Room jasmine - features of cultivation

Room jasmine began to grow about a thousand years ago. In those days, this flower was considered royal, and it was grown only in the gardens of Arab rulers. Jasmine comes from India. And now this flower is used there for carrying out various religious ceremonies, as well as as a medicinal product and as a food supplement. Jasmine is widely used in perfumery, all thanks to its pleasant and unique smell.

At the moment there are about 300 varieties of this plant in the world, but room jasmine is represented by only a few varieties. The most common is jasmine multiflorous, its main difference is that while the flowers are in buds, they are pink in color, and when they blossom, it becomes dazzling white.

Room flowers jasmine - the secrets of cultivation

Jasmine, which is grown in the room, is an evergreen vine, which necessarily requires a reliable support. Room jasmine looks very impressive on a round support. Gradually, its flower flutters, and during its flowering it becomes like a picturesque snow-white wreath.

Jasmine has a strong and pleasant smell. But for some people its smell, due to its saturation, can cause unpleasant sensations. Therefore, room jasmine is best not to grow in a bedroom or a children's room.

Caring for jasmine

Jasmine - a flower room and requires quite a good care for themselves. The most important thing when caring for a given flower is observance of the correct temperature regime. To the plant pleased you with its flowering, it should feel the change of seasons. Therefore, in the winter, when the jasmine is in a rest period, the optimum temperature for it will be about 16-18 degrees. The plant is best on the eastern side, where it is shaded less.

From October to March, it is necessary to conduct a moderate watering of the plant no more than twice a week and do not feed it. It is this temperature regime and watering regime that will make your plant blossom. As already mentioned, the flower should be well illuminated and should not be near the heating devices.

The plant likes high humidity, so it must be periodically sprayed. The higher the temperature in the room in which the plant is grown, the more often it needs to be sprayed.

In summer, jasmine is watered abundantly so that there is no drying out of the land. Use only the water that has stood, or the rainwater, you can even slightly acidify it.

Reproduction and transplantation of jasmine

To form a beautiful crown, it is necessary to prune jasmine in spring . After properly trimmed, new shoots appear on the flower, and flowering becomes much more active. Those cuttings that are cut off can be used for reproduction. The best cuttings are the lateral annual shoots. Initially, they are lowered into the water, after they are released roots, planted in the ground.

Benefits of jasmine

The smell of jasmine is not only pleasant, it also allows you to relieve stress and tension, and also enhances women's energy, men endure this smell with endurance.

A tea made of jasmine flowers relieves tension well, and it is best to take it in the evening after a hard day, while leaf tea has an invigorating effect, and it is better to use it in the morning to set up the body for a working day.

The smell of this plant helps to harmonize the situation in the house and has a good effect on the general mental state of a person. It helps to overcome depressive moods, become more calm and restrained and do not get hung up on trifles.

Problems in growing jasmine:

- Falling leaves - indicates a lack of moisture or an overabundance of sunlight;

- buds are not opened - there is not enough light;

- buds darken - dry and too warm air.