Dieffenbachia has long been loved by many florists. It grows rapidly, absorbs harmful substances from the air and pleases the eye with leaves of beautiful color. However, in handling it you need to be careful - the juice diffenbahii is poisonous. This flower grows at home to 2 meters. With proper care, even such mature and large plants will not lose their attractive appearance. Let's talk about the care for the diffenbachia and reproduction of these beautiful houseplants in more detail.
Care of the plant diffenbachia and its reproduction at home
Caring for diffenbachia at home is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. First of all, you need to put it in the right place - if you want the pest to color the leaves of the plant was preserved, then provide it with a good level of illumination, even in autumn and winter. In the summer, the plant must be pritenyat, so that the active sun's rays do not burn the tender leaves. The second rule of care for the flower diffenbachia is to ensure moisture - watering and daily sprinkling with durable soft water, otherwise the leaves will form a calcareous plaque. Watering in winter is moderate, in summer it is more abundant. It should be noted that the higher the air temperature, the more water the flower requires. So diffenbachia feels well at 20-22 ° C in the summer (15-18 ° C in winter), but at high humidity can suffer and 30 ° C. True, you do not need to transfuse a plant. It is enough to increase watering a little, but it will be necessary to spray more often. It is also possible to place a container with moist sand or pebbles next to the diffenbachia.
Skvoznyakov these house flowers do not like, so you need to ensure diffenbahii care without changes in temperature and breeze. If you ventilate the room in winter, then at this time the flower should be removed from the room, because the plant can discard the lower leaves.
Dieffenbachia grows very fast, so it takes a lot during the active growth of nutrients. To satisfy this need, the care for flowers should include the addition of diffenbachia every 10 days with liquid mineral fertilizers. During the rest period, the feeding should be reduced, gradually reducing to the winter. The soil is good to periodically loosen.
As already mentioned above, diffenbachia is rapidly growing, and therefore, apart from proper care, it also requires an annual transplant. It must be done carefully, without destroying the earthen lump. The new pot should be slightly larger than the previous one, you do not need to take a huge pot at once - the soil will turn sour and the plant will die. For planting, you need to use a special primer from the flower shop, and do not forget about the drainage - a layer of small pebbles or expanded clay laid on the bottom of the pot.
Propagation of diffenbachia is easiest by apical cuttings. Do this in the spring and summer. Having nibbled off the stalk, it is immediately rooted in moist sand. To improve the process, the cutting is covered with polyethylene, periodically ventilating. Air layers for breeding diffenbahia are used much less often and are more suitable for updating an old plant with a bare stem. To do this, make a notch on the stem below the sheet for half a centimeter and insert a damp match, sprinkled with powder for cuttings. The incision site is closed in succession with damp moss and polyethylene film. A few months later, roots begin to break through the moss. When they are strong, the cut is cut slightly below the roots and rooted in a pot 10-12 cm in diameter. The rest of the stem is divided into cuttings, leaving at least one sleeping kidney
Diseases and pests
With improper care, diseases of diendenbachia are ensured. These are yellow and dry leaves with insufficient humidity or draft, brown spots of burns from direct sunlight. Also, the flower can be deposited by pests - scab and spider mites. To combat them, the leaves are washed with soap and sprayed with anti-pest agents.