Caring for indoor plants at home: step-by-step instructions for beginners, watering, fertilizing, replanting a flower pot

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Indoor plants are amazing representatives of the flora. In response to care and careful attitude, they respond with beautiful flowering and delight with elastic green foliage. It doesn’t matter how they came to you: whether they were a gift or purchased, without proper care, houseplants will stop blooming and wither.

There are no trifles in caring for flowers in a pot:

• They are sensitive to room temperature, lighting, humidity and other conditions.
• It is important to water them on time, cut off dry leaves, feed them, and spray them.

The company's specialists urge: be responsible when leaving for a long time on trips or business trips. Even a week's absence of watering or spraying is a test for green “pets”.

We, as a company that has been working in the field of servicing indoor plants for many years, offer flower care services. If individuals or organizations entrust watering, replanting, and fertilizing to our specialists, they can be sure that the service will be provided at a high level.

Rules of care

In winter and summer, caring for indoor plants has its own characteristics:

• Winter is a dormant period for potted flowers. All processes in them slow down, so they need to be watered less often. Feeding is not required at all and the need for a large amount of light (for example, for light-loving varieties) also disappears. But at this time, do not forget to remove dried leaves and monitor whether diseases have appeared.
• With the onset of spring, the flowers “wake up”, begin to bloom, and there is a need for feeding them, frequent watering and spraying. Their service begins to operate as normal.

To make flowers comfortable, it is necessary to create favorable conditions: the desired temperature, humidity and light level.

Preparing for winter in the fall

From September to October, the days are shorter, the weather changes, and it becomes colder. From this time on, indoor flowerpots must begin to be switched to winter mode. During the cold season, the vegetative processes of most deciduous plants slow down, and in some they stop altogether. For the winter, deciduous flowerpots are put away in a dark, cool place from the end of autumn, where they wait for spring.

To prevent flowers from experiencing stress from sudden changes in growing conditions and cold, they can be helped to “get ready to relax.” To do this, they stop feeding them, especially with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, water less frequently, moisten them and protect them from drafts.

Plants that need rest for the winter

Most bulbous and all tuberous flowers must go through winter dormancy. In autumn, their leaves naturally turn yellow and fall off or wither; you need to wait for this process and then cut the stems, leaving 2 - 3 cm.

Among the cold-loving ones, flowering ones are distinguished: tuberous begonia, fuchsia, hippeastrum, hydrangea, gloxinia, hyacinths and others.

After pruning, the plant must be treated with solutions of fungicides and insecticides to destroy and prevent diseases, fungi and pests. The roots are then stripped or left in the pot and transferred to a cool, dark place for storage. The temperature is about +5 - +10, and the roots need to be moistened periodically so that they do not dry out. Avoid overwatering, otherwise they will rot and die.

Temperature

Beginning gardeners are sure that the warmer the room, the better for the stems and leaves. This opinion has a basis: indoor flowers come from the tropics and their ancestors grew in humid and warm conditions. Despite this, many potted flowers thrive at temperatures up to 24 degrees. Even heat-loving specimens need at least 16 degrees in winter. If 17-18 degrees is not entirely comfortable for a person, then for these plants it is optimal.

The main rules for caring for indoor plants:

• Ensure the temperature in the room where they grow is no more than 24 degrees.
• Avoid temperature differences of more than 6 degrees. If the pot is on the windowsill, then in frosty weather it is better to remove it from there. On a note! Only cacti are not afraid of such changes, because their ancestors grew in deserts, where day and night temperatures differ several times.
• Create a temperature in winter of no more than 13-15 degrees so that your green “pets” experience the rest period they need. So, eucalyptus will thrive even at 5 degrees above zero.

Important! Soil temperature also matters. It is usually a couple of degrees lower than the air temperature, so it is important to protect the flower roots from hypothermia. What to do? Do not place the pot close to the glass when it is cold outside. Another solution is to place the pot on a “mat” made of foam, cork or cardboard.

Transfer

It is better to replant in the spring. This should not be done in autumn and winter, because the flower may freeze.

It is better to replant from March to early September, so that it has time to take root.

Why do they do this? Transplantation is carried out not just like that, but when the root system has grown so large that the flower does not have enough space in the pot. This manifests itself in the fact that the bud dries out too quickly and it cannot grow fully. Growth may stall.

It is advisable to replant plants annually, but some species do not require this. Some types of exotic flowers do not need such an annual procedure; it will be very stressful for them.

Perennial organisms are moved to a larger pot once every 2 years. If they grow very slowly, they can be replanted every three years.

If the plant was originally planted in a large pot, it is not at all necessary to replant it. You can simply replace the top layer; just add a few cm of fresh soil.

Light mode

Caring for house plants also means creating the right level of lighting. Two criteria are important in it: intensity and duration.

1. In spring and summer, during the period of active growth, flowers should be illuminated for at least 16 hours a day. If flowers constantly experience a lack of light (this is possible even with a lighting duration of 10 hours or less), then the synthesis of nutrients in them will slow down.
2. To provide intense lighting, you need to place pots in rooms with southern, western or eastern windows, and avoid placing them in the corners of the room. If the room has windows facing north, lighting is required. Without it, only ferns, ivy, and cyclamen can grow successfully.
3. Flowering specimens need more light.
4. Being under direct sunny windows is harmful for indoor “pets”. If the windows face south and the pots are on the windowsill, then according to the rules for caring for indoor flowers, it is necessary to reduce the light intensity by attaching paper to the glass or hanging a transparent curtain.

As part of this, we not only take care of the flowers, but also give recommendations on adjusting the light intensity, on the correct placement of pots within the room, taking into account the requirements of a particular type of plant for the level of illumination.

Trimming

Circumcision should only be performed in certain cases. This is an important point in flower care, and very individual.

In what cases is a plant pruned?

• dry parts must be removed;
• Compact plants must be maintained;
• there are deformed shoots;
• rejuvenation required;
• Sanitary pruning is carried out if the flower is sick.

This procedure is not as complicated as it might seem at first. To do this you will need to use pruners or scissors.

Trimming rules:

1. When a shoot is completely removed, it should be cut back to the very base.
2. If pruning is necessary so that the plant begins to grow and bush, trim so that a bud and 5 mm remain on the shoot.
3. If symmetry is broken, remove unnecessary parts.
4. Also prune shoots that grow towards the trunk.
5. The cut needs to be disinfected. Sprinkle them with sulfur powder.

This procedure weakens the plant and it may begin to hurt. Don't be scared, just take action. Strengthen the flowers by feeding them.

Air humidity

Caring for indoor flowers in low humidity conditions is difficult. Even abundant watering will not give results: the plant will drop its buds and stop growing. To increase humidity, we recommend using several methods:

1. Install a humidifier.
2. Spray regularly (during the growth period this can be done both in the morning and in the evening). This care should be carried out before the first rays of the sun fall on the pot.
3. Use a tray with water.
4. Cover heating radiators with wet towels (the method is effective if flower pots are on the windowsill directly above the radiators).

When servicing flowers, the main thing is not to overdo it, because excess moisture in the air (especially in combination with low temperature) is fraught with another problem - rotting.

Pests

The likelihood of pest infestation of indoor plants is highest during the summer months. However, you should regularly inspect your home garden all year round.

At the first signs of infection, you should isolate the plant from its fellow plants and remove pests from it. Special care and treatment with special means continue until complete recovery.

For methods of protecting indoor plants from pests, watch the video:

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Feeding indoor plants

Providing flowers with enough nutrients is another important task in their maintenance. In winter they do not need feeding, but in the spring and summer months it is recommended to use mineral fertilizers at least 3 times:

• in the spring, when the dormant period has ended;
• before the formation of buds;
• after flowering is complete.

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How to care for violets?

Violets should not be placed on the south side, where there is a lot of sunlight. The leaves will easily get burned and the plant will die.

The optimal temperature for a flower is 20 degrees Celsius. Violet is afraid of drafts and cold.

Rules of care:

1. It is better to water the violet not from above, but through a tray, so as not to get on the rosette of the flower. The plant needs watering 1-2 times a week.
2. You cannot spray violets.
3. The plant should be fed only when it is in flower. Young violets need nitrogen fertilizers, and adult specimens need phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.

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Love and attention

The best way to keep your plant in tip-top shape is to care for it regularly, with care and love.

Some little things , such as removing wilted flowers that take away the plant's strength, or removing dried leaves will prolong flowering and protect the plant from rot and mold, respectively. Scissors for such purposes should always be sharp and clean.

A loving gardener tries to learn as much as possible about each of his plants and care for them as best as possible.

How to care for lilies?

Lily can stay at home for up to 2 weeks. Prepare a vase for her with settled water and add an antiseptic. An aspirin tablet, activated carbon or a few crystals of potassium permanganate will do. This will prevent the flower from rotting.

Change the water in the vase daily, rinse the stems and leaves under running water.

Remove the stamens from blooming flowers, then they will bloom much longer. A bouquet of lilies will be best preserved indoors at room temperature, away from sunlight.

How to care for gerberas

Cut gerberas last from 7 to 14 days with proper care.

First, distribute the bouquet. Be careful, the flowers have fragile and thin stems. Their tips should not touch the bottom of the vase.

Cut the stem along an oblique line with a sharp knife, this will increase the supply of moisture to the plant. The water in the vase should cover the stems by 4 cm. When it evaporates, it is necessary to add liquid.

Clean and trim the stems every 3 days. To do this, rinse the ends of mucus under running water.

To disinfect, add a few granules of citric acid or an activated carbon tablet to the water.