Those who seek to decorate their homesfast-growing ornamental flowering plant, you can start with indoor maple. Attracts simple care for abutilon. Potted flowers and plants are mysterious, divine, loved ones. But admiration alone is not enough. After all, we, as Saint-Exupery said, are responsible for all those who were tamed, and especially for those who depend on us. If you create comfortable conditions for flowers, they will delight our souls with their beauty. For lush flowering, almost year-round, suitable room maple - abutilon. Home care for him is simple - the plant is unpretentious. But he has features.
Habitats of species of this genus are tropics andsubtropics of South America, Hawaii, India, Australia, China, Africa. Why the "cable car"? Some species are cultivated for the production of plant fiber for the manufacture of sackcloth twine ropes and ropes. To this end, in China, the Roofing Terrace of Teofrast is cultivated as an agricultural crop. In the southern European regions of Russia, this same abutilon is a malicious weed of tilled crops. For crops, he is here "growth did not come out."
In India, abutilon is considered a medicinal and aphrodisiac plant for men and women.
For the decorativeness of cute flowers and luxurious, wedge-shaped leaves, flower gardeners from Russia liked abutilon, a room maple. Care, reproduction of indoor plants are available even for beginners.
The most common types of abutilon:
Care for abutilon at home is the same, regardless of the variety.
Temperature: in winter, low temperature is needed - up to 10-15 degrees. The rest of the year - room temperature in the range of 20-25 degrees.
Light mode: a lover of southern windows, makes a short-term (2-3 hours per day) direct stream of sunlight, but diffused light is desirable.
Requirements for soil and dressing:sandy, high-hydrated mixtures (equal parts of sand, sod, humus and hardwood) are preferred. The best fertilizer is mullein. Top dressing to make every ten days, in the winter period is enough once a month.
Reproduction:cuttings (spring and September) and seeds, preferably fresh. Cut the cuttings when pruning the plant with a sterile instrument. The formation of the root system, first in the water, then planting in loose nutrient-sandy soil. Survival rate is usually good.
Abutilon is often affected by aphid, whitefly,the shield With these parasites, plants are treated by spraying with soapy water, extract of tobacco powder. You can put a flower on an open veranda (avoid drafts!), Reduce watering. If there is no effect from the soap solution, use chemical agents according to the instructions. The shield is removed with cotton swabs. The plant loves spider mites, which can be recognized by the specks on the leaves and by the spiderwebs that entangle abutilon. Care at home in this case is reduced to spraying the plant with insecticidal drugs, moisture regulation - it needs to be increased.
Features:rapid growth - up to 0.5 m per year, mandatory spring transplant. Take a new pot a little more than the previous one. In order for the plant to bloom, it needs to be entangled in an earthen clod. Brush crown should be cleaned by trimming.
Hybrids need to remove long shoots -bloom will last. Pinch the tops of stretched abutilons. The plant is suitable for balconies. He is afraid of drafts, does not tolerate neighborhoods with radiators, likes space, gets on with "small" neighbors, admitting them "to the apartment" - below under his crown.
Можно добиться круглогодичного цветения several plants, to be observant and caring owner, who cherishes abutilon. Care at home allows you to make love mutual. A handsome flower attracts the eyes of everyone entering and passing by the windows. So attractive looks abutilon.
Seeds can be bought or waited on a flower.The main thing for their successful germination is a small shelf life, maximum a year. But even with this period, not every seed will germinate, but only one of the two. Homemade seeds need to stand in the dark month. Before sowing in early spring, but you can do it in January, you need to hold them for a short time (3-4 hours) in a damp cloth. Prepare a humus-sand mixture. The soil should be moist and warm - at least 20 degrees. Sufficient lighting is required. The seeding depth is no more than 1 cm. You can cover the pot with glass to preserve moisture and heat. Do not let the soil dry out - periodically sprinkle.
The shoots in the form of two leaves will appear at the endsecond week or early third. Grow quickly and need a transplant 2-3 times before flowering at the 4-5th month. To get your seeds, wait for flowering and on the third day, armed with a soft watercolor brush, remove the pollen from one flower and transfer to another. A seed box will soon appear. When it turns black (about a month later), open and see the seeds.
