With the onset of spring and summer, the summer cottage season opens, which does not pass without the sun, nature and, of course, a vegetable garden, growing berries, fruits, vegetables and caring for them. When planning a summer pastime at a summer cottage, one must not forget about indoor flowerswhich will only benefit from fresh air. An excellent option is to live in the private sector, where it is not difficult to take out flowers for a walk. But even living in an apartment building, plants should be taken out to the balcony for the summer, if possible, where fresh air is most abundant. And taking into account some recommendations, the flowers will smell and turn green, while giving their beauty.
Outdoor plant care tips
Before taking flowers out into the fresh air, you need to make sure that it will benefit them, since not all flowers can be taken outside. Alas, not all types of indoor plants are tolerated by the temperature drop, here are some of them: deciduous begonia, orchid, violet, alpinia, arrowroot, croton, selaginella, medinilla, germanthus, anthurium other.
And for example, these types of plants will only benefit from the air: aloe, dracaena, lemon, monstere, cypress, cactus, fat woman, tangerine, pachypodium, sansevieria and many other varieties of domestic plants. It is not difficult to identify a flower with contraindications for walking in the fresh air, these types of plants have increased requests for temperature regime and humidity.
Before exposing the plant to fresh air, you need to make sure that there is no threat of frost. The walking time of plants depends on the climatic conditions of individual regions, but on average this period begins from the end of May, provided that the difference in temperature regime at night and daytime is no more than 10 degrees.
The sun is the source of life not only for humans, but also for any plant, but its excess can adversely affect the plant's deciduous system (in simple words, burn them). Therefore, taking flowers out into the air, it is necessary to choose a darkened place for their stay. It could be somewhere in the area of the house wall on the west side or under the trees. But one more condition for their favorable stay on the street is the absence of drafts. It is better to deepen plants with high trunks into the ground or install additional support for them in order to avoid breaking or falling of the flower.
Mode watering for flowers should remain the same, the same as at home: the water should be a little settled, and the temperature should not be too cold. During the dry season, watering should be increased depending on the drying out of the soil, while not forgetting to spray the leaves. No watering is needed in rainy weather Fertilizing house flowers in summer plays a big role for their growth, since it is during this season that plants begin to grow and bloom intensively. Mineral liquid fertilizers for feeding flowers are ideal. Produce feeding need a couple of times during the month.
And the biggest problem that arises when exposing plants for a walk is insects that destroy flowers. Although not all pests love houseplants. However, a pest such as aphid, uses everything and everywhere, regardless of the type of plant and the conditions of its finding. The primary sign of its appearance is deformation of leaves with a sticky surface, drying of the tops of the stem and flowers. When these symptoms appear, immediately spray the flowers with a solution of laundry soap, and remove the damaged stems.
Also a common pest is spider mite... The indicator of its appearance is a thin web. The tick itself is practically invisible due to its small size. Fighting with it is much easier than with aphids: just increase the moisture content of the soil and the plant itself by watering and spraying. There is another pest - a slug or a snail. When visiting the plant, they gnaw through the leaves and leave traces of mucus. To combat them, it will be enough to create a water barrier by placing the pot on a stand in a pan with water.
Fulfilling these recommendations, indoor plants will significantly grow and get stronger over the summer period, gain strength for the winter, giving good and taking away bad energy in the room.
