Encyclopedia of indoor plants: Benjamin Ficus - home care

Green pets in the house - a pledge of a good microclimate, a comfortable psychological atmosphere, as well as an effective solution of many design issues for interior decoration and decoration of the room. But, of course, in order for everything to be so, you should choose the right plants for the house and be able to give them a piece of your heart.

From the family of ficus

In this article we will talk about one of the brightest and most beautiful deciduous house plants - the ficus. There are many varieties or varieties of it. The most popular is the ficus of Benjamin, home care is quite simple and does not cause difficulties. The plant is a tree, in shape resembling a spreading bush. Its crown can be lush and spreading, with small shiny leaves growing at the ends of thin branches-cuttings. If desired, you can control the growth of the trunk and crown, choosing the optimal parameters. If you want, that in your house the ficus of Benjamin longly grew, leaving in house conditions will be such:

1. Plant the plant, you can from cuttings taken from an adult tree just in the formation of its dimensions. This can be done at any time of the year, placing the procession in the water on the windowsill.
2. In order for you to feel comfortable with Benjamin Ficus, home care requires, above all, abundant heat and light. The leaves of the original coloring are dark green, leathery, with light yellow or white spots. Therefore, the plant looks very, very elegant. If you have a variety with a monophonic coloring of the leaves, the light should be scattered, otherwise the sun will burn it in the summer. The leaves will turn yellow, fall off, and the tree will lose its attractive appearance, begin to ache.
3. Those who hold the Benjamin Ficus, care at home should also concentrate on proper watering. Even in the hot season the flower does not like excessive moisture. It sufficiently accumulates it during watering, the leathery leaves cover well retain water, preventing rapid evaporation. Therefore, between irrigation it is necessary to maintain such a gap that the land will dry well. The humidification system is as follows: the water flows abundantly, so that the whole ohm is well soaked. After a while, the surpluses merge from the pallet. And in the intervals the plant should be sprayed from the spray gun. Earth during the procedure is better covered, to avoid excessive moisture. And the leaves, on the contrary, will be freed from dust, nice to shine, the tree itself can breathe "full breast," which is clearly seen in the photo of domestic plants.
4. Ficus is a thermophilous flower. It should be protected from drafts and put in such a place in the room, so that in winter the ambient temperature does not fall below +14. Otherwise the leaves will fall off, and in the flowerpot there will be a bare trunk.
5. Those who grow tropical plants at home (ficus, incidentally, refers to them too), must know one more subtlety. All such flowers do not like too much dry air. Therefore, when central heating starts to work, install humidifiers near the vases.
6. As for utensils and soil, the plant should be transplanted every few years. He has a well developed root system, so the vases must be roomy and voluminous. Filling them with soil, take care of the good drainage - pebbles, expanded clay, broken brick. The earth should consist of identical parts of sand, humus, peat and turf. If the ficus is old enough, the proportion of sod land should be greater than the others. In summer, during the rapid growth, once every two weeks treat the ficus fertilizers - mineral and organic.
7. If you want your tree to branch well, trim the lateral shoots. And the last thing I want to say about - be careful, caring, and any plant will feel comfortable and free.