Finally, my dream came true, I bought a hedera helex, which I had been eyeing for a very long time, there were wonderful long vines with variegated leaves, but very expensive for a pensioner, 300 rubles. They reduced the price to half the price, but the look was appropriate, so I want to hone my skills as a rescuer. I found compact information about the header, I will be guided by it.
— Ivy loves moist soil and spraying, but dark spots appear on the leaves, then they dry out. What is the reason?
— Indeed, hedera is moisture-loving, but constant waterlogging of the soil has a bad effect on its well-being. The roots must “breathe”; without air access, the weak ivy root system can rot. Problems with the roots immediately affect the condition of the leaves - yellow or reddish spots appear, blackening, damaged leaves fall off. The ivy should be watered evenly, after the earthen clod has dried to approximately half its height. The hedera responds gratefully to spraying. It is advisable to leave water for irrigation and spraying for 2-3 days; it should not be too cold, better than room temperature.
— After transplantation, the ivy does not want to grow at all. In six months it produced only a few new leaves. Why?
— Hedera usually grows quite quickly; in my case, some varieties increased the length of their shoots by almost half a meter over the course of a season. Poor growth can be caused by several factors. Perhaps the soil is not suitable. Hedera develops well in a slightly acidic (pH 5.5-6.5), permeable, light mixture of leaf soil, peat and sand (2:2:1). Heavy, excessively nutritious mixtures lead to plant oppression. Drainage is required.
The pot for planting hedera needs to be small, corresponding to the size of the root system. The plant develops better in cramped containers.
A possible reason for the poor growth of the transplanted plant may be insufficient lighting. Hedera, of course, is shade-tolerant, but develops better in bright, diffused light, especially variegated varieties. Then the leaf petioles and internodes are shortened, the foliage covers the shoots more densely, and in general the plant looks more attractive.
“During the winter, almost all the shoots of my ivy died, the leaves fell off. Why did this happen?
— An important factor in keeping hedera in winter is coolness. The plant does not tolerate hot, dry air from central heating radiators at all and may die, despite frequent spraying. If possible, ivy should be placed in a bright, cool place and watering should be reduced, thus giving it the opportunity to rest. Optimal temperature at this time - +10-12 degrees.
By the way, the summer heat also adversely affects the well-being of ivy. In the warm season, it is advisable to take the plants “on vacation” to the balcony or loggia, placing them in a place protected from direct sunlight. In the fresh air, plants bush and grow actively, the foliage becomes more saturated in color. They are helped in this by daily temperature changes, night coolness, and air that is more humid than indoors. The shoots grow additional sucker roots, as in nature, and with their help they attach to any protrusions and uneven walls and climb up.
— A cobweb appeared on the ivy, and the leaves quickly began to fall. I water it moderately, spraying it every day if possible. Maybe it's a tick?
— The tick simply “adores” headers. Unfavorable factors and care costs that weaken the plant’s immunity lead to the appearance of spider mites and red mites. Dry air, high temperatures and insufficient watering contribute to this. The mite spreads quickly and can destroy a plant in 2-3 weeks. Therefore, at the first signs of its appearance, it is necessary to carry out 2-3 treatments with an interval of 5-6 days with special acaricidal preparations (Fitoverm, Neoron, Actellik, Omite), diluted according to the instructions, or in a slightly higher concentration. It is better to alternate medications. Carry out the treatment in the fresh air. Before this, the plant can be washed in the shower (to remove most of the pests) and the foliage allowed to dry.
Among the alternative remedies, a solution of laundry soap helps me deal with mites, or better yet, foam dishwashing detergent. I apply it to the leaves, leave it for about an hour, then wash it off. However, unlike the use of “chemistry”, such procedures have to be carried out twice as many (about 5 treatments). I tie the pot with a plastic bag. I advise you, without waiting for the mite to appear, to carry out preventive treatments twice a year - in the spring (since the plant is weakened over the winter and the risk of its damage is high) and in the fall before wintering. It is also important to give plants showers more often. Sometimes ivy can be attacked by another, no less malicious pest - the scale insect. I carefully and repeatedly (as I find it) remove it manually with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol, and additionally spill the soil with an actara or tanrek.
— How to propagate ivy? I really want to get a lush bush, but my plant only has two shoots.
— Hedera is easily propagated by cuttings. The top, middle part of the shoot, and young lateral shoots are suitable for these purposes. It is better if the cut stalk has at least 2-3 nodes. The lower leaves can be removed. You can root cuttings directly in the soil (in a light mixture of sand and peat) or in water. In the second case, the cuttings should be planted in the ground immediately after the roots appear, because Cuttings that are overexposed to water and have their roots “scoured” take root less well. Another way to propagate ivy is to spread a long shoot over the surface of the soil, pressing it to the ground at several nodes. Keep the soil surface constantly moist. After some time, the shoot will give roots in places in contact with the ground, and then side shoots will begin to grow from the nodes. If desired, the “mother” shoot can be cut into pieces and the young plants can be planted separately or left as is for greater splendor.
Be careful!
Hedera juice is toxic! Symptoms of poisoning are indigestion, diarrhea, hyperexcitability, difficulty breathing, coma, heat (fever), polydipsia (pathologically increased thirst), dilated pupils, muscle weakness, impaired coordination of movement.
Natalia GUBANOVA
Ivy is a very common indoor plant, the varied forms of which are sure to please even the most picky gardener. But, unfortunately, it often happens that the main decoration of ivy - its attractive bright leaves - begin to dry out, acquire a brown tint, and soon die off altogether. What are the causes of this disease and how to maintain the healthy appearance of ivy?
Improper watering
Ivy is one of the moisture-loving plants, but, nevertheless, constant waterlogging of the soil negatively affects its condition. It is very important that air enters the ivy root system, otherwise the roots may begin to rot. And this, in turn, will certainly affect the condition of the leaves - they will become yellowish and begin to dry out.
Ivy should be watered evenly, and this should be done after the earthen ball has dried out to about half its height. The plant also responds well to spraying. It is advisable to use settled water for irrigation that has room temperature. Plain tap water, which contains a high fluoride content, has a detrimental effect on ivy, causing its leaves to dry out.
Insufficient air humidity
One of the most important factors in maintaining ivy during the cold season is providing coolness. This plant absolutely does not tolerate dry, hot air and, despite regular spraying, may die. During the heating season, it is recommended to place ivy in a cool, bright place. The optimal temperature during this period is +10-12°C.
Summer heat also negatively affects the condition of ivy and can cause dried leaves. In warm weather, it is advisable to move the plant to a loggia or balcony. In this case, it is necessary to choose a place protected from direct sunlight. In the fresh air, ivy grows actively, its foliage acquires an even more saturated color.
Pests
Ivy is very often affected by various pests, as a result of which the plant loses the beauty of its leaves - they change shade, curl, and then disappear altogether.
Thus, on the underside of ivy leaves you can often find ordinary spider mite. The affected leaves first become covered with yellow spots and dots, and then a thin white cobweb appears between the leaves and stems. If further measures are not taken to preserve the plant, the ivy loses all its leaves. If this pest was detected in a timely manner, then to eliminate it it is enough to wash the leaves with boiled water. For extensive lesions, treatment with insecticidal preparations is indicated.
In addition to spider mites, ivy can also be affected by cyclamen mites, scale insects and aphids. The presence of these pests is signaled by the leaves of the plant drying up, seemingly for no reason. Therefore, it is always necessary to pay close attention to the condition of the plant and, if necessary, take immediate action.
Ivy or hedera (Hedera) is an evergreen vine from the Araliaceae family. About 15 species of ivy are known, widespread in the subtropics of Europe, America, North Africa and Asia.
Representatives of the genus are evergreen woody climbing vines that climb along a support with the help of aerial adventitious sucker roots.
In nature, ivy grows in shady forests, entwining trees with its long flexible shoots. Its stems have small roots with which the plant clings to a support and can climb 10-15 meters up. These same roots provide additional nutrition to the plant.
The roots appear in large numbers on the side of the stem facing the soil or support, forming dense brushes. With age, the long stems become very thick and woody, turning into thick, twisted trunks.
Leaves are alternate, entire or 3-5-lobed; characterized by diversity. The flowers are bisexual, 5-membered, small, greenish-yellow, in solitary or umbellate inflorescences collected in a raceme: they bloom in autumn. The fruits are berry-shaped. Ivies are good fall honey plants. The fruits contain saponins and other glycosides used in medicine. Ivy is one of the most common decorative leafy indoor and garden plants. Ivies are used not only for vertical gardening; they can be grown as hanging plants in hanging baskets or as ground cover. Common ivy (H. helix) is most often cultivated.
Ivy rarely blooms in cultivation, at the age of 10-12 years. The flowers are inconspicuous, small, collected in umbrella-shaped inflorescences, with an unpleasant odor. After flowering, berries are formed that are very poisonous. Therefore, even if your plant produces buds, you should not leave them.
There are variegated forms of ivy - green areas of the leaves alternate with white or yellowish areas devoid of chlorophyll, which can have the appearance of strokes, borders, or follow the contours of large veins.
Lighting.
Ivies prefer indirect light. They do not tolerate direct sunlight well, but (especially variegated forms) prefer a well-lit place and do not like changes in location in relation to the light source. Green ivy varieties can be classified as shade-tolerant. With a lack of light, variegated forms lose their original color.
In winter, a brighter location is needed; with a lack of light and high air temperatures, the plant stretches out. You can create additional lighting using fluorescent lamps, placing them above the plant at a distance of 50-60 cm; energy-saving lamps are also used. Artificial lighting is necessary for at least 8 hours a day.
Temperature.
In the spring-summer period, ivy prefers moderate air temperatures, ranging from 18-25 C, at night not lower than 15 C. In summer, the plant can be placed outdoors, but it should be protected from sunlight, precipitation and drafts. It is advisable to keep the autumn-winter plant at a temperature of 12-15C, but it can overwinter at a higher temperature, in which case regular spraying is necessary. Variegated forms are more thermophilic. In winter, make sure that the leaves of ivy growing on the windowsill do not touch the window glass closely - they can become hypothermic.
Watering and air humidity.
Watering in spring and summer is plentiful, as the top layer of the substrate dries out; prolonged (a day or two) drying out is very harmful. In the autumn-winter period, watering is careful (especially when kept at a temperature of 12-15C), watered moderately, two to three days after the top layer has dried, and with a small amount of water.
When watering, it is necessary to take into account that overmoistening the substrate can lead to rotting of the roots and death of the plants.
A large mass of leaves evaporates a lot of moisture, so ivy responds very gratefully to daily spraying - the color of the leaves becomes brighter, the white veins stand out more clearly on them, the stem begins to branch and is overgrown with a fringe of adventitious roots. Spraying should be done with soft, well-settled or filtered water. You can periodically wash the plant or wipe the leaves with a damp cloth; using special wax to add shine to the leaves is not advisable.
Fertilizers.
During the spring-summer growing season, every 10 days the ivy is fed alternately with mineral and organic fertilizers. In winter, fertilizing is reduced to 1 time per month. Sometimes frequent feeding leads to the fact that the leaves become very large and the plant loses its decorative appeal. You can carry out foliar feeding.
Shaping and support.
During the period of intensive growth, it is recommended to regularly prune ivies for bushiness and remove shoots that have lost leaves. In addition, too long lashes in the spring should be cut to a third of their length. The cuttings are used for cuttings.
Ivy is supported by roots; it is not able to catch on thread, wire or a smoothly planed wooden frame. The best and most natural support for ivy will be a piece of wood with bark covered with cracks and irregularities. In order for the ivy to attach itself to the support, it must be sprayed occasionally (adventitious ivy roots grow poorly in dry air). The shoots will have to be tied to all other supports with twine.
Transfer.
Every two years in the spring, the ivy is transferred to a larger pot; replanting is not advisable for an adult plant. Young ones are transferred every year or as needed. Choose a pot that is wide, but not deep.
You can plant several young plants in a pot, then the composition will be more magnificent.
The soil.
Ivy loves light soil; it is best to use a mixture based on peat and humus or equal parts of turf, leaf, humus soil, peat and sand, or ready substrate for decorative foliage plants. It is necessary to ensure good drainage - ivy loves moist soil, but does not tolerate waterlogging and acidification of the soil.
Reproduction.
Easily propagated by apical and middle stem cuttings throughout the year. Cuttings easily take root in a moist substrate (peat and sand, or leaf soil and sand) or sand. The cuttings are covered with a glass cap or a transparent plastic bag, constantly sprayed and ventilated regularly. Cuttings root well when using a greenhouse with bottom heating, and cuttings also root well with formed aerial roots. After rooting, ivy cuttings are planted in pots, several at a time, in an earthen mixture consisting of equal parts of turf and leaf soil, humus, peat and sand. In order for the plant to branch better, pinching is carried out several times a year, and bare shoots are shortened by pruning. Young plants are replanted every year, then after 2-3 years.
When propagating by central stem cuttings, cut off an entire shoot with 8-10 leaves. It is placed horizontally in a groove in the sand to a depth of 1.5-2 cm, leaving the leaves outside. On the tenth day, underground roots form from aerial roots on the stem near the buds. The tip of the shoot begins to grow. Dormant buds in the leaf axils do not germinate. After two weeks, the shoot is removed from the sand, cut into cuttings with one leaf and roots, after which three cuttings are planted in 7-centimeter pots, where new shoots develop from dormant buds.
Several shoots of ivy can be grafted (into a split or behind the bark) onto an adult Fatsia japonica plant (also from the Araliaceae family) - you will get a very original “weeping” tree, with flowing branches.
Precautionary measures:
During flowering, ivy has an unpleasant and strong smell (compared to the smell of rotten meat), which attracts insects for pollination, in particular flies. Therefore, it is recommended that if buds appear, remove them. Black ivy berries are very poisonous.
Common ivy leaves are also poisonous: they can cause inflammation of the stomach and intestines, vomiting, and contact dermatitis.
Possible difficulties:
The leaves dry out, turn yellow and die when the room temperature is too high, when the air humidity is low, when there is insufficient watering, or when watering is irregular, as well as when they are damaged by spider mites.
Small leaves, open twisted stems. The reason is lack of light, although the old leaves at the base of the ivy stem tend to fall off with age. Also, ivy leaves turn yellow and fall off due to lack of moisture.
The leaves lose their variegated color due to lack of light. Varieties of ivy with different colors acquire a uniform green color when there is a lack of light. Another reason is that the pot is too cramped.
Brown and dry tips of leaves - too dry air, high temperature, insufficient watering.
Too large distances between the leaves - lack of lighting.
Damaged by: scale insects and spider mites.
Healing properties:
The leaves and fruits of ivy contain the glycoside hederin and saponins. In small doses, ivy preparations are used for chronic bronchial catarrh. IN folk medicine It is also used for diseases of the liver and gall bladder, gout, and rheumatism. Externally - for calluses, warts, polyps, purulent wounds caused by burns, and as an anti-inflammatory for leucorrhoea in women. Ivy is used as an astringent, antitumor, laxative, and emetic.
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A common plant for outdoor and indoor cultivation, such as ivy, is often subjected to various diseases, which is reflected in its appearance. The gardener may notice that the ivy's leaves have begun to dry out and fall off. What is the reason for such changes? How to quickly deal with the problem and restore the plant?
Ivy is a rather capricious plant. It requires special care and strong desire and dedication on the part of the grower. Since this is a creeping plant, it must be attached, even at home. Like many other flowers, ivy also blooms, but it is not possible to get much aesthetic pleasure from contemplating ivy blooming - the inflorescences are small, often appearing on adult plants and then together with whole leaves.
To prevent the ivy from drying out and its leaves from falling off, the gardener needs adhere to the following mandatory steps in care:
- Lighting must be absent-minded. Direct sunlight hitting the leaves will cause exactly the opposite effect than perhaps expected and the plant will begin to dry out. It is also recommended not to move the ivy often, so that it does not become stressed and begin to shed its leaves because of this - change is difficult for this plant.
- Air temperature, like lighting, should always be the same: ivy prefers air temperature in summer time up to 20 degrees Celsius, and in winter – 16 degrees Celsius. Ivy can withstand a minimum air temperature only up to 12 degrees Celsius, after which it can get sick. Often such a weakened plant is affected by scale insects. If we talk about general preferences, ivy feels great in a cool room with moderate or high humidity.
- Air humidity supported on maximum level only in the summer, when you can additionally spray the ivy leaves with a spray bottle, but in the winter you need to exclude this stage of care.
- Watering the ivy need regularly and abundantly. You should not wait until the soil mixture dries out - it must be constantly adjusted, which is undoubtedly an advantage of caring for ivy at home.
- Feed the ivy possible only with complex fertilizers. The first feedings begin in March and continue until the end of August. Feeding frequency: once every 3 weeks. Too frequent feeding will have a beneficial effect on the development of leaf mass, which has its pros and cons. The advantages of frequent feeding: the plant quickly recovers after the leaves dry out and fall off. Disadvantages of frequent feeding: the decorative appeal of ivy is lost due to the fact that the leaf volume becomes less decorated.
- Pruning the plant not often, but you can combine this process with propagation by separating the aerial roots and then rooting them into a loose and fertile substrate in a new pot.
- Replanting ivy held every year in spring. The older the plant, the less frequently it is replanted - once every 2-3 years. What soil to use for replanting ivy:
- part of peat land;
- part of the humus;
- part of the leaf soil;
- part of the sand;
- part of the turf land;
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