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16as in the photo. Clerodendrum care at home requires a complex, but will thank for the care of beauty and fragrance. Any deviation from the tropical climate in the apartment creates problems in growing a flower. In home breeding the most common varieties are brilliant and klerodendrum Thompson.
How to care for a clerodendrum at home
There are no trifles in the agricultural technology of a flower. Compliance with the conditions of maintenance for beautiful flowering is necessary. But they are all feasible and the caring owner is waiting for the clerodendrum gratitude for the care, admire the photo!
To grow such beauty, you need to create the following conditions:
- Place the plant on the east or west window so that there is enough light, but the direct rays do not burn the tree of fate.
- Watering frequently, but so that the ground above was damp, there was no stagnation of water. In winter, watering is reduced.
- The temperature in the summer should be 18-25 degrees, and in the winter 13-15, and this is very important for abundant flowering.
- Create a moist area in the area of the flower using a pallet with drainage material in water poured below the level of placement of the flowerpots. Frequent spraying the plants on the sheets helps to saturate it with moisture.
- Feed once a week in the summer and once a month in the winter with a special liquid compound for flowering houseplants.
- Pruning is one of the methods of care for the klerodendrum of preserving the shape of the shrub and its decorativeness, the twigs are the material for reproduction.
- Regularly repot the flower, the best way to transfer.
At each stage, the growers noticed the peculiarities in the care and developed techniques for how to create the tropics in the apartment on the windowsill.
Care at home for the clerodendrum is determined by the form, as in the photo. 
. It is possible to create a shrub by formation, for which it is convenient to care for. A lianoobraznoe plant, in which thin branches diverge in different directions, according to the will of the grower, is no less picturesque. The form is created by trimming.
When and how to prune the
In favorable conditions and with good care of the clerodendrum at home, the vine can grow up to four meters in length. Therefore, pruning is carried out in several stages.
In winter, when the plant has thrown off the leaves, the shoots are removed by a third, this stimulates subsequent branching and flowering. In order to create a bush, at the beginning of a set of green mass, young twigs are shortened a little more. To get the stem, you need to leave one shoot, constantly clearing it from emerging branches. Root shoots are also plucked.
The plant itself is able to regulate its growth. In winter, some sprigs dry out, and this is normal. And in the summer if the flowers have wilted, the twig needs to be cut off and new shoots will grow, on which the buds will bloom.
For summer flowering, it is important to ensure the winter coolness. At the same time the leaves may turn yellow and crumble, and it is not terrible, the physiology of the plant. In early spring, when you take care of your home in the photo, a clerodendrum looks like this. 
Transplantation and reproduction
Transplantation and reproduction are important operations in the care of the cerodendrum flower. In five years the flowering of the bush diminishes and it is important to grow a shift for him. To do this, you can use the cuttings obtained during pruning.
The flower root system does not like to be disturbed. Therefore, the transfer method should be transshipment into a large container with a prepared drainage layer. The substrate is prepared in the composition of equal parts:
- clay mud;
- leaf ground;Peat
- ;
- sand.
Replant the plant in early spring before sap flow begins. Before doing this pruning. The transplanted clerodendrum is watered with fertilizer and put in a warm place, giving a signal that it is time to wake up.
Cut twigs can be put in water, later rooted in the ground. If the cuttings are rooted in the peat-sand mixture, then lower heating and a greenhouse are required. Replant rooted cuttings in a year. You can grow a new plant from the collected seeds.
If a home flower does not have conditions for a rest period, it may not bloom. It does not bloom if the ground is old, irregular feeding. Violations of conditions in the summer will lead to yellowing and leaf fall.
Diseases and pests of the klerodendrum
With inadequate care, ordinary indoor insects and plant pests can settle on a weakened plant. These include:
- spider mite;
- whitefly;
- aphid.
can provide good care for the Clerodendrum of Thompson. Only urgently taken measures can save the whole bush from the whitefly. It mines the leaves under the upper layer and the larvae are difficult to introduce.
Spider mite is detected by punctures on the leaves and yellowing. When there are a lot of them, the cobweb is visible to the naked eye.
If home remedies do not help in the fight against insects, use Aktellik, Fufan or Fitoverm. Repeat the treatment several times at intervals of 3 days.
If the leaves of the flower begin to turn yellow in the summer, you need to top-dress Ferrovit, and then look for the cause of chlorosis. It lies in the non-compliance with agrotechnology flower.
Creating conditions for indoor flower of clerodendum is not so difficult, it just requires constant attention, and the flower will give you a beautiful flowering and aroma.
