In tea all of us have got used to lemon for a long time, however the room lemon tree in pot after all is considered exotic and therefore whimsical plant and to look after which pretty difficult. How to save the Russian lemon from illnesses?
It is required to you
- lemon, humidifier, lamp for plants, liquid fertilizers, mix for citrus plants, pot or keg
Instruction
1. The most suitable place in to the room for tree — windowsill. But in winter time the lemon growing at window can ""catch a cold"" (if the root system is overcooled), and processes of exchange in plant will be broken - for example, the movement of water from roots to leaves will be complicated. If the lemon has ached from cold, it is necessary to wind tub or pot with lemon thermal insulation material or to put capacity with plant on polyfoam. During the winter period it is the best of all to fertilize lemon on minimum.
2. The lemon can ache because of insufficient air humidity or amount of light. It is necessary to watch closely temperature condition: air humidity has to make 60-70%, and the daylight hours - to last about 12 hours. It is possible to apply special humidifiers and phytolamps. The falling-down leaves mean that the reserve of nutrients at lemon is reduced. In the absence of the above mode the plant will weaken, will not fructify and can even die.
3. If the lemon has ached at the end of winter or the beginning of summer, for his recovery it is enough to carry out change of plant. New pots or kegs have to be 3 - 5 cm wider and are deeper than former. In them it is worth filling mix from equal shares of the begun to rot leaves, the turf and compost with manure humus.