The cactus is very unusual plant which strikes with variety of non-standard forms and types. Has saturated bright color of extraordinary beautiful flowers. Some people hold such opinion that the cactus in the house brings good luck. If you want to seat cactus and do not know how correctly it needs to be done, then take some advice for these purposes.
Instruction
1. Choose capacity for cactus so that it suited it by the size. Do not choose too small or too big capacity. If in the chosen opening pot for drainage system too big and from them the soil gets enough sleep, lay drainage on pot bottom. As drainage for cactus can serve: sand, haydite, gravel and also polyfoam. It is better to grow up plant with wide creeping root system in wide and flat ware. If it is necessary, then it is possible to put pots in pallets.
2. Make the soil for cactus the most friable and moisture-permeable. Better if you make earth mix independently. Add sand or fine gravel to well rotted through foliage, it is also possible to add haydite, beaten brick or keramzitny crumb.
3. It is possible to transplant cacti at all seasons of the year, but it is better to make it during the vegetative period: from February to March. If the cactus grows and develops well, it is possible to transplant it every year. If the plant small, then is obligatory during the seating or change hold roots from below - cacti very gentle root system.
4. Water cactus moderately, do not fill in it so that water stood in pot. If the plant costs in pallet, then it is possible to use method of passive watering. For this purpose pour into pallet a little water, and the cactus itself will take necessary amount of moisture. Add water in process of drying. This method is irreplaceable in case you for long time leave the apartment.