Terms of care dratsenu Compact

Dracaena Compacta received for compactly located on the trunk of a dark-green leaves. Resistance of plants to grow indoors, but some of the features of its content Florist must know.

The temperature and lighting

Caring for the CD is no different complexity. Lighting it prefers a slightly diffused, with no contact with the rays of the sun leaves. Good content will withstand even at some distance from the window.

summer high temperature shifts to 30 ° C, but the bush is sprayed, as it is placed near the container with water. Winter must contain at moderate temperature, about 18 ° C, away from the radiators.

Otherwise, it may dry out the tips of the leaves. In addition to spraying, they must be periodically cleaned with a damp cloth.

Watering and fertilizing

Watering applies water to stand for several hours. Soil watered as drying of the upper layer. If the pan drained excess fluid, it is necessary to drain.

Fertilize bush begin with spring, complex fertilizer for palms 1 every 2 weeks. Since the fall reduce feeding.

Watering the soil with a solution of fertilizer produced, pre-moisten it, otherwise you may burn the roots.

Transfer

Repot the plant must be purchased in about 2 weeks, since it must adapt to new conditions. Produced handling method in a larger pot with the addition of new soil.

The container bore holes for water drainage. At the bottom of the pot is placed drainage. After the transplant, green plantings placed for some time in a slightly shaded place.

Checking for the presence of pests and diseases

The plant must be constantly inspected, so as not to miss the beginning of a variety of pathological processes. In the initial stages of coping with the disease or with the invasion of insects easier.

In advanced cases, so as not to throw green space, it is possible to try to revive the crown or stem cuttings.

The bush may wither due to incorrect care. For example, for too long the soil moisture rot the roots. An urgent need to transplant the plant, cutting the rotten roots.

Dratsenu of pests like whitefly, Jose scale, spider mites. In this case, it is treated with insecticide.

In addition to beauty, Dracaena Compacta benefit households: it is able to allocate volatile, cleaning the surrounding air.