Corynocarpus / corynocarpus

Motherland - New Zealand.

General description: Corinocarpus is an evergreen shrub 1,5-2 m high. Leaves are leathery, on long cuttings, elongated-oval. Flowers are snow-white, low-key.

Corinocarpus rather unpretentious plant.

Recommendations for caring for the plant Korinokarpus:

Illumination : Photovoltaic, in the warm season, scattered light is preferred, in the winter, direct sunlight is useful, it is better to keep closer to the southern windows.

Irrigation regime : Abundant during growth, moderate in winter.

Humidity : Adores high humidity, requires frequent spraying.

Air humidity is similarly supported by placing pots on a pallet with pebbles or expanded clay, which is continuously moistened.

Loves a fresh atmosphere, but without drafts.

Temperature regime : Moderate, in the winter cool at a temperature of 8-10 ° C.

Soil : Proper benign drainage is required. You can add small gravel or expanded clay.

Recommended soil mix: 3 elements of a turf ground, 2 elements of peat land and 1 share of sand.

During the growth period, it needs regular supplementary fertilizing once a 2 weeks with liquid complex mineral fertilizers

Breeding : In spring and summer, root shoots root.

Transplantation : In the spring, young plants annually, mature once a couple of years.

Pests : Most often affects the scutes (leaves and stems appear brown plaques, leaving sticky discharge), a spider mite (in a dry atmosphere, leaves and stems are braided with cobwebs).

The plant is allowed to help finish with a soap solution, warm washing and spraying with an actinic (1-2 ml per liter of water).

Corinocarpus - Corynocarpus