Sansevera, she is a mother tongue and she is a pike tail - this plant has long been known to us and is loved for its decorative and unpretentiousness. In addition, there are such good signs associated with the sanitation: the plant absorbs and neutralizes envy, malice, disposes to creativity and meditation, calms the quick-tempered people and softens the acute angles in the relationship. Also, the sansevera helps in achieving goals, gives perseverance and facilitates the process of mastering knowledge. Moreover, it is believed that the sansevera has such useful properties as absorption of harmful radiation from the TV and computer. Still believe that sansezera protects its owner from colds and ailments, helps the body to adapt to changing weather conditions and to difficult life situations. Apparently, to care for sansevreoy just happiness - so much good is able to bring into the house. And now let's stop in detail about what kind of care she needs.
Care of sanitation at home
Care for the pike tongue is quite simple, since the plant is unpretentious and not particularly demanding on the conditions of detention. Take at least the requirements for lighting. Yes, sansevera is light-loving, but also feels well in the shade. True, it is worth remembering that species of sunseavers with a brighter coloring require more light than plants with a calm pattern of leaves.
The temperature conditions for the sanitation are preferably moderate, about 18-25 ° C. In general, it grows well in both warm and colder rooms, the main thing is that the column of the thermometer does not fall below 14-16 ° C. True, the plant is able to transfer a short-term decrease in temperature, up to 5 ° C, but with prolonged exposure to such conditions, the sansevere begins to ache. In the summer, it can be carried to fresh air, but protection from drafts and precipitation is required.
Watering should be moderate in the warm season, in winter it should be reduced. But everything depends on the temperature of the content - the hotter in the room, the more water the plant needs. Excess moisture of sanseverier is dangerous, so waterlogging should be avoided. You can not water the sanseverier in the center of the outlet, the plant can rot. To the humidity of the air, the plant is not demanding, you can confine yourself to wiping the leaves with a damp cloth.
Fertilizers are required in sansevere in spring and summer once a month. Use for this purpose, mineral fertilizers, paying attention to the content of nitrogen - it should be less than other elements. An excess of nitrogen can cause rotting of the roots. The variegated species of sanseveres practically do not need top dressing, from excess fertilizers the leaves become less bright.
How to transplant a sansevier?
Transplanting sansewereers are made when the pot is becoming small for young plants, this happens about 2 years later, in older plants - in 3 years. Pots for the plant need to be chosen broad, but not very deep. If you want to see how a Sansevere blossoms a very large pot should not be chosen, since it rarely occurs and only when the entire pot space is taken up by the roots. Primer is better to take a special, and at the bottom of the pot put a layer of drainage - expanded clay, broken shards, charcoal.
How can I multiply the sansevier?
Reproduction of the sansevier is made by dividing the rhizome, leaf or side shoots. The rhizome is divided in spring, cutting it with a sharp knife, without shaking the ground from the roots. You need to split in such a way that each segment has a growth point. A piece of rhizome is planted in sandy soil, placed in warmth and with moderate watering is expected to take root.
Sanitary diseases
The plant is often affected by thrips, mealybug and spider mite. Control measures - treatment with soap and spraying with insecticide.
The leaves turn yellow, become sluggish due to overmoistening or insufficient watering. Brown spots appear with a lack of light and high soil moisture.