Tip 1: How to care for azaleas
Tip 1: How to care for azaleas
Azalia is pleased with the long, lush and beautifulFlowering, a wide variety of colors. But this flower is pretty cranky. To enjoy its bright colors, you need to know the basic principles of care for it during periods of flowering and dormancy.
Instructions
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In the first place you need to understand that azaleaLoves the coolness - this flower does not tolerate heat and dryness. The normal temperature for it is 10-15 ° C. During the flowering period, the temperature in the room should not exceed 18 ° C. Such conditions are not easy to achieve in modern apartments, but there are ways to deceive the flower - cover the pot with ice or snow, water and sprinkle water from the refrigerator. Buying azalea in the store, think about whether you can create such conditions for her.
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Acquire azalea, which recently startedflowering and in reserve there are still many small buds. Do not transplant the plant immediately, wait for the end of flowering, when the plant will enter a state of rest. When transplanting, take a new pot, much larger in size. Since the main part of the azalea roots is in the upper layers of the soil, a small but wide pot is perfect. The ground is bought in the store, since azalea loves acid soil, and at home it is difficult to prepare it. Before transplanting, remove the wilted buds and brown leaves. In a month, pinch the tips of the shoots, do the same three times before flowering. Transplant a young plant every year, and mature plants - every three years.
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Azalea does not tolerate dry soil, so waterIt should be at least three times a week, and if the house is hot - every day. The water must be stagnant or thawed, necessarily cold. For spraying, it is better to take discs water, so that there are no white spots on the beautiful leaves. Do not touch flowering buds when sprayed. After watering, do additional fertilizing once every two weeks in the evening. To do this, buy fertilizers with special acidulants for the soil. Flowers that have already faded, it is necessary to carefully unscrew, so that azalea does not waste energy on the ripening of seeds. At the time of bookmarking the buds, shorten the watering a little.
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During the flowering of azalea, a goodlighting. For this purpose, south-east and south-western window sills are well suited, away from heating batteries and closer to the window frame. In the rest period, which usually comes in the end of March, put the azalea on the balcony, place it in a shady place or prikopayte pot in the garden, where there are no direct sun rays. Fortunately, azalea is well tolerated by drafts. But she is afraid of spider mite, gray rot and blotchiness. To prevent fungal diseases, treat the flower with 1% Bordeaux fluid. With proper care azalea will certainly color life with its bright colors and will please the flowers with cold winter.
Tip 2: How to take care of room azalea
Azalea is one of the beautifully flowering speciesplants, belongs to the family of shrubs of the genus Rhododendron. The amazing beauty of a flower with a tender and sensual scent. It is a very whimsical plant, so it is necessary to provide very good care for growth and flowering.
Instructions
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Azalea must be kept in acidic soil with a pH level of 3.8-4.5 units. The soil should be moderately loose and contain coniferous soil, peat and sand.
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Azalea likes moisture, so the flower is necessarywater twice a day and periodically spray. Once in 3-4 weeks, the flower should be fed with mineral and organic fertilizers, and during the flowering of azalea, irrigation with a solution of superphosphate is required.
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The flower does not tolerate heat and stuffiness, so the mostThe optimum temperature for azalea fluctuates around 12-17 degrees. The flower likes shaded places, does not tolerate direct sunlight, so do not put the flower on the south side.
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A flower transplant should be dealt with only inExtreme cases, not more than once a year. Pruning azaleas can only be done after flowering, gently removing only much overgrown or weak shoots.
Tip 3: How to care for a camellia
Camellia requires careful care. The main reasons for the failures of beginning flower growers when growing it are low humidity, high temperature, unsuitable soil composition and lack of light.
Instructions
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Camellia needs bright diffuse light, the bestThe conditions for its cultivation are created on the eastern or western windows. If you chose the southern direction, you need to take care of protection from direct sunlight. On the north side of the camellia may not have enough light for normal growth.
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In the spring and summer you need to maintain the temperatureair at the level of + 20-25 ° C, to reduce the buds it is reduced to + 18-20 ° C, and during flowering, during the period from December to February, it should not exceed + 12 ° C. If the temperature is higher, flowering will occur sooner, but the quality of the flowers will be worse, while the probability of falling buds increases. When the light day is short, the buds are bookmarked at + 8-10 ° C.
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Preferred for this plant is a highair humidity, so it is desirable to regularly spray it with soft standing water, and also put the pots on pallets with moist peat or expanded clay. Spraying should be done carefully, trying not to get moisture on the flowers.
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In summer, the camellia should be watered abundantly when the top layer of the soil dries. For irrigation and spraying, you need to use soft water, this plant does not tolerate an elevated calcium content in it.
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Camellia needs fresh air, in summer itYou can take out on the street, only you should choose a place, protected from direct sunlight. Young plants should be transplanted annually, and adults - every two years. The transplant is carried out from November to February, when the camellia is at rest. If you spend it in the spring, it can prevent the development of new shoots.
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The soil in which the camellia is grown must beacidic (pH 4.5-5), but the plant can successfully develop and on more acidic soils with a pH below 4. To prepare the substrate, use two parts of peat land, the same amount of heather and leaf, as well as one part of the turf and sand.
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You can use ready-made primer for azaleas,Camellias and rhododendrons. At the bottom of the dishes you need to create a good drainage. Camellia can not be planted deeply, when planting it must be carefully monitored, so that the root neck, which is between the roots and trunk, is not covered with earth.
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Feed the camellia once in the spring. Do not apply fertilizer in the fall, this can provoke the formation of new shoots, which is undesirable during rest periods. Acquire special compositions for plants of acid soil or conventional complex fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and potassium. Concentration should be reduced by half compared with that recommended on the label. You should avoid drugs that contain calcium and magnesium, these elements are in tap water, and their overabundance can lead to the death of the plant.
