We grow hibiscuses on our home plot
Hibiscus, although sensitive plants andrequire special care, many gardeners risk lost time and energy to please themselves and loved ones with bright and unusual colors. If you live in a region with a warm climate and a mild winter, then it will be easier to grow a beautiful hibiscus. But if in your region severe winters, then do without special care will not work. For the winter it will have to be transplanted into a large pot and transferred to an apartment or house.
Features of cultivation and care
For planting hibiscus, choose the most friable andA fertile soil with a lot of humus. Pay special attention to the lighting of the site. They like intense sunlight and lack of wind. Also the flower will have to be watered regularly. If you properly take care of him, he will grow on your site for twenty or more years. A young plant must be carefully guarded against frost.
Planting hibiscus is better in the spring, when they have already passedvery coldy. It is desirable to enrich the soil with phosphorus-containing fertilizers in advance. The bushes will have to be regularly plucked, and in the spring - shorten the shoots.
With proper care, it can be up to three meters in height and will be an excellent decoration of the hedge of your garden.
Reproduction and transplantation
Transfer
It is better to conduct the procedure in the early spring, whenThe plant has not yet begun to prepare for flowering, but the strongest frosts have already passed. Dig out the plant from the ground, and carry it with a clod of earth to a new place. It is necessary to cut long branches. It will be necessary to remove about half the branches. Such a tough measure is necessary for the plant to successfully take root in a new place and spend all its efforts on strengthening the roots, rather than on expanding the crown. With the correct transplantation, after one year hibiscus will bloom intensively.
Reproduction
There is a number of ways to propagate this ornamental plant in your garden.
seed sowing. It is held from January to March. Seeds should be sown in a special soil, which is essentially a mixture of sand and peat. In the future it will be necessary to monitor the maintenance of temperature and constant lighting. In a room with hibiscuses, there must be at least 25 degrees of heat. After the plants throw out a few leaves, they are dived into separate pots, and waits for the possibility of transplanting into the open ground.
Cuttings by cuttings are considered to be the simplestway to increase the amount of hibiscus in your garden. They are cut in summer, and the slices are treated with special growth stimulators. After this, cuttings are placed in a container with earth, as when planting seeds. Sprouts appear about a month later, after which they can be moved to separate pots for subsequent transplantation to open ground.
Diseases and pests of hibiscus
This tender plant is very susceptible to various diseases, but their presence can easily be determined by the appearance of the plant.
Hibiscus let out buds, but they do not dissolve into full-blown flowers. In this case, you should immediately feed the plant with nutrients.
Falling of the lower leaves is due to the fact that hibiscus suffers from a high level of calcium chlorine in the ground. Check the water you are using for irrigation.
If the plant is clad in lush foliage, but does not bloom, you may have saturated the soil with nitrogenous fertilizers too much.
Aphids, thrips and whitefly, which can settle on hibiscus, require immediate treatment of the plant by special means against these pests. For example, "Aktellikom."
With all these rules, hibiscus will permanently settle in your garden and will delight the eye with beautiful and exotic flowers.
