Chrysanthemum room care

Chrysanthemum belongs to the Asteraceae family. Chrysanthemums come in a variety of colors. Flowers are pink, red, white, yellow, purple. Several chrysanthemums of different colors look very nice in a vase. Breeders continue to create new varieties with excellent decorative qualities.

Chrysanthemums are a short day crop, they prefer cool contents. The beginning of flowering occurs at a time when the daylight hours becomes less than 8 hours.

Caring for a room chrysanthemum is not difficult. For chrysanthemums, it is better to choose light and cool windows. Plants thrive at temperatures less than 18 degrees. A higher temperature in the room can cause the buds to dry out, the inflorescences quickly fade, and the leaves turn yellow.

Caring for a chrysanthemum in the room in spring consists in pruning the shoots and replanting the chrysanthemum in a fresh substrate. Indoor chrysanthemum grows better in a loose and fertile substrate (turf or ordinary garden soil, humus, weakly decomposed peat in equal volumes).

Young chrysanthemums need weekly feeding with a full-fledged complex fertilizer. Mature plants also need to be fed periodically, especially during the flowering period. For chrysanthemums, it is necessary to maintain a light moisture in the substrate, as overdrying the soil can be harmful. Watering should be moderate. When a chrysanthemum forms a large number of buds, some of the ovaries must be removed. This helps to speed up the flowering of plants, and the chrysanthemum inflorescences will be larger.