Surely, each person knows about such a flower as chrysanthemum. It enjoys great popularity among gardeners and fans of potted plants. It can be grown both in the garden and at home. Let's find out how to raise and care for these flowers at home.
Chrysanthemum Home - Description
Chrysanthemum home possesses low growth. This is due to the fact that it is grown artificially in greenhouses, where its growth is stopped with special equipment for decorativeness.
Some had to face the fact that when buying a cutlery and try to grow it, a large bush was obtained, which is more like a garden than home. In this regard, it is worth saying a few words about how to choose homemade chrysanthemums in pots.
First of all, carefully look at the appearance of the plant. It should be strong, dense, the leaves are well developed, and there should be no insects on the trunk. This will allow it faster to get used to the household conditions. So she does not get infected and will not affect the growth of other already arrived colors.
Chrysanthemum at home - Views
There are several types of home chrysanthemums.
- Chinese. Appeared from crossing species from China and Japan. It is a long-lived plant of small growth. The latter varies within 30-130 cm. It has strong shoots that have a straight rack, fleshy lanceal and oval shape of the leaves 7 cm long with a pronounced smell. In addition, the flower has solid blades with large teeth and simple terry inflorescences in the form of a basket.
- Shrub. This species came to us from the Canary Islands. It is an evergreen bush up to 1 m in height. Her shoots stand straight. They are also thin and branched. As for the leaves, they are divided. At the stationists, the blades have an irregular shape, and inflorescences - the usual basket of large size up to 5 cm with a diameter. Great in a soft climate, and in cold areas feel perfectly in containers. That is why this species is most often divorced as a room.
- Indian homely chrysanthemum blooms more often in pots. She feels great in the closed soil.
Among other species should be allocated to the Korean Chrysntera. She also feels well in a pot. The varieties of this species can be highlighted in a separate group - spherical, as the flowers are very similar to small balls.
How to grow a home chrysatte?
So that the plant grew well, first of all, he needs the right conditions. Although he is not worse in care, some rules should be followed.
- Lighting. If you put a pot with a flower on direct solar lighting, then it will die. Ideally, he should stand on the illumination of the windowsill, which can be darkened in hot time.
- Watering. Water these plants love, so you should always follow the soil moisture. During active growth, I watered a couple of times a week.
- Air humidity. Spray the flower with a pulverizer. It is not so important for him, but it is still worth doing.
How to transplant chrysanthma home
While the plant is young, it follows it every year to transplant. For adults, such a procedure is carried out every two years. For the procedure, the earth is perfectly suitable with sand and humus. So that the flowers have a lot, add the litter of birds. Chrysanthemum can not grow in one acidic soil. Before chrysanthemum home, caring for the soil is carried out with boiling water and dried.
Chrysanthemum room, home care - reproduction
When flowering starts, the plant needs to give rest. All ending blooming stems, cut. If young shoots make their way from the roots, do not touch them. In this period, care for domestic chrysanthemums is carried out in a dark and cool place. Ideally, it is better to hide them in the basement. Remember the watering so that the roots do not hurt. With the help of such a care, the plant is prepared by spring and reproduction period.
The procedure is carried out by two methods: the shilling and division of bushes. When the shoots begin intense growth, then boldly begin to work. One bush of plants after winter can give up to six shoots. Prepare a pot of the ground in advance, take flowers there and wet well. In the same year, they will first bloom.
And how to roam chrysanthm at home with stalling? Immediately it is worth saying that this is a longer process. From a maternal bush, cuttings are separated from 10 cm and planted into the finished soil. They planted 1.5 cm in the depth, after which it hides with glass or film. During the process, check the soil and control the temperature. It should not exceed 20 degrees. When the cuttings are empty root, transplant them to the pot.
Home chrysanthemum how to care - illness
- Often, among the diseases of these colors, you can meet the mildew. It manifests itself with a gray bloom on the color-axes and sheets. The reason for the occurrence is too wet air. To eliminate the disease, spray the Fungicide flower.
- If the colors suddenly appeared a fluffy falling drip color, then you also faced a gray rot. At the same time, the edges of the leaflets become brown and covered by brown stains. To resolve the problem, transfer the pots into the light where the air is well circulating. For treatment spray the plants by Fundazole.
- If there is an insufficient level of humidity in the air, then in this case a web mite may appear. Often chrysanthemums are siputorium. On the leaves there are spots of brown color with yellow border. You can struggle with the disease from Fundazole. Also to stop watering and sprayed for a while.
Chrysanthemum from seeds at home - feeding
There is no single flower planting in a good soil and constant watering. Chrysanthemum very quickly sucks all useful substances from the soil. Therefore, if you have a room flower, then it is periodically needed feeding.
Chrysanthemum react perfectly to mineral fertilizers. If they are not in a timely manner of phosphorus and potassium, they will begin to bloom later than they could. So that this does not happen, adopt their potassium phosphate or other fertilizer with several components, where nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium will be in the ratio of 1: 3: 2.
Adult plants require feeding times every 10 days when they start active growth. Better use liquid organic. If the soil in the pot has become pale, then the feeder must be carried out every 4 days with a cow. The feeding is carried out until buds begin to appear.