ABOUT PILLOWS AND PELLETS Tell, what are the pileas. And how to write correctly: "Pilea" or "pellei"? Olga SHTEPA. r. Shymkent. Kazakhstan Hearing the names of these plants… 

MULTI-COLORED PALETTE OF HORTENSES

HOW TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF HORTENSE

Is it true?, what, pouring water over the hydrangea with various additives, you can get flowers of different colors? How to keep a plant in winter? What species can be grown in the house?

Tatyana. g Alapaevsk

At home, they usually grow large-leaved hydrangea, since it is compact, blooms easily and early, besides the most thermophilic. Repaired varieties of this species give inflorescences on last year, and on young shoots, which makes flowering abundant and long lasting. Other types of hydrangeas (paniculate, tree-like, serrated) Are wonderful unpretentious garden plants, but for the house they are too large and would require special maintenance.

MOST large-leaved and serrated hydrangea varieties can change the color of the flowers. They are grown in pink, blue, blue and purple.

Petal color mainly depends on pH (acidity) soil and the presence of aluminum in it.

Pink inflorescences in hydrangea form on neutral and alkaline soils (pH 6,0-6,5). To increase the saturation of this color, the soil is deacidified, adding dolomite flour, a piece of chalk, ground limestone, fluff lime. But don't get carried away: acidity higher 6,5 will be harmful to the plant, as it causes iron and magnesium deficiency, necessary for the full development of the plant.

WHY DOES A WHITE PLAQUE APPEAR ON THE EARTH IN FLOWER POTS?

Plaque appears on the ground in pots with plants. Prompt, what is it and how to deal with it.

Tamara SENCHINA, r. Volgograd

There are two main types of plaque on the ground surface: salt and mushroom. In the first case, plaque is formed by protruding and settling on the soil surface, the walls of the dishes, lower parts of plants with salts of white, yellowish or brown. Mushroom bloom looks like white or grayish mold, growing in colonies or covering the entire surface of the soil in a pot.

REASONS FOR THE APPEARANCE OF WHITE PLAQUE IN FLOWER POTS

Any plaque arises from errors in plant maintenance. Firstly, violation of the irrigation regime: frequent and excessive watering without drying out the topsoil, lack of drainage and drainage of excess water and, Consequently, - soil acidification. Secondly, watering with hard water contributes to the formation of salt deposits. Thirdly, improper selection and high doses of mineral fertilizers. Fourth, it can be a large pot for a small plant, as a result, the soil that has not been reclaimed by the roots sours and becomes moldy. Finally, fifthly, the reason may be poor quality soil, containing calcareous soils, spores of various fungi, and also too heavy in its mechanical composition.