According to popular belief, it is believed that the female plant Indoor Happiness, or otherwise, spathiphyllum, can bring love and joy to the house. It is a herbaceous perennial with dark green leaves of a spike shape up to 30 cm long. Spathiphyllum is a member of the aroid family and blooms with white flowers collected in an inflorescence.
In this article we would like to talk about the secrets of growing an unpretentious and beautiful plant, which is "Women's happiness". Any home grower can take care of him at home. The plant blooms for a long time with snow-white flowers, adapts perfectly to normal room conditions and is able to decorate the interior of any apartment with its beautiful appearance.
Spathiphyllum - "Women's happiness". Home care. Lighting and room temperature
If you purchased a flower and don’t know where to place the pot, choose a place for it on the west or south window. Here the plant will feel good and bloom more abundantly than on the north window. Although spathiphyllum tolerates a lack of lighting, getting used to the shadow side. He prefers diffused light, so in hot weather it is advisable to shade it from direct sunlight. Unpretentious and to temperature conditions the plant "Female happiness". Caring for it involves maintaining the room temperature all year round between 18 ° C - 23 ° C. It does not require coolness in the winter season, since it does not have a pronounced period of rest. The main thing is not to expose the plant to overheating or hypothermia and protect it from drafts, which it does not tolerate.
"Woman's happiness". Home care: soil requirements for planting and transplanting
The plant is transplanted once a year, provided that the pot is small, less than 18 cm in diameter. If the container is larger, it can be transplanted once every several years, only periodically updating the upper layer of the substrate. It is advisable to
relocate indoor flowers "Female happiness" into a new pot in spring
. Caring for a transplanted plant is no different from normal. New soil should be light and loose. It is advisable to make a substrate from a mixture of humus, leaf soil, peat, charcoal and add a small amount of sand to it. A substrate for coniferous earth, humus, leafy earth, peat and sand is also suitable for spathiphyllum (all ingredients are two parts, except the last - one part is taken). You can also buy a ready-made soil mixture for planting. At the bottom of the pot you should definitely put a drain: a layer of pebbles or expanded clay.
"Women's happiness": home care (watering and feeding)
Humidification of the substrate should be moderate and regular. The plant must not be poured, otherwise its leaves will be covered with brown spots, and in no case can not be overdried - it may die. Spathiphyllum prefers high humidity, and therefore it must be sprayed from the spray daily, and once a week to bathe under a warm shower. It is advisable to remove dust from the leaves of the plant with a wet cloth. They feed “Feminine Happiness” with fertilizer for indoor flowers, which you can find and buy in a flower shop. During flowering, do not forget about phosphorus and potassium fertilizing, during active growth - about nitrogen.
Flower "Women's happiness". Home Care - Reproduction
If you want to breed spathiphyllum at home, then this can be done by dividing the rhizome. The operation is performed during the next transplant: the plant is carefully removed from the pot, the excess soil is removed and the rhizome is divided into several parts by hand so that three leaves remain on each fragment received. After that, the separated parts of the plant are planted in separate small containers and looked after, as for ordinary adult plants - watered, sprayed and fertilized.