Murrayya (Muraya) is an exotic citrus tree, with very beautiful fragrant flowers and delicious fruits.
Often Murrayu called imperial tree, because it leads its origin from ancient Japan and China.
There, the plant was grown exclusively in the courts of the emperors. Murrayya is not only beautiful in appearance, but also has unique beneficial properties.
Growing this beauty as a houseplant is easy if you follow the basic rules of care.
Below you can see Murray on the photo with flowers:
Maintenance and care at home
Murray flower at home feels great. Muraye care needs a minimum. Paniculata including.
How to care? This can even a novice gardener. After needtransplanting, watering, feeding and pruning murrayi It is very important to ensure the plant the correct location and good soil.
Pruning
Pruning murrayi better to spend at the end of February. To do this, each branch is shortened two knots. Cut only those branches on which grows at least 4 leaves, as well as growing inward shoots. Dwarf Murray pruning is not needed.
Watering
Watering Murray needs abundant in the summer (3-4 times a week), and moderate in the winter (once a week). Reduce watering in September. Should not be allowed water stagnation in a pot.
This can cause root rot and plant death. But excessive drought is also harmful. Watered murrayu only clean, filtered waterchlorine free. For the plant is very important daily spraying.
Important! Do not allow water to fall on the flowers - they can crumble.
Fertilize murrayu monthly, and during flowering - twice a month. One time they use only organic fertilizers, and the other - only mineral fertilizers.
As the latter, you can use complex fertilizers for bonsai or citrus.
Attention! You can not over-feed the plant.
Landing
Landing Murray held in a small pot, with a lot of drainage holes. Spacious capacity is not necessary to buy. In it, the Murrayya will not grow until the roots completely fill the pot.
The ground for Murray can be done by yourself. To do this, you must take the sheet, sod land, peat and coarse sand, in a ratio of 2: 2: 2: 1.
You can take ready-made primer for citrus plants or succulents, but first add to it coconut fiber or perlite.
For young Murray, the soil should be light and loose, and for an adult - more dense and heavy. Be sure to place on the bottom of the tank drainage, about 1/3 volume. The soil can be disinfected with potassium permanganate.
Transfer
Transplant young Murray need annual. An adult plant is enough to replant every 2-3 years. At other times, you can simply update the topsoil.
Important! Replant the plant without exposing the roots, together with the earthy clod.
Pot choose 1-2 cm more the previous one. The root collar does not need much digging so that the murray does not hurt.
Growing from seed
Murray seed for planting should be fresh, because they quickly lose their germination. Place the pot with the plant is best on western or eastern window
Murrayya flowers grows in 3-5 months after planting, and blooms for a very long time, from March to October. After that, there are large orange red berries It is the seeds of these berries are seeds.
Breeding
You can multiply Murray cuttings and seeds. The cuttings of the plant multiply poorly, and they take root for a long time. They are cut from the top of the shoot and rooted in wet sand, under the film.
A month later, the roots appear, and murray transplanted into a separate pot.
The seeds of the plant are cleaned of pulp, dried and planted in spacious containers filled with prepared soil. Leave them in a well-lit place, at t + 23-25C, cover with glass, periodically sprayed.
Through Couple of weeks The first shoots of Murray will appear. They are seated in small plastic cups.
Temperature
Attention! Murrayya can not stand the heat.
The best condition is the temperature not higher than + 25 ° C in summer, and about + 15-17 ° C - in winter. The plant does not like drafts or sudden temperature changes.
Lighting
From direct sunlight it should be a little pritenyat.
But daylight should be at least 14 hours. Therefore, if necessary, Murray is illuminated with special lamps.
Benefit and harm
Muraya and useful properties are practically synonymous. Murray is not in vain considered medicinal and medicinala plant. It is widely used in traditional medicine.
Medicinal properties
If you chew fresh Murray leaves, you can get rid of headache and toothache, cure stomatitis. Well they help to cope with insomnia and gastritis.
Putting leaflets on sore joints in case of arthritis or arthrosis, relieves swelling and pain.
Rinsing a decoction of the leaves Murray perfectly heals the throat with angina. The use of tincture from the leaves of Murray with the addition of rosemary helps to reduce blood sugar levels, eliminates arrhythmias and improves the functioning of the circulatory system.
Berries Murray have benefits too. Enough to eat 3-4 things a day to forget about fatigue and reduce pressure. Due to the high content of antioxidants, these berries can significantly prolong youth and slow down the aging process of the body.
Delicate aroma of Murray flowers has a calming effect, reduces the risk of pulmonary and heart diseases. According to beliefs, growing Murray at home will ensure family well-being and success in love.
Diseases and pests
With proper care, Murray practically disease free, and extremely rarely attacked by pests.
Attention! When watering with chlorinated water develops an unpleasant disease - chlorosis.
From excessive watering, the plant may appear root rot and powdery mildew. Of the pests, the greatest danger to Murray is spider mite, scythe, whitefly and aphid.
It is possible to save a plant from an attack of spider mite and whitefly by spraying it with garlic infusion (40 grams of crushed cloves per liter of water) or onions (10 grams per liter).
Well helps the processing of Murray leaflets with soapy water or decoction of cyclamen tubers. You can use a decoction of tomato tops (half a pound per liter of water). The resulting mixture is boiled for 20-30 minutes, add a little household soap and process the Murrayi leaves.
It is better to get rid of shitovki on a plant by treating leaves with kerosene. Carry out the procedure very quickly and carefully so as not to burn the leaves.
After that, kerosene is washed off with soapy water. Not bad helps in the fight against the shield soap-oil solution. For its preparation you will need 10 grams of soap and 2 times more engine oil.
The solution is thoroughly whipped, and they are treated with Murrayi leaves. The plant is covered with a film for several hours, after which it is washed with water. After a week, the treatment is repeated.
Aphids are “afraid” of onion and tobacco infusion (40gr per liter of water), decoction of yarrow or celandine. If folk remedies do not cope, then you can use proven drugs: Karbofos, Fitoverm, Aktar. They do not have a disastrous effect on Murray.
When chlorosis appears, the plant can be treated with chelated iron, and only purified water can be used for irrigation and spraying.
If Murray drops leaves, what to do? This is caused by a lack of light or temperature changes. It is necessary to rearrange the plant to a more illuminated place or use a photo lamp, to provide protection from drafts.
Why doesn't Muraya bloom? If the flower does not bloom for a long time, then a transplant and fertilizing will be required. Due to the lack of nutrients in the soil, the strong growth of the roots, plant growth can be slowed down.
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Growing Murray is not a complicated matter at all, not requiring special skills and knowledge. This exotic beauty is unpretentious in care, undemanding to the conditions of detention and well propagated by seeds.
