To bloody orchids bloom, they need stress. When you can take out houseplants to the street, on the balcony

Already warm on the street. Warm nights. And you want to withdraw your flowers to the cottage or take a balcony or loggia, but doubt whether it's not too early? Does all the flowers stand on the street? What conditions are needed room plants on fresh air?

Household colors are useful in summer "leave" on fresh air, for example, to the cottage.

You can take flowers to the cottage in early June.

Ferns, violets, orchids, bromelic and other epiphylet plants. For them, moving to fresh air may end in deplorable.

Asparagus, chlorophyteum, cacti, ficuses, conifers, aguwas, citrus, coffee, figs, pomegranate, bonsai, palm trees, house Roses and jasmine. Life in the fresh air for these plants in summer is a good thing.

Main in moving - choose the right place for indoor plants. Open solar place is suitable for plants with silver, blue or gray-green leaves (lavender, oscillation, olive, rosemary). Well feel in the sun and plants with leathery leaves (citrus, laurel, myrth). Plants with succulent leaves (Aloe, Agava) are also easily transferred drought and are not afraid of the sun.

Most indoor flowers, although prefer well-lit places, but do not tolerate direct sunlight. On the hot midday hours it is necessary to take care of the protection of Mirta, Araucaria, coffee. And fuchsia, large begonias, Gloxinia is better to immediately put in a privacy, at least at first. For shading, it is good to use a camouflage mesh or a thin covering material (Loutrasil). It is necessary to protect flowers and from wind - ramp room conditions Flowers will wither and dry in the wind. Therefore, it is better to put pots near the fence, decorative lattice, Walls at home, in the shade of trees. You can not argue houseplants At low areas filled during the rain - from the oversupply of moisture roots can be drown, and the plant is to die.

Fertilize indoor plants in the garden just like at home. But it should be remembered: as you watered them, you will be more, it means to wash out nutrients there will be more. Do not feed the houseplants with fresh manure. It is better not to use the organic.

Sudden and rapid leaves of leaves without a previous long period of withering or loss of color usually indicates a shock transferred by the plant. It can be caused by a significant temperature drop (both lower and increasing), a sharp increase Intensity lighting during daytime or strong cold draft. The sudden appeal of leaves, especially the tree of tree plants, can also be caused also to dry the soil from the roots.

"I envy your greenhouse. I live in the apartment, I have no such opportunity, "it often writes one flower friend to another. Actually, the ability to eat: You can arrange a greenhouse on the usual balcony, putting hands and fantasy.

"In the thoughts there is a remake balcony in a winter garden. And then I have a very dark apartment, and floweries you want, "the participant dreams TRIKSI. We tell how to move such dreams into life.

How to insulate

If your balcony is covered with siding and equipped with normal glass packages, it is half success. But only half: so that your plants feel comfortable and in heat, and in the frost, the balcony needs to be insulated, and so to protect against overheating into hot days. Remember that it is necessary to warm the balcony with a material that is not afraid of moisture - it is unknown how much moisthed flowers will want to grow.

Many decorative plants Do not like sharp temperature differences, and this should be considered: the air temperature in your balcony greenhouse should be stable. This will help you a electric heater with a thermal sensor, which will be controlled and maintained the desired temperature. What you need to take care is that the heat spread all over the balcony evenly. At the same time, the greenhouse effect cannot be allowed. For this, many are installed on a balcony greenhouse, but some cost ventilation hatches.

The floor on the balcony will also have to inspire. Ideally - make the floor with heating, but there are options for budgetary: put a layer of insulation, on it - boards, organitis. From above - linoleum or any other flooringRequired - waterproof. The ceramic tile is best suited.

It seems that last Floor - A great advantage for balcony greenhouses: you can make a glass roof. However, experienced flowers say that it is not needed: on the sunny days the plants will suffer from the heat, the risk of burns will increase. In addition, such a roof is rapidly polluted - tortured with it. And by the way, if your balcony comes to the south, at the stage of insulation, install horizontal blinds on the windows.

Where to take a place if it is not

In fact, places on the balcony - more than it seems. Flowers can stand on the windowsill, wing on the walls, hang from the ceiling. On the floor, on the sides and in the center of the balcony, you can put boxes for large plants and bushes. Along outdoor Wall Inside the balcony, you can install the shelves in several tiers: the upper floors - for the most light-affiliated crops, and the lower - for plants that the shadow prefer.

That's not all. You can put a couple vertical racks for pots, secure on facade walls Brackets, hang to the ceiling. Beautiful porridge and wicker baskets. You can well strengthen a couple of boxes outside the balcony: in summer, ampel plants will be perfect in them.

By placing the plants at several levels, you are not only with the reserves to accommodate them - in fact it gives endless opportunities for fantasy and creativity. Your balcony will look like a floral paradise.

Magma:

And I really want to boast. This beauty grows on our loggia, converted to the winter garden:

Floriculture is an exciting occupation. You can not notice how your balcony has become thick jungle, and the room behind the balcony has become a steadless, like a chunnel. The light should penetrate the room, do not forget about it! Ideal if plants on loggia framing window hole from three Party Or from two, like theatrical scenes.

What to grown

Having studied the section, you can grow in your home greenhouse, anything: ginger, murray, strawberries, coffee, fruiting trees, herbs and cereals ... And for starters, just consider the location of your balcony. If he comes to the south, plant cultures that love light: Pelargonia plush, Phlox Drummond, a long-range, Dutch and Chinese carnation, Margish, Levka, Georgina, snapdragon, Naughty. If we talk about curly plants, then the sun love hops, Ipomay, Kobei, Passiflora, Turkish beans and sweet pea. Drats, yukki, aloe and a variety of cacti, too, perfectly fit on the sunny side.

If your balcony is hiding most of the day in the shade, make fuchsia, velvets, forget-me-not, drag, various tobacco and tube begonias. Boldly put pots with oleander, lavetles, balsamine. Want to curly plants? Take ivy or ampelopsis.

The mixes of ordinary plants with tropical look great. Agapantus, Hibiscus, Citrus, Kliantus, Orchids, Abutilon, Passiflora, Glorioza will greatly dilute modest garden perennials.

According to the experience of our flowerflowers, it is best on the glazed balcony that the plants coming from subtropics. In winter, they suffer in our apartments, they need a lower temperature, and in a greenhouse loggia they are completely happy. But colder + 15c on the balcony should not be! Perfectly feel in balcony greenhouses and conifers, and other plants that the coolness is needed in winter.

Refuse the thoughts to grow large-scale branches, if you have a small balcony. Compact diverse plants will look more spectacular.

Large guns tell a large "no"! If meaning the acquisition of them in large. the main objective - Lush vegetation. Put the goal wider! The use of lush vegetation!

How to issue

The design of the balcony greenhouse depends on the balcony, and from the interior of the neighboring room, and on the type of plants. If you live on the first floor and your balcony is protected by forged lattices, then accessories must fit: forged stands and consoles, furniture on metal frames. Consider the interior of the room next to the greenhouse. For example, if it is made in the style of high-tech, make the shelves made of perforated metal and put flowers to metal caspo.

Dry tropical garden with cacti looks pretty monotonous - spread the plants with a ladder on the podium on the background of an original lined wall. And if you place around the perimeter of the Balcony Blinks, Liana and tree roses and stretch along the ceiling and along the walls of the grid and the fishing line, the greenhouse will be similar to the classic gazebo.

The greenhouse will become a favorite place in your home, and it is possible that the balcony landscape design - Your new passion. You can finish the wall under the rock or bore it as a textured stone, decorative plaster with stone texture. Put a small fountain, woven armchairs, include recordings with bird singing and forget about all the unrest and anxieties ... Designers believe that chairs and chairs are as important as plants - let your greenhouse become a place where it is pleasant to sit with a friend for a cup of coffee .

For details on how to turn the balcony in the winter garden, tells in our video. And here - video about how to choose plants for winter Garden. And this bonus is useful and beginners, and experienced flowerflowers - Our forum "Pests and diseases of indoor plants."

I have been doing flower growing for five years. I live in the apartment, so I fond of growing home plants. I have a wonderful flower garden on my balcony!
Our region (Crimea) with its mild climate is favorable for flower growing on the balcony.

The most beloved of my plants - orchids. Bright please me with your long, beautiful bloom.

Caring for phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis is very beautiful, they take up little space. These are relatively easy to care, it bloom for a very long time.

The most important thing in the cultivation of orchids on the balcony or in the house is to choose a suitable place for them.
For the successful growth and flowering of phalaenopsis, there should be enough light, otherwise the orchids will throw off the resulting boutons. Eastern or Western window orientation is perfect for.

Falenopsis do not require a lot of time from a flower, to care for these orchids is very simple.

Note that the orchids love to grow not in the ground, but in a special substrate. A mixture of bark and others can be made independently, but I prefer to buy a ready-made mixture.

Each morning spraying phalaenopsisisisisisisisisisces with water.

Once a week I wrapped with phalaenopsis. To do this, soak the pot with a snack orchid substrate in warm water As long as the air bubbles (approximately half an hour or hour) stops.
Three times a month I add orchids into the irrigation water fertilizer.

And further, important moment Care of orchid. If you do more in Vase, the orchid is immediately started in growth.
And the period of blossoming of wonderful phalaenopsis lasts until six months!

I hope that my advice will help flowers in the cultivation of phalaenopsis and destroy the myth that orchid is the most capricious plant. This is not so! Therefore, solve for the purchase of the first phalaenopsis. And do not panic if you presented this plant. Soon you will become a real fan of phalaenopsis.
I wish all the flowes of successful cultivation of orchids!

And do not forget that the orchid is a love flower that can be wonderfully decorating your bedroom.
I advise all the girls to have a wonderful plant in the house.
And, of course, dear men, - more often give your favorite female orchids and other beautiful flowers!

Ekaterina Plaksina (Sevastopol, Crimea)

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For the winter, he suffered an orchid (phalaenopsis) into the kitchen - there is warmer, the air around spraying. But there were 2 problems: the lower sheet began to turn yellow, and the top of the stem stem. I cut the stalk over the third escape, an unsightly stick remained (I could hard believe that something would happen - really there is hope that this wand, the rest of the past luxury, will still let the process and will bloom?) What to fertilize orchids and how to transplant (hide Ground root into the ground or not that put in a pot)? Is it possible to keep orchid on closed balcony In winter (10-16 degrees), because the windows in the house go to the east, and the window sills are located above the battery.

Procurement of the stem of phalaenopsis after flowering contributes to secondary blossoms from the lower node; On one shoot, phalaenopsis can bloom 2-3 times. In addition, with a favorable content on the flowering stems, "kids" may appear. Therefore, the floral stem from the phalaenopsis does not cut off, although it has an unsightly look. Usually phalaenopsis blooms 3 times a year, some varieties - more often, and hybrids - several times a year (almost round year). The lower, older leaves of the phalaenopsis fall out (a typical plant has 4-5 leaves at any time of the year).

In the fall, phalaenopsis is kept in coolness 4-6 weeks (optimally 16 degrees), it contributes to flowering. Do all the rest of the year, keep orchid in warm room: during the day 20-22 degrees (in the summer more), at night not lower than 18 degrees. In winter, it is impossible to keep orchid in the winter balcony. Next to the battery, do not put or in any way - will die of dry air. On the light kitchen You can keep orchid only if the required air humidity is ensured and cooking does not entail a sharp increase in temperature.

Phalenopsis transplant is recommended every 2 years in May; Purchase a special rude loose orchid substrate (you can not use flower Earth). For feeding, it is also better to use a special orchid fertilizer (feasting phalaenopsis 2 times a month, for a month, rarely and in smaller quantities). If necessary, you can prepare a substrate yourself, mixing in equal fractions of a pine bark with pieces of 1-5 cm, charcoal with pieces of 0.5-1 cm, coarse sand and sphagnum. In the absence of special orchid fertilizers, you can use azophosk (1-1.5 g per liter of water) and magnesium sulfate (2-3 g per 1 liter of water); Preferred extra-green subcords In the form of spraying leaves.

You can grow phalaenopsis in a pot or in an orchid basket. The peculiarity of the roots of Phalaenopsis is that they greatly grow up and excavated everything that will come to them on the way; When not all roots are rushed with the substrate and go beyond the pots - this is normal, but it is important to damage them during transplantation. The most important thing is that the roots always have enough moisture for growth; Constantly support high humidity air.

It often happens like this: they brought a flowering orchid from the store, she blew away, and then it is sad years on the windowsill, without releasing the floweros. And at the neighbor in the apartment the same plants color constantly! What's the secret?

There are varieties of orchids that can bloom continuously for years. And to the other in order to bloody, the temperature differences are needed. Moreover appearance It is difficult to distinguish them - you can have two white phalaenopsis on the windowsill, and at the same time they can be different varieties, "said the scientific officer of the Central Botanical Garden, the curator of the collection of Orchids Natalia Brushchik.

Phalaenopsis is one of the most common types of orchids, they are most often sold in our stores. It is easy to achieve their flowering. You just need to know several tricks.

Orchids do not bloom in comfortable conditions

If you got a plant, which needs temperature differences, and in your apartment, for example, +20 degrees, then be prepared for the fact that it does not bloom until the temperature drops to +16. The plant is too good and comfortable when room temperature. So that the orchid wanted blossom, she needs stress. When it gets into the cold from the heat, then the floweros will release.

Therefore, if the weather allows - we take plants to the balcony. Let it stand there for two weeks. But if it is already colder on the balcony, do not risk - due to low temperatures leaves damage.

Sometimes you can meet the tips to put orchid for the time in the refrigerator. But for phalaenopsis, this recommendation is not suitable. Such an option can still pass with such a kind of orchid, as the dendrobium Nobile - this plant can withstand and zero degrees, although it is better + 6 ... + 10. But still, this method is considered fairly extreme: there is a chance that you pass the flower.

We make a refrigerator on the windowsill

If the balcony is already too cold, put plants near the window, extinguishing from the apartment with a cardboard partition, "our expert advises. - You can take cardboard box From under the shoes, cut off one wall, put this side to the window, and inside your orchids. Temperature near the glass is lower than in the room, and you will have a kind of mini refrigerator.

By this time, cut watering: if you watered the plants once a week, do it in 10 - 12 days. Spray the substrate surface once a week. Do not forget that the water should not fall into the point of growth of the leaves, otherwise the plants rotate.

As part of fertilizers, look for phosphorus

Another condition required for orchid flowering is the right feeding.

Orchids need fertilizers who stimulate flowering, "says Natalia. - Pay attention to the composition: phosphorus should prevail in it. How often do you need to feed plants? On packages usually write what to do it once every two or three weeks or once a month, but I offer another option. As experience shows, it is best to use fertilizer during each watering, but not in the proportions that are specified on the package, but in microodos. Let it be one or two drops of fertilizer per liter. Every time you watered orchid (most often this is done by immersion), add some fertilizer.

Orchids do not bloom during the growth period of leaves and roots

Important nuance: all plants have certain periods of development. Orchid after the flowering stage comes the rest stage - about two weeks it does not try to bloom or grow. Then - the stage of development of the roots, after it - the period of the development of leaves. And if you see that your plant is actively growing the leaves, you will not be able to achieve blooms until this stage is over, regardless of whether you will create cool conditions or not.

By the way, there is an opinion that the flowering of orchids in winter Not as bright and colorful, like Martov and April. So that the plant blooms well in the cold season, it is necessary to make a shower. Therefore, some specialists recommend not to stimulate the flowering of orchids now, but to gain patience and wait for the beginning of the spring, when in March-April, the light day will be longer.

Will orchids near batteries?

Orchids can stand near the batteries, but provided that you can create a wet environment for them. Take small pallets, fill them with clay, pour some water and put a saucer on the clamzite in which the plant will stand. Then the water that will evaporate from the surface of the pallet will create a wet atmosphere needed for orchids, "advises Natalia.

Do I need to trim the blooms?

Another question that often arises from orchid lovers: Do I need to cut a bloomer after flowering?

Best trim it up to the last flood flower And wait. Coloros will either dry, or give the development of a new kidney, and your orchid will bloom again.

One orchid can be divided into two

Some varieties of orchids give a baby from which a new plant develops. And there are varieties that have no such ability. Nevertheless, they can be multiplied. If you grow a rather large plant, you can simply cut off the upper part, thereby dividing the plant in half. Cutting with green, iodine or sprinkle with activated carbon. Top of a separate pot - you will get a new rejuvenated plant. The lower part will give a new escape during the year, and you will have two full-fledged flower instead of one.

Does blossom depends on transplantation?

The transplant is not related to flowering, but it is desirable to change the substrate every two or three years, "says our expert. - If it is not changed, it becomes very dense, knocked down, the roots are choking and poured. The plant in such a soil feels uncomfortable and can perish.