Indoor gardening, that is, growing plants in a residential area, was very popular in countries with cold and long winters - in fact when the window pop frosts, the illusion of colorful summer blooms and the riot of greenery on shelves and windowsills markedly elevate mood. In addition, indoor plants are quite spectacular element of interior design: without them, even the most luxurious furnishings looks unfinished and lifeless.
Not every plant is able to grow and develop in an urban apartment or other dwelling. Side lighting, lack of sunlight, dry air, drafts, dust, unstable and uneven temperature - this is not a complete list of adverse factors, not being able to domesticate the entire flora, which we would like, and survive under such adverse effects may be only a few of its representatives. Marketers say that the market for indoor plants, like any other, is constantly changing: If back in the nineties of the twentieth century in great demand decorative no list vennye enjoy houseplants, then in the third millennium, consumer preferences have shifted markedly toward their flowering counterparts - for example, Alamanda, Cleve and many others........From cactus to violet:
In the ranking popularity of indoor plants and a permanent leader, who is trying to acquire almost every grower. So, prickly cacti once famous for its ability to absorb harmful radiation from computers, and so at the offices of specially placed on the desktops of small pots of these plants. They are not at all, as many think, undemanding plant, although it says almost all the special editions. Of course there are some varieties that can withstand a prolonged absence and the moisture content and poor soils, but whimsical and tender cactus, too, is quite enough.
Ficus, despite the rather cumbersome at times the size, also occupy a place of honor indoor flower garden. This tradition probably survived since the end of the XIX century when the fashion for rubber plants experienced its peak: tubs with broadleaf houseplants even went from house to house as a dowry wealthy brides. In modern gardeners call the greatest sympathy as varieties of Ficus Benjamin, lyre, Bengali, dwarf and other rubber plants.
At the end of the twentieth century in Europe came the fashion for bonsai - dwarf trees up southern rock like arborvitae, cypress, pine and so on. For the cultivation of bonsai are only suitable hardwood, which is characterized by rapid lignification trunk and branches.
For originality and beauty of flowers valued orchids. Another indisputable advantage is the ability to bloom in winter, and many orchid flowers are kept for two to three months. Deserved love indoor gardeners enjoy and violets - breeders had to withdraw just countless varieties of thin, at first glance, the plant. Annually worldwide exhibitions Violets room - exquisite spectacle that collects thousands of people who are not indifferent to the beauty.
Code novice grower:
Buying a new houseplant in a store, do not opt for an adult, fully formed tree or flower bush. Proved that the young plants to adapt quickly to changing growing conditions, and stress they suffer much better than adults. If the plant blooms, it is preferable that, where more buds than flowers bloomed. It's wise to learn about the habits of its future green pet. For example, almost all potted plants for a period of acclimation to shading, but in color as azaleas, cyclamen, and chrysanthemum, it is totally useless.
An important factor in the care of indoor plants - a competent and timely watering, because no harm will make it the right schedule. In addition, all indoor plants require periodic feeding. Most of them from the beginning planted in the so-called turf ground: it is made from turf, cut from the meadows with a clay subsoil. As part of the land dominated by turf clay with decayed plant remains. Sometimes for planting indoor plants used leaf, peat, heath, coniferous and manure the ground. These are often mixed with a large river sand. Plants with poorly developed root system like ferns need more light soil, such as fuchsia or pelargonium with strong root systems, grow better in heavy clay mixtures sod, manure and leaf land.
In the spring of indoor plants are usually transplanted, selecting for them a little bigger than the old pots. Too much crockery should not be taken because the land is not penetrated the roots of a house plant, will inevitably deteriorate. Downspout hole in the pot is assumed to cover a small shard, and sprinkle on top of the drainage of small pebbles or crushed potsherds.
And finally, the most important condition for the care of indoor plants is sincere and genuine love for his green pets. They say they are very sensitively catch the mood of their masters and every emotion reciprocate.
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