How to take care of indoor plants? First you need to think about placing a houseplant in the house. We must avoid extremes in placement, we should not only think about the aesthetic side of the issue, but also about the conditions suitable for plant growth. Two important components like aesthetics and the optimal combination of light and temperature conditions should be present at all times when placing a houseplant. Usually plants are placed on a window sill or near a window. But there is also an entirely different way of decorating your home, for example putting the fern in a bath, it is calm about the darkened rooms.
You can put a flower in the corridor, but there even shade-tolerant plants feel uncomfortable, but you can also find a way out of this, you can buy special artificial lighting devices in a specialized flower shop. Most plants grow better when they are illuminated, but are protected from direct sunlight. Except for the shade-loving plants.
And how nice to have at home your cozy garden , which will decorate your house, and you will prove yourself as a true florist. First you need to choose a glass container, the size can be completely different. Only you need to remember that the size of the neck will depend on how much convenient it will be for you to plant the plants there, and then take care of them.
The vessel must be closed, this will allow the plant to protect itself from drafts, and you maintain a certain humidity. What plants plant in this greenhouse, it depends on you what you want to bring into your habitual way of life and the interior of the house. Far from the light sources, you can plant ferns and other plants with green flowers. If your choice fell on the window, then you need to purchase orchids, various ornamental foliage plants that need direct sunlight.
One of the important actions after the acquisition of a houseplant, preparation for planting. It is necessary to begin with laying gravel on the bottom of the chosen vessel, and on top a thin layer of charcoal. Then put a soil mixture based on peat also depending on the vessel you choose. In order to carefully lay all the layers, you need to use a funnel folded from cardboard. Seal the soil mixture with a cotton swab, then create the appearance of a miniature garden, putting the pebbles on top, just not the tree.
Before planning a landscape, make a preliminary sketch on a sheet of paper that you want to see. And then start to put into practice, already painted landscape.
The next stage is landing. To lower the plant into a vessel, an old spoon, attached to the twig, is needed. After digging a small hole in the spoon, carefully lower the plant and use the same spoon to spread the soil. Seal the soil with a cotton swab at the end of a thin stick. Water should be plant from a watering can with a long spout. After watering, do not immediately close the lid. It is necessary to wait a while, when the water is absorbed into the soil, and only then close the vessel. In the future, you can not water the plant, since a self-regulating system is created in the vessel.
Another factor in taking care of indoor plants, lighting. Lighting is a necessary source of energy, as a result of which plants produce carbohydrates, which are necessary for their growth.
All variegated plants are very demanding for light, if they are put in the shade, they can lose some of their decorativeness, as the color of leaves can fade.
Most often pritenyayut all tropical plants in a period of growth, they at this time requires diffuse light. In conditions of uneven illumination, more often it happens, when plants stand on the windowsill, they should be rotated from time to time. Especially it concerns light-loving plants (geranium, hydrangea), otherwise they can grow one-sided.
Temperature regime, it is necessary to maintain the same as lighting. For most indoor plants, the temperature is + 15-21C, which corresponds to the average temperature of the living room. In winter, the plants can become hypothermic if the temperature in the room drops. Later it will affect the growth of the plant, some may have buds and leaves. And in the worst case, the plant can perish at all. In summer, too, there may be problems due to heat, plants can burn out on hot sun rays. Because of this, we must strictly monitor the temperature regime in the room where houseplants are located.
Soil for plants must be of high quality, nutritious, air-permeable and water-permeable. There are two types of land mixture: clay-turf and peat. The clayey-sod mixture consists of loam with the addition of peat and sand. Peat mixture based on peat, but there are too few nutrient mixtures in it. For some plants these mixtures are not suitable, for example: for azaleas, begonias, for them special mixtures are obtained.
Humidity can be maintained by spraying. To do this, use warm water, so that it does not leave on the leaves of the plant lime scale. It is necessary to avoid spraying at a time when the plant is directed to direct sunlight, otherwise the plant can burn.
Watering for each plant plays a different role, but for everyone this is important. Without water, no plant will survive, buying a plant should immediately consult with the seller how and how many times a day or a week should be watered the plant. You can not both pour the plant, and do not add water to the soil.