It is worth growing up house pineapple just for the sake of experiment. And suddenly it will turn out? For this purpose no special devices are necessary: have bought pineapple on party, and have kept tail. From this tail which is the fruit socket it is also possible to grow up tropical plant at home.
Instruction
1. Cut off the socket from pineapple without pulp at the basis. Process cut at first potassium permanganate solution, and then powder with ashes. It is possible to take couple of tablets of activated carbon, to pound and use instead of ashes. Leave the socket for 5-6 hours that the cut has dragged on.
2. During this time pave the way and capacity for jumping of pineapple. On bottom of pot put drainage, from above fill layer of the turf, the rerotting leaves, peat and sand in equal ratio. In the center of pot make pole on diameter of the socket, fill wood charcoal there, lower on it the socket, from edges powder with the earth. Humidify the earth, put on glass or plastic jar pot and put to the warm solar place. That the socket has taken root, temperature has to be not lower than 25 wasps.
3. Roots sprout slowly, approximately in 2 months the socket will take roots, and fresh leaves will appear. All this time of bank or plastic bag remains on pot. It is necessary to remove it only in 2 months after emergence of the first leaflets.
4. If side inflorescences begin to appear, then they can be implanted the same way. Replace pineapple annually in pot of bigger volume, it is necessary to do it vperevalka, trying not to disturb earth lump. Remember that roots at it small, therefore the maximum volume of pot for adult pineapple – 4 liters.
5. Pineapple very much loves heat therefore it at temperature below 18 wasps perishes. You take out it on balcony in the summer, but if it becomes cool at night, then you bring back. It is necessary to water this plant with warm water to which lemon juice is added. Is not necessary pereuvlazhnyat pineapple, otherwise the root neck can decay. Every two weeks feed up plant fertilizers for house flowers. Every month water it and solution of iron vitriol (1 g on 10 liters of water).
6. If you correctly look after pineapple, then in 3-4 years it will blossom. That it has quicker blossomed, stimulation is required. The best way is to fill in acetylene solution in the socket therefore the flower arrow will appear in 1-1.5 months.