Watering – one of major factors of successful development of plants. As for cacti, the mode for the same plant will differ, depending on weather, season and other conditions.
It is required to you
- - cacti;
- - well otstoyanny water.
Instruction
1. Dose watering of each of cacti individually. Waterings have to be more abundant if air dry, and ambient temperature high. At strong sunlight and certain condition of the soil the mode of watering will be required to be selected as it is possible more carefully.
2. Water cacti during growth, attentively estimating earth condition. It is necessary to do it when the soil dries up after the previous watering and if it is not absolutely clear, it is better to wait a little more. You should not hurry with watering. Adult plants are able to use well the succulent properties, and it is generally hard to overdry them. But from water surplus the cacti can decay.
3. Water the cacti growing in clay pots, in the spring and fall of times in ten days, in the summer – every five days. For plants in plastic pots carry out waterings two days less often. It is enough to water of them few times in month in the winter. Besides, in the spring and it is necessary to watch in the summer that humidified was not only layer of the earth from above, but also all lump.
4. Prepare water for watering in advance. Best of all rain water, but if it is absent will approach, it is possible to use water which was defended in open ware approximately day. It should not be cold, rigid. Water can be made softer if to pass it through peat, to boil or acidify.
5. As for spraying of cacti, the relation to it ambiguous. Some experts are sure that in hot weather the small shower at the end of the day can be very useful. Others consider that you should not do it just – water droplets on plant can become source of defeat of cactus fungus.