Care

Errors in care

The lack of light, lack of fresh air, over his dry, draft and extreme temperatures, peresushka soils or excessive watering, lack or excess of nutrients - all this leads to the inhibition of plant growth, causes not only the painful condition, but also creates favorable conditions for pests and plant diseases. Very often, mostly from the beginner gardeners, you can hear the question: "I do not know from what the flower dies, what to do. If at all clear what it means should understand in order. Usually, the plants wither in one of three reasons: soil moisture, peresushka soil, pests or diseases ... |

Temperature range

Heat as well as light, moisture, air, nutrients is one of the main conditions of plant life. Plant growth is accelerated with increasing temperature and with decreasing temperature slows down. But it is usually in the range of 12 ° C to 32 ° C, at higher or lower temperatures, plant growth slows or stops ...

Light regime

Before you buy a plant, you need to know those light conditions in which it needs. The amount of light in the room depends on the size of windows and their location. The best places to have windows facing the south-east and south-west. Plants in these windows will be covered in the morning and almost the whole day. Windows facing south is better covered in winter, but spring and summer, the windows very hot, so at noon they better pritenyat. Windows facing west and east almost the same coverage, but at different times of the day and require virtually no priteneniya ...

Watering houseplants

Plants need water is determined by their specific features: the structure of above-ground organs, the capacity of the root system, etc. For example, plants with succulent, fleshy leaves (such as agave, aloe, etc.) require less water than plants with large leaves, which sometimes require watering twice a day. For bulbous plants harmful excess moisture. It is best to water them, directing a jet of water is not in the flesh, but closer to the walls of the pot, or pour a pallet ...

Dressing fertilizer

The nutrients found in soil in the form of mineral and organic compounds. Nutrients plants get from the soil in soluble form through the root system. However, you can ensure a certain degree of plant nutrients and through the leaves (add fertilizers). We'll tell you about the most important macro-and micronutrients, in what appears to lack and excess ...

Rest period

Many of why it believed that a rest period of indoor plants associated with only the temperature is lowered, and if the winter in krartire heat, the plants do not rest. And besides the temperature, there are factors such as light, food, etc. In fact, quite a lot of problems, illness and even death of plants occurs in winter months, when he should be forced or compulsory rest period ...

Fresh air

Oxygen is essential to plants for respiration. In the process of respiration of organic matter created by photosynthesis decay. Respiration of plants occurs constantly, regardless of time of day. In the process of respiration produces carbon dioxide, water and a certain amount of energy. The process of respiration is peculiar to all parts of the plant, but in varying degrees. For example, the flowers breathe more than the leaves, and leaves more than stems ...

On the soil and transplanting plants

Under natural conditions the root system of plants is a great space. When potted plants are forced to develop its root system in soil of a small volume. Therefore, this soil, as a rule, should be particularly nutritious. One of the conditions of growing houseplants is the ability to make the necessary soil mixture. Potted plants do not grow on the same soil alkaline or acid reaction. Some plants require a slightly acid soil, others prefer acidic soil; others grow well in slightly alkaline, neutral or slightly acid soils, only the fourth on alkaline soils. There are many plants that require lime in the soil in large quantities (heliotrope, calceolaria). On the contrary, azaleas, heather, camellias excess lime acts severely ...

Humidity

It is important to maintain the premises necessary for the plant humidity. Some plants such as asparagus, never bloom in a room with dry air, even if it is watered as required. Too low humidity causes opadanie shoots and buds, slows the growth of plants. Humidity in the room can be maintained in different ways. Primarily, this spraying. During the period of most plants are sprayed every morning and evening. You can not spray the plant in the sun because the leaves can cause burns. Caution sprayed or not sprayed at all (use other methods of humidifying the air) plants with amplexicaul leaves (stagnant water can cause rot), plants with velvety leaves (gloxinia, violets) ...

Building appearance

Very often you can see a picture (for example tsissusa): tsissus rombolistny placed in the center of the room with a southern window, in the spring and summer in the room a bright diffused light, the plant is in excellent health. Autumn, sunny days are rare, short daylight hours and at tsissusa begin to turn yellow and wither and grow brown leaves, despite the fact that all the same window in the room on the south side. By winter the plant will lose half of its leaves, and by the spring specifically oblyseet. Not versed in the indoor plant person will sin of lack of watering, and God forbid it will flood, but in fact all that he had put the plant on the window sill, or put next to it fluorescent tube. If you say - why is the formation of the appearance, then I'll tell you that in some way the formation of the appearance is the result of care and the rules of the content of the plant ...

During your holiday

Absent from home for some time, leaving flowers and even animals had probably everyone. During his absence we are experiencing for their pets - how are they unattended. Anyone looking for a way out of the situation, depending on the timing of trips or vacations. Someone left the keys to the apartment a neighbor or relative, with instructions to pour in time, but many do not have such an opportunity or simply do not trust in such a sensitive issue not an experienced person ...