Araucaria

Araucaria - room evergreen coniferous plant, it can easily be called a "home tree". It grows very slowly, but with the right care grows at home up to 2 meters high! If you get an Araucaria in your home, then for every New Year you will always have your own living spruce!

The genus Araucaria includes 25 species, they are characterized by a special growth of the branches: shoots grow from one node. Their needles consist of many small coniferous scales, or flat plates. When it reaches its maximum height during growth, araucaria ceases to be an ornamental plant. The length of the needles reaches 12-14 millimeters in length, in spring they acquire a bright green color, and in other seasons of the year - dark green. If Araucaria grows at home, the bumps do not grow on it. This wonderful evergreen plant is the only ornamental conifer of the whole variety of houseplants.

Proper care of Araucaria

• So that your room spruce grows and does not hurt, first of all, find the right place for it in the house with a sufficient level of lighting. For the good development of Araucaria, large space is needed.
• There should be no direct sunlight, but at the same time the place should not be dark, in the summer it is best to try to provide penumbra to Araucaria. One-sided lighting should also not be, it can lead to the death of Araucaria shoots, which then will not be restored. Just turn the plant pot to the light with different sides.
• Room temperature in the summer in a room where Araucaria grows should not exceed 18 ° C, and in winter the temperature should not fall below 8 ° C and should not be higher than 10 ° C.
• It is necessary to water a house tree once a week, but not too plentifully. Araucaria also likes frequent spraying with water, the more often it becomes - the better.

Araucaria reproduction at home

Araucaria breeds at home very hard, therefore instead of spending efforts on its reproduction at home, it is better to buy another room spruce in the store. But if, nevertheless, you seriously approached the reproduction of araucaria at home, then remember that the best time of year for this is spring (specifically, March or April).

Cut 3-4 cm of upper shoot and leave it for a day without moisture. Then clean it of resin and juice and sprinkle with wood (coal) powder. It is necessary to plant the shoot in the sand, the temperature of which should not be below 25 C.

Araucaria is also propagated by germinating seeds at a temperature of 19-21 C.

Araucaria Diseases

Pests are almost not harmful Araucaria, so the disease she may arise, rather, from the wrong care. The first signs that something is missing in your room tree: needles start to crumble (this may be due to insufficient watering); branches turn yellow and dry out (due to too dry air in the room); withering branches (due to excess water). The slow growth of Araucaria at home indicates the need for a change of feeding., in which there should not be a lot of calcium: if the new cuttings are too thin, it means that Araucaria does not have enough nutrition. Araucaria needs abundant watering in spring and summer, and in winter a slightly moist soil will suffice.

Also for conifers, the aphid and mealybug are quite dangerous, they slow down the growth and development of the plant, and later completely eliminate it. Exterminate them with the help of chemistry, although it is best to remove the insects with a cotton swab or a handkerchief previously soaked in alcohol.

Araucaria at home: tips

• The best fertilizer for Araucaria are manure or compost.
• In summer, the room tree can be taken out into the fresh air for a while, and then brought back into the room.
• A pot for growing araucaria at home should be spacious, in the process of growth it can be replaced by a tub.
• Araucaria needs to be replanted every 2 years, and plants that have reached a height of more than 1 meter in length are transplanted once every three years.
• The life span of Araucaria can reach 10 years with proper care. Be sure to provide support for the trunk.
• When buying a plant, make sure that there are no broken branches on it, and the silhouette of araucaria is as symmetrical as possible.

Before the upcoming New Year, dress araucaria like a holiday tree, then it will bring you even more joy!

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