Sansevieria does not require complex care
Unpretentious sansevieria home care requires minimal, but brings a lot of benefits. The long beautiful leaves of the flower purify the air, saturate it with oxygen. The energy of the flower absorbs aggression and mobilizes mental capacity. Therefore, in offices and offices there are often flowerpots with "mother-in-law's tongue", one of the many names for sansevieria. Its lanceolate, upright leaves can reach two meters. Another type of plant gives rise to a rosette of leaves sitting on a short trunk.
Sansevieria home care with photo demonstration
The composition of the soil is uncomplicated, it is collected independently from volumetric fractions:
- leafy land;
- peat;
- sand;
- humus.
Take the ingredients in equal parts and add two parts of the sod land. The drainage layer can also be made of expanded clay balls or pieces of foam.
If sansevieria blooms in the house - it's time to fulfill a long-planned undertaking. A flowering plant blesses for a new business, it will be successful. The winter bloom of sansevieria is not a messenger of good luck.
Watering in the care of sansevieria is carried out with rain or soft settled water. The plant does not require frequent and abundant moisture. Watering as the soil dries up, rarely in winter. Sansevieria is fed twice a summer with a predominance of potash-phosphorus fertilizers... Excess nitrogen can provoke root rot, loss of decorativeness.
Lighting in the care of sansevieria at home affects the contrast of the patterned stripes on the leaves. With a lack of light, the leaves become dull, with an excess, they turn yellow. Winter supplementary lighting, to maintain the beauty of the mother-in-law's tongue, it is necessary.
The flower feels good at temperatures above 14 degrees. He, like all people from the tropics, is harmful to drafts, a sharp change in temperature. If the content is close to natural, you can wait for flowering, accompanied by a subtle vanilla aroma.
Problems in caring for sansevieria at home arise due to violation of the conditions of detention:
- If light areas appear on the leaves, you need to reduce the illumination and the ambient temperature.
- The emerging areas of decaying leaves indicate waterlogging of the soil. Cut out damaged areas, treat wounds, reduce watering.
- The leaves stretch and wilt - there is not enough light.
- The tips turn yellow and dry - cold, excessive watering, not enough light.
- Once inhabited, spider mites are difficult to detect at first. But the leaf turns pale, the plant is depressed. It is useful to wipe the sheets with a damp cloth, the tick will not start.
- Inhabited thrips can be removed with insecticides, mealybugs - with karbofos.
Reproduction of sansevieria
Reproduction of the mother-in-law's tongue occurs by the seed method, by dividing the rhizomes and cutting the leaf blade.
After flowering, pods are tied, in which pea seeds are poured and ripen. They are stored until sowing in a closed pod; each seed is placed in a separate cup. Germination is carried out in a warm place.
Rhizomes are disassembled during transplantation and a part of the bush or cuttings with the root is separated with a sharp knife.In this case, open sections must be disinfected so as not to cause the appearance of rot in the future. When planting, you need to calculate that powerful roots, growing, can break or deform the pot.
Often a leaf is used for reproduction sansevier... An adult healthy "tongue" is selected, usually the lower one, and cut to the base. Propagation by a sansevieria leaf allows you to get several new copies.
The leaf, cut into 5-10 cm fragments, is dried for two days. It is necessary at the very beginning to mark the cut that will take root in the ground. It is important to consider the direction of movement of juices
Spirally growing sansevieria can be formed. If you pin a growing leaf and give it a horizontal position for a long period, it will remain in this position.
When sansevieria propagates with a leaf, the plates are deepened into the ground by 2 cm. A mini-plaque is organized from above, which is aired once a day. The container should be warm and exposed to light.
The cuttings will take root in 2-3 weeks. Within two months, children will appear, and in another 2-3 months it will be possible to plant stem cuttings, completely decorated, like a young plant.
You need to know that variegation is transmitted only by dividing the bush, the cuttings will give a green leaf.
The beneficial properties of sansevieria are the effective cleaning of the air of the home and its saturation with oxygen. Juice is used as first aid for ear pain. In medicine, pike tail is used to prepare extracts. For wound healing, the skin of the leaves of sansevieria is effective.
Why is sansevieria without yellow stripes. The window is light, it grows very well
Perhaps you have a variety like this. Sansevieria leaves come in different colors.
I have a very frail plant. The leaves are low, few of them. Planted from a good, large plant. Stands on the south window. The land is good. What to do? Thank. I feed sometimes.
Perhaps your sansevieria is growing in a pot that is too large for it. Young plants need to be planted in shallow and narrow pots, because they begin to actively grow leaves no earlier than the roots completely fill the space of the dishes. Another reason for tight growth may be excessive watering, because the flower is a succulent and the roots will quickly rot from excess moisture, and there is no time for growth. And finally, about pests - if the soil is not purchased, then there is a risk of infection. Insects that have settled in the roots can also inhibit growth.
I have dry spots and dents on the sansevieria. The flower itself looks strong and healthy, but the spots spoil its appearance, the children also appeared with the same spots.
How often do you water your flower? Spots on the leaves of sansevieria can appear as a result of abundant watering. The soil in the pot should dry out between waterings. Another reason may be lack of lighting. Try moving the pot to a different location.
I, too, had Hanni's sansevieria also had such spots and children too. But this is not from abundant watering, I got it like that. I transplanted her into a wide pot (she has such roots) and water all the children there, in the soil for cacti, as the soil dries. The new leaves are now healthy.
They gave a flower sansevieria. Recently I noticed that small, barely noticeable insects, less than a millimeter, of light beige, walk on the ground. No damage is visible on the flower yet. Can you please tell me what it can be and how to fight? I tried to photograph, exactly in the middle of the photo, this creature ..
Unfortunately, it is difficult to see anything in the photo. In any case, the named guests have definitely settled in the land.You need to change the soil before they damage the flower. For prevention, the transplanted sansevieria will not hurt to be treated with pest drugs.
Hello! My sansevieria has yellow-brown spots on the sides of the leaves. Young leaves grow normal. The flower itself is strong. With what it can be connected?
Perhaps you filled it in, check the soil. Or the fungus started.
Tell me how to reanimate my mother's flower, for the last 2 days it has changed color and does not look very healthy. Please help