Dipladends or, as it is also called, mandeville is an attractive flowering vine, which is often grown at home. This plant is decorative and fast growing. But in order to achieve attractiveness from the culture, it is important to create a comfortable environment for it. You will learn about how to care for diplomacy at home and how to propagate the plant from our material.
Description
The diplomacy, a photo of which you will find in the article, belongs to the Kutrovy family. In the natural environment, this vine can be found in the tropical and subtropical forests of North and South America. The genus of diplomatic structures will include 180 species of annual and perennial plants, and not counted varieties. But such varieties are especially popular with gardeners:
- bright yellow Allamanda;
- snow-white Summer Snow;
- Cherry Red Hood;
- golden yellow;
- blood red Scarlett Pimpernel.
Diplomacy, aka Mandeville, is a fast-growing, evergreen and flowering vine. She has curly woody stems covered with leathery leaves with a glossy surface. When the plates break, poisonous milky juice is released. Therefore, wear gloves when leaving and breeding diplomacy.
Funnel-shaped, five-petal fragrant buds give a special appeal. They densely cover the stems of creepers, and up to 80 inflorescences are simultaneously revealed on one plant. Petals are painted in red, raspberry, lilac, pink and snow-white tones.
Growing a diplomatic home
Diplomacy is a rather capricious plant. And in order to achieve long flowering and numerous buds from it, it will be necessary to create comfortable conditions for the culture. The following agricultural activities will help in this:
- regular watering;
- periodic top dressing;
- installation of the support;
- transfer;
- pruning
- prevention of diseases and pests.
In addition, it is important to maintain optimal illumination and temperature near the diplode. How to care for the liana, in more detail you will learn in the next part of the article.
Temperature
Diplomacy is a tropical flower, which means heat-loving. In summer, maintain a temperature of + 22 ... + 26 ° C in the room. But if the thermometer rises above this mark, then the culture will not perish. On the contrary, the color of her buds will become richer and brighter. In winter, diplomacy begins a period of rest. And at this time, it is advisable to lower the liana to + 15 ... + 16 ° C.
At any time of the year, the plant needs fresh air. Therefore, regularly ventilate the room. But protect the vine from drafts - it categorically does not tolerate them. In summer, take the pot out onto the balcony or garden. But place the flower in a quiet place where wind gusts, drafts and direct sunlight do not fall.
Lighting
Indoor diplomacy - a photophilous flower, in low light it will not work to get numerous buds from a plant. But direct sunlight Liana is contraindicated. Therefore, place the pot near the east or west window. In a pinch, grow a flower on the south windowsill. But in the afternoon, shade the plant from direct sunlight. To do this, hang tulle or gauze over the culture, otherwise the foliage will get burns.
Watering
Liana is a moisture-loving crop, but it does not tolerate stagnation of moisture at the roots. Therefore, approach the watering diplomacy in all seriousness. Moisten the flower when the substrate dries to a depth of 1-1.5 cm. In normal times, this happens 2-3 times a week. But in summer, in the heat, the soil dries faster. Therefore, the liana needs almost daily watering.
In late autumn, when the plant begins a dormant period, reduce watering. And moisten the substrate 2-3 days after it has completely dried. In spring, as soon as the plant begins to awaken, gradually increase irrigation.
Use melt or rain water to irrigate the diplade. If this is not possible, then use ordinary tap. But before watering, be sure to filter the water and stand for 2-3 days. Otherwise, the plant will fade from the excess lime present in such a liquid.
Once a month, moisten the vine with acidic water. To do this, dilute fresh lemon juice (3-4 drops per liter) in the irrigation fluid. You can also use vinegar. But moisten the soil after the “sour” odor of the liquid disappears.
Air humidity
In order to ensure proper diplladation care, it is important to maintain high air humidity near the flower. To improve this indicator, place the pot on a pallet with wet pebbles, expanded clay or moss. But make sure that water does not reach the tank. Otherwise, the roots of the creeper "suffocate."
Spray the leaves of the crop with warm water daily. This procedure is especially important during the formation of buds and flowering plants. To reduce crop care, buy and install a special device - a humidifier near the pot.
Top dressing
Liana spends a lot of effort on the formation of leaves and buds. Therefore, it is important to maintain the plant and to regularly fertilize the soil. Feed the flower from the beginning of March to the end of August once a week with liquid mineral compounds.
Use nitrogen-containing fertilizers in spring. Then the liana will quickly grow leathery leaves. But as soon as the plant begins to form buds, go to potash-phosphorus fertilizing. From the beginning of autumn to the end of winter, cancel fertilizers.
Transfer
If you ensure the proper care of diplladation, then the liana will grow rapidly. And she will become cramped in the old pot. Transplant young crops annually, adults - as needed. You can understand that it’s time to change the “house” for the plant by the roots protruding from the drainage hole. Start the event in mid-March or early April. At this time, the plant tolerates the procedure easier.
Ceramic pot for culture. Its volume should be one and a half times more than the previous one.
Diplodhenia prefers fertile loose soil with a moderate acid reaction. For creepers, a universal mixture designed for violets is suitable. To prepare the substrate yourself, mix in equal parts turf and leafy soil, peat, sand and humus. Be sure to sanitize the soil before planting. To do this, bake it in the oven or hold it over steam.
How to transplant a liana:
- Fill the pot one third of the volume with drainage. For these purposes, use expanded clay, crumbs of red bricks or pebbles.
- Sprinkle drainage with a 2-centimeter layer of substrate.
- Remove the plant from the old pot without destroying the earthen lump.
- Transplant the liana into a new container by transshipment, fill the voids with soil.
- Install a support near the flower. A wooden or plastic sieve, a classic figured base or a trellis support are suitable. The height of the structure should be twice the height of the vine.
The first 2-3 days after transplantation, do not water the flower. Then ensure diplladation routine care.
Pruning
Liana develops quite quickly, and if you do not control its growth, then diplomacy will quickly turn into thickets. In addition, plant buds are formed exclusively on the shoots of the current year. Therefore, the liana needs regular pruning. The event is held every fall, at the end of the growing season. Shorten old unbranched lashes by two-thirds of the length, and branched ones - by a third or half of growth.
Growing crops from seeds
Adult specimens of creeper are very expensive. And the seed method of propagation of diplladation will help to save significantly, because the seeds have a fairly affordable price. Moreover, growing a vine from them is not so difficult.
For seedlings, mix peat and sand in equal parts. Be sure to sanitize the substrate before sowing. To do this, pour the mixture on a baking sheet, moisten it and cover with a layer of foil. Calcinate the soil for 40-60 minutes at 80 ° C.
Before sowing, soak the seeds of the plant for a day in any growth stimulator, for example, Epine. How to germinate seeds:
- Fill containers or boxes with disinfected soil.
- Moisten the substrate and evenly distribute the seeds on its surface. Close the seeds to a depth of not more than 0.5 cm.
- Cover the landing with foil or glass and place in a warm, bright room.
In order for the seeds to sprout, maintain a temperature of + 25 ... + 28 ° C in the greenhouse. Ventilate the greenhouse daily and remove condensation from glass or film. Do not allow the soil to dry out and regularly spray the soil with warm water from the spray gun.
The first sprouts will hatch after 4-5 weeks. They will be weak, so do not remove the shelter and provide careful seedlings care, protect plants from direct sunlight, drafts and drying of the substrate.
When 2 real leaflets appear on the sprouts, begin hardening. To do this, remove the film or glass first for an hour, then for two, and gradually increase the time. Strengthen seedlings dive into individual pots with a diameter of 7 cm. Use soil with the same composition as for adult vines. More information about the soil is written in the chapter "Transplantation".
Reproduction of propagation by cuttings
The event is held from April to the end of June. At this time, the plants take root better. To propagate dipladeniya, choose strong apical or stem shoots and cut their cuttings 8–10 cm long. On each branch there should be two pairs of leaves. Run the slice at an oblique angle, immediately under the internode. Be sure to remove the bottom pair of leaves
Soak cuttings for a day in a solution of "Kornevin." For plants, prepare a peat-sand mixture, which must be sanitized before planting. To do this, bake the substrate in the oven or hold it over steam. So you protect plants from pathogens that live in the soil.
How to root cuttings:
- Fill boxes, pots or containers with a disinfected substrate.
- Well moisten the soil and deepen the cuttings into it until the first internode.
- Cover the shoots with a glass jar or a cut plastic bottle. If you grow cuttings in a large container, you can stretch the film over them. But make sure that the shelter does not touch the twigs.
- In order for the cuttings to take root, maintain a temperature of + 25 ... + 27 ° C in the greenhouse. Ventilate the plant regularly and keep the soil from drying out. To do this, spray the soil with warm water from the spray gun.
After 1-1.5 months, when the shoots take root and sprout new seeds, begin hardening. Gradually remove your shelter, accustoming the crop to fresh air. Then, plant strong and grown vines in individual pots filled with a suitable substrate. For more information on the soil for diplomatic distribution, see the chapter “Transplantation”.
Possible difficulties
Diplomacy is a capricious culture, and if mistakes are made in the care of a plant, it develops poorly. Often, flower growers encounter such problems:
- Dipladeniya does not bloom. Why is this happening? Most often, the lack of buds leads to a lack of plant nutrition. To correct the situation, regularly feed the culture. Another diplomacy does not bloom if she does not have enough light. Rearrange the pot on the illuminated window sill or provide the vine with additional illumination with a photo lamp.
- Creeper leaves turn yellow. If this phenomenon appeared in the summer, then diplomatism suffers from low humidity. To correct the situation, regularly spray the leaf and place the pot on a tray with wet expanded clay or pebbles. If the leaves turn yellow in winter, then the plant suffers from cold. Move the pot to a warmer room and the liana will recover.
- Leaves of culture fall. So the plant responds to insufficient or excessive watering. To correct the situation, normalize irrigation. In addition, the liana drops its leaves if it is cold. Therefore, keep the plant warm, and it will not cause such problems.
Follow cultivation recommendations and ensure proper care for diplladation flowers. And then there will be no problems with the vine.
Diseases and Pests
At home, diplomacy is sick with powdery mildew. This fungal disease is recognized by an untidy whitish bloom covering the aerial parts of the plant. For treatment, treat the flower with 1% colloidal sulfur solution. After a day, rinse the vine under running water. Repeat this procedure 2-3 times at weekly intervals.
Of the insects, lianas most often annoy such parasites:
- Spider mites. This pest is recognized by brown and black spots on the leaves and a thin sticky web covering the stems of the plant. To get rid of parasites, wipe the culture with soap and water. If this does not help, then treat the flower with acaricide. Be sure to increase the humidity in the room, because spider mites start due to dry air.
- Mealybugs. These small white bugs suck the juice from the vine. Which leads to deformation of the buds, wilting of the leaves. You can see them with the naked eye, in addition, they leave white lumpy formations on the soil and stems of the plant. To get rid of parasites, pass the head of garlic through a press. Soak this mass for 4 hours in a glass of boiling water, and then treat the vine with the resulting solution. Of the chemical preparations, the insecticide "Aktara" copes with mealybugs.
Remember that a well-groomed plant does not get sick, it is not attacked by pests. Therefore, create vines comfortable conditions and adhere to the rules of cultivation. And then no parasites or germs tropical beauty are not afraid.