Air baths for indoor plants: tips and tricks
Fresh air is good not only for us, but also to plants. It helps them to grow faster, the leaves remain green for a long time, and bright colors. Including this contributes to the summer "resettlement" of indoor plants on the balcony.
Dim the sun and clean air flows can transform even the withering shoots. But you need to comply with several mandatory conditions.
Precautionary measures
For some tropical plants sudden changes in temperature can be fatal. Therefore, it is important to make sure that the air was not too cold.
To get started, simply opens the window to the flower could be used to change. Do it better in the moments when the sun warms, and in order to avoid burns, we recommend to spray the leaves with water in the morning or in the evening.
Those plants that are contrary to the winter went to a cool place, gratefully respond to a large number of fresh air.
When to start air baths
Do not rush ahead of time make the plants on the balcony. You need to be sure that the temperature during the day and night will not fall below + 10-15 C, otherwise the flowers can freeze and get sick.
The first day is recommended to limit the procedure for a few hours, gradually increasing the time. So the plant will be easier to adapt to climate change.
As the warming and increased solar activity will need to remove the flowers away from direct sunlight. But before you put big pots on the floor, it is necessary to make sure that the bottom of the air warmed up enough, and going along the bottom of the cold will not hurt the plants.
As a preventive measure may be used folded several times polyethylene foam sheet which can be wrapped to make small pots or interlayer. Clay pots can be placed in a container filled with sand or peat.
What procedures can be done in parallel with air baths
As a rule, carry flowers to the balcony is best in spring, when it's warm enough, but the sun is not as bright.
Simultaneously, at this time you can take the following corrective measures:
1) prischipnut crown - is necessary in order to form a luxuriant crown;
2) transplanting - the moment most appropriate when the plant got out of hibernation, and is tuned to active growth;
3) fertilize - extra vitamins in the spring to help cope with the depletion of the soil.