What is important for flower Women's happiness, so it bloomed beautifully and feast for the eyes
Home Flower Spathiphyllum is popularly known as "women's happiness." It is believed that the plant was magical, it brings happiness to the family, it helps to get married ladies lonely and fruitless - to become pregnant and find the joy of motherhood. However, such a miracle is possible only with proper care, love and care about him.
What conditions loves Female happiness
Spathiphyllum flower produces a white or pale green, outwardly similar to the inflorescence calla. In order to get a beautiful flowering, the plant is necessary to provide as close to the natural conditions of detention.
His birthplace - tropical forests, where it is hot and humid. For the comfort of "a woman's happiness" requires heat, air temperature when the content should be at 20-25 ° C in the warm season.
The slight decrease in temperature in the cold season, but care must be taken to rate on the room thermometer does not fall below 16 ° C, lower rates lead to the fact that the freeze plant and perish.
In tropical forests it rains, so Spathiphyllum accustomed to high humidity, excessively dry room microclimate fatal for it.
Ensure a flow of moist coolness can use the spray. Especially these measures are needed during the heating season and the hot hot summer.
For spraying must take soft water at room temperature. The water should fall only on the leaves. The ideal solution would be to purchase a humidifier.
It is natural and necessary to ensure regular watering, drying earthen clod is strictly not allowed. The first sign of lack of moisture Spathiphyllum - yellowing foliage.
In order to prepare the optimal water for irrigation "women's happiness," it is necessary to defend 12 hours, and add to it a pinch of citric acid (to 1 liter).
It can be placed in a tray of pebbles plant - expanded clay, gravel, and constantly moisturize them. Such a climate will positively affect the "well-being" of the plant.
Pots with "women's happiness" must be placed at a sufficiently bright window (east, west), but be sure to shade the leaves from direct sunlight.
How to stimulate flowering
Not Spathiphyllum blooms on the north side of the window. So that it bloomed it must stimulate. For this experienced growers recommend to arrange a flower short-term shock.
Warning, the plant needs to be healthy. Thus, for 14 days pot endure in a cold room with air temperatures not exceeding 12 ° C. The plants are then put on his usual place and fed.
If you use such drastic measures do not want to, you can try to use stimulants, fertilizers, such as "Sen polia", "Kemira Suite," "Uniflor-bud."
Use them according to the instructions you need to twice a month during the period from March to October. Formulations for bloom must not contain nitrogen.
A beneficial effect on the initiation of bud feeding of a weak solution of bird droppings or cow manure. However, this method to be zealous not worth it.