How to help your indoor plants to survive the summer heat without a loss: 5 Tips

Dear colleagues, as you do things stand with the weather? In the Tver region, after a short respite from the heat, the heat returned. Well, today the thermometer rolls over again, reaching division of 28 ° C.

In this situation, careful Florist adjust care for houseplants. In this publication you will find 5 simple but important tips.

My homemade flowers with the arrival of summer are transformed and went into active growth. Most of all, I was glad the emergence of new leaves in Croton bought in Leroy. 2 months trying to bring to it the spider mite. By the way, helped only scheme "Fitoverm" - "aktellik" - "Fitoverm" - "aktellik" weekly intervals between treatments:

But all is not rosy. High air temperature quickly evaporates moisture from the ground in a pot. The rays of the sun, which is currently under the maximum activity (soon Equinox), leave to burn the leaves. I do not keep track of Phalaenopsis and sheet nonweak "fry". Photo lay out below, in the relevant part of the article.

How to protect the flowers from the influence of all these negative factors?

Changing irrigation scheme

I often see the Internet advice à la: "Water the geraniums in winter N times a week, and in summer - N once a week." If you come across such a recommendation, forget about the numbers forever. Because soil moisture in the pot frequency depends on many factors. for instance:

• volume utensils;
• the type of land;
• the size of the root system and the green part;
• health houseplant;
• presence and absence of a substrate composed of perlite, vermiculite, chopped sphagnum;
• lighting;
• temperature and humidity and others.

The only true option - focus on the degree of drying of the soil and to the needs of each specific type of home flower. For example, Zamioculcas easily survive the interval between waterings in 10-14 days. Elegant Fuchsia against such treatment indignantly fyrknet, will throw the buds and leaves will dry everything. As Impatiens - another famous vodohleb from the world of indoor plant growing.

Spray or not?

I believe that healthy plants do not need spraying. Humidity they still will not pick up, giving only a one-time effect. A healthy flower can take the moisture from the ground roots.

You may think differently, and to help their wards, using a spray bottle. But I'll take it only when there are signs of thirst leaves hanging rags and after watering tugor slowly recovering.

Use special devaysa for increasing air humidity

There are plants for which humidity is important. For example, a favorite among the people Spathiphyllum (aka - "Women's Happiness"). To help the plant in the critically hot days, to artificially increase the humidity.

I for this purpose bought a humidifier. However, I use them only in winter, when the "fry" the battery:

The second business option - put the pot in a tray of wet stones. But drainage holes should not touch the water. Put the container close to the bottom of expanded clay / gravel, pour a thin layer of water is below half pebbles and hoisting the pot.

To the roots do not rot, use this method only in very hot weather. When cold, remove the pallet.

We give plants the fresh air

I will open the windows early in the morning and late in the evening when the sun is inclined to the horizontal. The house is filled with freshness.

And like the fresh air, not only me. I noticed that all indoor plants grow better if you bring them into the street. The fact is that after the sun increases the humidity, and the temperature drops during the day / night positive impact on the growth and flowering houseplants swing reminiscent of their distant lives ancestral in nature.

The most important thing - to protect from the sun

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Plants easily experiencing the sun's rays can be counted on the fingers. Especially for its south-western sill I ordered cuttings of bougainvillea, which prefers bright light.

Even unpretentious zonal pelargonium react differently to the summer sun: rozebudny and white grape leaves dry even on the east window sill on which to lunch is exposed to direct rays. By the way, soon I will write a detailed report on young growing geranium with advice, observations, and of course, photos.

Most of all went to Phalaenopsis:

When I saw this, all the orchid moved to a vertical stand for tulle.

It is better to take action in advance. The most simple variant - to stick on the bottom of the window mirror film or a piece of tulle, put in "rush hours" newspaper. If you are in the first place aesthetics - acquires a nice blinds or roman shades.

Three conditions: the warm air, the optimum soil moisture / air and an abundance of scattered light - create ideal conditions for the growth of most indoor plants. Therefore, you can use the hot summer days with benefit. I wish you all a beautiful window sills and healthy plants! If the tips were useful - please, click in response to "Thumbs up". Also I recommend that you read: How to care for irises in the garden after flowering + plant health criteria