[Plants in the house] Davalia: Care secrets

The dawn is called a long-term fern, which is growing rapidly and does not require much care. Flowers love fern for unpretentiousness and spectacular appearance . In the article we will reveal the secrets of dawn care and tell you how to make it a year round earlier.

What is this plant?

In nature, Davalia grows in the tropical zone: on the Canary Islands, in Japan and China. In the lane of moderate climate and the northern regions is suitable for growing in greenhouses and warm rooms.

It has triangular filament leaves of light green. Rhizomes often "get out" from the pot, so the people's name of the gift - the hunger of the leg. In the family there is about forty species.

Interesting fact. In nature, Davalia is capable of growing up to 1 m in height and up to 1.8 m in diameter. With room cultivation, the size of a green pet is much more modest - 20-45 cm.

Davalia looks great in wall pots and stands. In addition, this plant is perfect for creating "living" design compositions, will raise the mood and delight the eyes.

How to help the plant adapt to the apartment?

To allow Davalia well on a new penetment, after the acquisition, several actions should be performed.

• After buying, it is mandatory to verify the presentation for diseases and pests.
• Place the plant in the shaded room and within a few days gradually accustom to a constant level of light. The fact is that Davalia easily transfers the shadow, but in high light conditions, fern leaves grow thicker
• Spray the foliage with warm water from the sprayer.
• With care, moisturize the ground in the pot.
• In the first two weeks, it should be kept on the side from other plants by arranging a kind of quarantine. In the same period, arrange a green pet prophylactic processing from insects.

Important! Before buying Daws, it should be borne in mind that the seeds of this tropical fern can provoke allergies. Especially if among family members there are people with chronic respiratory problems.

Subtleties of care

1. Maintaining constant temperature

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Davalia requires warm habitat conditions. It is desirable that the temperature in the room is from 16-26 ° C, and all year round. If the plant is too cold, it will slowly grow and die.

1. Level of light

Ideal conditions - bright scattered lighting. Direct sunlight causes harm to leaves. If necessary, fern can be placed shortly to the shaded place.

1. Davalia loves moisture and therefore requires a generous watering with warm and stretched water. The plant is time to water when drying the top layer of the soil in the pot. In winter, it is desirable to reduce the amount of irrigation, but it should be monitored that the land does not swam.

Experienced floweries advise watering giving a leak with a long nose. Thus, moisture will not settle on the scorched roots.

Tip! If possible, put a pot with dawn next to the source of moisture.

1. Making fertilizers

Davya fertilize in the summer, from April to September. Fertilizer makes under roots. Fertilizer for indoor ferns is suitable, provided compliance with the scheme applied to the medium.

In order to avoid roting the roots in winter, they do not feed.

Possible difficulties in keeping at home:

• Drying the tips of the leaves. Arises due to low air humidity. The solution to the problem lies in the daily irrigation of the leaf from the pulverizer or placement of the pot with a fern on flat trays with impregnated with sand or peat.
• Sunny burns . May occur due to aggressive direct sunlight - for example, if the fern leaves come into contact with the glass window.

Davalia. Care and reproduction (1 video)

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