How to grow a cypress at home

Cypresses grow in the subtropical climate of the Mediterranean, as well as in the Sahara, Himalayas, Guatemala and Oregon.

This species of evergreen trees is part of the cypress family. They have a sprawling or pyramidal shape.

Cypress is used as an ornamental plant, growing in parks and gardens.

In California, cypresses began to grow not only in gardens and parks, but also at home. Now we will dedicate you to the secrets of growing cypress at home.

Room cypress: general description

There are types of conifers that feel good at home in a flower pot. For example, Cypress large-fruited, which is very easy to care for at home. In the house a pot of homemade cypress creates an atmosphere of the New Year holidays due to its smell and appearance.

Home cypress has the same shape, the same shoots that are covered on all sides with elongated, diamond-shaped leaf-scales, as in the usual cypress. Only difference - small size.

The leaves are dark green in color, the fruits are egg-shaped cones, in the scales of which cypress seeds are hidden.

What Cypress Loves, Optimal Growth Conditions

In order for your cypress to grow quickly and smell excellent for a whole year, you need to know how to properly care for it at home. We will tell you about this in the following sections.

Optimum temperature and humidity

Optimum room temperature for a cypress house in the summer - about 15-20 ° C. At this time, the plant needs to spend a lot of time outdoors. If the summer is too hot - spray cypress up to four times a day.

In the heat, you can also arrange a shower for the cypress and keep the plant on a tray with wet pebbles.In winter, it is better to maintain a temperature of 10 ° C.

The choice of location depending on the lighting

In summer, the plant should be pritenyat from direct rays and put on the balcony. In winter, he should have enough light, put the plant pot on the south side better until spring.

To understand that the plant does not have enough light is very simple: cypress will stretch and lose its decorative. If there is too much light, the plant loses its leaves.

What kind of soil loves home cypress

The best soil for cypress - a mixture of turf, leaf or peat land and coarse sand. Usually take one part of sod land, 2 parts of leaf and one part of sand.

Cypress also requires loosened soil, otherwise the plant may die. Need a good drainage at the bottom of the pot.

How to plant a cypress at home

Growing cypress at home is easy. It is enough to buy seeds in a store or extract brown seedlings from cypress cones.

Choosing a pot for cypress

The pot should be 3-4 sizes larger than the roots of the plant. It is better to buy an earthen pot, because in a plastic container the soil will dry quickly, and in winter the ground becomes cold, which is bad for the plant.

Landing pattern

Planting cypress is very easy. Seeds need to get out of a cone or bag and put in wide bowls. To water. After a few weeks, the first young shoots appear, and after a month, small cypress trees can be planted in their pots.

Features care for cypress room

With proper care, the plant will delight you and give you the opportunity to multiply it at home.

Watering rules

It is necessary to water a cypress often and much. But at the same time, the main thing is to set the "middle ground" in order not to overfill the plant or leave it without water at all.

Sprinkle cypress also necessary. It is advisable to do this in the morning and evening. Used at the same time distilled water at room temperature. On hot days, you need to spray the plant daily.

In winter, the cypress should not be sprayed, and the plant should be watered once a week.

Soil care

The first fertilizers with complex dressings are carried out two months after planting, but the dose must be two times weaker than for an adult plant.

Adult cypress trees are fertilized with complex mineral supplements twice a month. This has been done since mid-July. Especially effective proved drug "Kemira". Before watering, 150 g of the drug is scattered on the circle of a pristvolnom circle and applied to the soil. After that, feeding is stopped so that the plant is ready for winter.

Top dressing should contain magnesium, and a high nitrogen content in them can harm the cypress.

When and how to trim a plant

Pruning is no less important than watering and feeding.

Regular pruning of cypress is carried out in early spring. Frozen ends of the shoots pruned and removed old and dry branches.

In addition to the usual annual pruning, need to form a crown of cypress. Usually it is pyramid or cone-shaped. At the end of the growing season, that is, in the fall, they cut off a part of the current year's growth, preserving the natural form. This will make the cypress crown thicker.

Cypress can be given a more stylish look, if you cut it in the shape of a cube, a ball, a pyramid or a spiral.Cypress grows quickly, so you need to cut it in the summer every two weeks.

Transplant cypress room

A young plant is transplanted in spring. Adult cypress trees are transplanted as needed, since the roots do not tolerate this process very well.

At the bottom of the pot the drainage material is poured for several centimeters, then a mixture of new soil (one part of sand, peat and turf ground). Half asleep, then put a lump with cypress and fall asleep to the edge of the pot with the same mixture. We care for young cypress as for adults.

Reproduction cypress

If you like this plant, it is very easy to propagate it at home. You can do this by seed and cutting.

Seed method

Purchased in a store or collected cypress seeds sent to the stratification in the refrigerator for 3-4 months. Then soaked for 12 hours in warm water or root solution.

They are planted in boxes according to the scheme 4 to 4. In the boxes there should already be a drainage from crushed bark (2 cm) and a mixture of soil for coniferous plants. For soil mixtures use sawdust or sand, but as soon as the seeds start to give the first shoots, they are removed.

Box with seeds put in a warm place. The soil should be slightly moist. When the seedlings reach 6 cm in height, young cypress trees are planted in separate pots.

Now the young cypress room needs care, which is easy to carry out at home. The main thing is to water regularly, be sure to spray, fertilize in time and provide good lighting. If everything is done correctly, cypress trees will grow to 25 cm in a year.

Cypress cuttings

Cutting is another way to multiply the number of your cypress trees.

Plants will be cuttings at the end of April, June and at the beginning of September, but it is best to cut them in April.

Apical cuttings are used. They are cut, cleaned and set in a mini-greenhouse with high humidity.

You can also add growth stimulants to the soil. They are watered several times a week.

Twice a year, a growing cypress is fed.

Cypresses are pleased with their beautiful shape and appearance. As you already could understand, cypress is unpretentious in care, unlike many other plants.