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Home plants and heating

MOISTURE DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM

There are no problems with insufficient moisture when growing cacti and other succulents.. It should be noted, that succulent species are found in many families. Desert climate, semi-desert, stony biotopes, where their ancestors grow, often even harsher than the conditions of a residential building in winter.

RESISTANT TROPICANTS

There are many tropical species, which cope well with low humidity and pass the winter period almost painlessly, most dracaena, yucca, nolins, many ficuses, ivy, some aroid, eg, monstera. They have leaves, usually, dense, often covered with a waxy layer (protection against excessive evaporation).

Almost no hassle, associated with dry air, most palm trees with tough = KIMI leathery leaves.

EPIPHYTHES ARE WAITING FOR SPRAYING

A large group of plants from the humid tropics and subtropics tolerates dry air well - many orchids, including phalaenopsis, most bromeliads. All of them are epiphytes and in nature live on tree trunks, in crevices of scree, where they are content with the minimum amount of substrate, dries quickly between rains. They receive a significant part of water and mineral nutrition from the atmosphere..

Plants of this group must be regularly sprayed, this is especially true in winter. The water should be warm, on 2-3 city, above room temperature, and defended for 2-3 days or boiled, and even better - rain (snow).

WILL NEED CARE

Not all indoor plants are capable of transferring the atmosphere of an apartment dried by heating without special care.. Among these are especially delicate ferns, eg, maidenhair, selaginella, a number of representatives of the arrowroot family, fittonia and hypoesthesia, insectivores (nepentes, sundew, dionea). High humidity is necessary for gesneria, including Saintpaulia and Gloxinia (if not resting), most aroid, decorative leaf begonias.

INCREASE HUMIDITY FOR HOME FLOWERS – 6 SIMPLE WAYS

1. Protect plants from hot air. Battery film screen on windowsill. Flowers in this area need to have a large, quite dense group (not at the expense of illumination). Evaporating water constantly, they themselves will increase the humidity around them. The result will be even better, if the pots are placed on a pallet with wet sand or pebbles.
2. Single copies, especially large, can be inserted into a larger flowerpot and fill the gap between the walls with moss or cotton wool, wetting them as they dry.
3. The proximity of plants to the aquarium will have a beneficial effect (open top).
4. A good effect is given by vessels with water hung on heating radiators. You can buy them or make them yourself from scrap materials..
5. The easiest and most effective way to deal with dry air is with special humidifiers, often programmable.
6. An old and proven method of increasing air humidity is by spraying foliage and surrounding areas. However, to achieve the desired effect, this should be done constantly and regularly, several times a day.

Do not confuse air moisture with soil moisture. It is unwise to try to compensate for the former, increasing watering.

This can lead to decay of the root system and death of the plant..

BTW

You can only give general advice on organizing the wintering of home flowers.. The number and variety of species is enormous, each of them has its own specific features of the content. Besides, any apartment and even a separate room has individual conditions, to consider. Therefore, be guided by your own experience..

HOME FLOWERS NEARBY WITH BATTERY

With the beginning of the heating season, our green friends are having a hard time. What plants tolerate the proximity of heating radiators, and which ones are better to keep away?

THE MOST RESISTANT

Succulents – aloe, kalanchoe, crassula (Money Tree), echeveria of most species, rejuvenated, all varieties of euphorbia (milkweed), sansevieria, zamiokulkas zamielistny, gasterii, anxiety, faucaria. During wintering in a warm place, do not forget to water them a little more abundantly and more often..

REQUIRE SPRAYING

Eucalyptus, coleria, peperomias, saxifrage, chlorophytum crested, мурая, tradescantia, including Zebrina, Golden mustache, indoor pepper, forest cacti (christmas, epiphyllum). Violets will also require increased humidity., but don't spray their leaves, but only the air around.

GIBNUT

Common myrtle, feijoa, calamondin and other citrus fruits, indoor roses. Place them away from the battery. Ideally - in a light insulated loggia. These crops are dangerous as a rise in temperature, so dry air.

LEAVE TIPS WILL DIE

This trouble of tropical plants - arabian coffee, arrowroot, ficuses, alocasia, as well as nephrolepis and other ferns, adiantum, spathiphyllum; anthurium, monsterDm dracen, hamedore plektrantusa, ehme other bromeliads. For them, if there is no way to put it away from the battery, preferably using a humidifier.

WHAT HOUSEHOLD RATES WINTER IN COOL

Do not forget, that their further full development depends on the content of plants during the dormant period, bloom. For some species, it is important to rest in the cool.. Maintain these conditions until the end of winter.

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