Pineapple at home
Pineapple for many countries is considered an exotic fruit, but, despite this, it is quite popular. Primarily, due to the fact that it has a fat-burning properties.
In today's world it began to grow in the home and it's not a myth, but really the reality. It is eaten fresh or preserved in the form of juices and jams, as well as dried fruit and adds a variety of dishes.
Landing
For planting of pineapple at home, you should buy a ripe fruit, that it was juicy and pulpy. With a sharp knife cut off the tip of the leaves. Suspended for a few days so that the leaves looked down.
Place the cut should be covered with a plug of tissue, then it charcoal powder oneself, which is crushed in advance, and you can start rooting.
To prepare the soil will need:
· Turf ground;
· Peat moss;
· Ground sheet;
· Birch sawdust;
· River sand.
All this should be in such a ratio - 3: 2: 2: 2: 1. The soil gets socket and covered with 2.5-3 cm. Followed by a sprinkle pink solution of potassium permanganate.
Courtship
Earth in a pot seal is not necessary, you should leave it loose. Pineapple watered only warm water (30-40 degrees). Pot is lowered in a transparent plastic bag, it is important to maintain a moist substrate.
Summer fruit can be transplanted into a pot of a different size and a different shape. From spring to autumn be fed mullein infusion. When advancing cold, the watering is usually reduced.
If pineapple is grown on a windowsill, it is not recommended to turn it, because it may cause a slowdown in its growth.
Help in bloom
When the pineapple at home is completely formed, it is possible to draw an artificial stimulation so that he began to bloom. In one liter of water dissolves 10-15 grams of calcium carbide.
When the violent reaction stops in the center of the leaf rosette joins the resulting liquid. Action must be repeated the next day too.
After 1.5-2 months to appear spike. During this period, it is important to ensure that in the pot always kept moist soil. For the normal development of the fetus pineapple need prischipnut his point of growth.
Own fragrant, ripe and juicy fruit can already be tasted throughsix months.
Many hard to believe that the house you can safely grow pineapple, but it's true. The process is long and tedious, but it's real.