Green pets in the house - the key to a good microclimate, a comfortable psychological atmosphere, as well as an effective solution to many design issues on the interior design and decoration of the room. But, of course, for everything to be that way, you should choose the right plants for the house and be able to give them a piece of your heart.
From the family of ficus
In our article, we will talk about one of the most striking and beautiful deciduous houseplants - ficus. There are many varieties or varieties of it. The most popular is the
ficus of Benjamin, home care for which is quite simple and not difficult. The plant is a tree in shape resembling a sprawling bush. Its crown can be lush and sprawling, with small shiny leaves growing at the ends of thin branches-cuttings. Optionally, you can control the growth of the trunk and crown, choosing the optimal parameters. If you want Benjamin's ficus to grow for a long time in your home, home care will be like this:
- You can plant a plant from cuttings taken from an adult tree just during the formation of its dimensions. This can be done at any time of the year by placing the process in the water on the windowsill.
- To make you feel comfortable Benjamin's ficus, home care requires first of all plenty of heat and light. The leaves of the sapling of the original color are dark green, leathery, with light yellow or white spots. Because the plant looks very, very elegant. If you have a variety with a uniform color of leaves, then the light should be scattered, otherwise in the summer the sun will burn it. The leaves will begin to turn yellow, fall, and the tree will lose its attractive appearance, it will start to hurt.
- Those who keep Benjamin's ficus in their home care should also concentrate on proper watering. Even in the sultry period, the flower does not like excess moisture. He sufficiently accumulates it during irrigation, the leathery covers of leaves well retain water, preventing rapid evaporation. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain such a gap between waterings that the earth is well dried up. The humidification system is as follows: water pours abundantly so that the whole ohm is well wet. After some time, the excess is drained from the pallet. And in between the plant should be sprayed from the spray gun. It is better to cover the ground during the procedure to avoid excessive moisture. And the leaves, on the contrary, will be freed from dust, it will be pleasant to shine, and the tree itself will be able to breathe "fully", which is clearly visible in the photo of domestic plants.
- Ficus is a thermophilic flower. It should be protected from drafts and placed in such a place in the room that in winter the ambient temperature does not drop below +14. Otherwise, the leaves will fall off and a bare trunk will remain in the flowerpot.
- Those who grow tropical plants at home (ficus, by the way, applies to them, too) should know one more subtlety. All such flowers do not like too dry air. Therefore, when central heating starts to work, install humidifiers near the flowerpots.
- As for dishes and soil, the plant should be transplanted once every several years. He has a well-developed root system, so flowerpots should be roomy, voluminous. Filling them with soil, take care of good drainage - pebbles, expanded clay, beaten brick. The earth should consist of identical parts of sand, humus, peat and turf. If the ficus is old enough, the proportion of turf land should be larger than others. In the summer, during rapid growth, once every two weeks treat ficus with fertilizers - mineral and organic.
- If you want your tree to branch well, trim the side shoots. And the last thing I want to say about is be careful, caring, and any plant will feel comfortable and relaxed in you.