Content
- Chrysanthemums - wonderful houseplants
- Location
- substratum
- Pouring and fertilizing
- repotting
- To cut
- overwinter
- Tips
The chrysanthemum is a patient, easy-care indoor plant
Chrysanthemums - wonderful houseplants
During their heyday in autumn, they are sold many times: usually not hardy chrysanthemums in the pot. Unfortunately, the very rich and long-flowering plants are often disposed of after their flowering, while the varieties of Chrysanthemum indicum are ideal for a room culture. Read what you should look out for when cultivating the "Golden Flower" - the meaning of the Greek name.
Location
Although chrysanthemums may like brightness, they do not like direct sunlight. For this reason, you also thrive where other indoor plants would quickly enter, for example, on a north window. In summer, you can put the plant quietly on the balcony or on the terrace.
substratum
The best solution is to use conventional bucket and balcony potting soil that you can mix with clay granules or sand in a 2: 1 ratio. Make sure that the plant pot has a drainage hole at the bottom, and that you should fill in potsherds or similar material as the lowest layer to improve the drainage.
Pouring and fertilizing
Chrysanthemums are one of the heavyweights, so they need to be watered and fertilized regularly. The flowers tolerate neither dryness of balls nor waterlogging. It is therefore best to pour whenever the substrate has already dried off superficially. Between April and September it is fertilized with a liquid fertilizer, during the winter is fertilizer break. Plants potted or replanted in fresh substrate do not have to be fertilized at first - commercially available potting soil is usually pre-fertilized.
repotting
The plant propagates through foothills, which quickly root through the pot. Chrysanthemums should be both transplanted and thinned every two years to prevent it from becoming gnawed. They can also multiply and rejuvenate you by dividing.
To cut
Between May and July, snap the shoot tips regularly and cut the new shoots down to about four leaves. These cuts stimulate the plant to a stronger branching. During flowering, remove stems that have withered as they dry up. The plant, however, always forms new flowers. At the end of the flowering period, a radical pruning takes place just above the ground.
overwinter
Chrysanthemums need a winter break during which they can relax and recharge their batteries. It is best to spend the winter at temperatures between five and ten degrees Celsius, for example in the staircase or in the cellar. The winter quarters do not necessarily have to be bright.
Tips
Chrysanthemums can also be easily multiplied by - purchased or self-collected seeds.