Citrus plants: tips for care

Family rutovyh In room conditions growlemon, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, kinkan. With a cold winter (5-8 ° C), citrus fruits can blossom and bear fruit after 2-3 years, but they will bear fruit in the room conditions only if they are grafted. Some will take pleasure in growing a seed from a stone, and it does not matter whether it will bear fruit or not. In any case, in order for your pet to look good, it is important to know the conditions in which it needs and something about the formation of the crown.

Care Tips

Citrus plants Temperature andlighting Citrus, like southern plants, are demanding of light and heat. However, the lemon tree is shade-resistant, and it can be successfully grown even in an insufficiently lit room. Electric lighting in the room, of course, successfully promotes the development and fruit formation of the lemon tree, of course, in the presence of the right temperature conditions, as the citrus cultures are very thermophilic. Budding, flowering and tying fruit best occurs at an average air and soil temperature of + 15-18 ° C. It is recommended to keep citrus fruits in a light cold place (up to 12 ° C). The absence of cold wintering can lead to the fact that your plant does not fertilize. Filling To all citrus, one rule applies: as cold as possible and transfer of plants for the summer under the open sky, best on the terrace on the south side of the house, you can also on the balcony, loggia, or just in the garden. The cream in the summer is abundant, 1-2 times a day with warm water, in the winter, watering is rare and mild - 1-2 times a week and also with warm water. However, in winter it is not allowed to dry the earth coma, since this leads to the twisting of the leaves and the loss of not only the leaves but also the fruits. On the other hand, do not forget that the excess of moisture plants perish. Starting from October, watering is reduced. Central heating batteries for humidification are best covered with moist towels. Air humidity Citrus must be kept clean, often washed, and during the growth period, sprinkled daily with warm water. Transplantation Young lemon trees should be transplanted by transshipment. Transshipment should be done in a timely manner, otherwise because of a lack of nutrients the plant will develop worse. Transshipment should not be carried out if the roots of the plant have not yet been embedded in an earth clod. In this case, it is sufficient to change the drainage and topsoil in the pot. Pot during transshipment should be washed with boiling water or a solution of potassium permanganate. Plum trees are transplanted no more often than once in 2-3 years. Transplanted before the beginning of growth. After the growth of the plant is not recommended to transplant. It is not recommended to transplant lemon trees with flowers or fruits, as this leads to the fall of both. The soil for young plants needs light, and for large plants it is heavier. Usually a mixture of soddy land, greenhouse manure and leaf land with the addition of coarse sand is taken. SoilFor young plants:

2 parts of turf,
1 part of the leaf earth,
1 part of humus from cow dung,
1 part of sand.

For adult plants:

3 parts of turf,
1 part sheet,
1 part of humus from cow dung,
1 part of sand,
a small amount of fatty clay.

When replanting in spring, the top layer of soil is replacedfresh earth. Refresh and the soil - from the sides of an earthy coma. The roots formed above the root neck are removed. The acidity of the soil for citrus should be pH = 6.5-7 In the spring, after stopping the frosts, the plants are exposed to open air and kept for 2-3 weeks in shading under a canopy. In the future, the plants are transferred to an open place protected by a high wire mesh, twisted by grapes or other climbing and climbing plants. Plant and pot plants for summer are carried to fresh air in the garden or on the balcony, but do not dig into the ground, when digging into the ground, hypothermia of the roots is possible. Convenience In the first half of the summer, fertilizing is applied. The latter increases the sugar content of the fruit and reduces the bitter taste, which is characteristic of citrus fruits at room temperature. The plant needs fertilizer more than it is older and the longer it is in one dish. Fertilizers are applied after watering. With additional artificial lighting of citrus fruits in winter, they also need to be fertilized. For plants, organic fertilizers (cattle manure or bird droppings) and combined mineral fertilizers are recommended, and special fertilizers for citrus fruits can also be bought in flower shops. Growing problems The causes of leaf and bud fallings in citrus saplings :

depletion of plants in winter in a warm room under low illumination;
excessive evaporation of water by leaves in a room in which the air is too dry;
increase in air temperature in cold soil (roots are physiologically inactive);
watering with very cold water;
transferring plants from the shade to a sunny place;
drying the soil in a pot or tub; in this case, the water will flow between the coma and the wall of the tub and will remain dry;
excess water in the tub or pot, the soil is acidified, water displaces the air, the roots choke;
lack or excess of nutrition, buds either do not appear, or fall off;
damage to plants by pests and diseases;
not suitable for indoor conditions of plant varieties;
grafting of lemon on trifolate;
poisoning plants with gases, excessive doses of mineral fertilizers, high-concentration pesticides.

The leaves turn yellow and fall off - often from lack ofiron because of the use of hard water for irrigation or soil containing lime (having an alkaline reaction). A quick help in this case can be multiple watering with mineral fertilizers containing iron. New leaves are melted, the old ones turn yellow and fall off, the flowering is absent, the fruits are not tied-the plant lacks nutrients, it needs to be transplanted into nutrient soil. Yellow leaves or edges appear on the leaves leaves turn yellow, leaves fall prematurely - with excessive watering. Watering should be moderate, i.e. the soil must be able to dry up. Also, with occasional watering, when watering a lot, then very little. Dry shriveled leaves - sunburn, pest damage. The sudden dropping of leaves - waterlogging the soil, lack of light in winter, watering with cold water, low indoor temperature in winter, excess nutrients in the soil or cold drafts.