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Cyclamen - home care, varieties, reproduction. Feeding and proper care of cyclamen - before and during flowering Cyclamen care at home


If you have recently acquired a cyclamen, you should learn how to properly grow, feed and water this flower so that it develops well and blooms profusely. Particular attention should be paid to hydration. Each plant has its own schedule of flowering and rest - cyclamen is ready to delight you with lush inflorescences in winter period. Be glad that a green pet will give you beauty in the cold season, and do everything possible to create the most favorable conditions for him to live and develop a lush flower cap.

How to water cyclamen in the summer season?

Throughout the winter, the owners rejoiced at the bright flowering of cyclamen, dreamed that in summer time with a long daylight and warm weather, the buds will develop twice as many. Warm days have come, and the flower has froze in development, the old flowers have wilted, and new ones are not tied. It seems to the flower grower that the plant wants to drink or eat, and he begins to intensively water it with a solution of fertilizers. As a result of such care, the flower loses its strength, withers, begins to hurt.

The secret is that cyclamen lives according to its own regime: in winter it has a period of activity, and in summer it has a rest time. As soon as you notice that the flower began to produce fewer buds, discards old leaves, reduce moisture. It is impossible to leave the plant completely without water, it may die. Keep the soil slightly moist (too much water can rot the root). The frequency of watering depends on the temperature and humidity of the air in your apartment, on average, the plant needs 2 humidifications per month.

Be especially careful with specimens in which, as a result of improper care, the rhizome is covered with cracks. To prevent the appearance of rot, add 2 drops of Fitosporin to the water for irrigation. When watering, remember one thing important rule: excess moisture is detrimental to cyclamen, it is better to give it a little water than to turn the soil into a bitter swamp. Do not demand the impossible from a flower - all winter it has pleased you with bright flowering, now let it rest before the next season.

If the air in the apartment is very dry, a decorative fountain or a tray with wet pebbles and moss will help to humidify it at home. Cyclamen does not like drops on above-ground parts, so it is not necessary to spray it from a spray bottle. In extreme cases, you can spray the air around the pot, but so that the mist does not fall on the flower. Do not forget that the plant is sleeping now, you do not need to offer it active nutrition or heavy watering. Do not let the soil dry out, this will be enough.


How to water a flower in winter?

Watch the cyclamen at rest. When you notice that the bush has begun to release new leaves and buds, gradually increase the amount of water for watering and reduce the intervals between moistening. Do not change the mode of care abruptly, the plant may rot from the abundance of moisture. The frequency of watering depends on the age of the flower. Young bushes have weak roots, they need to be watered often, but not very plentifully. In a three-year-old cyclamen, a strong tuber is able to create good reserves of water and nutrients, it can be moistened less often, and the volume of water should be larger. The following conditions must also be taken into account:

  • room temperature;
  • air humidity;
  • lighting (in the light, a flower needs more water than in twilight).

For irrigation you need to take soft clean water. room temperature. It would be nice to use a key, melt or rain. During the flowering period, watering can be combined with fertilizing with fertilizer for violets. The flower responds very well to watering with water with phytohormones. But do not overfeed your pet, otherwise he will release lush greenery at the expense of flowering. Read the instructions, it should say how often to use and in what proportions to dilute the drug. It is usually recommended that top dressing be carried out no more than once a month.

Water the cyclamen as soon as the topsoil is dry. Drops of moisture have a detrimental effect on both the leaves and flowers of the plant.

  • It is most convenient to use a small watering can, the spout of which can gently moisten the soil along the walls of the pot. If you do not overdry the flower, moisture will quickly spread throughout the entire volume of the earthy coma. With this method, the tuber will also not suffer from moisture. After an hour, drain the released liquid from the pallets.
  • You can water cyclamen by immersing the pot in liquid. If tap water is used for this purpose, it should stand for at least a day. Fill the basin and place the pot in it so that the liquid does not reach the edges of the container a little. When a wet sheen appears on the surface of the soil, indicating that the water has soaked all the soil, you need to remove the flower and allow excess moisture to escape through the drainage holes.

Do not put several pots in one basin and do not use the same water for several plants. Through the liquid, an infection from a diseased bush can pass to other flowers.

Throughout the winter, cyclamen delighted you with bright inflorescences, and in May it became sad: the leaves turned yellow, the buds were not visible. So the flower is tired, it's time for him to rest. Put the pot in a cool place and switch to summer watering. Do not worry, in the warm period, many plants will delight you with lush inflorescences, and let cyclamen rest. In the winter cold, he will again release numerous buds and decorate the room with an abundance of flowers. Do not disturb your pet, let the plant rest and gain strength before the new flowering season.


Mistakes of an inexperienced grower

Each flower develops according to its schedule. If cyclamen continues to actively produce buds in summer, reduce watering and fertilizing. Novice flower growers sometimes cut flower buds in the spring to forcibly put the flower into hibernation. This can not be done, plants may die from improper care. Watch your green pets - perhaps they will begin to reduce activity not in the spring, but in the middle of summer.

Cracks in the tuber may appear in the spring, when the flower intensively stores nutrients in the underground part before hibernation. Do not overfeed the plant, water that gets into the wounds can kill it. The rhizome can crack if the owners dried the flower, and then began to water it abundantly. Moisten the soil regularly so that there are no sudden drops from thirst to an abundance of water.


Watering and fertilizing

In the summer the flower slept, and in the fall it woke up and really wants to eat. Behind a short time he needs to grow the missing leaves, form buds and release flowers. Without nutrients, this cannot be done. The plant draws food from the soil, and you must help it with this.

Cyclamen is grown indoors for beauty, no parts of it are edible. You can safely feed the flower with chemicals, they will not cause harm to health. Purchase fertilizer for violets or other indoor flowers at the flower shop. Work very well:

  • "Kemira";
  • "Flourish";
  • "Ideal".

If you are a supporter of environmentally friendly technologies and do not want to use chemistry even for plants that are not edible, you can use biological top dressing. Someone collects bird droppings, someone insists on cattle manure. You can simply collect food waste in a saucepan, fill it with water and let it brew. The liquid will absorb many beneficial compounds, and even a small addition to watering water will help houseplants get the nutrients they need.

To prevent indoor flowers from infecting infections and pests, you can use both chemicals and folk remedies. If you buy a protective chemical in a store, carefully read the instructions - is it acceptable to use it for cyclamen? The drug can be added to water for irrigation. If the flower is healthy, for prevention, the earth can be treated with infusion of onion peel, garlic or other medicinal herbs. When watering, add a remedy to the water, and the soil will be disinfected.

Few indoor flowers delight the owners abundant flowering in winter. If you want to always have flowering plants in the house, settle cyclamen in the apartment. This flower will decorate your home in the winter cold. He will not require special care - water the basket according to the schedule your pet needs, and he will thank you with flowers in the winter cold. New Year you will celebrate in a decorated bright colors room.

They react so badly to excess moisture because their tuber is prone to rotting. Waterlogged soil combined with low temperatures leads to the development of deformed flowers. It is best to water this plant 1-2 times a week, while water should be poured into the pot pan, and not on the roots. The root of cyclamen has the appearance of a tuber and is arranged in such a way that water easily accumulates in its center, where flowers and leaves emerge from the cavity. Water lingering there will provoke tuber rot and cyclamen diseases. When planting or buying a whole plant in a pot, you need to check - the tuber should rise about 1 cm above the ground. If the purchased flower does not meet these conditions, you need to urgently transplant it according to all the rules.

First sign fungal disease, which is caused by waterlogging - these are leaves that turn yellow out of season. They should be immediately removed in a special way - taking the base, unscrew it from the tuber with little or no effort. In no case should the affected leaves be pulled out or cut off - the leaf will not be completely removed in this way, and the remaining fragments will serve as an even greater source of infection. After all the leaves are twisted, the plant must be transferred to a drier mode. Check the soil moisture of cyclamen and its need for watering in several ways. The easiest option is to press the soil with your finger so that the finger sinks about 1-1.5 cm. If at the same time the soil at this depth is moist enough and sticks to the finger, the plant does not need watering yet. The second way is to check the pot for weight after watering and in a dry state. After several weeks of training, by lifting the pot, you can immediately tell whether you should water the cyclamen now or postpone it for two days.

The need for cyclamen in water directly depends on the temperature of the room and on the lighting in the room. As a rule, the warmer and lighter, the more the plant needs water, as it develops more actively in favorable conditions. The age of cyclamen also plays an important role. Young plants do not have a highly developed root system, so they need frequent, regular, but not very plentiful watering. A plant that is 3 years old or more has a good root system and prefers rare but plentiful watering. If the roots of cyclamen have filled the entire pot, such a plant should be watered more abundantly than one that still has a lot of room for the growth of the root system. Plants in clay pots are twice as likely to be watered compared to plastic pots. Burnt clay absorbs a lot of moisture from the soil and evaporates it through the walls of the vessel. After watering, the water in the pan should not remain longer than half an hour. This time is enough for the entire substrate to be soaked, after which all the remaining water from the pan is poured out.

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Tatiana Bobrovskaya July 28, 2014 | 10166

The popularity of this flowering plant is growing every year. But when buying cyclamen, inexperienced flower growers do not have to destroy the plant. How to properly care for this flower?

Purchase

It is better to choose a healthy specimen with a large number of buds, and in which the tuber rises above the ground. Before going out into the cold, the pot is packed in paper, and then in a plastic bag. At home, the packaging is removed after about an hour. A thorough inspection of the plant under a magnifying glass to detect diseases and pests will subsequently save you from many troubles. Transportation, change of conditions is a serious stress for a new pet, so it is advisable to treat it with some kind of adaptogen (Epin or Zircon).

Temperature

In winter, cyclamen is comfortable at 10-14 ° C. I tried to keep my plants in a wide range - from 0 ° C to 20 ° C. Cyclamen does not respond well to higher temperatures. In this case, it must be sprayed daily with water, but make sure that water does not fall on the germ zone of the corm and flowers. A sudden change in temperature can lead to a disease (botrytis).

light requirements

Cyclamen likes good lighting, but it must be protected from direct sunlight. The formation of peduncles begins with a day length of more than 10 hours. In winter, in the absence of additional lighting, the formation of buds slows down. Conducted experiments: kept on the north and east windows, as well as the glazed loggia of the southeast orientation. Didn't use backlight.

1. On the north window, at a temperature of 18 ° C, the leaf petioles were stretched, the flower stalks were fragile, the plant was falling apart. The buds were laid weakly, flowering is uneven. Nevertheless, cyclamen bloomed annually from late autumn to early March.

2. On the east window, at a temperature of 20 ° C, it bloomed for two years without rest, simultaneously opening up to 19 flowers. I think that the cool east window - the best place. Contrary to popular belief, a tuber can have more than one point of growth. My fifteen-year-old specimen has three, each with rosettes of leaves and flowers.

3. On the loggia the temperature was kept in the range from 0°C to 10°C. The plant had a compact rosette of leaves and a dense bouquet of flowers. The buds opened slowly, but individual flowers lasted over a month.

Proper watering and ventilation

Cyclamens are watered evenly, always with soft settled water, without overdrying and avoiding water stagnation. Cyclamen has a very delicate root system that needs a lot of air, so it is advisable to loosen the soil after watering. With excessive moisture in the substrate, the roots develop weakly or die. In no case should water be allowed to enter the middle of the rosette of leaves.

I do not water through the pan, because I find that it is not always possible to wet the substrate (especially peat) well if it is dry. Water preferably in the morning. high humidity in the cold season entails diseases of gray rot, botrytis. However, during active growth and budding, the earthen ball should not be overdried - this greatly affects the quantity and quality of flowers.

Landing

The soil is loose, nutritious, breathable, slightly acidic (pH 5.5-6.5), for example, from peat, sand, leaf ground and agroperlite (it creates additional aeration and allows delicate roots to develop better). Drainage is a must.

Pots are selected depending on the size of the tuber. Cyclamens do not like large containers, the space between the tuber and the edge of the pot is preferably no more than 2-3 cm. It is important to ensure that the tuber rises 1/3 above the soil surface. Deepening leads to decay, in addition, fewer buds are formed. However, with excessive exposure, the tuber becomes woody, grows poorly and also produces few flowers.

For creating optimal conditions tuber development I cover it with a layer of sphagnum moss. When transplanting, I do not tamp the substrate, but only lightly squeeze and water it. In order to prevent fungal diseases, Fundazol (2 g per 1 liter of water) can be added to the first watering.

fertilizers

The plant is demanding on top dressing, and especially balanced fertilizers with trace elements that do not contain chlorine (Belvito, Agricola). The quality of flowering is especially affected by the lack of iron. With a deficiency of potassium, young leaves become light. The leaves turn yellow and with a lack of boron. However, excessive doses of fertilizers can cause root burns, seedlings are especially sensitive (for them I reduce the dose by half). Too much nitrogen can cause tubers to rot.

The diet depends on the growing season, soil type and stage of cyclamen development. It is important that the plants do not experience unnecessary stress. On hot sunny days, I reduce the doses of fertilizers by half. You can also use organic top dressing - an infusion of cow dung (1:10) or bird droppings (1:25).

rest period

It is traditionally believed that after flowering, leaf petioles, peduncles should be removed, and top dressing should be stopped. However, my friend, after such a procedure, new leaves grow at the time when my plants bloom.

For 15 years of cultivation, my cyclamens have never completely shed their leaves; I do not artificially send them to rest. Usually, as soon as individual leaves begin to turn yellow, I reduce watering, without bringing the earthen lump to dryness. I do not cut wilted flowers or yellowed leaves, but pull them out very carefully, trying not to damage the growth zone.

I transplant into a fresh substrate at the beginning of the dormant period. After some time, new leaves begin to grow, the roots of cyclamens do not die off, but remain viable. At this time, I keep the plants in bright diffused light.

reproduction

Persian cyclamen is often propagated by seeds. Such plants better adapt to the microclimate of the apartment. Let me remind you that seeds germinate in the dark.

I will dwell a little on pollination, which is carried out in the morning. The flowers should be fresh, and the pollen should be bright yellow, easily crumbling. Pollen ripens on the second or third day after the opening of the bud. It is desirable to pollinate several days in a row. The structure of the flower does not allow the use of a brush, so the peduncle is clicked several times with a finger. After fertilization, the corolla flies around, the peduncle bends to the edge of the pot, and the ovary hides under the leaves. The fruits are tied only in winter or autumn.

From the beginning of pollination to the collection of seeds, cyclamen is recommended to be kept in a bright place at a temperature of 18 ° C during the day and 12-14 ° C at night. Under this regime, it will take about 100 days for the seeds to ripen, and if the ovary deviates from it, there will be less ovary, and it will take about 140 days. When the fruit turns slightly yellow and the pedicel becomes lethargic, the ripe box opens from the middle to the edges (it is better to remove it a little earlier and put it to ripen). There is an opinion that it is better to sow all the seeds, since often beautiful terry forms are obtained from feeble seeds and weak seedlings.

I don’t propagate cyclamen by dividing the tuber, as it rots and dies (there was a sad experience).

Despite the fact that cyclamen is a lover of moist air, it is absolutely not necessary to fill it with water and grow it in a swamp. It is impossible to clearly say how often to water cyclamen, but it is enough reliable way to check this - just try the soil with your fingers, or rather stick your finger into the ground. If the soil has not yet dried out to the length of one finger, there is no need to water the flowerpot. If the finger is completely dry, then you can safely water. Specifically, there is no way to say how often to water cyclamen, or how many times to water cyclamen per week, you just need to observe the plant and check the condition of the soil.

How to water a cyclamen flower

It will not be superfluous to understand in general how to properly water cyclamen, as well as how to water a cyclamen flower without exposing it to the risk of disease. You should never water the plant itself, leaves, stems, tubers. In such cases, gray rot disease or other fungal diseases may develop, which most often cause the death of the plant.

How to water cyclamen in a pot

Considering that in most cases cyclamen grows in pots at home, it is advisable to tell you how to water cyclamen in a pot so as not to harm the plant and not cause unnecessary trouble to yourself. To do this, the pot must be placed in a large container of water for 15 minutes. After that, take it out, allow excess water to drain and put it back in the pots. So it is guaranteed that water will not get on the plant itself, and the earth will be saturated with moisture in sufficient quantities.

If watering is still carried out in the standard way, then it is worth pouring water under the walls of the pot.

How to water cyclamen during flowering

It is very important to carry out the correct watering of the plant during the period when it is covered with flowers, during the flowering period. So that it lasts as long as possible, and the flowers do not fall off, you need to carefully monitor the condition of the soil, do not let it dry out and do not remain too moist. In order to ensure that water does not fall on the leaves and flowers in any case, it is recommended to use a small funnel, the spout of which must be attached to the wall and simply run along the entire length of the pot wall, slowly pouring water. excess water drain from the pan in an hour - that is how much time the plant and soil need to get enough water for themselves.

How to water Persian cyclamen

There are no special recommendations on how to water. It is also important to check the condition of the soil and water only when the top layer dries out. Excessive soil moisture can lead to rotting of leaves and tubers, and too dry soil increases the risk of plant infestation by mites. Water for irrigation should be chosen at room temperature.

How to water cyclamen in winter

Recommendations on how to water cyclamen in winter are the same as for watering it during the flowering period, because winter is the flowering period for it. It is important to pay attention to the temperature of the water - too cold and not too cold. high temperature air, it can lead to deformation of flowers and disease of the plant.

About how often to water cyclamen in winter, you just need to focus on the condition of the topsoil.

How often to water cyclamen in summer

Many people think that in summer cyclamen does not need to be watered in principle, since it is in a dormant period, does not grow and does not seem to require moisture. The statement is completely false. Watering is necessary, it is only important to know how often to water cyclamen in summer. So that the tubers do not crack and, moreover, do not die, you need to water the plant no more than 1 time every 2 weeks. Water for irrigation is chosen warm, may be enriched with phytohormones.

Cyclamen is a very beautiful indoor plant with very beautiful flowers. It gives the dwelling a cozy and well-groomed appearance also by the fact that it blooms in winter and autumn (October-March), when there is so little greenery. It is for this reason that many prefer to choose this flower. In the article we will tell you how to water cyclamen at home, how often and with what.

Cyclamen is indoor flower that reproduces by tubers. Florists very often breed two varieties - Persian and European. The Persian is slightly larger than the European counterpart. At the same time, even more common in homes is Persian cyclamen. Its flowers have all shades of red and pink, and there are also purple and variegated varieties.

Cyclamen is a fairly common houseplant, as it blooms very beautifully and does so throughout the winter and late fall. Just when there is so little greenery around.

Ways to water home and garden plants - compare the differences

Garden plants can be watered in a variety of ways. For indoor plants, there are only three options for watering. To water houseplants, you can use the three most common options: using a small watering can, using a drip tray, and watering with immersion.

The first way is the most common. Take a watering can with a rather thin spout or a watering can with a special small hose. She is released along the edge of the pot where the flower is planted, in a circular motion I water the flower. If you do not put a nozzle on the watering can, the water will splash in different directions and the soil will remain on the lower leaves of the flower. Brown spots subsequently form on these leaves. So experienced growers recommend watering geranium, balsam, fuchsia, anthurium, azalea, jasmine and indoor maple.


 Watering through the pallet - the most best option for cyclamen

The third way is immersion. Pots are taken in which flowers are planted and lowered into a bucket or other container with a large diameter. In this case, water should not reach the upper edge by about 3-2 centimeters. Flowers stand until the substrate in the plants is moistened. The most important condition is the fixing of the substrate before watering the plant. Before immersing the plant in a container, it is necessary to put on a circle of fine mesh. It is cut out in advance with a diameter equal to the diameter of the pot. In the nets, they also make a hole for the plant itself and fix it using an elastic band. You can use such watering for ferns, orchids, azaleas, camellias and other plants.

for watering garden plants apply watering with a watering can, a garden watering hose, a special irrigation system. Watering methods are also diverse - you can use plain water, or you can use rainwater.

How to properly water the different varieties of Cyalamen

Water with a neutral environment is the best liquid for watering a plant. This characteristic is the water collected after rain and snow, as well as river water. The pH level in it is about 7. The most unsuitable in this list will be water from standing sources - a lake or a well.


 For home flowers, the best option is water with a neutral environment. Most often it is water collected after rain or snow, water from the river.

Mix boiling water and cold water for watering a flower, you can, if running water before that it was cleared of chlorine. It is recommended to boil the water taken from under the edge (it has a high hardness) and stand for at least 24 hours. Water is thus saturated with oxygen and potassium and magnesium salts precipitate as a sediment at the bottom of the tank. Water before irrigation is carefully poured into another container, and the sediment is left in the used container. Cold drinking water it is also necessary to defend for two days to get rid of chlorine.

If the water is too alkaline, then it can be made with a neutral pH level in these ways. First: add 0.1 grams to 1 liter of water citric acid; second: ascorbic acid in the amount of 1/3 tablet is dissolved in 1 liter of water; third: carefully add vinegar essence to the water in drops, without ceasing to check with litmus paper.

Features of watering Cyclamen after transplantation and during flowering


 When watering flowers, immerse their pots in a container of a larger diameter. It is important that the water is at the level of the plant pot and does not reach 3-2 centimeters.

The flower is transplanted immediately after the end of flowering, this is around March. A few weeks before this, reduce the amount of water that feeds the plant. Remove all dried leaves and transplant. After transplantation, around the beginning of summer, the amount of water is increased. During the day, it is recommended to produce 2-3 sprayings of the flower.

In early September, that is, a month before the beginning of the flowering period, if the root system has completely occupied the pot in which the plant is planted, it is again transplanted into a larger pot. The most important thing with this transplant is to deepen the root system. If a transplant is not required in the autumn, the flower is simply moved to a bright and cool place in the home. Prior to this, pre-clean upper part root system.

During the flowering period, Persian cyclamen is watered abundantly, but it is not necessary to overmoisten the soil. During the period when the plant does not bloom, it is recommended to significantly reduce watering and simply prevent the soil from drying out in the flower. It is necessary to water the flower very carefully and try not to get water on the top of the tuber and on the shoots. The plant may begin to rot if this happens. Water is used soft, settled.

Tip #1 It can be advised to pour water for irrigation first into the pan, and then water the flower with it.

Adding liquid fertilizer: analysis of brands, their advantages and disadvantages, how and when to water

All mineral fertilizers are divided into nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and complex. Nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus are the main nutrients for houseplants. Nitrogen fertilizers are used during the period of active plant growth for good growth and development of flowers and shoots. Potash fertilizers are needed for plant growth. Complex fertilizers are universal for all decorative flowers.

When preparing recipes, you need to know that simple and double superphosphates are poorly soluble, and nitrogen fertilizers are divided into amide, ammonium and nitrate fertilizers according to nitrogen quality. Houseplants are able to assimilate only the ammonium form, and all other species are carried out to it with the help of biochemical reactions.

Persian cyclamen is usually watered with liquid fertilizer about once every two weeks. Fertilizers contribute to the proper development of the flower and beautiful flowering. The most commonly used complex mineral fertilizer or fertilizer for flowering plants. You can not fertilize the flower during the dormant period.

If the leaves turn light green or yellow, then it is recommended to water the plant with iron chelate or spray the leaves. Liquid fertilizers for indoor plants are produced by Agricola , "Pokon", "Garden of Wonders" and Green World".

Watering with various infusions: folk remedies, analysis of methods and recipes

Watering home flowers using various folk recipes has been used for quite some time. Read also the article: → "". Among them, the most common ways are to feed the flower with a solution of yeast, banana peel, sugar, succinic acid, wood ash and eggshells. Let's analyze the most common of them.

Preparation and application of a solution with yeast

Yeast is a fairly popular home-made fertilizer among flower growers. In this familiar product for all of us, there are a lot of hormones, as well as cytokinins, which help accelerate cell division. Yeast also contains auxins, thiamine and B vitamins. Thanks to this, when yeast tincture is added, flowers grow faster and develop fully.

Experts have proven that tincture of their yeast makes the process of mineralization of organic matter in flowers faster, reproduces nitrogen and phosphorus and increases the activity of microorganisms in the soil. Such top dressing can partially replace top dressing with mineral fertilizers for some time. The best way this subcortex - about three times a year (immediately after being transplanted, at the beginning of summer and autumn).

Tip #2 For the greatest effect of this procedure, we recommend adding a little egg shell, crushed into powder and wood ash to the yeast.

Here is one way to prepare a nutritional yeast mixture:

  • 10 g of dry yeast is taken, 3 tbsp. l. granulated sugar.
  • All this is diluted in 10 liters warm water. If you need a smaller volume, then 1 g of dry yeast, 1 tsp. sugar and 1 liter of water.

Wood ash for feeding

Wood ash for feeding indoor flowers is also a common option. The ash contains phosphorus, iron, sulfur, magnesium, potassium, zinc, calcium. At the same time, potassium and phosphorus are readily available in it.

The liquid feed recipe is as follows:

  • Take 3 tbsp. tablespoons of ash (about 25 g) and dissolves in 1 liter of warm water.
  • The composition should be left for a week, it is recommended to water the flowers once every two weeks. Ash will benefit fuchsia, geranium, begonia and cyclamen.

Tincture for cyclamen from sugar

Sugar is an indispensable source of glucose for both plants and animals. In cyclamen, it performs the same functions and contributes to the production of energy in flowers in order to grow. An ideal material to stimulate the formation of organic molecules. But it is necessary to feed with sugar in the presence of a sufficient concentration of carbon dioxide. Effective microorganisms ("EM", "Baikal EM - 1", "Vostok EM - 1") can provide such a concentration. If this is not done, then rot and mold will start in the roots of the flower.

You can make a nut soy like this:

  • Take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar per 1 liter of water.
  • It is recommended to water the solution once every 30 days.

Dried banana peel as a fertilizer

The peel from these fruits is a fairly well-known top dressing for cyclamen and other house flowers. Most of all it contains calcium. The recipe is this:

  • Take a fresh skin, rinse well with cold water. We dry.
  • When the peel is completely dry, it is filled into a coffee grinder and a powder is made.
  • It is poured into the soil and poured with water about 1 time per month. It can also be mixed with soil during transplantation in a ratio of 1:10.

Adding Water-Retaining Material to the Soil: Advantages and Disadvantages

Faced with high moisture content in the soil, a person who breeds houseplants will probably think about what to add water-retaining material and how to do it. Additives are of two main types - these are mineral substrates and organic substrates. Mineral substrates provide good soil moisture and prevent the formation of a crust on it. The main substrates of this group are vermiculite and agroperlite.

Vermiculite- a mineral from the group of hydromica, having a layered structure with additional molecular interlayer water. This is swollen mica. Adding it to the soil mixture improves its structure, improves water-physical properties

The main advantages of vermiculite:

  • Plants are more resistant to low temperatures and lack of water. The flower is less susceptible to various diseases.
  • Very good as a soil conditioner. The soil does not crack, it is denser and crusts on it also form less. Seeds germinate faster as it is a plant growth stimulator.
  • Seedlings after the application of vermiculite grow faster and are ahead of the same shoots by about 2.5-3 weeks. Vegetables ripen much faster. The fruits contain more, about 40-45 percent of protein, carotene and other substances necessary for the human body.
  • Helps keep the soil from drying out and keeps the plant warm in winter.

Perlite- mountain glass of volcanic origin. The substance arose as a result of a volcanic eruption, namely at the edge of the collision of the volcanic mass and the earth. It crumbles into small balls and has a pearl luster. Therefore, it has such a name. Perlite is a very effective soil loosening additive that also improves soil air circulation and moisture exchange. Organic substrates are mainly used for plants such as eggplant, peppers and tomatoes that require a lot of moisture.

What can excess moisture lead to, how can you determine the need for watering by appearance

Flower growers who do not have enough experience try to water the flowers as often as possible. They do it every day and pour enough a large number of water. Excess moisture in the soil does not allow oxygen to reach the root system. The soil turns sour, the leaves turn yellow, the roots rot. In this case, emergency measures are taken to the plant. It is knocked out of the pot, planted for a couple of hours in some container to dry the soil and planted again in a pot with good drainage.

If there is little water in the soil, then the leaves of the plant begin to wither and dry out without even turning yellow. Then it is recommended to water the plant in several doses a little bit or place the container with the plant in water. It is necessary to wait until the disappearance of bubbles on the surface of the water.

  • Remember the flower will be better if you water rarely, but a lot than often, but little by little.
  • The water in the pan must not stagnate.
  • The degree of soil moisture is best checked by hand.
  • Abundant watering of the flower is required during the period of active growth.
  • Plants that prefer warm and bright rooms require more moisture.

Automatic irrigation systems: brand analysis, advantages and disadvantages

One of the most common atomic watering systems for indoor plants on the market is Rain Smart. The advantages of this system include the fact that it can easily serve automatically from 1 to 8 plants, watering through a pallet is possible, compatible with any container, does not require additional maintenance, and is resistant to power outages. The disadvantages of this system include the fact that it is designed just the same for up to 8 colors, if you have more, you will have to install two or more devices and a tank of up to 10 liters, so you will have to calculate how long you will be away and when to fill the tank device.


 One of the most popular automatic irrigation systems indoor plants during the holiday - the volume of the container is approximately 10 liters
Ash The content of the main elements in%
Phosphorus Potassium calcium
Hardwood 3,5 10,0 30,0
conifers 2,5 6,0 35,0
Peat 1,2 1,0 20,0
Kizyak 4,8 11,3 8,5
Cereal straw 4,0-8,0 10,0-20,0 4,0-8,0
Buckwheat straw 2,5 30,0-35,0 18,5
Sunflower stems 2,5 36,0-40,0 18,0-19,0
slate 1,5-1,5 1,0-1,5 65-80