Caring for indoor araucaria

Araucaria - This coniferous plant, which can grow in city apartments and offices, but it needs very careful care.

Caring for indoor araucaria primarily involves choosing its location. Araucaria prefers the most bright and cool place, The plant must be protected from direct sunlight. Araucaria is placed indoors so that light falls from both sides. Or will Araucaria always need rotate around an axis. This is done to ensure symmetrical growth of the plant. For additional lighting, you can use artificial light sources in winter. In winter, the air temperature should be about 10-15 degrees above zero.

Caring for indoor araucaria includes periodic spraying, since dry air causes significant harm to this coniferous plant. Spraying is carried out in the morning and evening. The top of the araucaria needs careful handling; this is where the growth point is located.

Water this plant is needed all year round, for this purpose it is used settled water. In winter, watering should be moderate, in spring and summer - active. Drying the soil is dangerous, but there should be no stagnation of water in the pot. Periodically, araucaria needs feed, in the spring-summer period they are fed more often. Once every three years, araucaria needs transplant. It is advisable to do this in spring or autumn. During transplantation, a layer of drainage is placed at the bottom of the pot.In the summer, araucaria can be taken out into the open air. Araucaria reproduces apical cuttings or seeds.