Growing anthurium and care. Fertilizing and fertilizer

The genus Anthurium contains hundreds of tropical species of plants that are often admired as indoor plants for bright colors for almost all year round. Anthurium Rode from the tropical forests of Central and South America. Despite the sensitivity to temperature and humidity, anthuriums are relatively enduring and for them it is easy to care for indoors. They are usually sold as cuttings or adult plants, but it is also possible to grow them out of seeds.

Steps

Part 1

Prepare the soil mixture. Anthurium prefers rude, well-drained soil. Try a mixture of equal parts of perlit, peat and pine crust. In addition, mix three parts of the soil mixture with one part of the coarse material, such as the bark for orchid or gravel. If Anthurium is at least a year, it may prefer even a coarse material achieved by adding a grinding of crushed aquarium coal, large river sand or small pieces broken bricks.

• Outdoors Anthuriums can grow only in American climatic zones 11 and 12, which corresponds to the minimum annual temperatures 4.4ºC or higher. In any other climate, use a flower pot and keep them indoors.

1. Put anthurium in a pot on 1/3 filled with this soil mixture. Anturiums should be in a pot only a little more than he himself, or his roots can rot and die. Fill the pot on 1/3 cooked soil mixture. As a rule, the roots of the plant will continue to grow over the soil, so starting from this low level of filling, postpone the need to transplant anthurium to a larger pot.

   • If you use a soil mixture with fewer coarse material or a worsede drainage, consider one or two layers of pebbles at the bottom of the tank to accelerate the water drain.

2. Keep in warm or hot place with indirect sunlight. Anthuriums grow well at daytime temperatures 27-32ºC. If this is not possible, plants, as a rule, survive indoors at temperatures above 15.5ºC, but the warmer, the better. Avoid direct sunlight that can burn a plant, but keep it in a brightly lit place to stimulate blossom. The southern or east window sill is a good option (Northern or East - if you are in the southern hemisphere).

   • If night temperatures are lowered below 4.4ºC, the leaves can get yellow and growth will most likely slow down. The plant is rarely saved for a long time if the temperature drops below zero (0ºC).
   • Do not hold the plants right in front of heaters and heating ventilation holes that can burn them.

3. Keep air wet. Imitate the wet tropical environment of anthuriums, keeping in the room 80% humidity or higher. Aquariums or shallow trays with pebbles in water will help achieve this if located next to the plant. Spray plants weekly or daily, if you live in a dry climate, making sure that they splash on the stems that grown over the edge of the pot.

   Keep the soil wet, but not wet. Water in small quantities as needed to prevent the soil from drying out. Even in hot weather, the soil do not need to water more often than once every two or three days, since the plant does not absorb a large amount of water from the roots.

   • If the leaves are yellowing (but not brown and faded), it may be a sign of excessive irrigation. Give the soil to dry before watering if it happens.

4. Provide support if the anthurium falls. Most anthuriums in nature, but probably the minority is sold as indoor plants - "epiphytic," meaning that they grow on other plants, and not in the soil. If your plant has a similar curly stem, and it is unable to maintain yourself, use a peg or other wooden item so that the plant rose up. You do not need to move the epiphytic anthurium from the soil; She will not harm him.

   Feat the anthurium carefully. The recently planted anthurium does not need fertilizers, at least several months. If you decide to apply fertilizer to encourage bright color and growth, use slowly released fertilizer 3: 1: 2 and dilute it to 1/4 recommended quantity before making in accordance with the instructions.

   Pere in a larger pot when necessary. Anthuriums often build a mound from the roots above the surface of the soil. Approximately once a year, or if the soil begins to dry quickly between the irrigation, see the peat layer or the sfagnum moss on the lower part 1/2 or 2/3 of the open stem. Keep this layer wet and wait when the roots are sprouting from a covered part of the stem. After they spread throughout this layer, cut the stem clean, sharp knife At the base of the soil mixture, and move the bothering stem into a new pot, with a covered stem below the soil level.

   • Remember, put the anthurium into the container only on 1/3 of the soil filled with so that the stem was below the edge of the pot.

   Part 2

   Cultivation of anthurium from seeds

   1. Plant seeds for an additional task. Commercially grown anthuriums, as a rule, multiply with the help of cuttings and driving. You can grow anthurium from seeds, but as a result, the plant may have unpredictable characteristics, if it has been produced using a hybrid mother plant, and it can be more difficult to grow. In not tropical areas, it can be difficult to even find fresh anthurium seeds.

      • If you grow anthurium cuttings or an adult plant, go to the beginning of the second section.

   2. Collect ripe fruits of Anthurium. Anthurium seeds should be fresh and wet when landing. If you do not have Anthurium, ask another gardener or in the garden shop can you get some fruits of their plants that are rarely used. If you live in the tropical new light, you can collect wild anthuriums. There are hundreds, if not thousands of types of anthuriums, so you can refer to the local plant identification booklet.

      • Warning: Fruits, along with all other parts of the anthurium - toxic and should not be eaten.

   3. Remove the pulp. The pulp of the fetus, the surrounding seed, can prevent the seed from growing or the appearance of mold. Find your fingers as much as possible, then remove the seed into a glass with water. Leave it there, for a day or two, while the pulp is not separated and will not pop up to the surface.

      • Warning: Some types of anthuriums can irritate the skin. It is recommended to use gloves.

   4. Prepare the soil mixture for seeds. Grind Moss Sfagnum, affordable in gardeners, to shorter fibers to make a wonderful, fluffy material. Mix three pieces of this crushed moss with 1 part of river sand or perlite, and add a small amount of chopped aquarium coal.

   5. Press the seeds and pour the soil mixture into a vase or transparent tray. Anthuriums come from the tropics, and require a warm, wet environment. There are a para different waysso that you can recreate this environment:

      • Pour the soil mixture of 10 centimeters flower pots. Put the seeds on the surface of the soil, one by one pot, and put the glass cans upside down over each pot.
      • Or lay out the bottom of a shallow clay tray prepared by soil mixture. Scattering uniformly seeds on it, and cover the tray with a flat sheet of glass or plastic, leaving the air clearance between the sheet and the soil.

   6. Lightly moisten the soil mixture. Moisten the soil mixture a bit, then cover the transparent barrier, as described above, to keep the environment wet. Moisturizing the mossy mixture can also help prevent the seed from immersion under the surface, which can interfere with the germination.

      • If a water water In your area is rigid, use water in bottles.

   7. Keep it in the warm room, away from direct sunlight. Keep the soil mixture at a temperature of about 27 ° C, in place with an indirect sun or gentle. For about 20-30 days, the seeds should germinate and grow their first root and leaves, after which they can be moved to the capacity of greater volume and to care, as described below.

      • Carefully move the young plant, since the roots can be fragile. Ideally, use a scoop to pick up a mossy material surrounding the plant, and carefully put it on a new pot after cooking, as described below.
   • Anthuriums are subject to general pests, such as ticks and a word, but careful wiping them from the leaves with a wet towel is often enough to clean them after several procedures. For more serious infections, refer to the local botanist or garden expert.

   Warnings

   • Keep all anthuriums in an inaccessible to pets and young children. Contact a veterinarian or doctor if you suspect that an animal or child tried the anthurium.
   • All parts of the anthurium are moderately toxic for any kind of anthurium. Reception inside, and even contact with skin of certain types, may cause irritation, soreness or pain, but medical care is not required, if a large amount has not been received in the body, or swallowing or breathing did not deteriorate.
   • Do not attempt to grow anthurium in water tanks, as some online error guides are recommended.

You can rarely meet the amateur flower, in which Anthurium is missing. It can be safely attributed to the most popular room plants, despite the tenderness, the worship of care and some capriciousness. But with the reproduction of anthurium problems, there is almost never ever - there are several in different ways. But in each of them there are their nuances that need to be studied before the procedure start.

What the anthurium looks like

Anthurium (Anthurium) is one of the most popular tropical plants grown at home. The genus refers to the Aroacea family (ARACEAE) and has more than five hundred of "natural" representatives, without taking into account the hybrids derived by the breeding way. Most anthuriums can be found in the forests of South and Central America, as well as on the islands of the Caribbean Sea.

Incredit success of lovers indoor plants Anthurium must be abundant, bright and almost continuous flowering. Flowers with experience believe that only some types of orchids can be compared with this "live bouquet" in effect.

Leaves at anthurium dense, leathery, saturated green. They seem to be cut out of a shiny satin or velvet with a small pile. The size of the sheet plate varies from 5-10 cm to 90-100 cm. The form resembles a heart (botany called it broadly), which seems almost plafhmy on the petiole. The leaves can be not only monophonic - there are varieties with white or silver streaks, or with "ornaments".

The inflorescence of Anthurium is a major patch. It is his form of a plant owed to the name. Translated from Greek Anthos - Flower, Oura - Tail. However, species with a more interesting form of inflorescence - it can be bent and even twisted into the spiral. When anthurium flows, the pillage is covered with fruits similar to berries.

The inflorescence of "Ukutano" with one petal-bedspread, which seems flattened from wax. It is clearly distinguished by the bodies. Often the petal is pretty bright, red, orange or pink, shiny, so anthurium is called "Flower Flamingo". Although there is a lot of varieties with a rather unbroken, greenish or cream coat. Petal almost does not hide the inflorescence, reminding the wing.

Anthurium is a rather demanding plant. Many species are physically impossible to grow at home - only specially equipped greenhouses or greenhouses are suitable for this. Nevertheless, many flower products are not ready to abandon a capricious pet, because even if there are problems with an old plant, a new one is relatively easily obtained - nature has provided several methods of reproduction.

Video: appearance and other characteristic features of anthurium

What you need to know, starting to reproduce the plant at home

There are several ways to reproduce anthurium, so the flower water can choose the one that he likes more, focusing on the condition and appearance of the flower.

In any case, it should be remembered that Anthurium, like all the aid, poisonous. Plant juice, falling on the skin or mucous membrane, causes unpleasant symptoms characteristic of allergies (itching, rash, redness, irritation, and so on). The intensity of their manifestation depends on the skin sensitivity. If the juice accidentally swallows, quite likely serious gastric disorder. Therefore, proceeding to the reproduction of anthurium, be sure to wear gloves, and at the end of the work thoroughly wash your hands with soap.

That soil in which the flower is sold in the store, it is not categorically suitable. The substrate designed specifically for epiphytes or aroid, find quite problematic. You can use the soil for orchids, SENPOLIA (violets) or bromels - it meets the requirements of acidity (pH 4.5-6.5), but still it is not the perfect option.

Therefore, it is better to mix the soil yourself. Before landing, it is sure to disinfect, exposed to cold, heat or steam.

• Fertile rod, leaf humus, perlite or vermiculite (1: 3: 1). Small pieces of birch coal are added to the finished mixture (about 5% of the total volume).
• Soil for azaleas or rhododendrons, peat crumb, pieces of pine crust (about 1 cm), clayjit (up to 3 mm in diameter), crushed moss-sfagnum. The substrate is easy and loose, but at the same time it holds moisture.

The missing components can be quite possible to find an alternative. Perlite and vermiculitis will replace large river sand, sphagnum - ordinary swamp Moss. Or, birch coal - thustenance chalk or crushed pumice.

The grown anthuriums transplanted into the pots, in shape resembling plates - shallow and wide. Root system The plant is superficial. Necessarily the presence of a thick layer drainage material. He must fill out a minimum quarter of the pot.

The pregnant young anthuriums before the transplantation in the tank and the soil suitable for adult plants are plenty. Then the soil is not moisturized for 3-4 days. The first month with irrigation should be especially careful - the risk of developing rot.

Video: General Reproduction of Anthurium

Step-by-step instructions with photos

In principle, there is nothing complicated in the reproduction of Anthurium. All parts of the plant are suitable for this. It is important to pre-examine the technology and understand whether it is suitable for your flower.

How to propagate the division of a big bush

The method is suitable only for adult plants (3-4 years and older). Care of the anthurimums obtained in this way has no specific features. Except for the first two or three months experienced flowerflowers It is recommended to spray the plant with any biostimulant - epin, corneser, zircon, heteroacexin, potassium humate. It is suitable and ordinary succinic acid.

The division of the Anthurium bush allows not only to get new specimens, but also significantly rejuvenate the plant. Conduct the procedure at the beginning or in the middle of spring, simultaneously with the next transplantation.

1. 20-30 minutes before the procedure plenty of the plant.
2. Remove the anthurium of the pot, tapping slightly along the walls. Shake the substrate with roots.
3. Carefully unwrap the roots. They cut them only in extreme cases, because they are very fragile, easily break. "Wounds" immediately sprinkle with an impaired chalk, activated carbon, cinnamon. At each part of the plant, it is necessary to have a point of growth, well-developed roots and a minimum of one sheet.
4. Get rid of all rotten, dead, dried roots. Cuts Process as described above. Give the plant for about an hour to dry outdoer.
5. Separate parts into new pots using a soil suitable for adult plants. In general, this procedure is similar to transplant. In the process, follow the level of soil - the roots must be shuffled in the same way as in the old pot or a little more. They are extremely sensitive. If you leave them outdoors, the plant will quickly get sick and die.
6. If necessary, tie anthurium to the support. It is necessary to estimate in advance whether it will take it, because it put in a pot before placing a flower there, and not stick into the ground after the transplant is over.

Rooting side escapes

Side shoots - "Siblings" Anthurium. This method of reproduction is provided by nature itself. Separate "kids" during transplantation. If you try to pull them out of a pot, not a touching parent plant, roots will suffer greatly. Adult Anthurium can even die.

If the transplants in the near future is not foreseen, and the "offspring" need a notch, remove the plant from the pot, trying to destroy the earth as much as possible. Manually gently separate the side escape (necessarily with roots), return the "donor" to the place and add a fresh substrate by closing the resulting emptiness.

1. Fill the small pots with clean moss-sphagnum or a mixture of humus and perlite, vermiculite (1: 1). Moisten the substrate well.
2. Spare offspring in the ground. Cover the containers with glass caps, cropped with plastic bottles, place in transparent polyethylene packages, tightly knitting them.
3. For the rooting of anthurums, a constant temperature is needed 28-32ºС and humidity at 85% and higher. Select the lightest place in the room, but take care of "offspring" from direct sunlight.
4. Remove the shelter daily for 10-15 minutes, and spray the soil with a weak solution of the biostimulator (2-3 ml per liter of water).
5. After about a month, remove the "greenhouse". Put a pot to a permanent place.

Growing "Male Happiness" from the root

The method is very similar to the previous version, but takes more time. Roots (healthy and strong) are separated from the stem manually in the transplant process. They germinate them in pure sand, perlite, vermiculite, constantly supporting the substrate in a slightly wet state.

The shelter is removed not earlier than 1-2 real sheets appear. Typically, the process takes 1.5-2 months. Another month can be in the soil for adult anthuriums.

Shining

The easiest way to get a new anthurium. At home, it is most often resorted to it. The planting material from the plant can be taken at any convenient time, but the best period for this is the end of spring or the beginning of summer. To do this, the stalks are 12 cm long and more, on which there is a minimum of two sheets.

Anthurium cutlets - leaf cut along with part of the stem. We will need only the lower 5-8 cm, so the shelves itself can be removed.

1. Plush the "wound" on the maternal plant with an impaired chalk, colloidal gray, sainted wood ash or lubricate with green, iodine.
2. Sweep cut cuttings outdoors for 10-15 minutes.
3. Slide them into small cups filled with a mixture of sand and peat crumb (1: 1) or moss-sphagnum. Previously need drainage holes in them. The substrate should be dry. Alternative - germination of roots in water. It should be soft, heated to room temperature. The fluid must be changed daily. To speed up the process, the water is replaced with a weak solution of the stimulator of the root formation, and the base of the cutter before placing the substrate is sprinkled with any powder preparation of similar action. Do not block the planting material too much - only the bottom 4-5 cm should be in the substrate or in the water.
4. Cutting with cuttings Cover with polyethylene bags, glass caps, ensure a temperature of 25-28ºС, bright scattered light and humidity of about 80%. Once every 2-3 days, moisturize the substrate without giving it to me, even the upper layer.
5. Proportion of roots will appear in a week. When they reach a length of 2-3 cm (about 30-40 days), anthuriums can be transferred to the soil suitable for adult plants. First, there is enough pot in a diameter of no more than 10 cm.

Seeding

The way is not too popular with amateur flower flower. First, the procedure is quite time consuming, and success is not guaranteed. Secondly, it is not a fact that the plant obtained from seeds will retain the varietal signs of the "parent". Especially if it is derived artificially a hybrid. But on the other hand, it is a unique opportunity to act as a breeder and become the happy owner of Anturium, who is no longer anyone. The flowering of such an instance will have to wait at least three years.

Seeds can be easily purchased in specialized stores. Be sure to pay attention to the shelf life. Six months after gathering, it is no longer no sense, the germination is preserved very long. It is best to use seeds collected no later than three months before the purchase.

The planting material can be obtained at home. To do this, you will need a minimum of two anthurium. When one of them blooms, spend on the "cob" with a soft tassel, having shook pollen into a sheet of paper. Place the collected in the refrigerator.

Wait for "Copulist" on the second plant and spend cross pollination (at the very beginning of flowering). Best time For this - sunny morning. With a cotton disk or fingers, distribute pollen, moving first from the bottom up, then in the opposite direction. Repeat the procedure every day. Four to five times should be enough. In principle, you can try to pollinate Anthurium with your own pollen, but the probability of success is small.

After about a month, the pillage will begin to "swell". For full aging fruits will need 9-12 months. When the bedspread becomes green, the inflorescence is zelesto-brown, and the most dark berries will look as if they are about to fall out of it, remove the fruits. Remove upper shellDrink out the seeds outdoors for 2-3 days, no more. Summary them as soon as possible.

Video: Anthurium seed aging

1. Fill a shallow fever to peat crumb, moisturize and scatter the substrate. Give moisture to absorb.
2. For 10-15 minutes, soak the planting material in a pale pink potassium permanganate solution. Then decompose on a napkin or soft fabricSo that it absorbs the excess moisture.
3. Equally distribute the seeds along the surface, suck the soil slightly (a layer of no more than 2-3 mm thick). Cover the tank with glass or polyethylene film.
4. Provide lower heating, a temperature of about 25ºС, bright diffused light. Open the "Greenhouse" daily for 5-7 minutes for venting, as it dry, spray the soil from the fine spacing.
5. The first shoots appear in a week, mass - after 12-15 days. When the first real sheet is formed (about a month), remove the greenhouse.
6. Plants with three leaves Separate in separate cups with a diameter of 7-10 cm, filled with a mixture of peat, leafy land and chopped in wood coal powder (in equal proportion). Drainage is required, filling at least a third of the volume pot.
7. For young anthuriums, take care of as usual. Only when feeding for six months, reduce the concentration of fertilizer in the solution is twice as compared to the recommended manufacturer.

Video: Anthurium from seeds

Reproduction sheet

The method is not suitable for all types of plants. Thus, Antouriums of Sherecer, Andre, leather and other varieties with thick standy residences on the leaves are breeding.

1. Cut the sheet along with a piece of stuff about 3 cm.
2. Roll into it with a tube or funnel, drag a thin rubber band or thread. Do not tighten too much.
3. Small deep pots fill in a mixture of peat with sand, perlite, vermiculite (1: 1). On 2/3, buckle leaves in the ground. Alternative - germinating in boiled water room temperature. It is not necessary to defend, but you have to change daily.
4. Pour the landing and cover the capacitance with glass caps or polyethylene packages.
5. Place the pot in a light halftime, ensure a temperature of 25-27ºС. Nizhny heating is not needed. Daily air landings, spray the substrate with a weak solution of the root formation stimulator.
6. After 20-25 days, a sprout should appear from the middle of the funnel. Wait another month and transfer the young anthurium into the soil for adult plants.

Possible problems and their solution

Anthurium is a rather tender and capricious plant. The main danger that threatens him in reproduction is rot. Most often, its development provokes the flowers itself, often and richly watering a young flower. The process goes even faster if high humidity The soil is combined with low indoor temperature.

Regularly examine young plants. If you are noticeable dark brown spots At the base of the stems and on the cutters of leaves, small black dots on the sheet plate, immediately proceed to "resuscitation". Saving anthurium is possible only at an early stage of development of the disease. If the soil is covered with mold, there is an unpleasant peeling smell from her, most likely, it's too late, the plant remains only to throw away.

When anxious symptoms appear:

1. Cut all the plants affected by the fungus to healthy fabrics. "Wounds" suck with an impellent chalk, activated carbon, cinnamon or treat iodine, green.
2. Relie the plant completely replacing the substrate and sterilizing the pot. In the soil, add granules of glyocladine, Triphodermina.
3. For 2-3 months, water an anthurium 0.5% solution of Alino-B, Preview, Baikal EM instead of ordinary water.

If the leaves of the young plant are niche, lose the tone, it is most likely suffering from moisture deficit or low temperature. Dangerous and sharp hesitations. To solve the problem, it is usually enough to adjust watering, spray the plant daily and rearrange the pot into a leaard place.

When the transplanted part of the anthurium looks like it would be nice, but also in growth is not in a hurry, replace water for watering with a solution of any biostimulant, prepare it according to the manufacturer's recommendations.

In principle, problems with anthurium can be avoided if it is in advance to study the rules for the departure of the plant and "requirements", which imposed on them to the microclimate in the room. This also applies to adult colors, and young copies.

• The optimal temperature, after the "Greenhouse" was removed - 20-24ºС. The minimum indicator in which the anthurium can still survive - 15-18ºС.
• In the spring and summer, the plant is watered often and plentifully, several times a day spray. At the same time, it is impossible to allow stagnation of water in the pot. When transplanting, provide a layer of drainage sufficient thickness, after half an hour after the procedure, drain the excess moisture from the pallet.
• Air humidity Anthurium is needed very high (85-90%). In the heat, raise it with everyone available methods. Be sure to cover the soil in the pot wet moss, sphagnum or coconut fiber. The root system at the plant is superficial, the young copies of the root are very thin and gentle, they easily dry.
• Optimal lighting - bright scattered light. But the plant needs to be protected from direct sunlight.
• Fertilizer deficiency for anthurium is preferable than their excess. A high concentration of mineral salts in the soil flower does not tolerate at all. Therefore, it is better to use a natural organic organic organic (humus, diluted with water infusions of avian litter or cow manure). Complex mineral liquid fertilizers leave for extractive feeding.

New anthurium can be obtained from almost any part of the parent plant. This is a certain plus of a capricious and demanding flower. A specific method of reproduction is chosen depending on the variety, external view and the status of anthurium- "parent." Each of them has the advantages and disadvantages that take into account by defining their image of action.

Plant Anthurium gained popularity as room culture Only at the end of the last century. Today, those who prefer to grow tropical plants, About 30 species and more than 80 hybrid forms of evergreen anthurium are available. At home, you can successfully start and blooming or decoratively deciduous varieties, and even exotic lianas or tree views. We will talk about how to grow this real pride of many flower rods further.

Many believe that anthuriums are capricious indoor plants. However, if you follow the rules of care, the plant will delight you with beautiful bloom throughout the summer.

For this you need to know that anthurium loves premises with high humiditySo it needs daily spraying. Behind the humidity of the air especially carefully needed to follow during the period when it starts heating season. It is advisable to spray the plant in the morning and in the evening. In summer, you can even cover the plant of wet gauze. 2 times a year, the plant can be soldered, water should be warm, and after such a procedure it is necessary to give the plant to completely dry in a dark place to avoid formation of burns from the Sun.

Air temperature In the room where the anthurium is located, should not be descended below 18 degrees C. The temperature of the soil also should not be lower than the temperature ambientTherefore, it is better to use plastic, and not ceramic pots. Plant loves lightBut here there is still a lot depends on the variety of plants.

So, Anthurium Sherzer needs sunlight less than Anthurium Andre, although the latter is better to try to act.

Which soil to plant Anthurium

The soil It is very important for anthurium, since in natural conditions the plant grows in the lower tar of the tropics, and some representatives of this kind have become epiphyts. Therefore, it is desirable to use a special substrate for epiphytes. If it does not work, it is possible to mix a substrate for "azaleas" with a clay, peat, pine bark, sphagnum. The substrate is loose, air, breathable and moisture - the perfect substrate for Anthurium.

You can still plant this indoor plant in the acidic soil, into which the clamzite is added, or the substrate intended for begonias with the addition of sphagnum and perlite. In general, for landing Anthurium, you can use the mixture in such proportions: 1 part of the leaf Earth: 1 part of the coniferous land: 1 part of peat: 0.5 sand with the addition of bark coniferous rocks and charcoal. There are examples when Anthurium is seated in pure moss without additives and land. An unambiguous advantage in this case will be that the need disappears to follow the humidity of the air, since the moss provides moisture and the necessary breathability.

In any case, the earth for anthurium should be acidic, and the alkali should not be present in any water, which is watered or in the soil.

Questions about watering

It is necessary to approach the question of irrigation. Anthurium can not be bored and pour.

The overvaluity leads to reinforcement roots, and therefore, to the further death of the plant. Watering follows by the state of the soil, but it is impossible to dry out the earth coma. It is important that there is no water stagnation in the pallet!

Interesting question about irrigation from the forum:

Anthurium got sick, began to rot, decided to transplant, and saw that the pot was at thenime wet land. Who would have thought, on top of the earth was dry and at the level of the nail also dry. Please advise how much I do not water it or no longer hope for?

Answer: Inspect the roots carefully cleaned from the Earth, if there are rotten - cut off and sprinkle with coal. Wait until the sections get dry. Purchase a pot on 1/3 drainage, in a mixture for the aroid add cut sfagnum, pine bark or perlite. Before boarding the roots of the fungicide, the leaves - epinoma, put a transplanted plant under the package for 10 days. And do not pour! Better spray.

Questions about breeding

The reproduction of anthurium is made by dividing during transplantation. Roots in division must be carefully unraased to not damage them.

The answer to the question asked on the forum on the rejuvenation of A. Andre.

To rejuvenate A. Andre, the extended stem must be wrapped with a wet moss sphagnum and tied with a transparent package. Daily moisture moss from the sprayer. After the emergence of new roots, cut the cutlets with developed roots, and together with a sphagnum to transplant to the greenhouse or container. Remove the package before that.

Anthurium-related issuesdiscussed at one of the flower forums:
- I bought Anthurium Andre. The plant requires a transplant, but replant recommend only in the spring, I am afraid that after the transplant it will disappear.

Answer: In this case, in this case, make the transshipment of the plant into the pot on the diameter slightly more than the former and remove a slight upper layer of the soil, if possible, not barren roots. If you find the air roots, cover them with wet moss or pour them with the same soil.

General rules for transshipment: If you have purchased a pot, suitable in size and altitude with a plant with an earthen room, then close to the bottom of the substrate, take it and place it with roots. After that, pour the substrate in a circle, filling the distance between the pot walls and the room.

Watering should be carried out when the substrate inside will dry on? Height pot.

The water water temperature should be not lower than +30 ° C, but not higher than +40 ° C.

If after a transplantation / transshipment for better adaptation you put the plant under plastic bag, I waling in the near future the plant will not need. Consider this. To ventilate the package periodically should be removed.

Is it possible to transplant the blooming anthurium

Answer: It is possible to transplant, since the flowers are persistent (keep up to 3 weeks) and the plant will not drop them. But it is recommended flowering plants Should not be replant, but to pass. It should be done carefully not to damage the earthen com. Put flower in a light place.

In general, the transplant is made every three years in the spring, choosing a pot to a plant a little more than the old so that the anthurium is well blooming. It is desirable that it was a wide pot with a good drainage. Roots above the surface of the earth should be covered with moss and regularly moisturize it.

If Anthurium does not bloom…

In this case, it is advisable to make a feeder once a week with a comprehensive fertilizer "Kemira Lux", during the flowering period - use fertilizer for beautiful plants. And rearrange the anthurium into a lighter place, but without direct sunlight on it. The room temperature should not be descended below 18 ° C! Anthurium does not like drafts.

The pot must be a little more of its root system. The soil should be wet, but not overcooked.

If the Anthurium has yellow large stains on the leaves, it means that the plant is not balanced. If the stains are small, then perhaps they damaged them was damaged.

Question from the forum:

Tell me why the edges of Anturium flowers Andre (red) are green?

Answer: Most likely, he lacks light, and perhaps the flower is old: the aid has the properties of the Green in old age.

Question: How long is the rest period, and what care is required during this period?

Answer: For September-February, the temperature should be 15-16 ° C, watered regularly, humidity should be high, do not make feeding.

One of the housekeeping techniques is the presence of indoor plants, including exclusive colors.

The bright representative of the exclusion in the house is Anthurium with its spectacular appearance and fragrant odor. If you were presented or you independently acquired anthurium, care at home should be special, since the natural environment of its habitat is the tropics. Grow anthurium at home - a difficult task, but observing the basic rules, you can achieve the result.

The people of Anthurium name is "male happiness." The reason why such a name appeared, the form of the anthurium flower - the protruding large car, surrounded by a bright petal. This form causes the association with one a distinctive feature The structures of the male body. But the fantasy of the people did not stop at this; Anthurium all the time turns new nicknames: "Flower Flamingo", "Flower-Tail", "Artist's Palette", etc.

Interesting not only how the anthurium blooms. In addition to original colors, he has colorful leaves: large plates of rich green color in the form of a heart or arrows. The smell of anthurium varies from slicer to fragrant, which depends on its type and variety. Anthurium in the apartment or house grows to 40 or even 70 cm in height.

When purchasing this spectacular flower, do not forget about the precautionary measures: since the plant is poisonous, you need to take care of his poison of domestic pets and young children.

Competent care

Anthurium can provide conditions as close as possible to natural, even in a typical apartment or private house.

Temperature mode

Anthurium for vital activity is necessary warm without drafts. For a comfortable existence, he needs a temperature around 16-30 ° C, and in the spring-summer period in the room should be above 20 °, and in the cold time - 16-18 °. It blooms anthurium at temperatures above average, so if necessary early blossoms It is necessary to ensure this temperature increase.

Watering

Abundant watering Anthurium is contraindicated. Watering the anthurium is better than sparkling room temperature once every 3-4 days. Before irrigated, it is worth checking the humidity of the soil - it is better to sometimes cut the flower than to pour. After watering in a pot or in the pallet, there should be no water.

Air humidity

"Men's happiness" is needed increased humidity (above 80%) that at home without special devices to create difficult. The main assistants here are a humidifier of air, regular "shower" from the pulverizer and timely rubbing the leaves. You can cover the upper roots, trunk and stems with a sphagnum so that moisture remains in them. The best option will be used in the immediate vicinity of the waterproof waterproof: so the effect of evaporation of water is the most similar to the conditions of the rainforest.

Lighting

Anthurium, like many representatives of the tropics, is a light-loving plant, however direct impact The rays of the sun is contraindicated to him. It is necessary for the presence of a soft, scattered light, so the pot is placed on windowsill windows overlooking the north-west or east. With cold winter, "male happiness" especially needs light, but it should not be exposed to directional sunlight. Incorrectly chosen lighting can cause why the plant dries the leaves.

Selection of soil

For anthurium, weakly acidic soil is necessary (the pH level is 5.5-6.5). There are several options for cooking suitable soil:

• a mixture of sand, peat, non-refined leaf land and fruit in the proportion of 0.5: 1: 1: 2 (finely chopped foam, charcoal or pieces of broken bricks are used for optimal water and air permeability),
• ground from the turf, sphagnum and peat in proportions 1: 1: 2 (foam, perlite or large sand add),
• purchased soil and bark pine, mixed equally (usually this mixture is used for orchids), an additional ingredient - moss.

Podkord

For better growth and development of anthurium in the period of growth and flowering, it is worth feeding it every 2-3 weeks. When feeding applied organic and mineral fertilizers In turn, only you need to stop, applying mineral salts or lime.

Choosing a pot

Capacity for any colors must fit their size. When the flower grows out of a small pot, a transplant is required. If a small plant will be in a large pot, with a high probability it will be flooded. The giant, placed in small dishes, will not bloom and stop developing. The best way - Flat and wide plastic vases with multiple drainage holes. So that the roots are "breathed", it is desirable to make holes in the side of the pot at the time when a transplant is carried out.

Transplant and reproduction

In young age, anthurium is necessary regular transplant, And first, you will have to deal with the resettlement of the flower every year, and then only once every 3-4 years, and with each time the plant will need to settle deeper. Anthurium Change is possible even when it blooms. Since he has very fragile roots, stems and leaves, the transplant must be as gentle as possible.

When a transplant occurs, it is especially important to monitor the safety of the roots. If they were damaged, in order to disinfection, they need to be filled with activated carbon.

When the transplant is completed, some time anthurium is better not to water (covering with polyethylene to create a greenhouse effect) or water quite a bit.

The reproduction of Anthurium at home involves several options:

- One of the options is used when a transplant is carried out. Anthurium is removed from the pot, separating side shoots from the main and thoroughly unraveling roots, in order not to damage the root system.

- Another option - the reproduction of seeds is a very time-consuming, long and not always effective process:

• first, it is necessary to carry out artificial pollination for which the ordinary brush is transferred from a flower with a flower,
• when the berry fruits mature (somewhere in a year), they must be collected,
  Then you need to remove the seeds from berries and rinse them under the jet of water,
• next, the seeds need to be placed in mangartage for several hours to prevent the appearance of mold,
• for germination, seeds are placed on a wet foam rubber, which is then put in a small container and are covered with polyethylene,
• sustained seeds will have to put in the ground and pee several times,
• when a sapling grows up to 7 cm, it can already be put in a pot with a suitable soil.

Possible problems

Although for happiness " male happiness"You need to try, diseases for him - rarity. Some errors when careing can cause why the plant is dying, but there are practically no illness as such by anthurium. Separate phenomena - the effect of certain errors in growing:

• leaves are covered with small black dots or stains - anthurium cold,
• there are specks on the petal - water accidentally hit him,
• blaked the edge of the leaves - does not fit the soil (urgent transplantation is necessary),
• the rotten roots and the base of the leaves are visible - the plant is overly watered,
• leaves dry and become yellow - the wrong light (the leaves will dry with any error: and from direct influence the sun, and from the lack of light),
• an adult plant does not bloom for a long time - a pot is incorrectly chosen (a transplant is required to the vase suitable in size).

Diseases may be associated with pest activities: shields, mathematical Cherweet, tli, custom tick. To protect Anthurium from the attack, it is necessary to regularly wipe it with water stalks and leaves.

From the side of the anthurium care seems very difficult, however, it is not difficult for responsible masters to grow a healthy plant at home, which will become a real decoration of the house.

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