In winter, it is important to cut watering, follow the temperature in the room and not overdo it with fertilizers. We tell about these and other rules for the care of plants that will help you experience the winter hibernation.
Some important rules for caring in video told
1 Reduced Polyv
In winter, any plant, even tropical, you need to translate into abbreviated irrigation mode. This is explained by the fact that all processes, including growth, slow down or stop, and it ceases to absorb moisture in the same amount. Moisture remains in the soil and it leads to reinforcement of the roots.
Watering mode for different types of plants:
- The moisture views that in the summer asked very frequent irrigation and spraying, in winter it is necessary to water one or twice a week. Before irrigating, make sure that the upper layer of the soil, the thickness of at least 3-4 cm, dry. And do not forget to drain the water from the pallet. If the leaves are slightly drooped, you can slightly spray them from the sprayer.
- The plants that you watered one or a couple of times a week, now need to wip twice a month. Follow the state of foliage: if yellowing and wilting start, it is possible to increase the period of watering up to once every 10 days.
- The most unassicious varieties, like cacti and succulents, die in winter, so they have enough watering once a month.
2 Monitor temperature
Examine a description of your flower, very many varieties need to fall in winter in a kind of hibernation, in the spring to resume growth and prepare for flowering. Therefore, the best place for such varieties will be a corridor, a cool, but not a cold loggia or at least a place in the room away from the central heating battery.
3 take care of humidity
Moisthed species even with abbreviated watering is harmful dry air. Therefore, if in the house is dry, it makes sense to start an air humidifier or spray water in the air next to the plants from the spray gun. By the way, such a solution will be useful for people living at home, since very dry air is harmful to skin and health in general.
4 think about lighting
In northern latitudes, many plants have to be not easy because of the small amount of daylight. The most obvious sign is the yellowing of the leaves. If the transfer of closer to the window does not help, you will have to think about purchasing a special lamp in the flower shop.
5 Protect from supercooling
During long-term ventilation, flowers better rearranged away from the window or transfer to another room. Also watch the leaves do not come into contact with cold glass or walls, and check the window for the presence of drafts.
You can lay the plaid or a foam rug to the cold window sill so that the pots are not impaired from below. The bottom of the frame, if it is old and passes the cold air, should be stuck with scotch.
6 Select the right fertilizers
In winter, plants need less fertilizer, as all processes slow down. Therefore, with the usual schedule, they go into abbreviated and only for flowering varieties. On average, the cold season fertilizer contributes no more than 1-2 times.
At the same time, it is necessary to abandon the nitrogen compositions, completely bypassing the mineral. This is explained by the fact that nitrogen provokes the growth of new leaves and shoots, and in winter they grow weak and faded, as the plant is in sleep mode.
7 Follow pests
It is very important to check the winter plants on pests and bacterial damage. Dry air, raw soil and drafts are caused by the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria and parasites. Plus, during the hibernation of the plant weakened.
To get rid of infected leaves, cut them with sterile scissors and treat the antibacterial sprinkler, which can be found in a flower shop. The affected stems will have to be treated with a healing solution from the spray.
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