Codyium: home care, growth features

Codium, or croton is an attractive houseplant that stands out with a very bright beautiful coloring of the leaves. The flower looks quite decorative. Blooms very rarely, especially at home. His inflorescences are rather plain and do not constitute any original attraction.

Among the florists Croton is widely known, at present it can be bought in any flower shop. There is only one minus: even if a favorable atmosphere for a flower like a codaume is created, home care can bring a lot of trouble. Croton is very, very capricious. Grow it is quite problematic, but if you manage to create the right conditions, this flower will be so bright and beautiful that the eye can not be torn off.

Let's look at some of the main features of growing croton.

What does the owner need a coding? Care at home for this plant - it's not an easy task. First of all, it is necessary to ensure a rather abundant humidity of air, as in the tropics.

Location

The plant should be on the sunny side. Broken bright lighting is mandatory for him. A flower cognac, care for which does not provide enough light, very quickly loses its bright color of leaves. It is important to remember that direct sunlight can cause burns.

Temperature and humidity

Croton does not tolerate drafts and sudden temperature fluctuations. At low rates, the leaves of the plant instantly turn brown and twist. Therefore, the flower can not be taken out on the street or loggia even in the summer.

Air humidity should be given special attention, it should be quite high. In summer, the plant should be sprayed daily, but even this may not be enough. It is desirable to place the flower in a pallet with wet pebbles. And if the apartment has an aquarium or a terrarium, then for a croton of a better place to dwell simply and can not be imagined.

Watering should be done carefully. From an excessive amount of water, even such a moisture-loving flower as a cyanide can die. Care at home assumes the optimum ratio of air humidity and irrigation frequency of the plant. In the hot summer months, "water" it should be often, but avoiding overmoistening. Croton has not a particularly developed root system, so with excess water its roots can quickly bend.

Allowing the drying of the ground in a flowerpot is also unacceptable. Let me remind you that croton - a flower is very moody, it can react quite sharply to any unfavorable conditions. For example, they forgot to water, dried the soil in a pot - the plant will immediately lose its leaves, and it will be very slow to put on a new outfit.

Transplantation, reproduction

Codyium, care at home, which is a rather troublesome business, also requires an annual transplant, especially for young plants. Transplant it should be as carefully as possible, trying not to damage it, but even once again do not touch the fragile roots in connection with the capriciousness of the flower. Therefore, the croton is moved mainly by transplanting an earthen coma into a pot of larger diameter.

You can propagate the plant both with seeds and cuttings. But the first method is quite complex in itself, because Croton, which grows in the most favorable conditions for it, blooms very rarely. Therefore, cuttings are used for reproduction.

The most important thing for their rooting is the temperature, which should be about 24 degrees. For better effect, it is desirable to treat the sections of the branches with stimulants of the root formation.

In order to grow a chic bright bush, you need very careful care. Cody of Peter, for example, is very common among amateur growers, even despite all the difficulties in growing it.