How to care for dratsenu
Do It Yourself Educational Program / / December 19, 2019
All about how to water, fertilize and save, if I have a problem with leaves.
Where to put dratsenu
Select plants for light place, out of direct sunlight. Dracaena with solid green leaves grow fairly well in light shade. Variegated also need a lot of scattered light. Without it, they will lose their color.
Comfort temperature for the warm season of the year - 20 to 30 Β° C. Late fall and winter - 16-18 Β° C. During this period, take care of the plant from the battery heat. For example, put any wet sheets or set screens.
At any time of the year dratsenu protect from drafts and sudden temperature changes.
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How to water dratsenu
Use the supernatant for several days, boiled or filtered water.
Pour the liquid in the pot on top. Since the soil is moistened evenly. When watering is possible through the sump problems: lower layers moistened substrate, and the top, on the contrary, do not get enough moisture.
After 15-20 minutes, drain the water from the sump.
Pour dratsenu when the earth in the pot dries by about half. Avoid drying out and waterlogging: they are equally dangerous.
Once a half to two weeks, clean the dust leaves. Use a soft damp cloth.
Or bathe the plant under a warm shower. At the same time cover the pot package or film to prevent moisture from getting into it.
In large-leaved species, remove excess water with a cotton swab from the wall outlet after water treatment. Proceed carefully, so as not to damage the young leaves. If some water remains, not scary: it evaporates.
In winter, when the room is greater than 25 Β° C and the air is dry batteries, spray the plant every couple of days.
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How to transplant dratsenu
The first transplant is done 10-14 days after purchase. Shops usually plants in peat, which is good for transport, but not suitable for long-term cultivation.
Young dratsenu transplanted each year. The one that more than 5-6 years - every 2-3 years depending on the growth rate. Once the root system becomes close, change the pot.
Try to carry out this procedure in the spring or early summer.
Some choose to pot Dracaena
Choose to plant high, but a narrow pot. This form corresponds to the characteristics of the root system.
In size - a centimeter or two more than the previous width and height. The land will be too large to quickly turn sour, and the roots will rot.
What kind of land selected for Dracaena
Use special primer for palm or a mixture of universal and disintegrator in a ratio of 4: 1. Disintegrants may be coconut chips, coarse sand or fine gravel.
At the bottom-half centimeter put drainage example expanded clay.
How to conduct transplant
If you spend the first transplant after purchase, carefully clean the roots from the ground and put in a new earthen mixture.
With the planned transplant dratsenu remove together with the land. Gently shake off the ball and place it in a new pot, the bottom of which the drainage and a little soil. Fill the void along the walls and tamped.
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How to fertilize dratsenu
Spend feeding from April to August or September. The optimal frequency - once every two weeks.
Use complex fertilizer for houseplants.
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How to treat dratsenu
Pay attention to the condition of the plant. His appearance will tell you what mistakes are made to clean.
Lower leaves wither
Cause: natural process.
The withering away of the lower leaves, live 2-3 years, and the gradual exposure of the barrel - normal for dracaena. If the upper part is still green, no cause for concern.
Pale variegated leaves
Causes:
- lack of light;
- excess nutrients in the soil.
If the problem is in the light, just pick up the green for your pet better place. If the matter is overfeeding, change the soil.
Dry leaf tips and edges
Causes:
- lack of irrigation;
- too dry air;
- drafts.
Restore damaged leaves will not work. But in order to avoid problems in the future, pay attention to the maintenance of the plant. Pick more appropriate watering schedule periodically spray dratsenu and protect it from drafts.
Leaves become flaccid and droop
Cause:
- Gulf;
- hypothermia.
It is especially dangerous hypothermia, when the earth in a pot still wet: the roots may rot.
When the Gulf remove the plant from the pot. Shake off the ground wet and dry root system with paper towels. Remove the rotten roots and treat cuts pounded charcoal.
After the plant in the dry land. Do not water the first 3-4 days.
The leaves begin to turn yellow
Causes:
- problems with irrigation;
- lack of nutrients.
Follow a regular watering schedule and fertilize the plant, in order to avoid problems.
dies tip
Cause: root rot.
Trunk at the same time too soft and prominaetsya. At this stage, save the plant will not succeed, as its roots rotted.
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Checklist for care for dratsenu
- Dratsenu provide enough light, but protect it from direct sunlight.
- Do not leave in a draft.
- Avoid sudden changes in temperature.
- Watering when the soil is dry about half.
- Clean the leaves of dust.
- Spray, if the air in the apartment is hot and dry.
- Repot in accordance with the growth rate.
- From spring to early autumn fertilize every two weeks.
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