Tropical plant care

2009-04-20T09:22:00.000-07:00

Temperature and humidity of air

Temperature and humidity of air — the basic defining factors of the successful maintenance of tropical plants. Tropics are a place where it is damp and hot, and the majority tropical plants will be blissfully happy in the conditions of a bath-sweating room. However to arrange in apartment a steam room not so necessarily: your pupils can quite adapt for temperature from +15 to +25 °С (it is possible and above but then to the owner will be тяжеловато) and 40—50 %-s' humidity of air. To raise humidity of air humidifiers which can be bought in shop will help or to make most, having directed a stream of air from the fan on a wide vessel with water. Have no plants near to a heater, and also under a current of air from the conditioner — both that and another dry up air.

Light

The Majority of tropical plants, behind an exception is decorative-deciduous, prefer high level of light exposure. Especially it concerns blossoming copies and fruit: it is necessary for flowering and fructification a lot of energy. Have plants on window sills, whatnots near to a window. If not the place at a window suffices all, use additional artificial illumination. Even the usual lamp on a clothespin can accelerate plant development considerably.

The container

The golden rule of the flower grower: use a pot close on the size by he sizes of root system. At change do not increase sharply diameter of a pot, the difference with the previous should be no more than 5 sm (it is possible hardly more — at change of large plants with root system in diameter from 25 sm). Remember that in excessively big container roots can decay. Plastic pots it is more preferable ceramic - they are more hygienic, and from them it is easy to take a plant for the next change, without having damaged roots.

Soil

Practically all without an exception tropical plants prefer a friable landing mix with good and the high maintenance of organic chemistry. Use only special pottery mixes, never add in a pot the garden earth, manure or humus is will weight a mix, will worsen a drainage and will create the adverse bacterial environment in pot space. The mix can be made most, having mixed in equal proportions the peat, the crushed bark and ; it is possible to add a little quartz (river) sand. On a bottom of a pot for a good drainage put a layer or the crushed polyfoam in the thickness 1-2 see do not put in a pot stones or sand with alkaline reaction ( cockleshells), since. The majority of tropical plants prefer sour soil.

Landing
Put a plant strictly at the same level on which it grew earlier. If it is casual a growth point, the stalk basis can decay.

Having watered
Superfluous having watered — the most widespread cause of death of tropical plants. To learn, whether the plant requires water, touch a finger a soil surface. If it still damp, postpone having watered. The water chlorinated water for полива defend some hours per the big plastic bottles. If there are warm batteries of a central heating — it is possible to put large bottles on them: plants "will estimate" warm water, and chlorine will evaporate faster.

Fertilizer
As they say, «is better less, yes it is better». Use fertilizers rather cautiously, observing the doses specified on a label, or in even smaller concentration. With reference to plants it can be paraphrased so: «it is better less, yes more often». The plant reacts on regular top dressing in small concentration, than to sudden receipt of the big doses of nutrients is better. Three figures specified on packing of fertilizer is a percentage in a mix of nitrogen, phosphorus and калия (for example, 10—50—20). Formulas are preferable To flowering support with the high maintenance of phosphorus (average figure), however do not hasten with colours and fruits, allow to a plant to get stronger, acquire more nitrogen which is responsible for growth of a green part — leaves and stalks. Kalium it is important for strengthening of root system. Try to choose the fertilizers containing also microcells (iron, copper, zinc, manganese, magnesium, etc.) Or spend top dressing by microcells, using additional preparations. The granulated fertilizers of slow action it is more preferable to container cultures: they operate slowly but surely, and exclude risk of casual overdose.

Scrap
How it was a pity long runaway, to undertake scissors not only it is possible, but also it is necessary. A scrap will force a plant to cluster that is rather important at cultivation of trees, bushes, the lianas reaching in the nature of the large sizes. Many breeds of fruit and decorative trees reaching under natural conditions of several metres in height, it is possible to grow up en miniature in the container if was able and to cut their crones in time. In many cases of a scrap also promotes more plentiful flowering and fructification.

Pest control and illnesses
In apartment — in the absence of the natural "doctors" destroying wreckers, and in the conditions of bad ventilation — the plant is subject to risk of attack of insects and illnesses. Regularly examine leaves and stalks and at occurrence of signs of wreckers or illness immediately spend necessary processing. If near at hand there are no traditional means for chemical processing (or you prefer them not to use), simple house means can help. The vegetable oil solution in the warm water, well mixed with several drops of liquid soap, after 2-3 sprayings on sheet (especially from its bottom party) can relieve a plant of many troubles. However each case demands exact diagnostics, timely intervention and correctly chosen preparation.

Resuscitation
If your pupil has endured stress (long transportation, damage, dehydration, having filled in etc.), still it is possible to return it to a life, having spent «humidifying therapy». Put the weakened plant for the night in a bathroom, preliminary having filled its pas - rum from running hot water. If to the patient next morning it be not become better, cover its crone with a transparent cellophane package, preliminary having sprayed foliage. To air such тепличку it is necessary daily. During "treatment" in no event it is impossible to substitute the raised humidity of air strengthened ! The weak plant consumes less moisture, and the risk of rotting of roots raises. At carrying out of "humidifying therapy» watch, that excessive water did not get on soil, and also provide good ventilation to a stalk. Refrain from while the plant will not settle into shape and will not start to grow actively.

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