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Unpretentious sansevieria at home requires minimal, and benefits brings a lot. Long beautiful leaves of a flower purify the air, saturate it with oxygen. Energy flower absorbs aggression and mobilizes mental abilities. Therefore, in offices and offices often stand flowerpots with "mother-in-law", one of the many names of Sansevieria. Her lanceolate straight leaves can reach two meters. Another type of plant gives a rosette of leaves, sitting on a short trunk.
Sansevieria home care with a demonstration photo
Pot for Sansevieria need to take a thick-walled ceramic, as the powerful roots of the flower can break the walls, taking up space. Young plants are transplanted once every one and a half, then after three years. In large tubs and boxes, only the top layer of soil is changed. Often transplanting Sansevieria in the spring is accompanied by a split bush.
The composition of the soil is simple; it is collected on its own from volume fractions:
- leaf earth;
- peat;
- sand;
- humus.
Take the ingredients in equal shares and add two pieces of sod land. The drainage layer can be made of expanded clay balls or pieces of foam.
If sansevieria is in bloom in the house - time to fulfill a long-conceived undertaking. A flowering plant blesses on a new business, it will be successful. Winter bloom Sansevieria is not a herald of good luck.
Watering in the care of sansevieria carried out rain or soft settled water. The plant does not require frequent and abundant moisture. Water as the soil dries, rarely in winter. Feed the Sansevieria two times over the summer with the predominance of potassium phosphate fertilizers. Excess nitrogen can cause rotting roots, loss of decoration.
Lighting in the care of sansevierie at home affects the contrast of the patterned stripes on the leaves. With a lack of light, the leaves become dull, with an excess - turn yellow. Winter lighting, to maintain the beauty of female tongue, is necessary.
The flower feels good at temperatures above 14 degrees. He, like all people from the tropics, harmful drafts, sudden changes in temperature. If the content is close to natural, you can wait for flowering, followed by a subtle aroma of vanilla.
Problems with home care for sansevieria occur due to the violation of conditions:
- If there are light areas on the leaves, you need to reduce the ambient light and temperature.
- Emerging patches of rotting leaves signal the overmoistening of the soil. Cut damaged areas, treat wounds, reduce watering.
- The leaves are pulled out and wilted - not enough light.
- The tips turn yellow and dry - cold, excessive watering, not enough light.
- An inhabited spider mite is difficult to detect at first. But the leaf pales, the plant is depressed. Wipe the sheets with a damp cloth is useful, the mite will not start.
- Inhabited thrips can be removed by insecticides, mealybugs - karbofos.
Reproduction of Sansevieria
Reproduction of the tongue tongue occurs by the seed method, division of rhizomes and cutting of the leaf.
After flowering, the pods are tied, in which pea seeds are poured and ripen. They are stored until sowing in a closed pod, each seed is placed in a separate cup. Germination lead warm.
When transplanting, the rhizomes are dismantled and with a sharp knife they separate a part of the bush or layers with the root. At the same time, open sections should be disinfected in order not to cause the appearance of rot in the future. When planting you need to count, powerful roots, growing, can break or deform the pot.
Often used for breeding sheet of sensever. An adult healthy "tongue" is chosen, usually the lower one, and cut to the ground. Propagation by a sheet of sansevieria allows to obtain several new copies.
The leaf cut into fragments of 5-10 cm is dried for two days. It is necessary at the very beginning to note the cut that will take root in the ground. It is important to consider the direction of movement of the juices.
Sansevieria, growing spirally, can be shaped. If a growing leaf is pinned and given a horizontal position for a long period, it will remain in that position.
During the reproduction of sansevieria with a sheet, the plates are deepened into the ground by 2 cm. A mini-matrye is organized from above, which is aired once a day. The container should be kept warm and in light.
Cuttings will take root in 2-3 weeks. Within two months, the children will appear, and in another 2-3 months it will be possible to plant stem cuttings, decorated completely, like a young plant.
It is necessary to know that variegation is transmitted only by dividing the bush, cuttings will give a green leaf.
Useful properties of sansevieria consist in the effective purification of the housing air and its saturation with oxygen. Juice is used as first aid for earache. In medicine, pike tail is used to prepare extracts. For healing of wounds effective skin of the leaves of sansevierii.
