3 frequent and dangerous mistakes in taking care of plants winter

I love the New Year holidays and the fresh snow, but from a lack of winter sun get depressed. My room also flowers in the cold season feel worse. But I'm not in a hurry to treat them or fertilize. After all, they usually do not suffer due to pests, disease or lack of vitamins, and other reasons. So what's the deal?

The plants do not have enough light

How it manifests itself:

• drawn stems and internodes;
• leaves become smaller and paler, begin to fall off in large numbers;
• inflorescences very little, or not at all.

Of course, we can not make the sun shine more, but to do something out:

• You move the potted plants on window sills or the south east.
• Open your thick curtains, behind which hide the plants in the bright summer sun.
• Remember to wash the windows, clean the leaves of flowers from dust.

Use artificial lighting for begonias, peperomiya, demanding orchids and some other green beauties. If this is not possible, make sure you less watering.

The air is too dry

Many of the flowers like humidity more than 70%, and even below 90%. To create an atmosphere in the house is unreal. Especially in winter, when it begins its destructive work of the worst enemy of indoor plants - hot radiators. Regular spraying is not too helpful. After the leaves dry up already after 10 minutes, and the humidity is reduced again.

In what appears a problem:

• dry up the tips of the leaves;
• fall buds and flowers, can start mass leaf fall;
• new leaf blades become smaller.

How to help your plants:

• Put them away from hot batteries.
• Pick the humidity level, e.g., in the kitchen.

• Use a room humidifier.

It can be done to plant wet "mat". To do this, take the tray, fill it with a layer of expanded clay and a little water the drainage material. Place the flower on the wet base and regularly top up the water in the tray. Do not pour a lot of fluids. Be careful not to wet slightly rastyuhi roots.

wrong watering

Winter light is low, so the photosynthesis in plants is slower. As they grow lazy, if the room temperature drops. Saw that the indoor flower limp leaves? Do not hurry to water it.

First, check to wet or dry soil in the pot. If the ground is wet, then you fill a flower.

In winter, the substrate dries slowly. Typically, in this period, watered twice less, and the water taken 2-3 times less than in the warmer months.

Adjust watering, depending on the room temperature. Wait until the upper layer of soil in the pot is dry before again take up the funnel.

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Many of the flowers in the winter months need a rest period. For example, fuchsia, gippeastrum, Caladium, achimenes. There are quite a demanding winter maintenance room representatives of flora: azalea, vrieziya, kolumneya. Beginner gardeners I recommend first to gain experience with undemanding plants that winter almost no rest. For example, a monster, spiderwort, Spathiphyllum, Dieffenbachia, Ficus.

Your room beauty are not able to talk to people, but their appearance changes tell a lot. Just follow these silent characters, especially in the winter. If the article was helpful to you, please put "Thumbs up!" Thanks. They read more: How to make a geranium bloomed luxuriously