Spathiphyllum, like any plant, needs care and attention. These include: lighting, humidity and temperature. d.
Also, the plant needs a certain amount of looped substances. And this can only give top dressing.
Therefore, it is important to know at what time and how to apply fertilizers so that they bring benefit, not harm.
What it is?
Fertilizing is called agrotechnical reception, aimed at ensuring the nutrition of the plant, as well as to improve its qualities. Top dressing is able to activate the growth process and the duration of flowering.
There are two ways to feed at home:
- Radical. In this case, the fertilizer is applied at the root of the flower.
- Sheetwhen they are spraying the vegetative part.
Importance of fertilizing for “female happiness”
Competent top dressing - the guarantee of health and longevity of spathiphyllum. In this case, it is necessary to strictly observe the dosage, frequency, and also choose the right means. In addition, time is important.
At the initial stage (immediately after planting), the spathiphyllum does not require fertilizers, and the soil gives it all that is needed. But over time, the soil is depleted, and the flower begins to "starve." The reason - the limited space of the pot, and accordingly the area of power. That is why top dressing is of paramount importance.
Otherwise, the decorative effect will be lost, the plant will become weak, and the color of the foliage becomes dull, growth and development will stop, flowering will stop. Over time, such a flower dies.
How to choose the right time?
How to determine that the plant needs fertilizer?
The first sign that the flower is "hungry" - deterioration of appearance. The plant, which has not been fed for a long time, has a pale color, shallow in size and does not bloom. Sometimes there is an uneven yellowing of the foliage, as well as its drying out.
In more detail, each sign indicates a lack of an element.
For example:
- If the flower is stunted, it lacks magnesium.. This may also indicate lethargy and loss of turgor.
- If the flower leaves turn yellow, this suggests that he has exhausted vitality and needs a comprehensive feeding.
- Yellow leaves with green veins - evidence that the plant is sick with chlorosis, it lacks iron.
- If the green pet is healthy, but does not bloom - This is a sign of deficiency of potassium and phosphorus. In this case, you need to change the drug.
When is the procedure impossible?
Cases when fertilizing is not recommended:
- If less than a month has passed since transplantation. In this case, fresh soil will provide the flower with everything you need and do not need additional feeding.
- Do not feed the diseased and pest affected plant.
- A newly purchased flower should not be fertilized, as this can cause serious stress in it. A plant in a state of stress can drop buds or stop blooming altogether. The adaptation period after purchase is at least 2 months.
- In the cold season, the flower hibernates and does not need nutrition. During this period, the amount of fertilizer is minimized or not applied at all.
- If there is a suspicion that the flower is sick with root rot, fertilizing is not carried out. In this case, measures should be taken to treat the flower, and then fertilize.
What time of year is best to fertilize?
The most optimal time for feeding is the spring-autumn period.. This is the time of active growing season after hibernation, when the spathiphyllum is fertilized once a week.
The period of active vegetation in spathiphyllum lasts from March to September.
Frequency of such care
The frequency of fertilizing depends on the season and the state of the flower.
- In the spring, summer and early autumn, the spathiphyllum is fed once a week. With a good condition of the flower, the frequency of fertilizing can be 1 time in 14 days.
- From mid-autumn to the beginning of winter, spathiphyllum is fertilized 1 time in 15-20 days. In winter - 1 time per month.
If in winter the temperature in the room does not exceed 16 degrees, then the plant can not be fed before the onset of spring.
Step-by-step instruction: how to carry out the procedure?
How to fertilize the flower "female happiness" can be found below.
Natural remedies
The most effective home remedies:
- Coffee grounds. After the coffee has been drunk, it is not thrown away, but put in a pot. Subsequently, when watering the coffee grounds will give nutrients to the soil.
- Tea Brewing - an excellent source of vitamins and microelements for spathiphyllum. After the tea is drunk, the tea is dried and poured into the pot, it works the same way as the coffee grounds.
- Banana peel. Before using the peel is dried, and then crushed into powder, and then buried in the soil.
Also, you can make an infusion of banana peel. To do this, the skin of one banana is poured with a liter of cold water and infused for 24 hours. Then the tool is filtered and poured into the pot once every 12 days.
- Nettle infusion. For cooking, fresh green nettle is crushed and poured with a liter of boiling water, then infused for 24 hours. The resulting concentrate is diluted in a proportion of 100 g of infusion per 1 liter of water.
- Milk serum. Before applying the serum is diluted with warm water in a ratio of 1:10. After which the plant is watered at the root.
- succinic acid - A powerful growth promoter. For top dressing, 1 tablet of the drug is dissolved in 1 liter of water. Feed the plant by the root method.
Finished products
Before use, ready-made fertilizers are diluted with water in the proportions indicated on the package. In this case, only boiled or distilled water should be used. After the agent has completely dissolved, they water the flower, strictly observing the norm.
When feeding with root fertilizers, the means are applied strictly under the root, avoiding contact with the leaves.
If the spray method is used, the product is diluted in a lower concentration. In this case, the dosage is reduced by 2-3 times compared with that indicated on the package.
Preparations for feeding spathiphyllum:
- Special fertilizer "For aroid".
- Universal remedies for indoor plants.
- Tablets preparations containing basic elements and trace elements.
- Liquid fertilizer for flowering.
The most popular ones are:
- Bona Forte.
- Green house.
- Garden of Miracles.
- Master.
How to care for the soil?
As known, Zapathiphyllum loves wet soil, both during the feeding period and at other times.. Therefore, in no case should it be allowed to dry out. You should also never fertilize the dry soil, otherwise you can burn the roots.
Before making the flower abundantly watered and left for some time to glass the water. You should make sure that the earth lump was saturated with water and only then feed the flower. After making the funds, the plant is watered again, and the soil is loosened to ensure the "breathing" of the roots.
What to water to plant flowered?
How to feed for flowering? To stimulate flowering, spathiphyllum is fed with potassium-phosphorus drugs.. To do this, prepare a solution in a proportion of 1 g of product per 1 liter of water, and make a radical way.
In addition, organic fertilizers can be used to stimulate flowering. Perfect mix of mullein with water in a ratio of 1:30. This tool is used for making root.
Organic fertilizers should be applied with caution, since with their excess you can get an abundance of green mass and lack of flowering.
Effects
As you know, fertilizers can bring not only benefits but also harm. Moreover, both excess and nutrient deficiency in the soil is harmful.
Lack of dressings
If Spathiphyllum is constantly hungry, then you can forget about flowering. In addition, it will practically stop growing, the size of the leaves will decrease, and the color of the leaves will turn pale green. In addition, yellowing and partial death of green mass will be observed. Such plants have weak immunity and are susceptible to fungal infections. If the situation is not corrected, the flower dies.
Excess
The abundance of nutrients leads to the fact that the flower is actively producing young shoots, but it does not bloom. These symptoms indicate an excess of nitrogen in the soil. In addition, a surplus of mineral fertilizers can lead to the deposition of nitrates in the soil and the death of the plant.
One of the main signs of overfeeding is brown spots on the leaves.. In this case, the introduction of drugs is stopped, and the flower is transplanted to another land. If done correctly, in a month the flower will return to normal.
Spathiphyllum fertilizer is an integral part of care, in moderation it is always helpful. However, do not get involved. Excessive amounts of minerals in the soil can lead to poor results. If the flower is healthy, grows well and blooms, then it will be enough regular watering and loosening the soil.
