Abutilone
Any plant, much less a room,need attention and help from the person. The garden flower itself will find food, the sun will shine on it, it will rain. About a plant living in an apartment, this can not be said, it depends entirely on our care.
To grow constantly blooming abutilone, you need to create favorable conditions and provide him with appropriate care.
The more light, the better
To say that abutilone or, as it is also called, room maple loves sunlight, it is, in fact, nothing to say. For its cultivation fit all the windows, except the northern.
If you do not have a choice: the rooms are oriented in such a way that there is only the last option, be sure to make additional lighting. Otherwise, you will not see flowering.
Some sources recommend that thisindoor flower from the direct rays of the sun. Try to do the opposite. And you will see that he does not feel so bad in the sun. You just need to wrap the pots with foil to protect the earthen and the roots from overheating.
In winter, the plant will need additional lighting.
Growing Abutilone at Home: Soil Composition
To your home maple grew quickly and abundantly blossomed, it is necessary, first of all, to plant it in a suitable soil:
1. Take two pieces of either coniferous or leafy earth. It can be safely replaced with meadow or garden. Before making up the mixture, the earth is steamed with boiling water.
2. Add a little, about 0.5 part, vermiculite and as much coarse sand and charcoal.
3. To provide nutrients for abutilone, we will use coconut substrate in the form of pressed "bricks". Add two parts of this component, previously soaking it in water.
4. So that the earth does not spill over the drainage hole, put sphagnum on the bottom of the pot.
After the connection of all components, a loose, moisture-tight, breathable mixture is obtained.
Plant care: watering
Abutilone hybrid or Chinese lantern (otherits name) does not have a stock of liquid in either the stems or leaves. Therefore, during the active vegetation period, it should be watered regularly, as well as sprinkled with leaves in the morning and in the evening.
In the suspended water, add citric acid, as the maple likes weakly acidic soil.
Methods of reproduction
After pruning the plants, you need to select the twigs withthree leaves and put them in a loose ground under the jar. The seedlings will take root in about three weeks. After that they are planted in pots and grown in the usual way.
It is much more interesting to get abutilone from seeds. First they are washed, soaked in any stimulator. Seeds put on a wet napkin, and after 5-7 days, when they prokslyutsya, we plant each in his pot.
Good results are obtained by germination of seeds in peat tablets.
