Preparation
Before replanting any indoor plants, you need to carefully prepare. At this stage, green pets should be created certain conditions of detention and armed with the necessary equipment and materials.
Of the materials and tools required for transplanting anthurium, you will need:
- new substrate;
- new pot;
- a basin for pouring excess earth;
- newspapers or oilcloth;
- auxiliary means: a spatula for indoor flowers, a wooden stick for leveling the substrate, a watering can with settled water.
In the case when the plant is transplanted due to the small size of the pot, it is necessary to purchase a new and more spacious container.
It is important to make sure that the diameter and height of the new pot are 3-4 centimeters larger than the same parameters of the previous container. Preferably the new pot is made of plastic or ceramic
In some cases, plants need to be transplanted into a smaller container. If anthuriums grow in a pot that is too spacious and wide, they may not have enough strength to master the entire earthen coma.
Disinfect the new pot before planting and make sure there are drainage holes in the bottom of the pot. If there are none, they are done on their own using a hot nail or a thin drill.
When planning an anthurium transplant, it is also necessary to prepare a fresh nutrient substrate. It should be loose, moisture and breathable. It is preferable that it contains the following components:
- turf;
- peat;
- chopped pine bark;
- sphagnum;
- deciduous humus;
- sand;
- charcoal;
- vermiculite.
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If it is not possible to purchase a ready-made soil mixture for representatives of the aroid family, which includes anthurium, you can cook it yourself. To do this, it is necessary to mix steamed peat, coarse sand and deciduous soil, taken in equal proportions. One part of the coniferous land should be added to the resulting soil mixture. It can be brought from a pine forest by removing the topsoil under the trees. In this case, the earth should also be subjected to heat treatment - steaming.
When preparing for a transplant, you also need to purchase high-quality drainage. For capricious anthuriums, the drainage of the substrate is very important, which ensures full circulation of air and moisture. As a drainage, flower growers usually use crushed expanded clay, fine gravel, pebbles, brick chips.
Further care
A succulent plant belongs to unpretentious plants, therefore, even an amateur plant breeder can cope with caring for it at home. Irrigation of the soil should be regular, but not plentiful. The amount and frequency of water use are determined depending on what time of year it is. In winter, if the succulent grows at normal room temperature, watering will be enough once or twice a month. From about March, from the beginning of the growing season, irrigation is carried out once a week or 10 days.
When growing a succulent at home, it is certainly worth feeding the plant, but in small doses. Fertilizers are applied once a month or once every two weeks. It is recommended to choose complex formulations containing potassium and phosphorus, but practically free of nitrogen. The solution must be weak. Top dressing is carried out according to the instructions.
While young sprouts have not yet matured, caring for them should be slightly different from usual. The optimum temperature in this situation ranges from 22 to 30 degrees Celsius. The difference between winter and summer temperatures should be smooth.
Propagation by leaves
How easy it is to propagate a fat woman - with the help of leaves. True, this method will take a larger amount of time. The rooting of the leaf itself occurs quickly, but the children do not appear so soon.
What needs to be done in the preparation process:
- Choose healthy leaves without rot and symptoms of diseases, lesions.
- It is better to separate those specimens that are in the middle areas of the shoots of the mother tree.
- Bulky, dense, well-toned leaves are the best option. If it is possible to separate those on which there are aerial roots at the moment, this is a 100% guarantee of successful rooting.
Additional Information. Withered, withered leaves will dry out even before the moment when the roots are put in, and the young ones will take root for a long period, since they themselves are completely weak and not strong.
Rooting in soil
According to flower growers, this method is better, more convenient and more effective than placing the leaf in water.
How to root the leaves of the bastard in the ground:
- Take a small bowl or container.
- Add soil mixture and slightly moisten.
- Leaves must be pre-dried (within 1-2 days). Place them at ground level in such a way that the lower part has contact with the soil.
How can the leaves be laid out:
- Along the entire border of the pot, deepening a few millimeters and resting on the border or edge.
- Deepen the sheet by one third of its size, then fix it with wooden fixtures or sticks.
Sheet in the ground
Important! In this case, it is better to install the container in a mini-greenhouse. It is easy to do it yourself: the bowl is placed in an impenetrable plastic bag, then covered with a glass vessel so that the sun's rays penetrate
At the same time, airing should be carried out daily to avoid leaf decay due to high humidity.
Children will form for a long time, so you should arm yourself with endurance. Once the sprouts have appeared, remove the glass jar. After another 2-3 weeks, the sprouts can be transplanted into the ground.
Rooting in water
How the jellyfish leaf multiplies and takes root in water:
- The lower, well-developed leaf is carefully separated and left in the shade for a day.
- A flat container, vial or container is prepared, the bottom end of the sheet is immersed in water by 0.5 cm. It is allowed to add Kornevin to the liquid.
- Move the container to a warm place without direct sunlight.
- After the roots appear, the leaf is transplanted into a small container so that the root system develops even more.
Rooting a leaf in water
A month later, it can be transplanted into a pot with a diameter of 5-7 cm.
What varieties can not be propagated by a leaf
Variegated variegated varieties require delicate care and a special breeding process. They reproduce only in a vegetative way, when the seeds germinate, the species, as a rule, loses its decorative effect and variegation.
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Fresh sprouts of these varieties can only be obtained using stem cuttings. When the leaves are multiplied, the variegation of the foliage may disappear, so it is not always possible to get the desired plant.
The reproduction process takes place in this way:
- In March or April, cuttings are cut from the tops of the pagons.
- The cut should be immediately treated with activated carbon powder, both on the mother tree and on the shoot. Let the cuttings dry for 2-3 days.
- The scion can be placed either in water or buried in a soil mixture of sod and leafy soil. Roots tend to appear quickly.
- A stalk that has already taken root does not need to be covered with anything. But it is worth regularly and moderately moisturizing.
Additional Information. This species reproduces not only in the spring. If you cut the cuttings at another time of the year, then there will be no questions, like difficulties, with reproduction and rooting.
Variegated varieties are very colorful and unusual crops that attract with their extraordinary painted crown.Caring for them is significantly different than that of relatives with green branches. If you remember and take into account all the nuances of maintaining and caring for a plant, then at home it will not be difficult to grow an extraordinary handsome man.
Further care
In order to see the first flowers a year after rooting, you need to follow the basic rules of care:
- strict temperature regime;
- top dressing;
- correct watering.
So, let's take a look at the main points of gardenia care.
Lighting
Good light is required almost around the clock. On the south side, there is enough light, but the direct rays of the sun can do harm. On the north - there is little light, therefore the window that is located on the east or west side is suitable for the plant. In winter, you cannot carry the flower or twirl it in different directions.
Temperature regime
In winter and summer, the plant needs a different regime. In the warm season, the plant needs about +22 degrees for flowering and development. In the cold season, there is an active laying of buds for flowering, therefore wintering and a temperature of 16 to 21 degrees are required.
Watering and humidity
Gardenia needs strict adherence to the water balance, while the rules change at different periods and in different seasons. It is for this reason that the plant is considered capricious. During active growth and development, the plant needs to be watered abundantly, but after the topsoil has completely dried out.
In spring and autumn, gardenia requires watering 2-3 days after the topsoil dries. And in winter, watering is reduced, water supply is minimal. For irrigation, water needs a little warm, settled and purified. Rain will do. You can add lemon juice to the water from time to time.
For the full growth of gardenia, high humidity is required. It is of great importance during the budding period. While the buds are closed, the plant should be sprayed every day. But after their disclosure, you need to stop it. During the flowering period, a small container of water is placed next to the flower to maintain moisture.
Top dressing
IMPORTANT: For the active development and growth of the plant, fertilizing with liquid fertilizers is required. Complex fertilizers for flowering plants are suitable, but during the application period, the saturation level of the fertilizer should be reduced by 2 times. To reduce the acidity of the soil during the budding and flowering period, preparations with iron will be required
To reduce the acidity of the soil during the budding and flowering period, preparations with iron will be required.
If the roots have already grown so that they have occupied the entire bottom of the pot, then both organic and mineral dressings can be added.
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We recommend that you familiarize yourself with our other materials about what problems can arise when growing gardenia and how to solve them, namely, a flower:
- sick;
- does not bloom;
- suffered leaf diseases.
Separation from the mother plant
The shoot is removed from the peduncle after it has grown at least 2-3 leaves and at least two pairs of roots more than 5 cm long.
It is necessary to do the same with the shoot that formed below, near the roots of the mother plant. When examining the root system, be careful - try to cause as little harm and damage as possible.
In general, it is not necessary to separate this process. You can leave it and in the future get two plants in one pot, which will bloom twice as lush.
If the shoot appears on the stem of the orchid itself, it is not touched and is left on the mother plant.
The procedure for transplanting the process is carried out with a sharp, disinfected knife, scalpel or other cutting instrument. If it is not possible to separate the process accurately, it can be cut off along with a short fragment of the peduncle. Sections must be treated with crushed charcoal or cinnamon.
Attention! It often happens that a baby, while still on a peduncle, tries to bloom.In no case should you encourage this - the peduncles of the children must be removed without fail.
Using the top of the flower
Using the top of aloe for propagation injures the plant, but it is often used to rejuvenate an aged flower, and if its lower leaves and side shoots have already been cut off. This method is simple and easy to perform and leads to the rapid establishment of the apical process.
It is carried out as follows:
- the top must be cut off so that there are at least 7 leaves on it;
- the cut off top is dipped in a cut into a solution of phytohormone growth or another root growth stimulator and kept for 30 minutes;
- then the treated process is placed in a glass container with warm (but not hot) water;
- soon the first roots appear, and after they reach 6 cm, the rooted top is planted in the soil in a separate bowl.
Cut off the top only with a clean, sterile instrument, since the smallest contamination can provoke an infection in the flower. Some growers advise, after cutting off the top, to hold the shoot for several days in a dark room until a protective film forms, and only then put the top in water.
Preparing the soil and pot
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Since the plant is adapted to life in the desert, then the soil for the tree-like aloe must be appropriate. On the wrong soil for aloe, the flower can get sick and die. As a rule, very little land is needed to plant an agave, so it is better to purchase a special balanced soil at a flower shop. A special earthy mixture for succulents and cacti is rich in nutrients that are necessary for the normal growth and development of not only young, but also adult plants.
When mixing soil for aloe at home, it is important to consider the following points:
- the ground should be slightly acidic or neutral;
- the soil should be air permeable and not retain water;
- for an agave, clay-sandy soil with a high iron content is more suitable.
In liquid black soil, this succulent will feel very uncomfortable. Do not mix peat with the soil, as it increases the level of its acidity. Most often, sod, leafy earth, humus and sand are mixed. Moreover, the sod soil is taken 2 times more than the rest of the components. You can mix some charcoal with the soil for the purpose of disinfecting and some small stones to make it looser.
Before filling the pot, it is advisable to subject the soil to high temperatures to reduce the likelihood of diseases and pests. A medium-sized container for an agave is chosen: a small dish will not allow a flower to grow, but a large one, on the contrary, will suppress its development. When choosing a container for planting, you must focus on the root of the flower - it must fit completely in the container at a distance of about 3 cm from the walls.
It is better to give preference to earthenware, where the roots will breathe easier and excess water will not stagnate. Preparing a container for planting consists in filling it first with drainage, and then with a soil substrate.
Cuttings
You can grow an unpretentious flower from a cuttings cut with a sharp knife from an adult plant. For better rooting of the stem when cutting it, you must follow the following rules:
- at least 3 pairs of leaves must grow on it;
- the mother plant must be strong and healthy;
- the cut is sprinkled with crushed activated carbon to disinfect the surface;
- for several days the stem is dried in a dark place.
You can dry the cutting outdoors or in the refrigerator with medium cooling, after wrapping it with paper. After drying, start planting.
Since aloe belongs to succulents, you should not root the cutting in water, because it can rot. This is best done in soil.To avoid excessive soil moisture, you need to make good drainage, which will help the excess water flow out through the holes on the bottom of the pot. To do this, a layer of expanded clay is laid on the bottom of the container, and then covered with prepared soil.
The stalk is buried in the ground so that the lower leaves barely touch the surface. If necessary, a layer of fine gravel can be poured over the soil to increase the stability of the stem. Then the plant is watered and placed in a bright, warm place: aloe does not need high humidity, but for better development it needs sunlight.
Roots may appear within 2-4 weeks
It is during this period that it is important to properly water the plant. In this case, it is necessary to adhere to the rule "Better less than more"
After all, the plant is able to withstand a long drought, rather than a short-term waterlogging. If, for the stability of the cutting, gravel was poured over the soil, then it should be watered even less often, because it plays the role of mulch, which reduces the volume of evaporated liquid. When the first leaves appear from the outlet, we can assume that the rooting operation of the cutting was successful.
Similarly, an aloe bush is grown from leaves, which are first pinched off at the base, then dried, and then planted in the soil to a depth of 5 cm
During care, it is important to try to avoid waterlogging of the soil, which can contribute to the death of the flower. After about 2 weeks, the leaf will begin to grow, and after 2 weeks you can admire the young plant
