Calla - a beautiful ornamental plant,cultivated both at home and outdoors. A flower with a bright perianth, has the appearance of a wing, for which it has its second name - the Calla. Highly decorative, thanks to its inflorescence, as well as a dense leaf socket of spear-shaped leaves, which also look charming. Callouses room, care for which requires skills to maintain and extend the growing season, are widespread everywhere.
House calla plants are very unpretentious, butat the same time very vividly respond to their care. This shade-tolerant culture, which responds well to sufficient illumination in combination with abundant watering. However, he does not like overdrying. To maintain the optimum moisture regime, it is very convenient to use the lower watering. To do this, the flower pot must have a deep tray, into which water of room temperature is poured without any impurities. Soil with roots will absorb the necessary amount of moisture. One of the advantages of such watering is that you never "pour" room callouses, the care of which is still considered specific. If the plants are adults, then the pot should be at least 30 cm. If you are replanting a young plant, then the pot should be smaller, otherwise the soil free from the root system will simply sour. In summer and spring, in the period of maximum growth and vegetation, callas need abundant watering and additional fertilizing. At the beginning of the month it is better to introduce organic fertilizers, and in the second half - mineral fertilizers. If there is no such possibility, then simply water the fertilizer concentrate for indoor plants, as indicated in the instructions.
It is known that all nutrients are washed away by watersubstance, and the soil becomes poor. This can be corrected, if once a month, remove the top layer of soil by 3 cm and replace it with peat. Callouses room, care for which involves and selection of soil, prefer moderately heavy mixtures for their growth. Therefore, the best is the combination of clayey and peat sand with earth mixture. To stimulate growth and enrichment of the soil with substances, in spring the plant is transshipped. For this, the plant is watered abundantly, extracted from the pot and shaken with earth, which is not braided by the root system. Transshipment is always done in a larger pot. Therefore, in a pot, pour on 2 cm of new soil and insert a lump with a flower. On the sides we pour new soil and compact the soil. This is a stress-free procedure for a plant, rather than a transplant, when a revision of the root system is carried out.
Calla is planted to a depth of 10 cm, dailywatered, loosened the soil. After the daughter process has got accustomed, it is possible to spend top dressing with mineral fertilizers, thus the flower should not stand under direct solar beams.
In winter, the flower is in a state of rest, so watering should be sharply reduced to 1-2 times a month and put the flower pot in a cool dry place.
Calla in the garden grows well on loose loamysoils with the addition of peat. Landing in the ground begins in the first days of May. The plot is better to choose with scattered light or in the shade of a tree with a not very dense crown. We fix the sprouts in the soil at a depth of 7-10 cm and water abundantly. In hot sunny days it is better to water twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. For the winter we excavate the tubers in the middle of October. Rinsed under water, without excessive compression and rubbing. Dry in a cool place, spread freely in a box and put it in a dark cool place with a temperature of at least 5-7 ° C. The tubers cut off the root hairs with scissors, as well as leaf cuttings.
It is better to purchase varieties adapted tomoderate climate of our strip, so that there are no problems with acclimatization in plants. Then callouses room, care for which has been described in this material, will always please with their bright perianth.
