We reanimate the dying anthurium plant

A beautiful, long-blooming anthurium in the apartment takes pride of place. Bright flowers and beautiful arrow-shaped leaves of the anthurium plant are the hallmark of the home, where there is enough love and care for all its inhabitants. A demanding flower loses its decorative effect at the slightest deviation from the content norm. Flowers become especially capricious over the years, losing foliage.

Signs of the need for flower rejuvenation

On the forums of flower growers, you can find out that in some cases, without special care, the old anthurium continues to bloom at the age of more than 10 years. In others, the plant needs reanimation after 4-5 years. Therefore, it is not age that makes the flower grow old, but improper care.

Signs that a pet is asking for help and needs rejuvenation will be its appearance:

• the anthurium stalk was bare high from below;
• the flowers are crushed or the plant does not bloom;
• leaves shrink, many side shoots appear;
• The trunk is pulled out, while the leaves fall off.

In any case, if the flower has lost its decorative effect, and it is a pity to part with it, it should be reanimated. But first, analyze and determine what is missing in agricultural technology, so that henceforth the plant will please for a long time with its appearance.

Basic care requirements:

• year-round keeping in the light without direct sunlight, ensuring daylight hours for at least 12 hours;
• elimination of any kind of drafts;
• creating a comfortable temperature for ambient air and ground;
• creation of a zone of high humidity around a flower of any kind by evaporation and spraying;
• appropriate soil and watering no stagnant water in the pot;
• regular watering with settled soft water and plant feeding;
• timely transplantation and reproduction;
• fight against diseases and pests.

If the set of measures is completed, then the anthurium will not need rejuvenation for a long time.

Signs of improper flower maintenance

When a plant is actively gaining green mass, new inflorescences appear, there is no reason for alarm.

If the leaves begin to curl into a tube, reducing the surface area, this is already a signal of a lack or excess of light and dry air. If black spots appear on the leaves, the plant is watered abundantly and stagnant zones have appeared in the substrate. The tips of the leaves begin to turn yellow, you need to raise the air temperature and eliminate the draft.

Too hard water has a detrimental effect on the plant. Therefore, when drinking water has a high content of hardness salts, it must be softened by passing it through a special filter or using the freezing method. If the water is not completely frozen, the hardness salts will remain in the liquid layer, and the ice can be used to water plants. Signs of watering with hard water are blackening of the tips of the leaves.

Yellow leaves and stems of dried flowers must be cut off with scissors, after having disinfected them to stop damage to the plant.

The flower dies, how to save the anthurium

The plant is stretched out and sheds its leaves intensively - you need to carefully examine the stem. This type of aroid is partially propagated by aerial roots. On the stem, you can see the designated bulges, in these places, under the conditions, the plant can take root. In nature, a drooping branch takes root into the soil even through the air, trying to reach the nutritious litter. If these processes are alive, then although the anthurium dies, it can be saved.

It is necessary to check for the presence of pests and diseases on the plant that led to the drying of the anthurium. Remove the plant from the pot and carefully examine the condition of its root system. At the same time, act carefully, the roots are fragile. Only light and fleshy roots are considered alive. Yellowed and brown weaves no longer work. They either rotted from improper maintenance or are prone to infectious diseases. If the anthurium has dried up in the ground part, maybe there are live roots with which you can revive the bush.

It happens that a flower, without external signs of root decay, sheds its green dress for six months, in order to be reborn later, but this happens if the roots remain alive.

How to rejuvenate anthurium

Rejuvenation is conducted in two ways:

• activating aerial roots;
• restoring the health of the root system.

Aerial roots will begin to develop in a warm and humid environment. Therefore, the best way would be to put the plant in a warm place and create a belt of sphagnum moss around the growth points of future roots. In a constantly damp substrate, after a week - two the plant will take root. Then this part can be cut off with a sharp disinfected knife, sprinkled with crushed charcoal or ground cinnamon.

Such a seedling can be immediately rooted in a pot, having prepared the desired composition of the tropical soil. Sphagnum will not interfere with this, the roots will break through the pores of the moss, reach the nutrient mixture.

But if the plant is very elongated, then in this way you can root another piece of the plant stem. During the regrowth of the roots, the plant is not watered, so as not to spoil the idle soil. It is only sprayed on top. As the messenger of the salvation of the anthurium, a new leaf will soon appear on the seedling. After that, create conditions for the anthurium for its early development. The plant does not need fertilizing for the first 2-3 months, the soil is filled, and there are still few roots.

In order to understand well the condition of the rhizomes and understand how to reanimate the anthurium, you must carefully wash all the roots, and they are very fragile. Then cut out the decayed and brown parts. If there are growth points on the light roots, they will be visible. Place clean, disinfected and dried roots in a pot with a drainage layer and suitable nutrient soil. The capacity of the dishes should correspond to the size of the root system. If there are few roots left, then the container should be small.

Plant the plant according to all the rules and wait for the result. Such work may not be required if only the ground part of the anthurium dies, the roots remain viable. Then, after cutting off the top for separate rooting, the entire pot is left at rest in a warm and bright place. After some time, young shoots should appear, which can subsequently be transplanted. This is also one of the ways how to rejuvenate anthurium.

A significant role in the revival of plants is played by the subsequent care of them, as for a loved one who is recovering after a serious illness.

The composition of the soil for rooting anthurium

First of all, you should know for sure that any disease brought in with the ground can be the last straw for a weakened plant. Whatever composition is prepared, it should be disinfected in any way. The final processing should be carried out with permanganate, after which the clod of earth is dried.

Recommendations for adding a large amount of sphagnum moss are correct, in addition to moisture-retaining properties, it is also bactericidal. The danger is that if the soil is dry from above, the moss near the root retains moisture, so there is a danger of over-watering the plant. Perlite and vermiculite keeps moisture well in the soil, giving it away if necessary. Ground charcoal makes the substrate porous and creates nourishment centers for the plant. Bark, necessarily, riding peat, the leaf substrate provides the necessary acidity. Sand is a source of silicic acid. A small amount of biohumus fills the composition with useful microflora.All these substances are vital in the composition of the soil. Vermiculite is good to use as a top filling so that moisture from the pot evaporates less.

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