Cacti and care for them

Cacti will please those lovers of indoor plants, who are accustomed to apply a minimum of effort.

They are unpretentious, but if you want to be happy with healthy and beautiful flowering cacti, they need to provide favorable conditions: good lighting, top dressing and fresh air.



Where it is better to place the cactus? Ideal option - on the window sill itselfa solar window, closer to the glass. They should be placed at the bottom of the window, because if there are shelves on the window, cacti on them will develop incorrectly, they will have a stem transformed.

In the back of the room cacti do not have enough light, and the air because of the work of different instruments for them dryish. Try to protect cacti from drafts.

Many species in the summer will grow well even in the open air, although it is better to provide some cover from heavy rains, hailstones or wind.

One of the most important conditions for the normal development of cacti is good lighting.

They tolerate the shadow, but they do not like it very much.



Do not change the location of the cactus without special need, they do not like it.

Do not turn the cactus around its axis tohe grew even. And in either case, you can prevent the plant from blooming. And even more so do not have to rearrange the cactus, in which the buds began to develop.



Cacti are very demanding of the capacity, which will grow. The dishes should correspond to the size of the root system of the cactus. To properly pick up the pot, you need to get a cactus from the old dishes, carefully spread the roots and inspect the root system.

Usually cacti are grown in plasticpots, but in general - it's a matter of taste. You can put them in clay pots, and in ceramic dishes, and in coconut shell, etc. The only "but" is metal containers that can rust, and this will bring a little pleasant plant.



It is important to ensure good drainage in the cactus tank. After all, cacti do not like the stagnation of water in the pot - this leads to decay and death of the plant.

Pots with cacti are convenient to place severalin common pallets. If the pallet has high sides, the pots standing in it can be covered with pebbles or expanded clay - so you will protect your plants from excessive drying, overheating or overcooling of the roots.



For watering cacti it is best to use pure and soft water. For example, rain, snow, just boiled or spilled water from the tap. You can water in a pot and a tray - as you will be comfortable.



Remember that water cacti only from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn. In the winter it does not need to be done at all (forexcept for epiphytic species of cacti). In addition, if you do not water cacti in winter - more chances that they will bloom. These plants are extremely patient with a lack of moisture, so they can safely do without watering for several months.



As a soil for cacti, the following mixtures are recommended: equal parts of leaf land and washed riversand with the addition of charcoal and peat. Or: clay-turfy earth, weathered clay, fine gravel, marble, granite, brick crumb, claydite, sphagnum, greenhouse earth, humus, old lime. Before placing the earth in the pot, it will not hurt to disinfect the prepared mixture, for example, by steaming in pouches of dense tissue.



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