Houseplants are the decoration of the apartment. Dilution of flowers requires minimal care and reproduction knowledge. Transplantation of plants takes an important place in the care of the plant. Soil and watering methods play an important role in the further development and growth of your plant. How to transplant gardenia at home will be discussed in this article.
Plant species
There are a lot of varieties of this plant, but gardenia jasmine-shaped has become widespread. It belongs to the Marenov family, originally from tropical countries. The plant is very thermophilic and capricious. Plant up to a meter, evergreen shrub with flowers like peony. Leaves ellipsoid with a waxy coating.
Gardenia does not like direct sunlight, but very light-requiring. It also does not tolerate stagnant moisture and dry soil.
On a note. The plant can be sprayed on top or wipe the leaves with a damp sponge. but during flowering, it is necessary to avoid moisture on the flowers.
Water for irrigation should be warm, soft.
Learn about the types of gardenias and popular varieties, as well as see photos of the flower here.
When do you need to seat?
When transplant gardenia? The flower can be transplanted immediately after purchase. Refrain from transplanting gardenia can be if you bought a flower during flowering. Each plant with proper care has a good growing season. It may be a capricious plant, but with proper care it can produce a good bush.
Flower preparation
How to plant gardenia? There are several ways to plant a plant, but the main event is preparation. Preparation of the plant is in the careful handling of the roots. Strongly developed root systems should be carefully pulled out of the pot.
Put the plant in the water for an hour in order for the earth to move away from the roots. To feed the plant, it is necessary to hold it in the growth stimulator for the roots if desired.
Pot organization
The pot must be selected based on the size of the flower and the pot in which it was before the transplant. The pot should be spacious. This will allow the plant to feel comfortable.
Soil preparation
This plant is capricious and just garden soil does not suit her. Ready soil for flowers such as azalea will be suitable for it. also the soil can be prepared by yourself.
It becomes very simple to mix sheet and sod humus mixed with peat, sand. For comfortable conditions it is necessary that the soil had a pH of 5.5 pH. At the bottom of the pot or in the pan, it is necessary to make a drainage of expanded clay or brick fragments.
About what soil is suitable for gardenia, what to look for when choosing a soil, read our material.
What to do after shopping in the store?
Transplanting gardenias after buying in a store should be as follows. Some flowers that sell in flower shops have pots that do not quite match their size.
How to do it:
- water the flower and blow it a little to soften the soil;
- after the moisture in the pan has ceased to appear after watering. Turn the pot along with the flower and shake it so that it comes out of the pot with the ground;
- if you want to check the root system, you can leave the flower for an hour in the water. After the clod of earth has departed from the roots, they should be put in order;
- process the roots with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This treatment will sterilize the roots of germs and ensure a long life for the plant.
This method is called transplant transfer. Flowers should be transplanted as they grow and to update their soil mixture.
But sometimes in a pot there is not one flower, but several. They need to be divided. How to do it:
- water the flower and loose soil;
- shake the flower out of the pot and put it in water for an hour;
- you need to separate the plant carefully so as not to damage the root system;
- in the pot at the bottom we fold the drainage, then we fall asleep with the soil and place the plant in the middle of the pot and evenly fill its roots with soil;
- water the plant and put it in the place where it will be light and warm.
In detail about the rules of care for the garden at home and what to do with it after the purchase, we told here.
Care
So, after transplanting gardenia at home, the plant does not require special care. But you need to watch him. Seating for the plant, and especially for this flower is stressful. The plant needs to adapt after transplanting. and for better adaptation it is necessary to water it with fertilizer.
Sometimes wanting to help the plant begin to water it often and thereby re-moisten the soil. This can cause blackening of the leaves and their fall (you can find out here why gardenia turn black, yellow and fall off the leaves). Maybe the other way around after settling, having decided that they poured it on quite abundantly, they stopped watering and the ground dried out.
Attention! Prolonged desiccation of the plant and not regular watering causes yellowing and falling leaves.
Air humidification allows the plant to feel comfortable.
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Each plant has its own habitat, which allows them to exist and bloom several times a year. Such a plant is gardenia, which in an artificially created environment for it has a height of up to a meter, and in natural conditions this evergreen plant reaches two meters. Creating the most approximate conditions of its natural environment will reward the grower with flowering and fragrance of his pet.
