Spathiphyllum is one of the most popular indoor plants, which pleases the eye with its lush green foliage all year round, and sometimes with snow-white flowers.
However, in the process of growth it may be that the plant refuses to bloom.
It is worth understanding why the spathiphyllum does not bloom and how to correct the situation. The article will answer your questions.
What is bloom?
Flowering is one of the essential steps in the normal functioning of any plant.. Due to flowering, the formation of buds, any plant subsequently forms fruits that have seeds. Seeds are necessary for the continuation of the life of the plant organism. If the indoor plant has stopped to bloom, then it is necessary to identify the reason because of which it happened and restore the normal process of biological development.
Care and maintenance of plants at home
The optimal home conditions under which the spathiphyllum normally grows, develops and flourishes are:
- Maintain air humidity. It is necessary not only to water the plant in time, but also to irrigate its foliage. This is especially true of hot days. The procedure is recommended several times a day.
- Watering. It is necessary to be as careful as possible and not to allow both the drying of the soil and overmoistening. It is important to provide a drainage layer on the bottom of the pot with a thickness of 5 cm.
- Transfer. As soon as the roots of the plant began to protrude from the pot, it should be transplanted as soon as possible into a new, more spacious pot.
- Shine. Spathiphyllum should be located in the place where there is scattered sunlight. It is necessary to avoid constantly shady places and direct sunlight.
- Nutrients. It is necessary to provide a top dressing to the flower in the optimal amount, not to overfeed it, but not to leave it “starving”.
We offer to watch a video on how to properly care for the plant for successful flowering:
The reasons for the lack of flowers in "women's happiness"
There are several reasons why the spathiphyllum stops blooming. For to stimulate the flowering plant, it is necessary to take care and create all the necessary conditions for it to form flowers. Below is described in detail why the spathiphyllum does not bloom.
Diseases
A common disease that affects the spathiphyllum is root rot. The reason for its occurrence lies in an overabundance of moistening of the root system. The disease has a fungal nature, rapidly developing, damaging the root system, as a result of which foliage wilts, flowers fall off and roots rot.
We offer to watch a video about diseases of spathiphyllum and measures for their prevention:
Pests
As for specialized pests of spathiphyllum, then they can be attributed to them:
- mealybug;
- aphid;
- spider mite;
- thrips.
If there are insects on the plant, and damage has become noticeable, then you can use the popular recipes and get rid of pests. Have a good effect:
- watering at the root of the onion decoction;
- tincture on lemon peel;
- soap solution, which need to irrigate the foliage of the plant.
The above means using only in the case of a minor defeat of the plant.
- If insects have already managed to live on a spathiphyllum for some time, then chemical insecticides are indispensable.
- The foliage on which the pests lived, such as aphids and thrips, must be removed from the common flower.
- In the fight against spider mite, there are few effective measures, so you should take care of prevention and disinfect the soil in which the flower grows well.
- From the worm also easy to get rid of. In most cases, only transplanting saves.
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Soil condition
The soil plays a major role in the normal growth and development of the plant. The lack of buds on the spatifillum can be caused by the following problems with the soil:
- Insufficient soil aeration. After each watering the land becomes more dense in the pot and does not allow air to penetrate freely to the roots. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to constantly loosen the topsoil.
- Unsuitable groundwhich contains an insufficient amount of micro and macro elements required by the plant. If the soil in which the spathiphyllum grows is poor, then the plant will simply have nowhere to get the nutrients to go into the flowering phase.
- If there is no drainage layer in the pot, most likely it will lead to stagnation of water and, as a result, to their rotting.
Invalid care
Care of the plant should be carried out regularly, especially irrigation. Despite the fact that such an exotic plant is demanding for watering, it is impossible to allow an excess of moisture in the pot, because it leads to rotting of the roots.
Orientation when watering need to state the soil and ensure that the soil was not dry, but not wet. Experienced growers recommend forming an individual spatiphillum watering schedule, which depends on the season, and sticking to it.
Lack of fertilizer
Especially acute lack of nutrients plants feel when it was already quite a long time after transplantation. During the growth and development of the plant soil in the pot is depleted and a flower from where to get nutrients.
You can notice the lack of fertilizers by the appearance of the plant, namely:
- small flowers;
- pale leaf color;
- slow growth.
Wrong place for content
Spathiphyllum belongs to shade-tolerant plants, but it is not recommended to keep it constantly in the shade. If he does not have enough sunlight, then flowering can not wait. Also, do not leave the plant in the open sun, especially in summer. Direct sunlight on the leaves leaves burns.
Wrong pot size
Spathiphyllum does not enter the flowering phase if there are no comfortable growing conditions.
- If the pot volume is too small for the root system, it will not bloom. Determine the moment of transplant spathiphyllum possible protruding roots from the pot. Roots should not occupy more than 70% of the volume, but you should not choose a pot too large.
- If there is too much space in the pot, then the root system does not have time to grow and fill the entire volume, which will also affect flowering. It is recommended to select a pot 18 cm in diameter for a medium-sized spathiphyllum.
Other reasons and what to do with them
Lack of humidity also affects flowering. In its natural habitat, spathiphyllum grows under conditions of high humidity. If there is not enough moisture in the air in the room where the flower stands, this will affect the condition of the plant: the leaves will start to fall down and the flowering will disappear. Especially to monitor this indicator is in the winter, when include heating.
It is best to put a container with water next to the plant in the winter or use a spray bottle daily and spray water on the leaves of the flower several times a day.
The best indicators of temperature in the period of budding for spathiphyllum are 18-23 degrees. If the temperature in this period is lower, then flowering will not come.
We offer to watch a video about the reasons for the lack of flowering spathiphyllum:
Why leaves the leaves, but there are no buds?
Why the flower "female happiness" does not dissolve the buds, and only leaves grow? If the plant looks healthy and strong by the leaves, but it still does not bloom, the reason for this is mineral supplements. If you make a large amount of nitrogen fertilizers, the flowering can not wait. Nitrogen stimulates green mass growth at the expense of flowering. To activate the budding process, you need to feed with potash and phosphate fertilizers.
Given all the above reasons, because of which the spathiphyllum does not bloom, it is worth identifying the problem and taking the necessary measures to eliminate it. Proper care, proper fertilizing, a sufficient amount of light and moisture will provide the plant with normal growth and development, without bypassing the flowering phase.
