Spathiphyllum is a tropical plant with delicate flowers resembling an open white sail. Many flower growers seek to replenish their home collection with this exquisite flower. Argued that he brings female happiness. However, once in the house, the capricious guest "refuses" to please the host with his beautiful flowers.
How often does a woman's flower happiness budding?
Spathiphyllum is a perennial plant. The flowering period begins after its root system grows and strengthens. As a rule, this occurs in the second year of life. With maximum observance of all conditions of growth, Spathiphyllum pampers its owner with buds from February to October! It even happens that an exotic guest blooms twice a year, in spring and autumn!
Why does he sometimes not do this?
If two or three years have passed, and the spathiphyllum does not bloom, it is easy to guess that he needs help. To do this, of course, it is necessary to find out the reason for the lack of buds.
Unsuitable pot
One of the most commonplace mistakes that inexperienced flower growers make is a big pot for spathiphyllum.
The fact is that this handsome loves cramped. It practically does not grow and especially does not let out flower stalks until it fills the entire pot with roots.
Wrong lighting
Despite the shade-loving, no sunshine don't expect flowers to come out of the green friend. Ideally, the eastern side of the apartment is suitable - the air is cool and humid after the night, and the sun's rays do not burn the leaves. If not, you can rearrange the plant during the day. It easily refers to the "moving".
Do not forget that under the direct rays of the sun tropical guest will certainly die!
What to do to make the plant bloom at home?
Special dressing
Any plant needs fertilizer. But in the case of the spathiphyllum, it is necessary to approach this point with extreme caution.
The fact is that for the development of foliage and for the development of flowers he needs a different fertilizing. One of the most common fertilizers are organic. They have a good effect on the state of the plant and the development of its deciduous mass, which is also important for the further development of the peduncle.
If the spathiphyllum "overfeed" with organic matter, you can forget about its flowering.
To activate the budding process, you need to choose:
- Mineral fertilizers, which include:
- sulfur;
- manganese;
- phosphorus;
- copper;
- iron;
- potassium;
- calcium;
- nitrogen;
- boron;
- magnesium.
- Specially designed products for Aroid plants (to which the spathiphyllum applies).
- Fertilizers for flowering crops.
- Liquid preparations to enhance flowering.
- Universal fertilizers for indoor plants.
Since the spathiphyllum foliage is rather bulky and can “take” most of the fertilizer on itself, for abundant flowering, the subcortex is held once a week from March to September inclusive. For a more complete top dressing, some flower growers alternate fertilizing organic matter with mineral fertilizers.
Creating ideal conditions
For comfort, this overseas guest needs the usual conditions for him, namely:
- Temperature conditions - +20 - + 25ºС.
- Humidity - regular spraying, even in winter. Spathiphyllum comes from countries with high humidity, due to the lack of which the plant dries.
- Priming - nutritious, light, water-and air-permeable (for example, ready-made soil for ornamental flowering plants). It is recommended to add Biohumus for additional root feeding.
- Lighting - light partial shade. With a lack of sunny color, the leaves become elongated, and the peduncle is not produced at all.
- Watering - This item depends on the season and the size of the pot. There is the simplest way to determine the irrigation time: immerse your finger in the substrate. If at the level of the two phalanges the soil is already dry, it is time to water the plant.
- Locations - This representative of the flora does not tolerate drafts. When they are available, the plant starts dropping foliage.
Do not let water fall on the peduncle during spraying, as this may cause black spots.
What if the plant leaves turn yellow?
The appearance of yellowness on the leaves of the plant signals the wrong care. By itself, this will affect its flowering. There are several reasons for this phenomenon:
- Overflow - leaves turn yellow and rot. What to do: urgently get a flower from a pot and place in a weak solution of potassium permanganate (a teaspoon of potassium permanganate per liter of water) for 3-4 days. Then remove the rotten roots and transplant into new soil.
- Underfilling or dry air - drooping yellow leaves with a brown dry edging. What to do: water the plant abundantly and spray the foliage.
- Lack of magnesium - The leaves are yellow, with green veins. What to do: to conduct dressing with magnesium sulfate or complex mineral fertilizer.
After identifying the root cause and eliminating it, the spathiphyllum will delight with new buds.
What trick will help increase the number of buds?
Many plant owners want its flowering to be more abundant and are puzzled over how to get the spathiphyllum to increase the number of buds they pick. It turns out in order to overseas handsome bloomed on a large scale it is necessary to ensure a period of rest.
To do this, for 2-4 weeks, the plant is placed in a light, cool place (about 14 degrees above zero) and moderately watered. Such a manipulation will be a stress for the spathiphyllum, so upon returning to his usual comfortable place in a couple of weeks he will bloom profusely.
During the rest period, do not spray the flower.
What will help to extend the process?
Subject to the above conditions of detention, an exotic friend will smoothly delight you with exquisite flowers. The only way you can help him is to remove old inflorescences. When a flower changes color from white to green, feel free to cut it with sharp scissors.. Thus, the "withering sail" will not take nutrients from young shoots. Place the cut, in turn, sprinkle with crushed activated carbon for the fastest healing.
A photo
Here you can see a photo of the culture during flowering, which was achieved by complying with all home care rules.
Problems and difficulties
If the spathiphyllum continues to produce buds even in late autumn, it must be "sent to rest" by force.
Such a measure is necessary for the plant to "gain strength" before the next flowering period.
How to care for the culture in different periods?
If the care before the flowering of the spathiphyllum is aimed at activating all the processes (abundant watering, spraying, feeding), then after that it is necessary to reduce all manipulations. Namely:
- rearrange the plant in a cool room;
- watering should be reduced to once a week (possible in two);
- root dressing is carried out once a month.
In the summer, it is desirable to make a flower in the fresh air. At observance of all above-mentioned conditions the spathiphyllum will become the fine representative of a collection of houseplants. Will delight the surrounding "white sails" on a green leaflet foliage.
