas
- Shelves in the Greenhouse
- Appropriate Greenhouse Pots
- Hanging Baskets
- Tools and Accessories
Greenhouse Soils and Fertilizers
- Soils for Greenhouse Use
- Texture of Soil
- Sterilizing Garden Soil
- Buying Sterilized Soil Mixtures
- Greenhouse Fertilizers
- How and When to Fertilize
Clean and Healthy Greenhouses
- Dressing up Your Greenhouse
- Maintaining a Clean Environment
- Good Housekeeping Practices
- Thorough Summer Housecleaning
- Greenhouse Pests
- Recognizing the Pests
- Diseases
- Control of Pests and Diseases
Make Your Greenhouse Hobby Pay
- Is it Possible to be Proftiable?
- Research The Possibilities
- Selling Wholesale
- Selling Retail From Your Greenhouse
- Selling By Mail
- Selling Online
Types of Greenhouse Plants
- Bench Plants
- Pot Plants
- Basket and Shelf Plants
- Hardy Bulbs
- Tender Bulbs
- Hobby Plants for Pleasure
- Vegetables
- Herbs for the Greenhouse
Increasing Your Greenhouse Plants
- Two Basic Methods
- Growing Plants From Seeds
- Sterile Mediums For Seeds
- Soil Mixtures For Seeds
- Sowing The Seeds
- Care Of Seedlings
- Transplanting Seedlings
- Cuttings, Division, Layering
- Softwood And Hardwood Cuttings
- Transplanting Rooted Cuttings To Pots
- Leaf Cuttings
- Propagation Through Layering
- Plant Division &Root Cuttings
Greenhouse Plants Listing A to Al
- Abutilon
- Acacia
- Acalypha
- Acanthus Mollis
- Achimenes
- Aeschynanthus
- Agapanthus
- Ageratum
- Agloanema Simplex
- Albuca
- Allamanda
- Allophyton Mexicanum
- Alocasia
- Alsophila Australis
- Alstroemeria
- Alternanthera Amoena
Greenhouse Plants Listing Am to Az
- X Amarcrinum
- Amomum Cardamon
- Anemone Coronaria
- Anthurium
- Antirrhinum Majus
- Aphelandra Squarrosa Louisae
- Araucaria Excelsa
- Ardisia Crispa
- Aucuba Japonica Variegata
- Azalea
Greenhouse Plants Listing B
- Begonias
- Summer Flowering Tuberous Begonias
- Pendent Tuberous Begonias
- Winter Flowering Tuberous Begonias
- Rhizomatous Begonias
- Fibrous Rooted Begonias
- Beloperone Guttata
- Bougainvillea Glabra
- Bouvardia
- Bromeliads
- Browallia Speciosa
- Brunsfelsia
Greenhouse Plants Listing C
- Cacti And Succulents
- Caladium
- Calceolaria Crenatiflora
- Calendula Officinalis
- Camellias
- Campanula Isophylla
- Carissa Grandiflora Nana Compacta
- Ceropegia Woodii
- Chlorophytum
- Chrysanthemums
- Clerodendrum
- Clivia Miniata
- Codiaeum Variegatum
- Coleus Blumei
- Crinum
- Crossandra Infundibuliformis
- Cyclamen Indicum
Greenhouse Plants Listing D to G
- Dahlias
- Dianthus Caryophyllus
- Eschscholzia Californica
- Eucharis Grandiflora
- Euphorbia Pulcherrima
- Euphorbia Splendens
- Felicia Amelloides
- Ferns
- Freesia
- Fuchsia
- Gardenia Jasminoides
- Gesneriads
- Gladiolus
- Gloriosa Rothschildiana
- Gynura Aurantiaca
- Gypsophila Elegans
Greenhouse Plants Listing H to M
- Haemanthus
- Hedera Helix
- Heliotropium Arborescens
- Hippeastrum
- Hymenocallis Calathina
- Impatiens
- Iris
- Kalanchoe
- Lachenalia
- Lantana
- Lathyrus Odoratus
- Lilium
- Lobelia Erinus
- Lobularia Maritima
- Manettia
- Mathiola Incana
- Myosotis Sylvatica
Greenhouse Plants Listing N to R
- Nemesia Strumosa
- Nerine Sarniensis
- Orchid
- Ornithogalum Arabicum
- Osmanthus Fragrans
- Oxalis
- Passiflora
- Pelargonium
- Peperomia
- Pilea
- Pittosporum Tobira
- Plumbago Capensis
- Polianthes Tuberosa
- Primula
- Ranunculus
- Rosa
Greenhouse Plants Listing S to Z
- Saintpaulia
- Saxifraga Sarmentosa
- Schizanthus
- Senecio Cruentus
- Sinningia Speciosa
- Streptosolen Jamesonii
- Trachelospermum Jasminoides
- Trachymene Caerulea
- Tradescantia
- Tritonia Crocosmaeflora
- Tropaeolum Majus
- Tulbaghia Cepacea
- Vallota Speciosa
- Veltheimia Viridifolia
- Zantedeschia
- Zygocactus Truncatus
Orchids in the Greenhouse
- Orchids Are A Fulfilling Hobby
- Epiphytic And Terrestrial Orchids
- Types Of Growth
- Potting, Watering And Feeding
- Repotting And Dividing Orchids
- Orchids Present Few Troubles
Geraniums in the Greenhouse
- About Geraniums
- Culture And Propagation
- Scented Leaved Geraniums
- Ivy Leaved, Regal And Oddities
- Make A Tree Geranium
Your Greenhouse Month to Month
- Greenhouse Month by Month
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
Fun For Your First Year and Beyond
- Keeping it Fun
- First Year Schedule
- Second Year Schedule
- Easiest Plants For Winter Flowers

Kalanchoe

Temperature:
50-70 F

Many species of this attractive succulent are available to the greenhouse gardener. Foliage may be arrow-shaped, notched, or curled; flowers yellowish green, creamy-white, coral-pink to scarlet-red. Sow seeds in March for flowering plants by Christmas. Shade from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. from August 15th until October. Transplant to 2/2-, then to 4-inch pots in mix of two parts garden loam, one part peatmoss. Provide good drainage, keep moderately moist. Occasional dilute solutions of liquid fertilizer promote stocky compact growth.

Mealy bugs are a real problem. Inspect frequently for this pest, treat immediately with swabs dipped in alcohol. If you cannot control the infestation, destroy the plant. Do not use DDT; it may seriously injure or kill the plant.

Recommended:

K. beharensis (velvet-leaf-plant), yellowish-green flowers, fuzzy leaves and stem; K. Fedtschenkoi marginata tricolor (aurora-borealis), gray, white, pink; K. scandens (mobile-plant), wiry blackish-green foliage on trailing stems, purple tubular blooms; 'Scarlet Gnome', bright scarlet flowers on 7-inch symmetrical plants.