How to grow ficus at home?

Today, undeservedly forgotten ficuses are again at the height of fashion among flower growers. But there was a time when this unpretentious plant was in every home. Caring for it is minimal, but the return in the form of lush foliage is beyond praise!

The current selection offers such variegated forms that it is a sin not to have such beauty on the windowsill. How to care for ficus at home? In principle, not very difficult. Let's describe the most important aspects. If you follow them, caring for the ficus will not bring unnecessary trouble.

Composition of the earth and the choice of capacity

The material of the pot is absolutely irrelevant for the ficus, but its size is even very important. Do not plant the plant in too large a container, otherwise it will become a little insolent. And it grows up to a very decent size, because in natural conditions their height reaches 5 meters. Although, if your area allows, then feel free to grow ficus in a huge tub. He will thank you with huge leaves.

The composition of the soil is absolutely standard. 2 parts of good fertile garden soil are mixed with 1 part of peat and 1 part of clean coarse sand. That's it, nothing else needs to be added.

Naturally, a drainage layer is poured onto the bottom of the pot. Probably, this rule applies to absolutely all indoor flowers. Small expanded clay, small pebbles or gravel, granite chips - these are the most suitable materials. You should not neglect this point, because it helps to solve many problems. For example, the main function of removing excess moisture will prevent root rot and the appearance of various diseases.

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Lighting and temperature control

Ficuses love light. But not completely insane. Therefore, it is better to grow it in light shade, without direct sunlight. You can put the pot on a stand next to the window, but not on the windowsill. This light will be enough.

Ficus will grow well in the back of the room, without access to sunlight. In this case, additional supplementary lighting with special phytolamps is required.

The temperature of the content varies depending on the season. In summer, ficus will be most comfortable at + 24-26 ° С. In winter, he prefers + 17-19 ° С.

In principle, ficus easily tolerates a temporary drop in temperature. The only thing is that at this time he slows down in growth. A drop to + 12 ° C is critical for the plant. Then it will simply throw off all the leaves and gather to say goodbye to you.

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Watering and humidity

Ficuses love high humidity. Therefore, they need to be regularly sprayed with slightly warm water. Or put additional containers with water, wet expanded clay, wet moss next to the pot.

After drying, stains may remain on the leaves. This is from too hard water.If the liquid is settled, filtered or purified, then there will be no stains. Another reason is dust on the surface of the sheet. About once every 12-13 days, wipe the leaves with a soft cloth or rag. Then dust will not accumulate, so you can forget about stains.

Watering should be regular. In the summer, it is recommended to keep the entire earthen lump in a slightly damp state. To do this, it is regularly moistened from above. Approximately every 3-4 days. Critical drying occurs when the top layer of earth in the pot dries out to a depth of 3-3.5 cm. In this case, expect a violent leaf fall.

When overflowing, the first sign is wilting and wrinkling of the leaves. The second is incipient root rot. Watch this. It is better to water often and little by little than to splash a liter mug into the pot once a month.

In winter, ficus is watered much less often. Approximately every 10-11 days. Again, you need to look at the moisture content of the soil. If in the cold season you keep the plant in a hot, dry room or next to a heating device, then you should reconsider the watering regime, for example, increase it more often.

Special beacons will provide a good service. They are stuck into the soil and watched over the scale. When the earth dries up at a certain level, it will change color. This will be the signal for watering.

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Top dressing and fertilizers

Starting in March and ending in October, the ficus is fertilized about once every 14-16 days. Certainly only after the next watering, so as not to burn the thin young roots. You can use any complex mineral fertilizer for feeding. Or buy ready-made sticks in a specialty store. They are stuck in a pot and after each watering, the ficus will take as much food as it needs. Granules (tablets) have the same property. They are also buried in the topsoil.

Just follow the dosage strictly! Do not exceed it, otherwise the ficus will begin to grow ugly deformed leaves. And choose those on the packaging which says "for ficus".

The plant reacts much more gratefully to organic goodies. It can be a herbal infusion, diluted in a ratio of 1 to 10. Or, once a year, replace the top 2-2.5 cm of soil with fresh, well-ripened humus. Just do not overdo it, otherwise the trunk simply will not withstand the entire mass of its leaves and may break.

Diseases and pests

Most pests of indoor plants are indifferent to ficus, except for the spider mite and scale insects. In this case, you will have to use insecticides. Choose any one that says "suitable for indoor flowers" on the packaging. Processing is always done twice, because once is not enough for the complete destruction of enemies.

If you are an opponent of chemicals, then you can try to thoroughly rinse the leaves and stem with a strong solution of household or potassium soap. Only be sure to then rinse the plant with warm water to remove the remaining foam. Be sure to cover the potting soil with thick plastic or cling film.

Among the sores, ficuses have chosen various rot. If the leaves are affected, then at the initial stage it is enough to wash them with soapy water. With a large degree of damage, it is better to remove the diseased leaves completely.

Root rot can destroy even the most lush plant in a matter of days. There are no cure methods for it yet. You can only have time to cut as many healthy cuttings as possible and try to root them.

The causes of rot are excessive watering, drafts and a sharp drop in temperature. By eliminating these factors, you can avoid plant disease completely.

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Some valuable tips

1. Ficuses really do not like to be disturbed. This includes transplanting, changing locations, and even turning the pot. We chose a container, planted a plant and that's it. Don't touch it again. Do not move to another place, do not turn the pot its other side to the light.No unnecessary touches other than the standard wiping of the leaves during hygienic care.
2. Sometimes the owners want to have a compact fluffy ficus bush, and a lone stick sticks out in the pot. And it grows not in width, but in the ceiling. Stop. And who said that ficuses should not be pinched for better branching? We wipe the blade or knife with alcohol, carefully cut off the trunk at the desired height. The cut is processed with a finely crushed tablet of activated carbon. And we are waiting for the side shoots to appear. In turn, they can also be trimmed. Then shoots of the third order will begin to grow. And now you already have a coveted lush bush with gorgeous leaves.
3. We do not discard the cut off top. We put it in a glass of water. We wait two weeks for the roots, then we put them in a suitable pot in the right place.
4. Some owners do wonders at all. Three plants are grown in a pot at the same time to about a height of 1 m. Then the tops are pinched, and the stems themselves are braided into a loose pigtail. Thanks to its flexibility, this is very easy to do. But after the appearance of lateral shoots, an exclusive figure with a magnificent cap on the top of the head is obtained. It looks very impressive, and the care is absolutely identical to the care of a single plant.
5. In autumn and winter, ficus can shed a few lower leaves. Do not rush to look for the cause in improper care or maintenance. This is a completely natural process. The alarm should be beaten when leaf fall begins in spring or summer, and also takes on the threatening nature of the loss of the entire leaf cover.

How to care for ficus at home? Our grandmothers perfectly knew all the subtleties and secrets of the content. It's time for us to revive ficuses in every home. Moreover, it is not difficult at all. A few correct recommendations and love for the plant - that's all you need for quality care.

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Video: how to easily and quickly propagate Benjamin's ficus

Ficus is a well-known home plant from the mulberry family. Of more than one and a half thousand of its species, only 25 live in our home. The most favorite of them are rubber ficus, benjamin, caricum and lyre. The evergreen tree came to us from the African and American tropics. There him can be grown to gigantic sizes. 

Since ancient times, many national signs have been associated with him. It was believed that if you put a pot of ficus in the kitchen, then the house will always be cozy, peace, understanding between household members, and they will never go hungry. And in order for a baby to appear in the family, a ficus should be placed in the bedroom.

How to grow ficus at home

How can you grow a ficus from a twig or leaf, shoot or cutting

Ficuses are often bought in flower shops. But young plants can be grown independently. The most common among flower growers is cuttings. Moreover different ficuses need different conditions for engraftment... So, rubbery and lyre-like varieties of plants need a leaf with an intact eye on the stem segment.

Psychologists have proven that ficus at home is a guarantee of peace of mind.

Small-leaved ficus benjamin needs a 10 cm shank... And small climbing plants need a shoot with 3-4 leaves for reproduction.

Cuttings should be cut from plants in early spring. Then young ficuses will gain strength by the fall.

Cutting process spend thus:

1. Make a sharp instrument incisions above the kidney, or just below her.
2. The shoot is divided into cuttings in such a way that each of them had a leaf with an intact bud.
3. The escaping milky juice is allowed to drain, then wipe it off with a damp swab.
4. The handle is lowered for a few hours in a glass with warm water.
5. Before landing in the ground, cuts processed by Kornevin.
6. A process is lowered into a pot filled with a mixture of sand (or peat) and perlite.
7. Before that, his a leaf to reduce evaporation is rolled up into a tube and tied with a thread.
8. The plant needs a lot of heat to root properly, so it should cover it with plastic for a couple of months.
9. Also carry out periodic spraying and watering.

Growing from a scion in water carried out according to this technology:

1. Cut off part of the stem with 2 leaves, remove the lower one, and cut the upper one by a third and wipe off the released juice with a napkin.
2. Put the stalk in a dark container with water so that the leaves do not reach the water.
3. In a bowl of water put activated charcoal tablets.
4. Keep the scion exposed to light (but not in direct sunlight) about a month. Add water as it evaporates.
5. After the roots appear, the process should be transplanted into the ground.

The scion can plant and straight into the ground... This is done like this:

1. Pour into the pot loose and light soil.
2. Process the cut of the appendage in the above way and plant it in a pot.
3. Over it build a mini-greenhouse from a glass jar or plastic cup.
4. Three weeks later the stalk will take root on it a young leaf will appear.
5. Since then, the mini-greenhouse has been periodically cleaned so that the plant gets used to normal conditions.

To grow ficus from a leaf, read the following instructions

You can grow a young plant from a leaf... Moreover, the leaf for planting is cut with a small piece of the stem. Then they act in this way:

1. The bottom cut must be oblique... Leaves for transplanting are selected from the main or lateral stems.
2. Rinse the juice thoroughly on the cut under the tap.
3. After that, the sheet is twisted with a tube and tied.
4. A stick a little longer than the cutting is passed through the tube and stuck into a pot of earth.

Ficus leaf juice is poisonous, contact with skin causes burns. Therefore, the processing of the leaves should be done with gloves.

Conditions for growing ficus at home

Ficuses are tropical plants, so they love warmth. It means that strong winds, drafts and sudden temperature fluctuations are contraindicated for them... You can ventilate the room, but without drafts.

Tropican women also love light, but not direct rays. You can put a flower near the window. In case of insufficient lighting, the plant will stretch upward, not giving side shoots or twigs. The optimal temperature for him is in the summer - no higher than 25 degrees, and in winter at least 15 degrees.

Does not like the plant when it is moved from one place to another. That's why you need to choose a good place for him once and for all and don't change it.

Remember - the frequency of watering directly depends on the season!

To water "Household" should warm, settled water... They do it like this: pour water abundantly into the pot until it pours into the pan. After half an hour, excess water is drained from there.

In the summer heat or during the heating season, when the air in the room dries up, well sprinkle from a spray bottle next to the tropicana... It is useful to spray small-leaved varieties at this time, and wash large-leaved varieties with a damp sponge. In summer, plants love a warm shower.

So that the leaves are shiny, glossy they are wiped with such a solution: add a teaspoon of mayonnaise to half a glass of warm, settled water.

Rubbing prevents pests on your ficus foliage

For a comfortable planting of ficus
Soil composition	2 parts of turf and 1 part of peat and humus
Pot	They choose this so that the roots fill most of it... When transplanting, the pot should be only 3-4 cm wider than the previous one.
Turf	With each transplant, the proportion of sod in the soil mixture is increased

The older the plant, the less often it is transplanted.... Adult specimens are relocated once every 3-4 years, and old ones - once every 6 years. But at the same time, the upper earthen layer is changed annually. When a salt crust appears on it, the latter should be removed and the plant should be sprinkled with fresh earth.

In spring and summer, adult ficuses are fed with organic matter every 3 weeks, while using manure or ready-made fertilizers "Giant", "Rainbow" or "Palma". And during active growth, more nitrogen fertilizing is added. But they are only needed by plants that have not been transplanted for at least the last couple of months. After all, the relocation is done in a well-fertilized land, and that's enough.

In winter, no plant feeding is needed.... Otherwise, in conditions of insufficient lighting, it will strenuously stretch up.

In winter, saturate the plant with microelements tea brewing will help... It is laid out in shallow holes in a pot.

Propagation by air layers

Ficus can also be grown using air layers. This process consists from the next steps:

• On the main or side trunks below the level of 2-3 upper leaves, an incision is made with a depth of one third of the diameter of the stem.
• A stick is inserted into it, so as not to overgrow.
• Notch location lined with wet moss and wrapped in foil.
• Moss is periodically moistened, preventing it from drying out.
• A month after the appearance of the roots, the cutting is cut off and planted in a separate pot with earth.

Air layers are one of the most popular ways to get a ficus shoot.

The best time for transplant layering - the beginning of spring.

Useful properties of the plant, its energy

Ficus - useful and medicinal plant... It fully performs the functions of a home flower, filtering the air from dust and absorbing toxic substances phenol, benzene, formaldehyde. In addition, it reduces the number of harmful bacteria in the room by almost half.

In some countries, Tropicana is used in folk medicine:

• With mastopathy and uterine fibroids... Infusions and decoctions are prepared from the leaves, lotions are made from gruel and they drink juice with honey.
• With pneumonia and bronchitis they are boiled down and compresses are made with them, like we have from a cabbage leaf.
• With hemorrhoids use ficus suppositories and apply gruel to the sore spot.
• It is also used with furunculosislike we have baked onions.
• For toothache rinse your mouth with juice.
• Leaves applied to hematomas... Also used are the so-called ficus cakes and ficus ice.
• From psoralen found in plants make shampoos, conditioners and masks for hair growth and thickness.

Is it possible to keep a ficus in an apartment

How does this flower affect the home atmosphere

Some wonder is it possible to keep ficus at home... Doesn't he have a bad influence? In some countries, it is believed that he brings happiness, good luck and prosperity to the house. Embodying a mighty tree with a source of wisdom, in the countries of the East, ficus leaves are used for incense, they are burned during meditation.

According to legends, a tropical inhabitant should be in a dwelling. to restore harmony, improving energy and getting rid of unhappiness and anxiety.

Homemade ficus is not poisonous, but rather curative... It does not harm children and animals. About 50 years ago, he was almost an indispensable attribute of every apartment. Under it, children played pirates or sailors, often using the leaves of a patient green household for their games. And pets, at times, gnawed them with vitamin deficiency.

Where is the best place to put your pet

Plant adapts perfectly in city apartments, not capricious, does not require complex care.

Lighting is one of the vital factors for a healthy ficus

But still, it must be remembered that for its healthy and well-groomed appearance, the following conditions are necessary:

1. Plants love bright rooms, on the north side or when the windows are heavily shaded, they begin to ache and lose leaves. Variegated varieties are especially sensitive to lack of sun. Large-leaved ficuses love the morning sun. Small-leaved specimens prefer diffused lighting.
2. Summer to avoid overheating it is better to put green households to the balcony in a light breeze... But you need to make sure that they do not cool down at night.After all, plants do not like sudden changes in temperature.
3. Early winter evenings they need additional artificial lighting.

Restrictions for home plant cultivation

The cases when ficus cannot be kept in the apartment not so much:

1. The rubbery variety gives off vapors of rubber that cause attacks of the disease in asthmatics.
2. Some types of plants secrete droplets of juice, which, if they come into contact with the skin, can provoke an attack of suffocation in asthmatics.
3. Allergy sufferers need to be careful when choosing a type of home ficus. Not all of them are safe for this category of people.

When choosing a place for ficus in the house, take into account the microclimate and how harmoniously it will fit into the interior

Ficuses are popular indoor flowers that bring harmony and peace to the home. They are unpretentious, live long, grow quickly, but love light rooms... They perfectly clean the air from dust and harmful substances. Among the many domesticated species of different shades, sizes and shapes, you can always choose a pet for yourself.

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How to grow ficus at home?

In indoor conditions, plants of various sizes are grown, which differ from each other in the height of the trunk, the shape and color of the leaves.

Most ficuses are unpretentious plants., thanks to which they are very popular with florists.

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Reproduction

Ficuses reproduce in various ways: by leaves, shoots, cuttings and even twigs.

Shank

Most varieties of ficus propagate using cuttings, how can you grow a ficus from a cutting at home?

Answer: in spring or autumn, the apical cuttings 10-15 cm long you need to cut obliquely.

The lower leaves must be removed, and the upper ones must be shortened by half.

Immediately after separation of the cutting, rinse the cut with water at room temperature.

Then it is recommended to dry the cut part to remove the juice, which, in contact with air, inhibits the formation of the root system.

Important! The stalk of the plant takes root easily in warm water with the addition of charcoal.

The container with the future ficus must be placed in a warm, bright place.

Plant takes root in about 3-4 weeks. At first, light-colored growths appear on it, from which roots subsequently develop.

After that, the plant can be planted in the ground.

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Twigs

How can you grow a ficus from a twig?

Answer: for this you need to cut a long branch for seedlings.

The cut off shoot must be placed in a container with settled water for further rooting.

As it evaporates, water is poured into the container. After the twig takes root, it can be planted in the ground.

The soil mixture in which the branch is planted must be regularly loosened and moistened.

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Leaflets

How to grow a fix from a leaf at home?

Answer: for this, in an adult plant, a leaf is necessarily cut off with a piece of the stem (cutting). The cut should be oblique and located in the middle of the node, which is below the sheet selected for planting.

Attention: you need to cut off the leaves with extreme caution, since the secreted juice is poisonous.

Contact with the skin or mucous membranes can cause ulcers and burns.

The leaves for growing new ficus are best used from the trunk or lateral stems.

After cutting the leaf, its stalk is washed with running water and dried.

Then the leaf must be rolled up in the shape of a tube, fixed with an elastic band or thread.

The planting material folded in this way is fixed on a strong, long peg and placed in a previously prepared soil mixture.

The stalk must be completely submerged in the ground. The leaf germinates best in a warm room with ample humidified air.

Water the seedlings with soft water at room temperature.

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By shoots

How to grow a ficus from a shoot?

To do this, you need to cut off a small piece of the stem with one or more leaves.

A process is placed in a dark container filled with water so that the leaves do not come into contact with the liquid.

It is advisable to add a small amount of charcoal there.

For 30 days, the scion pot is placed in a warm place, protected from direct sunlight.

As it evaporates, water must be added to the container. After the roots appear, the plant is transplanted into a pot with pre-prepared soil.

Important: the shoot can also be planted directly in the potting mix. The slice must first be placed in running water to remove the juice.

The scion is covered with plastic, glass or cellophane wrap to maintain constant temperature and humidity.

After rooting, the new plant is planted in a pot with loose soil.

How does ficus grow?

How to grow ficus correctly?

For normal development, the ficus needs to be watered frequently.

Intensive growth of ficus occurs in summer, so at this time it needs more water than usual.
In autumn and winter, watering is reduced.

Water to moisten the soil should be 2 degrees higher than the room temperature.

Reference: Plumbing water contains calcium, chlorine and various impurities that can cause enormous harm to the plant.

Therefore, for irrigation, you need to use pre-purified, soft water at room temperature.

The leaves of the plant wrinkle and lose moisture when the air in the room is dry.

For normal growth of ficus, its leaves must be periodically sprayed and wiped with a damp cloth. It helps to cleanse the stems and leaves from dust, increasing photosynthesis and humidifying the air in the room.

With the right lighting, moistening, observing the temperature regime, the ficus grows and develops well.

In the summer, the pot with the plant must be taken out into fresh air.

In winter, it is advisable to keep the room temperature at least 15 ° C.

Ficus perfectly decorates any interior, looks spectacular both in an ordinary city apartment and in a spacious country house.

A plant with lush foliage in a variety of green shades is easy to grow even for novice growers.

Useful video

This video explains tips for growing ficus at home:

A plant that is in every home is, of course, a ficus. Growing, reproducing and caring for ficus at home is a very popular activity, since this plant has not only decorative attractiveness, but also brings significant benefits, clearing the air in the room from impurities harmful to human health.

There are almost a thousand different types of ficus. As an evergreen plant, with the exception of figs - figs and fig trees, ficuses can grow as a shrub or tree. The attractiveness of ficuses lies in the leaves, most of them whole, up to 70 cm long, which are painted in an attractive green color. Some species have bi-colored leaves.

Under natural conditions, ficuses grow as trees up to 40 meters high and with a trunk diameter of 5 meters at the base. But there are ficuses that climb or spread over the surface of the earth. There are species that begin their life on the trunks of other trees, which sink roots to the ground and eventually turn into massive columns.

Types of indoor ficuses

There are ficuses, care for which, at home, is quite simple in a wide variety of premises, be it an ordinary room in an apartment or a large office. You can set the form of development (bush or tree) by pinching off certain parts of the plant. If you regularly remove the upper young shoots, you will get a bush with developed lateral branches, and if you pinch the lateral shoots, a tree will grow, since all the efforts during the growth of the plant will go to the development of the upper part of the crown. With proper care of the ficus at home, it can grow up to 2 meters.

Common types of ficuses

Ficus rubber grade "Robusta"

Rubbery (rubber) - this species is grown in the form of a shrub with a large number of shoots.

Such a ficus has beautiful compacted oval-shaped leaves with a pointed tip, which reach 45 cm in size. The leaf that has just appeared on the plant first has a bronze color, and over time becomes dark green in color.

Ali - This ficus is characterized by long and narrow dark green leaves that grow on a dark brown trunk with white stripes.

Growing ficus Ali at home does not require special attention to caring for the plant, as it is very hardy and not picky.

Ficus Benjamin

The only condition in its content that should be adhered to is not to rearrange the plant from place to place - it loves constancy in its environment.

Bengal is a large ficus reaching, with age, a height of 3 meters. Such a large plant can only be kept in spacious rooms with high ceilings.

The appearance is very attractive due to the powerful branches that can form superficial roots that are not buried in the soil.

The color of the leaves is green, the shape is oval with pointed tips, the size is up to 25 centimeters.

Ficus Bengal

Ficus Benjamin - Can be grown as a small tree or large bush. The leaves of this ficus are tough and small, from three to eight centimeters, have an oval shape and are colored green.

There are the same plants with variegated leaves, when dark green tones alternate with light green, with small white blotches.

Upon examination, it may appear that the leaves of such a plant are covered with wax. This species is very popular with home plant growers.

Lyrate - Typically grown as a huge shrub, but a tree with few branches may be selected.

Ficus Ali

It has leaves ranging in size from 25 to 45 centimeters with a bright green color and light veins. The shape of the leaves resembles, in appearance, a guitar and like most other ficuses there is the impression that they are covered with wax.

Dwarf - this ficus has the properties of climbing or ampelous plants. Leaves in the form of small hearts are thin and small (from 2 to 5 cm) and are colored green. The stem of the plant is thin and constantly giving new shoots, layers, which allows the plant to spread over a large area.

Care

Home care for ficus is reduced to maintaining stable conditions of detention - sufficient lighting, optimal temperature, regular watering, and the absence of drafts.

Leaf processing

The most suitable place for a ficus is its location on the windowsill or by the window, which are located on the south, west or east side of the room. Direct sun exposure on the plant should be eliminated by shading it on especially bright days.

Ficus loves light, so in winter, when the length of daylight hours is significantly reduced, it needs additional lighting for several hours in the evening.

Like most indoor plants, ficus does not tolerate drafts. Therefore, it should be positioned in such a way that free air movement is not noticeable.

A change of scenery (moving to another place), as well as rotation around its own axis with the pot, can lead to leaf fall, so very often this should not be done.

Growing ficus at home leads to the fact that there is a natural purification of the air in the room where it is located. This is due to the fact that the plant absorbs such components of room air as xylene, benzene, toluene and other substances that can be harmful to human health.

Watering and temperature conditions

• In warm seasons, the ficus must be often watered and sprayed from a sprayer with settled or filtered water at room temperature.
• With the onset of cold weather, watering is carried out as the top layer of the soil in the pot dries up with a small amount of water.

  Watering

• In the absence of a sufficient amount of moisture, the leaves of the ficus turn yellow and may fall off. If there is too much moisture, then in addition to leaf fall, root rot may also be present, which leads to the death of the plant.
• Ficus leaves, especially in those species that are large in size, should be periodically cleaned of dust and dirt. To do this, it is enough to wash them using a watering can with a nozzle, in which many small holes are made.
• A regular shower is fine too. At the same time, the water temperature should not exceed the usual room temperature. In summer, this procedure is carried out up to 2-3 times a month, and in winter 1-2 times. When washing the leaves of the plant, cover the soil in the pot with a waterproof polyethylene film. This is to ensure that the streams of water do not wash out the top layers of the soil in the pot.

  Humidifier for flowers

• If it is impossible to wash the leaves, it can be replaced by periodic wiping with a soft, first dry, and then a damp cloth.
• If, in the process of wiping, moisten the fabric in a solution that is made from ordinary water with the addition of mayonnaise (1 glass of water and 3-4 teaspoons of mayonnaise), then after carrying out such a procedure, the leaves of the plant will become a brightly saturated green color.

• The normal temperature in the warm season, which is comfortable for ficus, is 23-25 ​​degrees Celsius.

• In winter, the plant feels quite well even when the temperature drops to 12-15 degrees, and the wintering of the plant will pass without problems if the plant is protected from the drying heat of heating batteries.

Fertilizing

In the warm season, feeding ficus at home is done three times a month, every tenth day. To do this, use mineral and organic fertilizers intended for indoor plants. Minerals and organics should be used alternately.

In winter, there is no special need for feeding, so either it is not carried out at all, or dry tea leaves are used. For this, small holes are made in the soil where the plant grows, and black tea leaves are poured into them with further dusting with earth. Such feeding is quite enough for the plant to overwinter well.

Fertilizer Biochelate for ficuses

Potted soil

A slightly acidic or neutral soil is suitable for ficus, the acidity level of which is on the readings of 6.5-7 units. The most suitable soil for a plant is a mixture of deciduous, sod (light and heavy) soil, sand and humus in equal parts for all components. It is also acceptable to add a small amount of rotted manure and compost flour to the main soil.

Spring transplantation of indoor plants is necessary for flowering

If it is impossible to make the mixture yourself, you can purchase soil in a specialized store, with mandatory clarification from the seller about the suitability of the purchased soil for growing ficuses.

Transfer

Mature plants do not require regular replanting. For them, it is enough to change the soil in the pot once every 2-3 years, in order to renew the soil, which can significantly acidify and compact.

Ficus transplant

Young plants need to be replanted annually. This is due to the fact that plants, during their growth and development, significantly deplete the soil and, in addition, the growing root system requires additional space.

When transplanting grown ficuses, the pot is selected in size in accordance with the size of the plant itself - the larger the ficus, the larger the pot it needs.

When preparing the soil in a new pot, do not forget about creating a mandatory drainage layer, so that water does not stagnate in the soil itself and excess moisture can freely pass through the drainage, then flowing out through the hole at the bottom of the pot. Broken shards or bricks and small expanded clay are suitable for creating such a layer.

Reproduction

Ficus is propagated at home mainly by cuttings, but there are methods of propagation by seeds or layering. The simplest and most commonly used method is the first.

Ficus cuttings

Cuttings with 2-3 leaves on young shoots are cut in spring (oblique cut). After that, the juice that has evolved is washed off with warm water and placed in a container (glass) with water or wet sand. Then the entire cutting is sprayed abundantly with water and covered with a transparent cap made from half of a transparent plastic bottle.

After that, place a container with a covered handle in a warm shaded place for rooting. The stalk should not be exposed to direct sunlight and should be regularly ventilated by removing the cap for 10-15 minutes. As soon as the first small roots appear, the future plant can be transplanted into a separate small pot with soil selected for growing ficuses. For the further development of the rooted root, it must be placed in a place where it will be permanently, for example, on a windowsill.

Not only a young shoot, but also a large leaf of ficus, cut off from the heel, can serve as a cutting. It takes root in peat or wet sand in a rolled form. The leaf, set in the soil for rooting, is also covered with a protective transparent flask, which is removed for ventilation during watering and regular spraying from a sprayer. With the appearance of the first roots, such a cutting is immediately transplanted into a separate container with soil for ficuses, for further growth and development.

Ficus seeds are sown for germination, usually in early spring. To propagate ficus at home, seeds will require small flat containers filled with soil from a mixture of deciduous soil and washed river sand. Seeds planted at a shallow depth are watered abundantly and covered with transparent material to create a greenhouse effect. During scheduled watering 1-2 times a day, ventilation is carried out to saturate the soil with the necessary oxygen for the plant. When the first few leaves appear on the sprouts that have appeared, young plants can be dived, that is, they can be planted in separate pots.

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