Content
- Planting house root - How to make beautiful home root beds
- Selection of the location
- Planters and substrate
- Planting houseleek
- Tips
Houseleek needs a sunny spot
Planting house root - How to make beautiful home root beds
The undemanding house or attic with its distinctive leaf rosettes grows almost everywhere - provided it is dry and sunny enough. It is not without reason that the winter-hardy outdoor succulents are also known as "Sempervivum" - in German "Immerlebend". Only in the room the robust plants do not want to be kept. In this article we give you some tips for a successful planting.
Selection of the location
Before planting, however, is first of all the choice of the site. Although Sempervivum is very undemanding and thrives almost everywhere - if the plant gets enough sun. House shrimp love sunny, dry and warm during the growing season and cold (and dry) in winter. The houseleek is absolutely hardy and should not be warmer than 10 ° C during the cold months.
Planters and substrate
When it comes to planters, there are many beautiful and unusual plant ideas for house sausages ... how about, for example, a discarded chair planted with Sempervivum, a roof tile or an old teapot? It's entirely up to you and your imagination to decide where to put your house sausages. It is only important that pouring and rainwater can drain well - a drainage is the most important thing when planting the house root! - and the earth. Domestic sausages feel very well in lean succulent or cactus soil, but you can also mix it yourself from conventional flower or tub plant soil and at least one third of sand itself.
Planting houseleek
Before you put the houseleek in any planter, it is best to first provide drainage. For this, the selected vessel should have at least one drain hole (drilled if necessary), although not all materials should be drilled. However, the necessary permeability is provided by loose substrates, stones and some kind of drainage for the water - for example, by the planting vessel being slightly inclined and protected against rainfall. In addition, it makes sense to fill a layer of expanded clay, potsherds or pebbles under the ground. Finally, do not plant the houseleek too deeply into the substrate and leave a little space to the neighboring plants so that the offshoots can develop.
Tips
How about, for example, the idea of planting the house sausages on a piece of root? Such garden remnants or finds (for example, from the beach) are wonderful for planting with the small succulents.