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Beautiful ornamental plant spindle japanese

Berezklet is very popular among decorators. These unpretentious plants have bright glossy foliage and unusual shapes fruit. The family numbers up to 220 species, which grow both in the zone of tropics-subtropics, and in the temperate climate of Russia and Ukraine in the form of shrubs or lianas. The leaves are green or mottled. There are species with foliage of various shades of green, yellow, beige flowers. The most important industrial importance is scurvy and European scaly. They contain gutta-percha - a substance that provides plasticity and is widely used in industry.

For breeding in indoor conditions, the Japanese spindle is best adapted. This species has leathery leaves of elliptical shape, pointed toward the end. Color can be very different, today many varieties are distinguished, differing in height and shape of the bush. This plant is well curable, which is widely used in parkland to give plants a variety of forms.

The spindle japanese grows slowly in the room and slowly retains leaves (up to 3-4 years). The end of the period of growth is characterized by the formation at the ends of the shoots of large buds, covered with scales, from which subsequently the sheets will appear again. The plant requires different care depending on what phase it is in. With the beginning of growth of foliage, Japanese spindle must be fed with nitrogen Fertilizers, in the middle of the formation of new leaves - complex, and when laying buds to use phosphoric-potash.

The Japanese spindle tree propagates by cuttings. Kinds with green foliage get accustomed better, with variegated painted - more difficult. Cuttings are best cut before opening the kidneys. For reproduction, branches with leaves are used. Before planting cuttings are recommended to be treated with means to strengthen the formation of roots. It is required to maintain a constant average soil moisture, will have a positive effect heating up from below and diffuse lighting. For successful rooting, a mixture of sand and peat is required in equal proportions.

The spindle japanese is not exacting to substrates, but it reacts poorly to prolonged absence of proper watering. If you do not take adequate measures, foliage can fall and correct the situation until the next wave of growth fails. In some cases, the plant may die. To avoid such problems, always moisten the soil.

The spindle japanese tolerates dry air, but it only needs to be sprayed or washed in the shower for cleaning it from dust. To conditions of wintering it is unpretentious, but it is better to create for a plant a cool temperature. The appearance of pests (scabbards, aphids, spider mite, whitefly) reacts by dropping foliage. Fight them with any available method: just flushing them off the leaves with a stream of water, soapy water, sprinkling with poisons or alcohol. All these manipulations the plant tolerates without special consequences. The only difficulty in care is to correctly determine why the Japanese spindle leaves lose leaves: from lack of water or pest attack.

Knowing everything about indoor plants is impossible, but when growing them, valuable experience accumulates, which becomes a help in the cultivation of decorative and exotic shrubs and flowers in the home.

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