Cypress / cupressus

Refers to the family cypress. Fatherland - the Mediterranean.

General description: Cypress is a coniferous plant, rather unpretentious, but in rooms it has little room. Another time in early spring, it is necessary to cut off the proportion of roots in order to control growth. A special cypress is bred large-sized, more compact.

Recommendations for caring for the plant Cypress:

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.

He does not adore in any way the overflow, nor the drying out of the earth.

Humidity : Requires frequent spraying, especially in warm rooms.

For summer it is better to place on a fresh atmosphere (in a park or on a balcony), in a room protected from wind and from direct sunlight. In winter, cypress must be eliminated from central heating.

Temperature regime : Moderate in the warm season. In winter it is optimal 8-10 ° C.

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

Recommended soil mishmash: 1 share of clayey-turf ground, 2 leaf elements, 1 part of peat and 1 share of sand.

During the growth period, one needs to fertilize once a month with liquid complex fertilizers in half from the portion indicated on the package.

Breeding : Cuttings or seeds.

Transplantation : In the spring, once a couple of years. The root neck can not penetrate into the ground.

Pests : affected by scutes (brown plaques appear on leaves and stems, 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).

Cypress - Cupressus

Cypress - cupressus