The benefits of indoor plants have long been known to everyone. Some help to fill the house with positive energy, others "cope" well with air purification, there are plants - fighters with insects. For useful properties, chlorophytum has long taken its place among the most popular indoor flowers. It is grown in apartments, offices and private homes.
Chlorophytum: benefit and harm
Harmful this plant does not exactly bring, but its useful properties he has more than enough. It is proved that the flower perfectly copes with cleaning the housing from the harmful effects of plastic and other artificial surfaces.
For example, in the kitchen, this one is really necessary. There the air is polluted the most. Kitchen furniture, gas stove and various household appliances negatively affect the atmosphere in the room. It is the beneficial properties of chlorophytum that can purify the air from microbes and significantly reduce the effect of the gas stove.
This indoor plant with ease can compete with some devices specifically designed for air purification. The flower effectively reduces the level of various microorganisms, destroys the molds. Chlorophytum also releases a substance that can fight the parasitic flora of housing.
How to care for chlorophytum?
Growing and caring for chlorophytum at home is quite simple, because the flower is unpretentious. It is enough to adhere to the basic rules.
- Where to arrange? The most suitable place for a pot with this plant is the western or eastern window. If you place the flower in a too dark place, its leaves will begin to stretch and fade. If you put it on the south window, you have to close it from direct sunlight.
- Temperature. In summer you can take the plant to the balcony and put it in the shade, the temperature should not exceed 21 ° C. In winter, the temperature should not drop below 10 ° C, otherwise the flower will die. This also applies to drafts.
- How to water chlorophytum? In the spring-autumn period, watered once in three or four days. Keep the soil moist at all times, but not wet. The fact is that fleshy roots can gain too much moisture and rot. In the cold season, it is enough to water the flower once a week.
- Spraying. Periodically, you need to spray the plant and arrange a warm shower. This will help to clean the leaves of dust and dirt. If you put a pot near the battery for the winter, always sprinkle leaves from the spray gun once a day.
- Chlorophytum transplantation. Large adult plants are transplanted in the spring. The soil for chlorophytum consists of one part of sand, two parts of turf ground and one part of leaf land with humus. The bottom of the chlorophytum pot must be spread with expanded clay for good drainage.
How does chlorophytum multiply?
Reproduction of chlorophytum is carried out by dividing adult plants by babies. They take root easily all year round. It is enough to separate the baby from the peduncle and put it into the water. After a while the roots will appear and you can plant the plant in the ground. For the reproduction of chlorophytum, old and well-grown plants are best suited.
Chlorophytum: diseases
Rarely does this plant infect pests. If the flower is weakened, then we can expect the appearance of aphids, mealybug , red spider and scab. You can get rid of aphids and scabbards with a simple soap solution. If this does not help, the use of insecticides is allowed.
Most often, chlorophytum diseases are caused by improper care at home. Brown leaf tips indicate a lack of nutrition or too high a temperature in the room.
When there is not enough light and moisture in the soil, leaves turn yellow in chlorophytum. In summer, brown spots on the leaves indicate a lack of watering, and in winter, about its abundance.