How to change the care Spathiphyllum "women's happiness" in the autumn, so that it bloomed in winter
Hello! Spathiphyllum - easy to care for and very grateful flower. To reach out to a potted plant is easy if you know the simple rules of cultivation.
Some myths about the requirements for the "women's happiness" Care will be criticized here in part because they prevent you see the winter flowering plants.
The main rule - to understand that with the onset of autumn, and then winter room conditions change. The task grower simple: to adjust to these changes, so that the flower felt more or less stable and continued to release the arrow with the white sails. I will share with you my observations and experience. I will be glad to your feedback and comments on the topic.
Can Spathiphyllum bloom in winter?
Part florist believes that Spathiphyllum winter begins a period of rest. And he will not be dismissed. This is only partly true.
In plants, there are 2 types of rest period:
- Natural. This plant, which can not exist normally without rest. Sooner or later there comes a point of no return, after which the flower need to sleep. The plants with natural dormancy period refers, for example, gloxinia.
- Compelled. Due to the setback, lack of lighting or other factors slowed down the development of the flower. Until then, until the favorable conditions will be returned. As soon as the weather warms and prigreet sun, the plant again begins to turn green and fragrant.
Spathiphyllum is growing in the wild in the tropics, where the winters in understanding there is no Russian. This means that in our latitudes, on our windowsills he may fall only in the forced rest.
But we will do everything to prevent this from happening!
Watering
It argued that Spathiphyllum - known vodohlob and not fill. Misinformation can play a cruel joke, especially in autumn and winter.
In the autumn of heating does not start immediately. In winter, the cold can go from glass. Therefore, we use the universal rules:
- The cooler in the area of the pot, the less watered;
- We focus on soil moisture, and not on the "schedule" watering.
The soil should always be slightly moist. Make sure that water does not stagnate in the pan. Surplus water can be fatal. Autumn and winter can cause an overflow, in which the owner of the "Women's Happiness" will receive not pleasing flowering and root rot.
feeding
Some growers follow the rule: feeding only from spring to autumn. I believe that if the plant is in an active stage of development (blooms, produces new shoots or leaves) - need to be fed.
This year I Spathiphyllum transplanted into the soil with "Osmokot". This prolonged fertilizer dissolves gradually for six months and do it from the ground, in any case, do not remove) You can feed any complex mineral fertilizer in liquid form. It is important that it be for flowering (composed of nitrogen is less than phosphorus and potassium).
Lighting and temperature
If we talk about a winter blooming Spathiphyllum, it is primarily about the lighting. It was light and temperature play a decisive role, and feeding, etc. - minor.
This summer Spathiphyllum can grow in partial shade. In winter, when daylight hours shortened considerably, get warm and the maximum bright spot in the house for him. And very soon you will see the long-awaited white arrow tip!
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