Chrysanthemum - an amazing flower in its beauty.Unlike many other flowers, it blooms when the first frosts outside the window. Currently, chrysanthemums are grown not only outdoors outdoors, but also at home. For these purposes it is desirable to use special low-growth varieties. It is worth noting that home chrysanthemums care like constant. About how to care for domestic chrysanthemums, I'll tell you now.
How to care for a homemade chrysanthemum
If you decide to plant this flower at home,then be prepared to observe several important points. Firstly, chrysanthemums do not like heat very much. The temperature above 18 degrees has a disastrous effect on their appearance, and flowering significantly slows down and may even come to naught. The optimum temperature for growing chrysanthemums is 15 degrees Celsius. At the same time, you should not hide the flower in the shade. He loves light very much. But still the duration of a day of light should not be more than 8-10 hours. I know those who do this: somewhere at six o'clock in the evening they cover the flower with a dark plastic bag, and then they take off eight in the morning.
You have home chrysanthemums.Care for these flowers must be permanent, and it starts from the moment you went to the flower shop, decided to buy this amazing flower. Be sure to examine it: whether the plant is ill, everything is in order with its leaves, the pests have not struck the leaves. Sick flower will soon die, so you should carefully choose the chrysanthemum in the store, then not to be upset because of her death.
Bring the flower home, do not put it near ortogether with other indoor plants, wait until the stage of oklimatization (2-3 weeks). Well, what to do next, you already know: provide for growth the optimal temperature and a certain light period. In addition, the plant needs fertilizing, which should be done every 2 weeks. In order to stimulate the growth of chrysanthemums, nitrogen fertilizers are used, while during the formation of buds potassium fertilizers should be introduced.
As for watering, it is important to remember herethe following: home chrysanthemums, care for which is mandatory, do not like high humidity. That's why water the plant, but do not overdo it.
Now I want to talk about such a problem asexcessive drawing of chrysanthemums. Avoid this can not always, even if you will properly care for the plant. It would seem that it's terrible if the chrysanthemum grows. Simply if it stretches, it will not be so beautiful: the flowers will be only at the top, and the branches below will be bare. Such a situation can be prevented with the help of a special means that inhibits the growth of chrysanthemums. Well, if you do not have it, then all that's left is to cut the flower in time. In this case, the plant will have compact shapes and will look like a beautiful miniature bush.
Home chrysanthemums: care after flowering
As soon as your chrysanthemum fades, and it happensthis is in the deep autumn, it needs to be cut off and put in storage in a cool dark place. Periodically water the flower. This must be done so that the roots do not dry out, which will give new shoots in the early spring. The ideal option for storing cropped chrysanthemums is the basement. In spring, the plant should be transplanted and, if necessary, divided into several parts, thus obtaining much more planting material of beautiful chrysanthemums.
At present, the development of newvarieties of this adorable flower. In total, more than one hundred species of chrysanthemum are known. The most important thing is to know which varieties are suitable for growing outdoors, and which ones are suitable for domestic use. But this is a separate conversation.
