DO NOT TIE BUD OR FLOWER DOES NOT COLOR

WHY A ROOM PLANT DOESN'T COLOR

After listening to a lecture by Larisa ZARUBINA, host of the YouTube channel "Garden Guide", found an answer to a question that has long worried me: why on a house plant buds do not tie or fall off, or the plant refuses to bloom at all? I share my knowledge.

1. Acidity (NS) the soil is not suitable for the flower. It is necessary to select the soil in accordance with the requirements of the culture.
2. Pot too big (until the roots cover the entire volume of the soil, there will be no flowering) or close (there is not enough space for the roots for the full development of the plant).
3. A little world. If it is not possible to provide bright diffused lighting, backlight required.

4. Insufficient nutrition. You need to feed the plant with fertilizers with an emphasis on phosphorus and potassium (with trace elements). You can not "feed" with nitrogen. It is better to reduce the recommended dose of any mixture in 2-3 times. It is necessary to apply dressings only on wet soil..
5. Temperature is key. Some species (eg, gibiskus, gardenia, cyclamen, Decembrist, azalea, primula) you need coolness for flowering - +15-16 city. And even if the buds open, in unfavorable conditions, the flowers will quickly wither.
6. Air humidity is especially important for tropical crops, who like a light "fog" around them. Spraying will help.
7. You can not change the angle of illumination abruptly. At all, it is better not to disturb a blooming specimen. Otherwise, the buds may fall.
8. After buying a blooming beginner, you do not need to transplant it immediately.. May it prosper quietly in its "native" soil. After all, he was already stressed, therefore you need to give him time to get used to new conditions, soil, water.

© Author: Valentina ANDRUSHENKO, r. Kharkiv