- 1). Pot hoyas in an all-purpose potting soil. Allow them to become root-bound before repotting to encourage blooming. Do not touch new growth shoots because this may delay flowers. Do not move a hoya plant more than necessary. This can also delay flowering.
- 2). Keep your hoyas in shady spots with sufficient bright, indirect sunlight to encourage flowers. A shady spot can be in the garden, near a window, or on a porch. One of the reasons a hoya fails to flower is that it is provided with too little light.
- 3). Maintain a temperature range between 70 degrees F during the day and no lower than 60 degrees F at night. Hoyas will not flower at much lower temperatures. You can keep hoyas outside during warmer months, but bring them in over the winter when the temperature range is too cool.
- 4). Water hoyas sparingly. Water just enough to moisten the top 1 to 2 inches of soil and let it dry out between waterings. Never let the roots stay wet. Water hoyas less in the winter.
- 5). Feed hoyas monthly in the spring and summer with a general houseplant food. This gives them enough nutrients to promote blooms.
- 6). Leave the small nodes on the plant stalk when the blooms fall off. These nodes are bloom spurs or peduncles. The next round of flowers will bloom from existing peduncles that grow with each blooming. Older plants have long peduncle stalks.
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