Decorative nightshade - features growing

Decorative nightshade has many names in different countries. Homeland of this plant is South America and the island of Madeira. Decorative nightshade is a shrub and has a year-round period of vegetation. In the cultivation of this plant is unpretentious and therefore easily lends itself to even very inexperienced people in this case. The plant likes bright light and high humidity.

Decorative nightshade is a lush shrub that has beautiful berries, changing their color from green to orange or red and they are really very similar to cherry fruit. Despite its beauty and attractiveness, the decorative nightshade has a distinctly poisonous fruit, so families, some have small children, need to refrain from cultivating this plant for a while. But the nightshade is poisonous only in the case of eating berries in food, otherwise it is a completely harmless plant.

Decorative nightshade is considered an annual, but if you spend it periodically transplanting, circumcision, then it will please you more than one year. Due to the fact that this tropical plant, it requires some care. It is necessary to create a moderate temperature, not to allow a large reduction in it, especially in winter, as well as artificially raise the humidity in the room and conduct periodic spraying of the leaves with water.

Nightshade pseudo-puncture, Latin name S. pseudocapsicum L.

This plant is a shrub up to 120 centimeters high and has leaves reaching a length of 10 cm. An evergreen upright shrub up to 120 cm has fruits that in diameter can reach 1.5 cm and are also poisonous, the motherland of this plant is the island of Madeira.

Nightshade pepper-like, Latin name S. capsicastrum.

This species is very similar to the previous one, but it has smaller sizes and smaller fruits. His homeland is South Brazil and Uruguay. People have got accustomed to the name "Angina tree", in connection with the fact that infusion of fruits helps in the treatment of angina.

House plant nightshade - care.

In an apartment, nightshade should be placed on the sunny side. The plant loves fresh air and therefore in the summer it can be taken out to the street. In winter, the temperature in the room should be within the range of 12-25 degrees, the lower temperature of nightshade tolerates poorly, while at higher temperatures frequent irrigation is necessary. In order for the plant to grow for several years, after the fruit falls, it is necessary to cut it.

Since the plant is southern, it requires intensive watering in the warm season, a lack of moisture will lead to the fall of flowers.

Due to the fact that nightshade is active in color and mass formation of fruits is taking place, it spends a lot of effort. To restore them, you need to spend a weekly feeding. In winter, the plant is fed once a month.

If you want your plant to be beautiful and compact, you need to create a crown after reaching 30 cm. It consists in shortening the main stem, and twigs of the second and third order pinch the ends.

To continue the life of this plant, it is necessary to conduct its annual transplantation. For this, in winter, circumcision of the branches is almost half done, until the beginning of spring, watering is stopped and moved to a new land.

If you decide to propagate nightshade, then it can be done with seeds, or cuttings or sprouts. It is allowed to plant nightshade permanently, but it is better to do it in the spring. For a full-fledged development, it is necessary to make good drainage, since stagnant water leads to the death of the plant.

Nightshade is a very elegant plant, its flowering begins in the spring, after which active fruiting lasts until the beginning of winter.

Decorative nightshade does not like loneliness, and if you surround it with your attention and care, you will receive inimitable beauty and joy on your windowsill.