One can create a beautiful interior garden suspended for dressing a window. Using appropriate baskets, shelves of different lengths, we obtain a harmonious arrangement that allows use of the space in a small apartment. To succeed this “green curtain“, some conditions have to be considered.
Firstly, warm air is lighter, it will rise and accumulate at the ceiling. It will therefore be frequently watered plants planters or choose to install drought tolerant species and heat (cacti, succulents, etc.)..
In addition, plants placed above, especially if they are large, will overshadow smaller and those placed below. We will also arrange the plants according to their needs and brightness.
Finally, it is preferable to use in the same pot plants that have the same maintenance requirements (watering, fertilizing, pinching, pruning, removal of dead leaves, checking the condition of the soil, and screening for parasites diseases).
Your houseplant grows well. So well that it gets too big, brushing the ceiling, blocking the passage, or it has dead branches or languishing … Remember that it is easy to remedy these problems by performing a size.
Obviously, each plant has its own needs. A yucca or dieffenbachia may still be very beautiful with a single stem and the cap Side by side for years, no need of any size. Moreover, a hibiscus or a maple with a beautiful indoor dense and compact size to require two or three times a year. It’s up to you to judge the need to cut or not.
The size can theoretically be done in any season. However, in the fall or winter, it can stimulate new growth stunted because the light is low at this time. In the spring and summer it is recommended to prune. There is no special season for cons to remove a dead branch or small, it can be done at any time.
The technique
You need a sharp secateurs, sometimes even a small saw if the stem is very thick. Clean the instrument with rubbing alcohol before cutting between cuts to prevent disease transmission. Wear heavy gloves if the rod is provided with needles. Then you must decide where you will cut. Note that a branch cut again soon for new growth to a point just a little below the cutting point. So if you cut exactly to the desired final length, the plant will soon be too big again, its new shoots growing rapidly. Better to see the length that you feel is ideal … and cut one third lower!
We normally cut just above a small secondary branch (our example) or, in the case of a single stem plant, a dormant bud that recognizes a bulge on the stem. Thus there will be no unpleasant appearance of bare stump. Many prefer to cut at an angle of 45 Ëš, but a straight cut will also give good results.
After pruning, it is not necessary to cover the wound with a painting or any product, even if he passes a little sap. Let Mother Nature do her work, quite simply, the flow will stop quickly. In general, a freshly cut plant requires no special treatment.
One last thing, we can cut that plants have the ability to make new branches. However, the palm trees do not branch: if you cut their head, the stem will die. For palm size is limited to removing dead fronds.
With time and repeated watering, the soil tends to compact under the effect of water movement, and a hardened layer is formed on the surface. In addition, minerals can build up (eg. Presence of a whitish deposit on the surface, on the walls of the pot and even on the basal leaves and the stem base).
When irrigation water is not distributed uniformly in the substrate or it flows only along the walls of the pot, these are signs that the soil is depleted and compacted.
To improve drainage of water and facilitate aeration of the roots, can be performed from May to October small holes in the ground (gently push a knitting pin, a small screwdriver, pencil, etc..). After this procedure, you will see if the water is dispersed evenly and soak the soil well. One can also make a surfacing, which involves removing a surface layer of soil (a few centimeters at most) and then replace it with new.
Although the ideal time to repot indoor plants from mid-March to mid-September, we can still do so if the substrate is too compacted to a great depth, where a significant accumulation of minerals or if the plant is too cramped in its pot (eg. roots emerge from drainage holes, the plant pays and drops the pot).
Spring is the ideal time to repot houseplants that appear in need. Repotting is also an opportunity to visually inspect the condition of the roots.
Indeed, the enemies and plant problems are not always visible on the aerial parts and can remain hidden and discreet ground level for some time before the plant has the air of suffering.
Thus, when transferring your plants in another pot, carefully check to see if their roots are rotten, withered, or if their end is burnished or covered with necrotic spots (this may be caused by a deficiency).
Also detect the presence of larvae (eg., Grubs), and cottony white matter (eg., Mealybugs), nodules or galls (among others caused by nematodes – microscopic worms). If in doubt, please seek medical advice.
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