Chrysanthemums of numerous modern varieties can amaze with the richness of the color of the flowers and the abundance of flowering, the beautiful structure of chamomile or double flowers. Breeders continue to develop new types of chrysanthemums with beautiful decorative qualities.
When nature is ready for winter, chrysanthemums begin to delight us with bright colors of inflorescences. Do not be surprised that many gardeners acquire indoor chrysanthemum flowers in order to grow them at home. We’ll tell you how to care for room chrysanthemum in order to achieve the best results.
Chrysanthemums simply propagate by cuttings, bloom remarkably and grow on the windowsills of fans of these plants. Compared to exotic flowers, indoor chrysanthemums are quite unpretentious in content.
Breeders have bred a lot of fairly stable species of chrysanthemums that are suitable for continuous cultivation in pots. Rooted cuttings of similar varieties planted in containers, if you follow the rules on how to care for room chrysanthemum, bloom quite quickly - no later than 12 weeks later.
Plant the cuttings first in a small pot one at a time. As the plant grows, it will need a transplant in a larger pot.
The grown bushes can be planted together for several pieces in one container. In this case, large pots should be used, choosing the size depending on the size and number of plants. It is required to provide all plants in the pot with a sufficient and equal root nutrition area. Therefore, bushes, as a rule, are planted around a circle, at an equal distance.
Blooming chrysanthemums of different varieties look very impressive in one pot!
Chemical products are used in industrial floriculture in order to inhibit the growth of cuttings while maintaining the decorative properties of the variety. Thanks to the use of these substances, tall species of chrysanthemums form a low, actively flowering bush in the pot with stronger shoots and very decorative foliage.
To make the bush beautiful and lush, you need to know how to care for room chrysanthemum. It is required to pinch it as the plant grows for the appearance of side shoots, where the buds will begin to be laid.
For chrysanthemums with small flowers, 2-3 nipples are usually made, while forming several fairly strong twigs.
Indian large-flowered chrysanthemums with the help of the formation of a single stem and a series of pinches can be grown as a standard tree (certainly with a support).
Indoor chrysanthemum is a short-day crop that prefers cool contents. This must be taken into account when deciding how to care for indoor chrysanthemums. They like the fact that in autumn the temperature drops significantly, and daylight hours decrease. Chrysanthemums begin to bloom at the very moment when the day becomes no more than 8 hours in duration.
A cool and bright window is the best place to grow chrysanthemum at home.
After flowering is complete, the indoor chrysanthemum must be cut and put for wintering in a fairly cold place (about +3 degrees).
In March, the plant should be transplanted into a new substrate.
The shoots that grow in chrysanthemums must be cut several times to form a good bush.
Often, flower growers prune little chrysanthemum during its growth, and as a result get a bare long plant with very sparse flowering.
After freezing in spring, a pot of chrysanthemum that has wintered indoors can be taken out to the garden or balcony until flowering occurs or until the autumn cold.
Before you learn how to care for room chrysanthemum, you need to prepare a loose and fertile substrate (a mixture of turf soil, poorly decomposed peat, humus in equal volumes) for its development.
The prepared substrate, where the flower will be transplanted, can be preliminarily shed with boiling water and slightly dried to flow.