It would seem that a cactus is an unpretentious plant. But in order for him to bloom and grow healthy, you need to know several rules.
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Pick up the correct soil for cactus, you can buy it in the store or do yourself. The soil for cactus should consist of several breeds. The structure of the soil is different for each type of cactus, but there is a universal recipe. The composition of the ingredients is as follows: Sheet humus, garden land (clay-turf), large river sand, small pebbles, coal and manure.
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To properly land, take the pot for the cactus, put the drainage on the bottom, then pour the soil. Make the old pencil to make a hole and place a cactus there, installing pre-roots. After that, lay out pebbles around the cactus.
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Choose a space for cactus, better on the windowsill of the sunny side. Mark on the pot, which side of the cactus will stand to the sun. Never change the side of the Sun, because the cactus is not used to such permutations.
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Pour the cactus 5 days after landing. Do not pour at once, just one spoon of water. Putting a cactus in winter, start to water it only in spring. Water cactus only when the earth is dry. In winter, it is not recommended to irrigate a cactus. This time experienced gardeners are used to prepare cactus to flowering, creating the conditions of "dry wintering".
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Let the cactus possibly sleep well in the winter with the help of "dry wintering", which involves dry and cold content. In winter, external growth is suspended and the internal growth process begins - the fruit and budding. Subsequently, in the spring-summer time, the cactus is covered with beautiful colors. To do this, perform a number of conditions: stop watering in September-October, contain at a temperature of +5 to +15, resume watering only in March-April.
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If the cactus began to rot, do trust spoiled places to healthy fabrics and put it on the sun to dry. The main reason for increments of cactus is to interfere. To avoid increasing cactus rotting, you can reduce the amount of irrigation or replace the pot into smaller. We instill cactus if it stopped multiplying, only in summer and spring in cloud weather.
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Use nitrogen fertilizers once a month. Do not feather cactus in winter during the hibernation period. Also at this time, cactus cannot be transplanted. For transplant Select april month.
Despite its spines, cacti are very beautiful and beneficial plants. Surprisingly, they act soothingly on a person and discharge the tense atmosphere.
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