There is a universal plant that can come to taste and gardeners, and fans of indoor plants. This is budra. In the garden, it will cover the soil with a solid green carpet and thus prevent the growth of weeds. And hanging pots with it will make any apartment more comfortable.
- Description
- What loves budra
- Air humidity and temperature
- Lighting
- The soil
- Landing rules
- How to care for pottery in the pot
- Watering
- Top dressing
- Transfer
- Difficulties with indoor growing
Description
Budra, ivy-shaped, or glucoma, is a perennial grass with creeping stems, as well as purple and blue flowers. It can be found everywhere: in gardens, in gardens, near roads, in fields, in wastelands. People call it catnip, because it smells of mint, and the leaves resemble the cat's paws, and forty-handler, as it helps with many ailments. Nutrients in the leaves and stems make this plant healing.
Traditional medicine uses it as a choleretic and diuretic, gastric, analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent.
What loves budra
This unpretentious weed does not need special care. She loves moisture and does not like extreme conditions: dryness and constant waterlogging.
Air humidity and temperature
Glucome need a little more moisture than other plants, so it can be sprinkled from time to time with water.
Boudra does not like heat. In the summer she feels good at room temperature and is excellent - at 18-20 ° C. She prefers to spend the winter "rest" in a cool room at a temperature not higher than 15 ° C.
Lighting
In nature, glucose grows well in the shade and in the sun.But in the indoor environment it is better to provide bright diffused lighting. For her, a window seat on the south side is suitable.
The soil
In the open ground, this plant quickly grows on fertile soil with a sufficient amount of moisture. Budra loves the same thing. Suitable for it is a mixture of turf and leaf soil, humus and sand in the ratio of 1: 1: 1: 0.5. On sandy soil does not grow.
Landing rules
For breeding, you can use stem stalks about 15 cm long, without flowers. Put them in water or temporarily put them in wet sand or in a mixture of coarse sand and peat. The roots will appear in about a week. After that they should be planted in the prepared soil. Budra can settle down well in any pot: either in a shallow pots or in a rectangular container.
How to care for pottery in the pot
Although catnip is picky, it still needs to provide certain conditions.
Watering
In street conditions, Boudra retains moisture well, and in rooms it is necessary to ensure it has the correct mode of irrigation in order to avoid drying out.
- Abundant watering from spring to autumn. If it is very hot, then you can put the pot in a vessel with water.
- In the fall, reduce the amount of moisture.
- Moderate watering in winter, when growth slows.
Top dressing
In the spring begins rapid growth, for which the plant needs strength. Between April and August, it should be fed once a month. Suitable complex fertilizer for indoor plants with decorative leaves. It is desirable that the nitrogen content in the composition was low, so the stems will not be too long. In the autumn-winter period, fertilization is necessary once every two months, and you can do without top dressing.
Transfer
In the open ground, perennial glucose transplanted only when necessary. Transplant she transfers easily. About how often it is necessary to replant budra, which grows in an apartment, the opinions of gardeners differ. Some do it every year, while others do it every 2-3 seasons. The main thing - to hold this event in the spring.
Difficulties with indoor growing
- Usually the glucomer does not undergo the attack of harmful insects. But if it is wrong to care for her, the aphid and whitefly can hit her.
- When there is not enough watering or nutrients, the tips of the leaves dry.
- High humidity and poor ventilation contribute to powdery mildew. Fungicidal treatment will help get rid of it.
- With low humidity and high temperature favorable conditions for spider mites are created. You can rectify the situation by moving the flower pot to a cold room and sprinkling water.
As an ampelous and ground cover plant, it is used for planting rooms, loggias and balconies. It is noteworthy that Glucoma perfectly gets on in the same pot with other flowers with similar characteristics.