The American phytolac plant is popularly called the "lakonos". It belongs to the perennial representatives of the flora and is valued for its medicinal and decorative properties. The historical homeland of the laconic is the southern belt of North America. Phytolac plant is a good honey plant. In height, it grows to 1.5 m. With proper care, the lakonos can grow into lush bushes with a large number of inflorescences. The plant has a beautiful appearance during flowering and fruiting.
Care
Despite the fact that the lakonos is of southern origin, it feels good in a temperate climate. This representative of the flora gives a lot of medicinal raw materials. Lakonos is a rather unpretentious plant, which is characterized by frost resistance and drought tolerance. It is best grown on shaded and sunny areas. The plant prefers well-drained moist soils, but in general it is not demanding on soils. Although this representative of the flora survives the drought well, it needs to be watered abundantly. A guideline for the onset of watering is the drying of the substrate.
A phytolac plant can do without dressing, however, it is advisable to periodically apply mineral fertilizers (no more than once a month). Organic matter (humus, compost) is a fertilizer for planting during planting, and then in the spring and autumn. This provides better plant development. The ground part of the laconic is cut off in the fall. To protect this representative of the flora in case of too cold and snowless winters, planting should be covered with spruce branches, fallen leaves or mulched with peat. The phytolac plant tolerates winter well, however, with very severe frosts in the absence of snow, its roots can freeze.
Features
Certain plant varieties in some countries are grown as a food crop and used in cooking. But only berry pokeweed can be eaten . The remaining varieties are not suitable for this, since all their parts are toxic and can cause diarrhea, vomiting, convulsions and even death. This representative of the flora with caution should be grown for people who have small children. Lakonos is very beautiful, which in itself is already attracting their attention. Such a phytolac plant. Photos of its flowers and fruits are present in this article.
Breeding
This representative of the flora can be propagated by seeds and rhizomes. Both methods are quite effective. Seeds are sown in the spring in prepared containers. Before this, they need to be soaked in warm water for 24 hours, and then wrapped in a damp cloth and incubated for three days. At the stage of three leaves, seedlings can be dived into separate peat pots. Landing in the open ground is in May. Organic soil must first be added to the soil. In autumn, seeds can be sown in open ground on ridges. Landing is well mulched. In spring, plants need to be planted in separate places. The flower of phytolac grows very much, so the distance between plants should be at least 80 cm. By dividing the rhizomes of the laconia, propagate in spring. The roots are immediately planted in a permanent place and watered well.