Preparing indoor plants for winter: instructions for beginners
The autumn-winter period is a time of rest for flowers and decorative indoor plants.
They need to gain strength before spring so that they can grow fresh greenery and produce new flower stalks with the warmth. To do this, you need to prepare the flowers for winter hibernation, and this should be done in the following way.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to prepare flowers for winter.
How to proceed
1. Even though the flowers are dormant, you need to continue to follow the watering schedule. They need less water during this period than usual. Therefore, watering is not carried out until the soil dries out.
2. At this time, flowers and ornamental plants also do not need fertilizers, or minimal feeding is carried out.
3. In addition to soil moisture, you need to monitor air humidity. In the cold season, the air in apartments is dry due to heating devices.
Air humidifiers or wet towels placed on radiators can come to the rescue.
4. It is also important to monitor the air temperature. No fluctuations should be allowed. Therefore, capricious crops should be removed away from cold windows or drafts.
5. The last important point is to compensate for the lack of natural light with the help of phytolamps or phytolamps.
