4 Reception, which will help make the beautiful host

Host - a popular ornamental plant for gardens. Her charm is successfully combined with unpretentious flower is ideal for beginners and those who do not have a lot of time for the care of the flowerbed. Of the notes you will learn how to use simple steps to make your host more beautiful - green emerald in the country or at home.

1. Choose the right place for the hosts in the garden - the first key to success

Host entered the domestic horticulture as a plant, undemanding to light. Where it just can not be found: in the shade of the trees, and in open areas. But that green beauty could show itself at its best, it is advisable to plant it in the area with sufficient light or partial shade. Excellent choice - corner of the garden, where the sun is active until noon and in the afternoon created a cozy shade. Or vice versa.

Another aspect - grade hosts. Which only plants you will not see in the catalog! It is important to pay attention to the coloring of the leaves:

• Host, in the color of leaves which have yellow, orange or white, needs good light. Planting a plant in the shade, a gardener may be upset. Due to the lack of light grade begins to swim in green, and the host can show itself in all its glory.

• Interesting variety with blue and bluish hues like a weaker light. It is recommended to plant at the corner with shading. Otherwise the plant is waiting for the same fate - care in the green.
• "Grandma" host with solid green leaves - the most undemanding option.

Of course, flowering hosts - not the most important criterion of beauty (for gardeners appreciate her by lush bushes of leaves). But, again, the appearance of delicate flowers activity occurs, if the plant gets enough light.

2. Do not forget about watering

Host - the plant without the vagaries. She's just the gardener if he misses a couple of waterings. Powerful plant is a long time to eat the moisture in the ground saved.

But! In hosts a large green mass. Evaporation of moisture, especially in hot and dry weather, of large leaves is very fast. And watering neglect significantly slows down the growth of shrub. Especially the young, has not yet had time to build up a large root system.

Therefore, if the rainfall was not a week, you need to take up the bucket. The optimum amount of water per bush is not small - 10-30 liters of water, depending on the size of the hosts. This will help the earth be filled with moisture, not only on the surface but also in depth.

This is better than watering frequently and in small volumes. Because so moisture does not receive the lower part of the root system. Yes, and there is a risk of waterlogging of the soil, which creates a threat to the plant.

3. Whether dressing for?

Before planting the bush hosts are encouraged to do "organic pillow"That is to taste the plant. At the bottom of the excavated pits put humus, compost, leaf soil and other organic matter. Bush, planted in "seasoned ground," you can not feed the next 2-3 years: plant enough food from organic stock.

Hosts planted without a pillow or a long time, the active green mass growth it is recommended to start fertilizing. Here are some options:

• Infusion mullein in a proportion of 1 to 10. The organic fertilizer is made 2 times per season: in May and closer to July.
• From the host mineral fertilizers like ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and potassium sulfate. But it's easier to buy ready-made complex preparation for decorative foliage plants. The main thing is that there were no bright predominance of potassium and phosphorus. The optimal rate of NPK - 1: 1: 1 or 1: 1: 2. Mineral water making 3 times per season: at the start of leaf growth in early summer and closer to August.

An important point: the host better underfeeding than overfeeding. The plant that went into the exuberant growth of "doping" will not have time to go into hibernation for the winter. So do not overdo it, to comply with the schedule and dosage.

4. "A haircut"

In young plants, only started to form a bush, it is recommended break off the flower stalks. It would be desirable to admire the purple florets, the process takes up the forces that at this stage We must go on building green mass. Yes, and it is believed that the shadow of the growth stems makes Bush uneven.

Question, Does the host crop for the winterIt is controversial gardeners. Some believe that the procedure is only needed for a neat flower beds. Others say: pruning leaves - an important procedure autumn. Personally, I do not crop the host, if it has not been noticed pests. I am sure that the flower itself can cope with winter in our area in its natural form (do not forget to pay attention to frost!).

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