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- Maintain Russian wine as a houseplant
- The right location for Russian wine
- Pour, fertilize and repot Russian wine
- Russian wine is cut tolerant
- Russian wine does not tolerate frost
- Tips
Russian wine grows quickly and is very easy to care for
Maintain Russian wine as a houseplant
Russian wine (Cissus) is one of the fast-growing houseplants, which are mainly cultivated as a traffic light plant. The care of Russian wine as a houseplant is simple and well suited for beginners.
The right location for Russian wine
Even though Russian wine can cope well with darker locations. Better, however, is a bright place that should not be exposed too much to direct sunlight. If the cissus gets too much sun, the leaves are initially transparent, then dry and fall off.
From March to October, temperatures should be above 20 degrees. You are welcome to bring the houseplant out in summer. Make sure you have a place where it is not too sunny and has little draft.
Pour, fertilize and repot Russian wine
In winter, the Russian wine is poured only very sparingly, fertilization is not in this time.
Russian wine appreciates a high humidity. If the air is too dry, it quickly comes to pest infestation. Therefore, you should mistreat the houseplant regularly with water.
The cissus is repotted in spring, when the previous pot has become too small. As a substrate, use water-permeable flower or compost soil. As a precaution, drain in the bottom of the pot to prevent waterlogging. After repotting the wine is not fertilized for several months.
Russian wine is cut tolerant
In order for the Russian wine to branch out well and not to become frosted, you should cut it back vigorously in the spring. You can reduce the main drives up to one third.
Cutting is always done directly over an outward-facing eye.
Russian wine does not tolerate frost
Russian wine is not hardy. But he takes a break, in which he needs a cooler location. The ideal temperatures during the hibernation are twelve degrees.
Tips
Russian wine is easy to multiply yourself. For this you cut several up to 15 centimeters long head cuttings in spring. These are placed in a small, not sunny place for rooting in small pots and provided with a plastic hood.