Who said that a chefler is unpretentious and easy to care for? This man never kept a home tropical beauty. No doubt she's good. It grows very quickly, lush foliage pleases the eye and warms the soul. True, it does not bloom at home. But this is such a small thing compared to decorative.

How to care for a chefler at home? Carefully and carefully. The slightest deviation from habitual conditions and leaf fall is provided. But do not be afraid in advance. It is quite possible that the rules described below will turn out to be a mere trifle for you. Then you should definitely get yourself a chefler.

The most important for the plant are watering, lighting and temperature. Everything else is secondary.

Vodicka for sheflera

Watering. Occupies the main position. A very subtle science. If you master it, then the cheflera will be eternally grateful to you. What are the subtleties?

The soil must not be too wet. Leaves turn black and fall off. It is impossible to allow complete drying of the earthen coma. In this case, you will find a fall of still green leaves, but already with brown tips. The temperature of a wet earthen coma should not fall below +22°C. There should not be a drop of excess water in the pan, but there must be wet expanded clay or moss.

The water itself is suitable only settled, and preferably melted. The temperature of the liquid is slightly above room temperature. Chefler needs a lot high humidity air. Therefore, a spray gun should always be next to it. The procedure is carried out at least 2 times a day, directly on the leaves.

For additional hydration, water containers are placed nearby, and the batteries are covered with a damp towel.

Advice. If a chefler is bought in a store, wash her leaves at home with laundry soap. For greater decorativeness, it is customary to cover them with wax. They shine, but they cannot absorb moisture. At healthy plant the leaves themselves will be glossy.

Lighting

Second in importance. Sheflera needs a lot of light, but direct sunlight is contraindicated for her. Therefore, the window is only western or eastern. In the north, the plant will lose its variegation, if it is meant. And the forms with green foliage are strongly drawn out, smaller and paler.

The south window provides enough light. But the sun burns the plant, up to complete death. It is either placed on a table or stand next to the window, or shaded with a curtain, white paper, cardboard. Still, on the south side of the cheflere it will be too hot and dry. You will often have to humidify the air.

Temperature

Chefler feels best at a temperature of + 19-23 ° C. But it calmly tolerates a cold snap of up to + 13 ° С. But warming is fraught with dried tips of leaves or even dropping them.

If the house has air conditioning, then this is good for the plant. Especially in the summer heat. Just do not put it directly under a stream of air - it categorically does not tolerate drafts.

Advice. In summer, you can take the shefler outside, only in partial shade. It is desirable that the place be closed from the wind.

pot and soil

What material the pot is made of, the chefler does not care. The main thing is that it fits the size of the root system. She is growing rapidly. For the same reason, the vessel must be free.

At the next transplant, you need to take a pot 4-7 cm in diameter larger than the previous one. This will allow the plant to develop normally.

The soil should be very loose and breathable, but fertile. Can be bought in the store special primer, good for palm trees. And you can make the soil mixture yourself. To do this, you need to take in equal shares:

• oily leaf rot
• peat, large pieces
• clean coarse sand

For better looseness, you can add a little foam or coarsely ground eggshells to the mixture, but not necessary. Placed on the bottom of the container thick layer drainage. This is an indispensable condition. Sheflera does not like stagnant moisture at the roots, and immediately reacts with decay. Therefore, expanded clay, gravel, marble chips, pebbles - with a layer of at least 4 cm.

Formation

Many refuse to form cheflers, letting it grow on its own. She is growing. In one stem. Up to 4 meters long. But thin. Its owners tie it to a peg or a special support, and it still stretches. But the greatest decorative effect can be achieved by simply cutting off the top of the head. young plant over sheet 5. After the appearance of side shoots, they are pinched again over the 5th leaf. After such a procedure, a lush bush is obtained, and not one long branch.

Advice. Be sure to powder the pinching place with a crushed tablet activated carbon or shallow wood ash to avoid getting bacteria into an open wound.

Diseases and pests

The most common sheflera disease is rot. She comes from:

• excess moisture in the soil
• too low temperature content
• drafts
• overfeeding with fertilizers
• mechanical damage

By avoiding these factors, you can completely avoid the appearance of byaki. If your sheflera began to wither, shed leaves, turn black or get wet - urgently save the plant. First you need to remove the beauty from the pot and carefully examine the root system. Often, decay begins there.

Cut off the damaged areas with a sharp sterile knife or blade. Then the roots are kept in weak solution potassium permanganate 20 minutes. And then transplanted into healthy soil.

Pests. In our climate, the chefler is threatened by only three types of insects: spider mites, scale insects and thrips. The first sign of defeat - the plant begins to "cry". That is, juice drips from the leaves. So the chefler tries to defend himself. You may not see the pests themselves, but you will definitely notice the drops.

Help the plant. wash the leaves warm solution laundry soap. Just make sure that the mixture does not get into the soil. After that, treat the beauty with any systemic insecticide.

fertilizers

Sheflera is quite content with any mineral complex fertilizer. It is applied in liquid form after the next watering about once every 11-13 days. Once a month, the soil can be sprinkled with finely ground eggshell. But this is only if you did not add it to the ground.

Do not exceed the feeding dosage indicated on the package. This will cause the leaves to drop or turn yellow.

Advice. Use stick or tablet forms of fertilizer whenever possible. Then, when watering, the plant itself will take exactly as much nutrition as it needs at the moment.

1. Sheflera juice can cause irritation or dermatitis if it comes into contact with the skin. Therefore, all manipulations for pinching and transplanting must be performed strictly with gloves. If you have small children or pets, avoid this plant. Or put it in a place where it will be difficult to get it.
2. From time to time sheflera leaves lose their gloss. This comes from the dust that accumulates on the surface. It should be washed with a damp soft cloth. If the plant is already too large, then it is better to arrange for it warm shower. Just be sure to tightly wrap the pot so that excess liquid does not get there. The pressure of the shower must be weak, otherwise the leaves may be damaged.
3. An adult chefler is transplanted no more than 1 time in 3 years. If you do this every spring, then she will gladly take advantage of your offer and grow to her natural size. Is there room for content? Then give her freedom.
4. By the way, it is best to transplant the chefler by transshipment. That is, without destroying the old earthy coma. If the pot is already too large, then you can not transplant the plant at all. But be sure to replace once a year (in the spring) upper layer soil on a new one. Approximately 7-9 cm.
5. Be sure to work any soil before planting cheflers. A strong solution of potassium permanganate or phytosporin perfectly disinfects purchased or homemade soil. This way you can avoid a lot of problems in the future.
6. Sheflers do not have a pronounced period of rest, but it must be arranged in winter time to let the plant rest. Starting in October, stop feeding and reduce watering. The temperature of the content and lighting do not change. In February, gradually increase watering again and begin to fertilize the plant.

How to care for a chefler at home? As you can see, it's difficult. But if desired, all conditions are quite feasible. Follow the recommendations and the plant will delight you with decorative foliage and powerful growth for a long time.

Video: sheflera care

Sheflera came to us from Taiwan. There it grows to a height of up to 2.5 m. At home - up to 1.5 m. There are undersized decorative varieties. Valued for beautiful, often variegated, leaves.

The leaves of the sheflera are leathery, rounded, cut into lobes. Their length can reach 20 cm. The petiole is long. Leaves are green or variegated. Their surface is covered with light spots, stripes of white and yellow color. As you grow lower leaves fall off, exposing the trunk. But the upper ones create beautiful crown. This plant is called umbrella tree, because each of the sheets is like a small umbrella.

For a year, a shefler grows up to half a meter.

But for this you need to have a lot of heat and light in the room. The flowers are small, light green. They are collected in a panicle. Sheflera does not bloom indoors. For this she lacks light.

Variegated plant varieties:

• Gerda
• Sofia
• Gold Capella
• Trinity
• Janine
• Variety Jeanine - a miniature plant with a feathery leaf edge and white-yellow streaks
• Amati - a variety with green leaves

Reproduction methods

Shefler is propagated by semi-lignified cuttings (the procedure is carried out in summer or spring):

• Cut a cutting with 5 leaves sharp knife, cut off all the leaves except for the top 2-3. You can cut off those that are immersed in water, and cut the rest by half.
• Install cuttings in water with the addition of Kornevin, Heteroauxin or other rooting agent. You can use a mixture of sand and soil.
• They make a shelter from above, but leave a hole for ventilation. You can buy a special greenhouse for rooting.
• If the room temperature is below 22 degrees, the dishes with the handle are placed on a warm surface. The soil is constantly moistened so as not to dry out.
• They make sure that direct sunlight does not fall on the leaves, the water in the glass does not evaporate, and the clod of earth does not dry out.
• After a couple of weeks, roots appear on the handle. It is planted in a separate bowl.

Shefler is propagated by air layering. For this:

• The top layer is not deeply cut and the cut is covered with moss.
• Wrapped in polyethylene. Make sure the moss doesn't dry out.
• Roots form after 2 months. The layering is cut off and planted in a separate bowl.

Sheflera can also be propagated by seeds, but since it does not bloom in room conditions, it is difficult to use this method:

• If there are seeds, prepare a light substrate from equal parts sheet and sod land and sand, sterilize it. For half a day, the seeds are soaked in a stimulant solution (Epin, aloe juice).
• The seeds are small, so you need to close them up shallowly, for two of their lengths. sprayed warm water from a spray bottle. Cover plastic wrap. Seeds germinate for a very long time, sometimes several months.
• After the seedlings have 2 or 3 leaves, their first time. After transplantation, the temperature is lowered to 18 degrees.
• When it is well braided with an earthen ball, they are transplanted again. Pots are taken small, with a diameter of up to 10 cm.
• The temperature is reduced to 15°C. Once again transplanted, then the plant is considered an adult.

Sheflera does not require much trouble. But in order for her to please with beautiful leaves, she needs to create conditions for her development:

1. Sheflera does not like cramped quarters and dark corners. Therefore, you need to install it in an open sunny place. Shefler should not be planted by those who care for plants from time to time.
2. She does not like strong moisture. Does not tolerate drought well. Therefore, it should be watered regularly, but little by little, only after the earthen lump dries up from above.
3. The plant reports excess moisture and insufficient light by dropping leaves. So that they branch, they install the chefler in a bright place and stop watering often. If the lump of earth dries up, you can moisten it by setting it in water for 10 minutes. Then they wait until the excess water escapes and drain it from the pan. You can put gravel in the pan and fill it with water, and put a flower pot on top.
4. Schefflera responds well to spraying. It must be carried out with rain or settled water. If you use tap water, the leaves will appear limescale. But even without spraying, it grows well. It is not only necessary to install it next to the heating battery. A couple of times a year they wash the shefler in the shower, covering the lump with plastic wrap. You can wipe the leaves with a damp cloth.
5. It is better to install a pot with a sheflera on windowsills facing east or west. If they are narrow, put near the window. The plant installed on the south window will need to be constantly shaded from hot sun rays. If this is not done, light burn spots will appear on the leaves. Sheflera with variegated leaves, installed in an insufficiently lit place, will lose its bright coloring and its leaves will become monophonic. To return the old color, the plant is transferred to a brighter place, for example, to the south window.
6. The optimum temperature for growing in summer is 16-20°C. In winter, the temperature in the room must be lowered. But it should not fall below 12 degrees. If there are drafts in the room or leaves will get cold air out the window, they might die. The amount of light in winter is the maximum.
7. Chefler responds well to top dressing. They are carried out in liquid, which can be bought at the store: Pokon +, Peat Oxidate, Novosil. It is better to reduce the concentration by 8 times, but water more often: once a week in summer, 2 times a month in winter. Dry fertilizers for cheflers are not used.
8. Sheflera is disease resistant, but can be damaged. This may be indicated by dark spots on the leaves, their yellowing, blackening. The cause may be damage by thrips, scale insects, spider mites. You can fight with ready-made insecticides bought at the store. In order not to use chemistry, you can treat the leaves and trunk with a solution of laundry soap.

Transplant and pruning

Shefler undersized varieties transplanted after a year. For large ones, the time between transplants increases to 5 years. An indicator for transplantation may be the roots that peek out of the hole in the pot. Each time they take a little more dishes. The soil is prepared with neutral acidity, with the addition of sand and sphagnum moss. At the bottom of the dish, drainage is laid with a thickness of at least 2 cm. It can be gravel, expanded clay. Adult cheflers are transplanted by transshipment. This helps to preserve the roots of the plant.

Sheflera in conditions comfortable for her is growing rapidly.

To stop it from growing, cut off the top at the desired height. The plant tolerates well and forms a crown in the form of a ball. The shape of the plant can be chosen at your discretion: in the form of a tree, a bush. Sometimes several plants are planted in one pot and connected by weaving a pigtail.

From above it is fixed until the branches become coarse. Pruning causes rapid growth of side shoots. They can also be cut, giving the plant the desired shape. If the chefler is watered irregularly, not fed, not cut off, she can shed her leaves and even die.

More information can be found in the video:

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Terms

But green-leaved cheflers feel good with little shading.

Important! Any type of chefler is contraindicated in direct sunlight for a long time.

The best location would be on the east and west sides of the buildings.

Care

Sheffler will not cause any particular difficulties in how to care for her. Proper care consists of , periodic and .

Watering

Shefler needs to be watered often, but moderately. It does not tolerate either drought or overflow, for the earth can turn sour. Focus on the condition of the top layer - water if it is dry. In summer, watered once every 2 days, in winter - somewhat less often.

Water should be settled, soft and warm. The difference in temperature between the water and the ambient air should be kept to a minimum.

After fertilizing, it is advisable to sprinkle the ground in crushed soil.

Transfer

Over time, the container in which the flower grows becomes small, and you need to think about how to transplant the shefler. Every 2 years the plant should be transplanted into a larger pot.

The best time for this procedure is the end of the dormant period and before the start of the growing season, around April.
Pour the prepared one (crushed stone, stones) into the new pot, and the prepared earthen mixture onto it. This mixture should be light, loose, slightly acidic.

You can prepare the mixture yourself: you need 3 parts, 1 part, 2 parts of sand. And you can use ready-made for indoor plants.

A plant with a whole earthen clod is carefully placed in a new pot, filled with new earth to the required level and tamped a little. After that watered.

rest period

In late autumn and until spring, sheflers have a dormant period. At this time, she is placed in a cool room. It is desirable to maintain the temperature at the level of 16–18 ° С.

This period is not required frequent watering and feeds. Monitor the condition of the top soil word and water the plant when it dries out. It would be nice to provide the plant with additional light sources.

Disease and pest control

An unpleasant attack in the form of a disease or harmful parasites can happen to a chefler with improper care. In this case, the plant may be affected

This plant is native to tropical forests. Shefflera is most common in Brazil, Australia, China and some Pacific Islands. On our planet, there are approximately 600 species of this plant, which is a representative of the Araliyev family. Scheffler's home care is quite simple, so many novice flower growers grow this particular flower at home.
Scheffler grows in nature as trees, shrubs and vines, reaching a maximum height of 20 meters. This species has compound leaflets dissected into several lobes, which in appearance resemble umbrellas. The shefflera trunk becomes bare over time, the leaves grow only in the upper part of the plant. From time to time, inflorescences appear on the branches different size and shapes, they can be capitate, umbrella and paniculate. Most often, the inflorescences have a greenish and whitish tint, sometimes they can be blood red. Both the flowers and fruits of the shefflera attract the attention of birds and various insects that feed on this tree.
At home, the following types of shefflers are usually grown:

• radiant;
• palmate;
• eight-leaf;
• woody.

This plant does not need any complex care, but there are some nuances that must be observed to make the shefflera feel comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

Required amount of light

This plant is photophilous, both in winter and in summer period. Caring for a shefflera involves giving her a large number Sveta. If the lighting is insufficient, then the leaves will begin to lose their color. However, the tree does not tolerate direct sunlight. The best location for shefflers will be windows located on the west, east and north sides of the house. Variegated forms shefflers love sunlight, so they are often placed on the southern windowsills, but the lighting must be diffused.
Some flower growers believe that in the summer it is necessary to take the sheffler to fresh air, but others insist that the correct care of the plant is its constant placement in the house. Best Option there will be observation of the flower itself. If he does not get worse on the street, then for a while you can leave him on fresh air. You must always remember that direct sunlight on the sheffler and excessive lighting will have a detrimental effect on the condition of the flower.

Temperature regime

Although this tree grows in tropical forests, it does not tolerate hot weather very well. summer days. most the best temperature for shefflers is: in summer 16-22 degrees, in winter period 14-16 degrees. Plant species that have variegated leaves love a temperature of at least 18 degrees. When the temperature is less than 14 degrees, the plant begins to hurt, its condition worsens.

How much moisture does a sheffler need

This plant needs a high pallet, as in the summer it needs to be watered abundantly. But excess moisture must be removed after a few hours, so that the root system will not rot and hurt. Shefflera care includes regular watering, the water temperature should be room temperature or slightly warmer. Usually this plant is watered every three to four days, 300 grams of water should be calculated per 1 liter of soil. However, each type of shefflera consumes water differently; variegated varieties need the least amount of moisture.
You should always pay attention to the condition of the soil. It can be used to determine whether the watering time has come or not. If the top layer of the earth is slightly dry, then it is time to water the plant. Shefflera leaves will look healthy only if the air humidity is high, for this you need to periodically spray the flower from a spray bottle, or wipe the leaves from time to time with a damp cloth or sponge.

What should be the soil

The substrate must be prepared slightly acidic and fertile. Can buy ready soil in flower shop, but it is better to make a substrate with your own hands from which components:

• 1 part sand;
• 2 parts of humus;
• 3 parts of leaf land;
• 4 parts of soddy soil.

Another option is to mix equal amounts of peat, sand, leaf, wood new ground and humus. If it is impossible to prepare a nutrient substrate at home, then it is better to purchase soil for growing palm trees in the store. Drainage material must be poured at the bottom of the pot, it can be expanded clay, foam granules, crushed stone, crushed brick. Thanks to the drainage layer, the water will not stagnate in the pot and the roots will not rot. Proper care and cultivation of shefflera - hydroponics method.

Flower dressing

Care also includes regular fertilization of the plant. Thanks to top dressing, the sheffler will develop normally and its growth will be stably active. Fertilizers must be applied from spring to autumn, experienced growers Sheffler is usually fed once a month. In addition to fertilizing the soil, you also need to spray the flower leaves with zircon and epin, which are bioregulators. It is better to buy universal fertilizers, which are desirable to be applied immediately after watering, when the soil is wet.

plant pruning

Prune the sheffler by removing the tops from the tree. Thanks to this method, excessive upward growth is stopped. In addition, you can make the flower lush: some varieties of this tree beat off side branches, but this happens quite rarely. You need to cut into five or six kidneys, it is advisable to do this in spring period. It is imperative to prune the tree-like sheffler, thanks to the pruning of this species, an attractive crown is formed, which is appreciated by all lovers of the art of bansai.

Stopping plant growth

Starting from the end of autumn and ending in February, the sheffler is at rest, its growth and development stops. At this time, it is necessary to fertilize the flower once a month, as in the summer, but the concentration of fertilizer must be halved. Watering in winter also needs much less, correct winter care- this is watering once a week, 100 grams of water per liter of land. Watering should be done only when the top layer of the substrate begins to dry out.

How often a flower is transplanted

A young sheffler needs to be transplanted every year, and experienced flower growers transplant adult plants once every 2-3 years. When transplanting, you need to use a new pot, which is 1-2 centimeters larger than the old one. The procedure is most often performed in the spring, when the plant begins to actively develop. In this case, until the winter months, before the dormant period of the plant, there is enough time for the roots to develop properly. In the event that the transplant cannot be performed, for example, when the sheffler is already an adult and is in big pot, then you only need to replace the top layer of earth in the tank.

How to propagate shefflera

This plant is quite difficult to grow. For breeding given flower three main methods are used: planting seeds, cuttings and air layering.

1. Planting seeds. The disadvantage of this shefflera breeding method is the very rare flowering. If it turned out to take seed from an adult plant, then it is necessary to sow at the end of winter. Before planting the seeds, they must be soaked in warm water, in which you need to add a biogrowth stimulator, you can buy it in the store. After a few days, the seeds should be planted in a moist substrate and the container with the seedlings should be placed in a warm place.
2. Cuttings. It is necessary to select healthy cuttings. They need to be soaked for about 7-8 hours in water with a growth stimulator, and then planted in moist soil. After planting, caring for cuttings involves creating greenhouse conditions, for this, the container can be covered with cellophane film or glass. The greenhouse needs to be ventilated once or twice a day.
3. Propagation by air layering. To do this, in the spring, a small incision is made on the shefflera trunk, which is covered with sphagnum moss, previously impregnated with phytohormone. Impregnation can be made independently, for this you need to dissolve 1 gram of store-bought fertilizer in a liter of water. Moistened moss must be pressed tightly with plastic wrap, which must be periodically removed to moisten the moss. After a couple of months, small roots will appear, you need to wait another 2 months and cut off the crown below the roots, then transplant the cuttings into a separate container with a fresh substrate. The cut can be covered with moss. Further necessary care for a young shefflera - this is regular watering and infrequent feeding of the plant.

Flower diseases and pests

Schefflera is a plant that loves moisture very much. If care for this flower is irregular and watering is insufficient, then the leaves will begin to dry out from the edges. However, if watering is too frequent, then the leaves will begin to become covered. brown spots, after which they will fall off. If, due to an excess of moisture, the roots began to rot, then they must be removed, and healthy roots should be placed in a zircon solution for a couple of hours. Then it is desirable to treat the roots with a fungicide and sprinkle with crushed coal. After this, the sheffler is planted in a new soil, and for a couple of days it is covered with plastic wrap or glass on top.
If the sheffler lacks light, or if the room is cold, this plant may shed its foliage. In addition, the leaves may fall off if the room is very hot. Proper care is the creation of the necessary temperature regime, not less than 15 degrees and not more than 22 degrees.
Schefflera can drop foliage due to a tick that appears as a result of dry air. Pale spots and a thin cobweb will appear on the leaves, the flower will slowly weaken. If you start fighting this tick in time, then an ordinary soapy solution will help, which you need to wipe the flower, but if the pest has spread greatly, you will have to use insecticides. To not be spider mite, you need to perform regular care, which includes spraying and wiping the plant with soft water.
In addition to ticks, other pests can attack the sheffler, for example mealybug, aphid, shield. You need to fight them with insecticides, which are sold in any flower shop.
So, shefflera is an attractive tropical flower that can be successfully grown at home in our country. Caring for this plant is quite simple and not problematic. If you regularly water, spray, feed the sheffler and fight pests in time, the flower will be healthy and beautiful.

Schefflera is a beautiful tropical plant belonging to the family dicot plants order Umbrella - Araliaceae. Such an amazing name was given to the plant not for its appearance, but in honor of the German botanist Jacob Scheffler, who was actively involved in the cultivation of this plant.

Tropical shrubs are common in wildlife in many countries. Among them are New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, China and others. The average growth of this ornamental tree in natural conditions is about two and a half meters. What can not be said about home specimens. Indoor plants, as a rule, can boast of growing up to one and a half meters. Both in natural conditions and at home, the chefler resembles a small tree.

An ornamental plant is very fond of growing followers of the teachings of Feng Shui, according to which the harmonious development of this flower in the house is a "guarantor" material well-being and spiritual balance.

Speaking of features appearance plants, then it is worth highlighting the unusual structure of sheflera leaves. In some ways, they resemble an umbrella in the open state. The leaf lobes grow from one point on the stem and very much resemble knitting needles.

On a note! Indoor chefler blooms very, very rarely (almost never). But the flower more than compensates for this small flaw surprisingly harmonious bushy leaves and majestic sizes for house plants.

Her one undoubted plus of a room chefler is her amazing unpretentiousness. One of the most popular varieties that are grown at home are:

• star-leaved,
• palmate,
• eight-leaf,
• treelike and others.

It is important! If little curious fidgets grow in your house, it is better to place the chefler in a place in the house where children cannot reach. The fact is that perennial leaves contain special substances that negatively affect skin covering. When in contact with sensitive skin, the leaves irritate it. Therefore, you should be careful and properly care for the plant.

Care for a chefler at home

We want to repeat once again and focus on the fact that shefler refers to undemanding plants. Therefore, even a novice grower can handle the care of this indoor flower.

Placing cheflers at home. Proper lighting

Sheflera loves sunlight, but in moderation. For such ornamental plant a well-lit place in the house with the possibility of shading at any time is perfect. The fact is that scorching rays can cause serious damage to the leaves of a flower: burns will appear on them. If you have the opportunity, please post indoor flower in the west or east window at home. In this case, the plant will have both a sufficient amount of sunlight and the opportunity to hide from the sultry midday rays.

It is important! Strictly speaking, it all depends individual characteristics specific plant. If your indoor flower feels great in direct sun, the leaves retain their rich green color, then you can leave the plant alone.

temperature for cheflers

Shefler can be safely attributed to heat-loving plants. It should be noted that the plant does not like stuffy rooms with low humidity very much, and, as a rule, responds to such care with yellowing and leaf fall.
Basic requirements for temperature regime plants:

• AT summer time indoor perennial will feel comfortable if the temperature at which it is kept ranges from +16 to +22 degrees. Schefflera does not take too kindly to high temperatures. An ideal place to place it in the summer is a balcony or loggia on the western or eastern side of the house.
• AT winter months the temperature of the plant should be lowered to +14 +16 degrees. Remember to protect the chefler from the damaging effects of batteries central heating. If the perennial "suffers" from adverse conditions, you should either move it to another place, away from the battery, or provide the plant with decent moisture.

Watering sheflers

Water quality: necessarily defended, room temperature. The indoor flower is very picky about the quality of the irrigation liquid. If you did not have time to defend the water in time, then you can use either distilled water or chilled boiled water. But by no means cold.

Soil moisture content in a pot: The soil must always remain moist. If the room is too hot and the soil in the pot dries out quickly, it is worth increasing the frequency of watering.

Sheflera watering schedule in winter and summer:

• Summer water the plant should be at least 1 time in 2-3 days. Of course, focusing on the drying of the soil in the pot.
• in winter the frequency of irrigation should be greatly reduced. But do not moisten the ground completely is not worth it. The best option: to carry out watering 1 time in one and a half weeks.

The harmonious development of cheflers at home is directly affected by the introduction (timely and reasonable!) of dressings.

Sheflera fertilizer

You can buy top dressing for cheflers at any flower shop. For indoor perennials, complex organic and mineral fertilizers are perfect.

Remember! The period of active growth of cheflera lasts from mid-spring to early autumn. If you call specific months, then this is approximately from mid-April to early September. In winter, top dressing should not be carried out.

Systematic fertilization will not only accelerate the growth of your home flower, but will also allow it to retain its decorative effect.

Schefflera transplant

Like many other houseplants, the shefler should be repotted regularly. But the degree of this regularity must be strictly controlled. The frequency of plant transplants directly depends on the age of the indoor flower.

How often should a chefler be transplanted?

The indoor perennial shefler, like many other representatives of the glorious Araliev family, is growing and developing rapidly. That is why the plant should be transplanted according to the following scheme:

• during the first years of life indoor plant still very young, the chefler should be transplanted at least 1 time per year;
• a mature plant should be transplanted no more than 1 time in 3-4 years.

Plant growers take note! Sheflera does not need to be transplanted too often. Strictly speaking, it is possible to judge that a plant should immediately change its growing container by the state of its root system.

If the flower is very easily removed from the pot and the soil in the pot is completely entwined with the root system, then it is time to find a bigger container for the indoor flower.

Schefflera transplantation scheme

The procedure for transplanting a plant directly depends on its age.

• A still completely immature plant, the root system of which is not strong, should be transplanted by transshipment. In addition, an indoor flower that is in the growth stage may react negatively to outside interference and begin to shed its leaves.

  So, using the transshipment method, we do not touch the earthen ball on the roots of the indoor flower. We simply remove the plant from the container, carefully examine it for the occurrence of diseases.

  A layer of drainage is poured into a new growing container, then added new land. Carefully roll over the plant and fill the pot with fresh soil. The transplant is completed with abundant watering of the indoor flower.

• If you are going to transplant an already mature plant, then you should carefully remove it from the pot. root system we clean it from the soil, inspect it for the occurrence of rot and other unpleasant moments. If everything is in order, we continue the transplant. new pot, as a rule, should be at least three centimeters larger than its predecessor. We lay out a good layer of drainage at the bottom of the container, better than expanded clay, fill in part of the fresh soil prepared in advance. Then carefully place the plant in a pot and add some of the remaining soil. Water the plant generously.

Difficulties in growing cheflera

During the cultivation of cheflera, the grower may encounter a number of problems.

• leaf fall. Such unnatural behavior for a perennial may be the result of excessive watering of the plant. Sheflera also begins to drop leaves if the room temperature is too high or, conversely, too low. It can be concluded that the plant begins to shed its leaves in case improper care. This is a kind of signal that makes the grower think that he is doing something wrong. If the cause of the fall is eliminated, then the plant will restore its natural appearance in a fairly short time. Otherwise, it will simply die.
• Rotting root system. There can be only one reason for such a depressing state for cheflers - excessive moisture. If the water stagnates both in the pot and in the pan, if the grower waters the chefler too often, then soon the plant will simply rot. The most embarrassing fact about this whole story is that root rot is not so easy to recognize. Most often, the grower notices this fact at a time when it is almost impossible to save an indoor flower. Therefore, try to initially prevent stagnation of the liquid in the pot and correctly plan the schedule for watering the indoor flower.
• lack of lighting. Despite the fact that sheflera prefers to grow in partial shade and very often suffers from too bright sun, light is one of essential conditions its harmonious existence. The lack of lighting, first of all, reacts to the leaves of the plant. They begin to lose their natural color, become faded, light spots appear on some of them. If the grower noticed the appearance of such negative factors, the chefler should immediately be placed in a well-lit area of ​​the room.
• pest attack. Pests that cause significant damage to the chefler include scale insects, spider mites and aphids. If the damage is not too severe, you can simply process the leaves soapy water and then gently walk over the surface damp cloth. If the invasion of pests is large-scale, we do not hesitate and boldly use insecticides.

Sheflera - exquisite, amazing, unusual ... This houseplant will not leave anyone indifferent. Not too fastidious in care, although it rarely blooms at home, the perennial will perfectly fit into the interior of any style and will please you with its sophisticated classic and at the same time non-trivial floristic image!