Hosts - plant for the lazy. subtleties of care
Do not think that to become a happy owner of a luxurious garden - a lot of favorites. Undoubtedly, the creation of beauty by any stretch - it is a certain labor, multiplied by patience.
But there is a chance to please yourself and others diversity, splendor and, at the same time, the accuracy of green space in their garden. Such a possibility can give, perhaps, only the host.
What is so good hosts
1. They are beautiful.
2. Undemanding of care.
3. Varied in color and shape of leaves.
4. Can become the basis for any flower bed.
5. Centenarians.
Host - one of the favorites of most of the designers of the landscape, as, indeed, and the simple amateur gardeners. This plant has the beauty and organic, that with incredible ease and elegance allows it to fit into any floral arrangement.
Stable decorative hosts allows it to be the center of attention and admiration for long periods: the first leaves appear in May, and only towards the end of October, they gradually wither.
Care Hosts
Endurance and extreme simplicity of this plant helps it to survive and feel great even with the minimum maintenance. But a little care and attention, however, will not harm the host.
In gratitude, she will appreciate the lush armfuls of leaves with a healthy and strong structure.
The basic rules of the host worries
· Choosing the right soil
When choosing a site for planting should give preference to the more fertile the soil composition. If this is not possible, then the soil enrichment adjustments can be made with the help of fertilizers.
· Fertilizing
The most common feeding in a liquid form (not more than once every two weeks) with watering as the soil and the whole plant. Granular fertilizers are more easily absorbed by the moist soil.
We should avoid contact with the pellets on the leaves to prevent them from burning.
· Watering
The ideal option would be considered to maintain the soil moist most of the time. Moisture is essential for the tying and the emergence of new, healthy leaves.
Recommended watering regime in the hot weather: daily in the morning and in the evening.
After landing in the ground hosts the first time (from 3 to 4 years) fertilization is not considered mandatory. At this stage, it should apply only mulching the soil around the plant, but no more than twice a year.
The overabundance of fertilizer can lead to freezing plants at low temperatures in the winter season.
Stimulated dressing-grown leaves will not be able in time to prepare for the cold weather.