Cacti and succulents have long won the glory of the most unpretentious plants. One of the brightest representatives of this species is the slumberberger, home care is so simple that it can not be called a care. In the people, the locberberger is often called a Decembrist, a zigocatus or an arvarine color. This nickname is associated with the peculiarity of flowering - the plant begins to please the owners with delicate flowers at the beginning of the winter season. Noticeable climate change has led to the fact that the houseplant of the slumberberger can already begin to lead from the middle of autumn, and the last flowers fall off in early spring.
If you master the very simple rules of keeping and caring for the Decembrist sloamberger, almost six months on your windowsill there will be raspberry, pink, orange, cream, purple or white flowers, pleasing to the eye and raising the mood.
Care instructions
As well as other types of cacti, the locomber needs good lighting. However, this does not mean that you can put a pot on the windowsill, where the whole day the plant will be under the direct rays of the sun. In summer, it is better to allocate a locumberger a place on the western, northern or eastern window sill, and in the winter, transfer to the southern one. However, try to "move" the plant to implement before the period when it starts to bloom. If he is disturbed, then for a long time he will have to torment himself with the question of why the locberberger does not blossom. In the summer, the pot can be kept on the balcony, but in a shaded place. Optimum temperature for the Decembrist varies from 16-18 degrees, and humidity should be moderate. Cold locksmberger does not tolerate, so do not be surprised if at a temperature below 10 degrees Celsius all buds fall off.
Concerning watering the whistlers, it should be moderate, but regular. Although Decembrist is a cactus, but you can not completely dry the soil. In the summer, one or two watering a week will be enough, and in winter the same amount will last for a month. Spraying is allowed only in summer.
If you just planted a new plant, then do not apply any fertilizing for two months. For the rest, a three-fooder will have enough food in the year. If you notice the appearance of flower buds, fertilizer should not be introduced.The soil for the whiskers is moist or too dry to be. The substrate must contain peat moss, sand and gravel. In the spring period, the optimal for the transfer of the whiskers, just gently transfer the plant to a larger diameter pot with a prepared new substrate. Problems with transplantation usually do not arise. And the proliferation of sloopbergerms is even easier: the branches with three or four leaves thrust into the substrate will be enough to grow a new plant.
Features of flowering
If with the way to care for the flower of the slumberberger everything is perfectly clear, then concerning the flowering even the experienced florists have questions. The main role in this process is temperature, or rather, its regulation. One way to make the flower bloom
Diseases of the sexually transmitted diseases
There are no specific diseases in the whitberburgers. Like other types of indoor plants, the Decembrist can be infected with mealybugs , scabies and mites. At the first signs of infection, treat the slumberberger with a soap solution, and in case of neglected cases you can not do without insecticides.