Bamboo of Happiness, or Dracaena Sander -a common plant, although it has nothing to do with bamboo. At first sight, this variety of plants can not be attributed to the dracenas, but it is to this species of palm trees that they refer to sander. It is believed that this culture brings happiness and attracts good. Pseudo-bamboo is not very picky to care: it is hardy and unpretentious.
For the dracaena Sanders pot buy is notnecessarily: the plant feels great in a vase with water. Because of this feature, pseudo-bamboo can be grown in a pot in soil, in pure water, in a hydrogel.
The easiest way to grow Dratena SanderaIs to put it in a container of water. In this case, it is necessary at least once a week to change the water, making sure that the level is not very high and would cover the roots by not more than two centimeters. Otherwise, there is a chance of decay of the stem.
При длительном росте растения в воде у него могут yellowing leaves. Such a reaction arises from the lack of nutrients and minerals. To correct the situation, mineral fertilizers are added to the container with water. After a while the dracaena Sandera turns green and will rejoice with her beauty.
Caring for bamboo, grown in water, is easy. To do this you need:
Planting dracaena Sanders can be performed in the ground.It is prepared from equal parts of leaf and turf earth, sand, humus and peat. The plant quickly develops a powerful root system, so the container should be immediately prepared high, but not too wide. When transplanting a plant, it is best to prepare a heavier substrate by increasing the proportion of sod land and reducing the amount of sand. Two years later, the young plant is transferred to the pot more, and adults are transplanted every three years. Large specimens of dracen are best left untouched: in such plants the upper layer of the soil is changed every year.
Sander's dracaena grows well in the hydrogel. With this method, mineral fertilizers are necessarily added to the substrate.
The hydrogel is a polymer pellet capable of rapidly absorbing water and soluble fertilizers. Then he slowly gives everything to the plant.
The hydrogel can be transparent, colored. In this substrate flies do not multiply, bacteria do not germinate.
Bamboo does not need bright light.This is one of those plants that prefer diffuse lighting, rather than direct sunlight, which can burn the leaves. Dracaena feels great in the back of the room, with artificial lighting. Because of these features, sandera is often grown in the bathroom. However, with this method of growing, you need to periodically put the flower in a bright place.
For dracaena Sandera, care is very simple.Unlike other types of plants, it is not demanding for moisture and perfectly tolerates dry air. It is quite enough during the care to periodically spray the bamboo from the spray gun.
Dracaena refers to heat-loving plants.To grow it requires a temperature of at least 25 degrees: at a temperature below eighteen degrees, the plant may die. Pseudo-bamboo badly tolerates cold and drafts.
Fertilize bamboo must be at least two times inyear. When growing, do not exceed the recommended dose of fertilizers, as this causes yellowing and death of the plant. If the plant is grown in the soil, then it is fertilized not more often than once a year.
To get, as in the photo, Dracena Sander,it is necessary to organize the irrigation correctly. This kind of plants is hygrophilous, does not fear stagnation of moisture and perfectly tolerates life in the water regime. If the plant is grown in hydrogel or in the ground, then watering is carried out as the substrate dries up, maintaining high humidity and preventing the drying of the land deeper than two centimeters. When grown in water, it is important to maintain its level at the same level. In any case, when placing bamboo in water or in the soil, the substrate should not be higher than the roots more than two centimeters, otherwise the plant may rot.
The quality of water plays an important role in growing bamboo. This plant can be grown and watered with distilled or very soft water at room temperature.
During the growing of the plant, there can be different troubles. Most often, they appear when the plant's requirements to the conditions of detention are not met.
Usually the plant reproduces lateral and apical shoots. They are formed by a large number. To get many copies, you need:
To make a new sprout a lot of new shoots, he cuts the crown. Place the cut with wax. It protects the stem from decay.
Rooting can be done in a horizontalposition. To do this, wax up half the stem on each side and put in a flat container of water. A stem with sprouted kidneys is transplanted into the ground, obtaining a plant with one common root and several trunks.
In the water, in the hydrogel, in the soil, the plant alwaysgrowing. If the stems are too stretched, then it is necessary to enhance the process by trimming the long processes. And how to trim Dracaena Sander, so that the plant is not inferior in decorativeness to young specimens? Usually he cuts the vertex and puts it on rooting. From the resulting stem, new shoots will begin to grow. To the stem does not rot, the place of the cut is treated with wax.
To get a magnificent and beautiful, as in the photo, Dracena Sander, it is necessary to timely trim and top dressing, and when growing in water, monitor the freshness of the liquid and the purity of the container.
