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Planting ficus at home

Many growers often ask themselves the question - how to properly plant a ficus in a pot?

Planting the plant is best done in the spring after the end of the dormant period. The root system and the neck of the plant are freed from the transport soil.

Use a mosquito net or a piece of styrofoam to close the drainage holes.

A drainage layer of pebbles, expanded clay or broken brick is poured onto the bottom of the container. Then the drainage is filled up with an earth mixture two centimeters high.

Advice: it is best to use a nutritious breathable soil.

Black soil mixed with peat and mineral fertilizers is well suited. Ficus is installed in the center and the remaining soil is poured in parts along the edges.

The soil is slightly compacted to avoid subsidence. For convenient plant care, the earth is not poured to the very top, while leaving 5-7 centimeters from the edge.

A drainage layer is laid on top of the soil, creating the necessary microclimate in the tank.

To support the crown of the ficus, it is necessary to install a support peg. After planting, the plant is watered abundantly with settled water.

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How to plant a ficus with a shoot at home? It is not difficult, the best planting period for a ficus shoot is spring.

Summer sunny weather is necessary for the rooting and adaptation of the plant.

When planting a shoot in the fall, the young ficus will not have time to prepare for "wintering" and may die. How to properly plant a ficus shoot without roots at home?

For planting, use the top of the ficus 10 centimeters long. The stalk should be cut at an acute angle.

To extract the juice, the appendage is immersed in warm water for 60-100 minutes and then it is thoroughly dried.

To obtain roots, the stem is immersed in water at room temperature and charcoal is added to it.

When evaporating, it is necessary to add water to the bottom leaves of the stem. Within 30-40 days, the shoot is kept in a warm room without drafts and direct exposure to abundant sunlight. With the advent of the root system, the cuttings begin to be planted.

A light, breathable substrate is well suited, which should include coarse-grained sand.

Useful video: how to plant a ficus with a shoot

For the gradual development of plant roots, it is necessary to choose small containers. If you use a large pot, then the root system of the flower will fill the space for a long time. Only after this will the ficus begin to grow.

The plant is placed in the center of the container. Prepared soil is poured along the edges. Ficus is watered abundantly.

Important: after planting, it is necessary to install a thin support. Otherwise, the flower may begin to grow horizontally.

Video: how to properly plant a ficus in a pot

Important! For planting, do not choose too long shoots more than 20 centimeters long.

There are a large number of leaves on such cuttings, so the moisture will evaporate vigorously.

Long stems without roots wilt too quickly and become unsuitable for planting.

Sheet

Frequently asked question: how can you plant a ficus from a leaf? For active growth of the flower, a leaf should be cut with a small piece of the stem.

If you plant one leaf, then such a plant will not be a full-fledged flower.

The lower cut is placed in the middle of the internode.

Leaves are cut strictly from the main trunk of the plant or its lateral branches.

Pruning must be done with gloves, and after the procedure, hands are washed well, since the plant sap is poisonous.

Its contact with eyes, on human skin causes allergic reactions and severe burns.

To remove sap from the stem of the plant, the leaf is kept in a stream of cold water. The planting material is dried for two hours.

The sheet is rolled up and tied with a thin thread.

A small stick is pushed into a folded sheet and stuck into the ground of the pot.

Important: the stick should be a few centimeters longer than the folded sheet.

It will serve as a support for the plant to avoid horizontal growth of the ficus.

The soil is used purchased, which is pre-mixed in equal quantities with peat or humus.

Drainage is laid at the bottom of the container, since the ficus does not like strong waterlogging.

The sheet is placed in the middle of the container and prepared soil is poured along the edges. For the necessary microclimate, pebbles are laid on top.

The pot is placed on a hill away from batteries and heating appliances.

Seeds

Ficus seeds are sold in specialized flower shops.

It is necessary to select undamaged material.

The grains are pre-soaked for 2 hours in water at room temperature.

Then shift for 24 hours into the growth stimulant mixture.

For this procedure, the preparations "Gumat", "Epin" are suitable.

The use of stimulants helps to combat various diseases.

It is better to use several pots for planting. Seeds are planted in the ground, one piece per container.

The immersion of the grains should not exceed 0.5 centimeters. They should not be planted too deeply, as there will be a possibility of seed rot in the soil. The planting material is sprinkled with sand or purchased substrate.

The flower grows best in breathable soils.

A mixture of coarse sand, deciduous soil and peat works well.

After planting, the soil should not be watered, since the seeds can be washed away with a powerful stream of water.

Advice: Better to use a spray bottle.

The water should not be icy or too hot.

After landing using a plastic bottle or glass jar create a greenhouse climate.

In such conditions, the future plant will quickly grow and take root.

After germination, the ficus must be gradually accustomed to room temperature. Upon reaching an active growth over 5 centimeters in length, the plant is planted in separate pots.

Useful video: how you can plant homemade ficus flowers with seeds

Important! Every two days, the ground must be aired, since under constant greenhouse conditions and a lack of oxygen, rotting of seeds can occur.

Rooting ficus

The best rooting of ficus occurs in greenhouse conditions. Using a plastic bottle or glass jar, they create a greenhouse effect in the container.

At a stable temperature of more than 25 ° C, the plant adapts and begins to actively grow. Development time depends on temperature factors.

On average, to complete the process completely requires from 30 days. For rooting, you can use any soil: black soil, loamy, sandy with the addition of humus or peat.

To resist diseases, the planting material is kept in solutions of stimulants. In this case, rooting is much faster.

The plant is accustomed to room temperature by gradually removing the top glass jar or cut bottle. Particular attention is paid to watering the ficus.

The flower prefers moist soil. With severe dehydration, the plant withers and dies.

Fertilizers for ficus are combined with watering. Preparations and fertilizers are added to the irrigation water.

Useful video: how to root ficus correctly

Elegant ficus is unpretentious in cultivation. At home, this flower is very delicate.

It fits perfectly into modern home interiors. He is afraid of direct sunlight, drafts, temperature changes and waterlogging of the earth.

With the correct planting of the ficus at home, it will delight with its wide crown, beauty and grace.

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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. Same 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. Above him 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. therefore 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 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 nutrition 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 a 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 in 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 bright 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.

Have you decided to propagate your ficus at home? Consider how to plant a ficus correctly so that the new plant turns out to be healthy and strong.

How to prepare for boarding

There are several ways to propagate ficus: by cuttings, using an aerial shoot or leaf.

A stalk for subsequent planting is chosen with 3-4 leaf nodes (10-15 cm long), no longer green, but still quite flexible. With a sharp knife or blade, cut it off at an angle of 45 degrees. Then you need to remove the emerging juice from the cut, otherwise it can interfere with the appearance of roots or even lead to rotting of the appendix.

If you take a stalk from a branch that is already quite stiff, it is advisable to split it at the cut and stick matches there so that the parts of the stem do not touch. It will not be possible to propagate ficus with green cuttings - with a probability of 99% they will simply rot. Places of cuts must be disinfected with activated carbon, ground into powder, and, if possible, with a rooting agent.

When propagating with a leaf, the system is almost the same, only a very small stalk with one leaf is required. If you take just a single leaf, it may even give roots, but a new plant will not grow out of it, since the future plant grows from a bud in the leaf axils.

Both types of cuttings can be rooted both in water and in the substrate. After cutting the cuttings with one or more leaves, it is recommended to twist them (not too tight) and tie them with thread or ribbon, which will reduce the loss of moisture from the cuttings.

Rooting a plant

In order for the roots to appear on the handle, it can be placed in water or in the ground.

To root a sprout in water, you will need an opaque container - microscopic algae can multiply in the light in the water (this is because of them the walls of the vessel turn green), and this can lead to rotting of the roots of the appendix and its death. Additionally, it is advisable to throw an activated carbon tablet into the water. She herself must be well-settled or boiled, otherwise the harmful compounds contained in hard tap water can destroy the seedling. An important requirement: the leaves should not touch the water, otherwise they may start to rot.

The roots of the rooted twigs will be strong enough to transplant in about a month. You can also root cuttings with one leaf.

You can plant a shoot without roots immediately in the ground. In this case, it is still necessary to put the cutting in water for 2-3 hours, otherwise the milky sap will complicate the germination of roots on the shoot or even lead to the death of the planted plant. Next, the process should be planted in the ground. You will need a loose light earth with the addition of leafy earth, peat, sand. The soil should not dry out, so when we plant the shoot directly into the ground, it is advisable to germinate it in a mini-greenhouse.

For proper rooting of cuttings, the temperature should not fall below 25.

Sprouts both in water and in the soil need the following care: an abundance of light without direct sunlight, no drafts or streams of hot air.

Rooting, as in the first case, takes about a month.

You can also breed ficus with the help of air layers. An adult houseplant with strong long branches, which has not given new green shoots for a long time, is best suited for this. By the way, pruning branches to obtain an airy shoot can also make the mother plant more aesthetically pleasing and rejuvenate it.

To plant Benjamin's ficus in this way, you need to choose a suitable branch, but do not cut it off, but only make a notch in a suitable place along the length or remove a small piece of bark. After washing off the milky juice, the wound on the ficus must be disinfected with the same coal powder, then apply wet sphagnum moss to it, wrap it with polyethylene and tie it to the trunk with twine, tape, wire, etc. At the same time, air must get inside the bag.

There are no difficult conditions for such a method of reproduction of ficus at home: you just need to make sure that the moss does not dry out (the drier, the lighter). The mother plant does not require special care. After about two months, the roots of the scion will become quite large and will grow through all the moss, becoming clearly visible through the bag. After that, you can separate the cuttings by cutting them just below the roots and plant a ficus.

Planting ficus in the ground

So how to plant a ficus plant in the soil?

Planting ficus should ideally be carried out in spring or summer, so you need to get rooted shoots in advance. It is desirable that this houseplant already have well-developed roots by autumn - this will help it to endure the winter more easily.

Some experts recommend removing too long roots from a young plant before planting.

To grow Benjamin's ficus at home successfully, you first need to choose a suitable container. It must match the root system: Benjamin's young ficus will be best if the roots do not reach the walls of the pot in which they are planted by a couple of centimeters.

It is just as wrong to transplant ficuses into a too tight container, as it is to plant them in a too large pot: in this case, the water may stagnate during watering, which will cause the planted plant to rot. When planting, a layer of expanded clay or other drainage should be laid in a pot; they can be additionally covered with moss on top. The soil in which we plant rooted ficus should be rather loose, preferably sand, peat, vermiculite and perlite.

With a ficus that was rooted in the ground, and which you decided to transplant to a permanent place, you need to be especially careful not to damage the delicate roots. In principle, in this case, an urgent transplant of a plant rooted in the soil can be omitted and the ficus can be transplanted later, only when the roots become cramped. Such seedlings should be gradually weaned from the greenhouse, increasing the airing time, and, finally, begin to look after, as for an adult plant. They are transplanted shortly after rooting, most often in order to start forming a bonsai tree.

If you decide to grow a ficus with a shoot with aerial roots, you do not need to remove the moss from them.

How to properly plant a ficus shoot in prepared soil? Make a hole in the soil, about an inch larger than the diameter and depth of the root system. Moisten the soil in advance and plant the cutting in the hole to the bottom leaf, then fill it up and tamp it slightly. Perhaps it is worth tying a peg to the ficus if it is unsure.

If you want to try growing a bonsai with intertwined stems, you can plant a few plants in the pot. A ficus variety such as Microcarpa is well suited for this.

Further care of the ficus

We looked at how to plant a ficus shoot, but further home care is no less important.

Caring for indoor ficuses requires sufficient watering, but the plant should not be poured either. During watering, the water should completely wet the soil in the pot and flow into the pan (from where it needs to be poured). The next time you need to water the plant after the soil is at least a third dry on top. In winter, watering should be reduced: once every one and a half to two weeks is enough.

For this house flower to thrive, the humidity must also be quite high. According to the rules, the water for irrigation and spraying should be quite warm, 1-2 degrees above room temperature. This way, the planted plants will develop better. In the summer, spraying can be done every day. It will be useful to wipe the dust from the leaves from time to time.

Planting and caring for homemade ficus involves an abundance of sunlight at all stages, provided that the plant will not be exposed to direct rays for too long, especially at a "young" age.In the cold season, artificial extension of daylight hours is recommended for these plants.

In homes, an adult plant, like cuttings, should be protected from both cold drafts and scalding air currents that can create batteries or other sources of heating.

The fact that the planted sprout has begun successfully can be understood when the first young leaf grows on it. With proper care, this happens about 3 weeks after planting the indoor plants in their permanent pots.

The next transplant will be required when the roots begin to peek out of the drainage holes or stick out of the ground. Another sign is the rapid drying out of the soil. Young plants are usually planted in a new place about once a year, adults - once every two or three years.

So, we looked at how to grow a ficus. We hope you are convinced that there is nothing difficult in this even for a novice florist.

Video "Planting ficus cuttings in pots"

From this video you will learn how to properly plant ficus cuttings in pots on your own.