Zamiokulkas. Caring for a plant

In flower shops and in home collections, a very attractive flower with thick sturdy and fleshy stems is often encountered, confidently sticking out of the earth in different directions, covered with shiny, dark green, leathery, pointed leaves. This plant is zamiokulkas. Care for him is simple, the plant is unpretentious, so it is very popular among lovers of home floriculture. The undemanding nature of a decorative flower to external conditions of living and leaving is explained by its origin from the African desert. Brilliant stems and leaves are covered with a layer of wax, which helps to retain moisture, high temperatures and dry air in the premises, it is also not scary. And yet, to make the plant look attractive, it was healthy and strong, there are certain rules for caring for it, which basically reduce to observing the regime of watering and the temperature of the environment, as well as the timing of fertilization and the level of illumination.

How to care for zamiokulkas

This plant likes good lighting and warmth. Skinny sturdy leaves are not afraid of bright sun rays. In summer, he prefers frequent, but moderate watering and an ambient temperature of about twenty degrees. Love of the sun, light and heat is manifested in the fact that the most suitable for the normal development of the plant is the southern side, an open light space. During spring, summer, and also the beginning of autumn, zmioculcas needs regular fertilizing with fertilizers. The most suitable for this plant are ready fertilizers for cacti, which can be bought in specialized stores. "Child" of the African desert, zamiokulkas care in winter prefers the simplest. Watering at this time of the year it should be as rare as possible, only when the earth's clod in the pot becomes completely dry. Spray in winter, the plant is not needed, it does not need it at all.

Annually, in the early spring, the plant should be transplanted into a new land, which is composed of equal parts of chernozem, peat and river sand. At the bottom of the pot must pour a layer of drainage. Adult perennial plants can be transplanted not in a year, but every two years.

Zamiokulkas. Care and reproduction

In our latitudes this decorative flower is propagated in two ways: vegetatively, by rooting the leaf, and dividing the bush, which is the simplest and most common. During the transplantation of the plant its root with the shoots is separated, slightly dried with an earthen lump and placed in different pots with prepared soil.

Reproduction with a sheet is a longer and more complicated process. First, a sheet with a growth bud attached to it is selected. Carefully cut off the stem and dried for a few days. While the leaf is lying on the dry, prepare the pot with soil, which must be well heated. The sheet is planted in a pot, poured and covered from above with a glass jar or transparent bag to create a greenhouse microclimate. Under these conditions, the leaf of zamyokulkas takes root within fifty days.

Proper watering, regular and strictly measured top dressing contribute to good growth, beautiful appearance of a home plant zamiokulkas. Care with the observance of all simple procedures will exclude the appearance of various undesirable diseases. However, one should know that excessive watering and excessive moistening of the roots can lead to their decay. Insufficient irrigation and dryness of the earth coma will promote yellowing and falling of leaves. The most frequent pests affecting this plant are aphids, scabies and spider mites. With them you have to fight, spraying the leaves and the root of the earth with special preparations, which you can buy at a specialized store.