Araucaria / Araucaria

It belongs to the family of Araucariaceae. Homeland - South America, New Zealand and Australia.

General description: The only coniferous plant which is grown indoors. Araucaria quite unpretentious and it allowed for a different use for the interior. Small plants can decorate the table, the tall trees in the tub will decorate the hall or the impressive living room. To the branches grow symmetrically, it is necessary to cultivate it like a single plant.

The stores usually sold Araucaria heterophylla (Araucaria heterophylla). The branches on it are arranged in tiers, covered with needles 2 cm long. It grows slowly.

Araucaria is very salutary atmosphere of the place, so doctors recommend their withdrawal, if the building is suffering from asthma.

Recommendations for the care of a plant Araucaria:

Lighting: light-requiring, but does not tolerate direct sunlight.

Watering Mode: In the period of growth abundantly watered with warm soft water. In winter, watering sparingly. Gordo does not prevent any drying of the earth, does not overflow.

Humidity: Requires frequent spraying, especially in warm rooms.

Earth in a pot is useful to impose-wet sphagnum moss.

In the summer a better place to fresh atmosphere (in the park or on the balcony) in a shading space, if the plant is located in the Upper Room, more aerate.

Temperature: Loves cool, optimally 10-12 ° C, at higher temperatures and dry atmosphere stems yellowing of needles falling off, depriving the lower branches.

Soil: Recommended soil mix: 1 proportion of leaf, 1 share of softwood, 1 share of sod land, 1 share of sand and 0.5 elements humus.

Well add peat substrate with an acid reaction.

Poor carries excess fertilizer, so feed only during growth, every moon, fertilizers take in half of this portioned packaging. Organic fertilizer does not contribute. Suitable complex fertilizers.

Breeding: It is difficult to take root, so usually buy ready-made plants. Experienced growers can try to root apical stalk. For this purpose, in August in hot temperature it is planted in the sand, and then in January transplanted into pots in jumble softwood earth and sand. Spring again transplanted into the following mixture: 1 proportion of leaf, 1 share of softwood, 1 share of sod land, 1 share of sand and 0.5 elements humus.

Grafting: essence closely pot retards growth, so young Araucaria transplanted annually mature once a couple three years.

Transplant to be carefully, not damaging the earthen room.

Pests: In the dry atmosphere is amazed scarlet spider mites.

The plant is allowed to help spray aktellik (1-2 ml per liter of water).

Araucaria / Araucaria