Some subtleties Myrtle cultivation

Myrtle - a relic culture, its cultivation were engaged by the ancient Greeks. The bush contains a volatile: substances cleaning the air of harmful microorganisms. Its oil is used in folk medicine and perfumes; fruits and leaves - in cooking.

cultivation

Myrtle is one of those plants that need a dormant period. In the summer and in the winter it needs a variety of conditions of detention. In the warmer months, you can make a bush in the garden and prikopat it with the container in the ground.

But myrtle should be protected from the direct rays of the sun. In conditions bush premises will grow well at about 23 degrees.

To plant bloomed in summer, in winter it is necessary to put in a cool place, for example, balcony or veranda.

In warm conditions the content of it can fall off the leaves. In this there is nothing wrong: spring bush leaves escalate again, but probably will not bloom.

If the bush has grown, it can be propagated in 2 ways: sowing seeds and cuttings. In the first method flowering occurs only at the 5 year life of the plant, so it is not popular.

In the second method, the cut stem is placed in a container of moist soil at an angle of 45 degrees, the cut is covered with a plastic bottle. Once a day, the plant must be ventilated.

About a month later hatch roots. Thereafter, the seedlings are placed in small pots.

Care

For the rapid buildup of green mass and flowering, plants need to provide favorable conditions.

1. Humidity

On a daily spraying in the period of growth myrtle react growth of young shoots. It is also possible to install next to the plant humidifier or place it in a tray of wet pebbles.

2. Watering

In summer produce is often in the winter - a moderate. The container must have a hole to drain the water: when it is stagnant roots can rot.

3. The soil

It should be light, consisting of a turf, peat, sand and perlite; acidity maintained at a moderate level.

4. Fertilizer

Beginning in the spring to feed the plant should be every week, first with nitrogen, to build green mass, followed by phosphorus and potassium for tying flower buds.

5. transplant

Produced annually in the spring. More mature bushes rolled over with a lump of land 1 time in 3 years.

6. pruning

Necessary for the growth of side shoots and aesthetic appearance of the plant. Also, it is possible to form the tree using any geometric shape (sphere, cone, pyramid, etc.).

Thus, applying some efforts at cultivation, grower receives a beautiful evergreen plant, which, moreover, can be formed in any form.