Pruning indoor plants
CUTTING INDOOR PLANTS AND HOUSE FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY
Pruning plants depends on their age, types of flowering shoots, individual characteristics of species. But she also has general principles..
Keep Hygiene: clean hands, tools and surfaces, section disinfection (can be sprinkled with charcoal).
It is better not to combine pruning with transplanting. (although many recommendations Z- indicate the opposite). more expedient
allow sufficient time between procedures to allow adaptation.
After shearing, the plant needs “soft” conditions and care.: heat protection, dry air, direct sun, moderate watering. start feeding, when the pet starts growing again, and only if there was no transplant shortly before or after pruning.
Make a cut with secateurs or with a sharp knife over the outward-facing kidney, almost on par with her, slightly oblique. It should be directed away from the kidney and at such an angle, so that new shoots do not grow inside the crown.
| Trimming type | The essence of the procedure |
| Sanitary | Cut out all dry, sick, weak, shorten long, bare shoots. Pruning is also resorted to in the case, if part of the root system was removed during transplantation, to restore the balance between the above and below ground parts |
| Anti-aging | Strong pruning, when the old parts of the plant are removed for the growth of young shoots |
| stimulating | Shoot shortening, pinching them, tweezing to activate branching and flowering. Remember: pinching delays the onset of budding. Therefore, stop it as soon as the plant reaches the required bushiness. |
| Formative | The crown is pruned, to give the desired shape and keep compact dimensions |
© Author: Galina Vakhrusheva, biologist. collector, r. Moscow
MEASURE SEVEN TIMES
For cutting flowering species, you need to know, on which shoots buds are laid. If on young growths of this year - cut in February before the start of active growth, because at a later date this will delay the start of flowering (eg, hibiscus will bloom only through 3 months).
If on last year's growth (azalea, large-leaved hydrangea) - can not be cut in the spring before flowering, form a crown after it. Difficult to find out, on what branches are flowers laid? Prune immediately after flowering.
IN FEBRUARY CUT
Ficus Benjamin (tops and bare side branches), myrtle, laurel, the smell, rosemary, rader-macher, police officers, Scheffler, hibiscus Chinese and Syrian, oleander, abutilon, bougainvillea, room rose, passifloru, jasmine sambak, Waller's balsams and New Guinea, fuchsia, klerodendrumy Mrs. Thomson and Ugandan, blue pig, Garnet, citrus, pelargonium.
PERMISSIBLE CUT
Wallich's Clerodendrum, syzygium myrtophylla, Smith and yambosis, Guava Kettli, figs; melaleuca and callistemon - if flowering is not important.
© Author: Natalia SEMENOVA, biologist
What is Sanitary Pruning? When and how it can be done?
Elena ROGOVA, r. Permian
This type of pruning is suitable for almost all indoor crops.. Carry out the procedure all year round. Easier to call it cleaning: remove all dry, withered, damaged, suspiciously spotted leaves, shoots and flowers. At the same time, you preserve not only the decorative look of your pets, but also prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
CREATIVITY
Sanitary pruning has no strict rules.
All damaged parts of the bush are removed to the ground.
Thin, unproductive, twigs directed inward to the crown are also removed completely.
Large leaves, dried out on the edge cut off, leaving a thin strip of dry tissue in front of the healthy area.
In late summer and early autumn, the top layer of soil in pots is removed and replaced with fresh.
CLEANLESS AS IN SURGERY
Use sharp and clean tools for trimming. In plants with milky juice, the cut site must be carefully blotted with a napkin.. Large damage - sprinkle with crushed charcoal or activated carbon. Important, so that the cut is smooth. You need to cut the branches above the bud, facing outward from the crown, so that shoots do not grow inward. Each time moving on to pruning a new bush, be sure to treat the instrument with alcohol.
Which tool for trimming indoor flowers is better to buy?
Andrey MIRONCHENKO, r. Smolensk
It is advisable to have on hand like a pruner, and scissors. It is easier for the former to prune woody twigs.. Scissors are ideal for removing young, elongated shoots, wilting peduncles, leaves. Dried buds are harvested by hand, wearing gloves.
By the end of summer, pets have a good "appearance. But some still want to give more neatness..
Is it possible to do this now? Or you have to wait until spring?
Natalia GOROKHOVSKAYA. Moscow region.
Not quite clear, what do you mean by neatness. Each plant should have its own approach. Sanitary pruning, as I said earlier, can be spent at any time of the year. It is now also acceptable to slightly shorten the shoots of those crops., which have already faded. Don't touch those plants, what will delight you with flowers in autumn and winter (punches, Decembrists, azalii et al.).
Full trimming of the aboveground part, leaving hemp, until autumn (October November) spend at Tradescantia, certain dieffenbachia and stonecrop, pelargonium, balsams. The aerial part is cut off after the completion of the flowering stage.
If you want to rejuvenate your pets, forming a crown, I advise you to wait until the end of February and the beginning of March.
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