Indoor bamboo - home care

Home bamboo is a representative of the Dracen genus, the Asparagus family. It comes from Central Africa, it can live in both soil and water. The plant is classified as a shrub.

Indoor bamboo: general information

Indoor bamboo does not require complex maintenance; if growing requirements are met, it can grow up to 25 cm in length.

If the culture is contained in a liquid medium, then it must be changed every 12-14 days. The liquid is preliminarily defended.

Dracaena bamboo

Use for interior decoration

Professionals use culture to complete the main interior. It can be easily combined with ceramic figurines and tableware, allowing you to create a unique style in the room. The plant does not require a certain air humidity, it can be installed in any, even semi-dark corner.

Instances are grown in soil or liquid, suitable for an Asian-style effect. Medium-sized individuals are used as a living wall - to divide the room into zones.

For reference! Why, after buying at a flower shop, it is better to transplant the plant into a substrate: this will increase its chances of survival.

Bamboo in the interior

The magical properties of indoor bamboo

According to beliefs, bamboo at home can affect certain aspects of life. Its magical properties depend on its exact location in the apartment:

in the southeast corner - attracts financial well-being;
the eastern part - helps to get family harmony, get rid of quarrels and distrust;
southwest - will inspire a romantic mood, improve relations between spouses.

Important! The installation of a flowerpot with bamboo should be strictly Feng Shui.

Briefly about the history of appearance

Under natural conditions, the culture is found in the tropical forests of Asian, Australian, African and South American lands. The shrub was widely used as a building material or medicine. Certain varieties were used for human consumption.

Dwarf subspecies

The modern world has preferred to use bamboo in interior design. The flexible trunk allows you to create decorative elements from it, form a living wall - if necessary, divide the space into several small corners.

Common varieties

Experts divide varieties by size into low, high and medium subspecies.

Bamboo Lucky

Indoor bamboo - home care

Refers to common, will grow no more than 1 m in height. The variety has small green foliage. Florists give its stem a variety of shapes: in the form of a heart or a spiral. Several individuals make a composition in the form of a lattice.

For reference! Lucky is translated from English as “lucky”, “lucky”, but in Russia this variety is often referred to as happiness.

Varieties of Lucky

Bamboo golden lily

Perennial evergreen plant belonging to the stunted types. It is capable of blooming once a year, it grows up to 1 m.

Bamboo Tsuboi

The representative has a vertical root system, oblong leaf plates, pointed at the ends.On the smooth surface of the foliage, stripes of a different green shade are visible.

Bamboo Shiroshima

A medium-sized plant grows up to 3 m, powerful roots develop rapidly in liquid. The foliage has a dark green color with longitudinal stripes.

Mexican weeping bamboo

The cultivar is known for its flexible main stem, erect and branched root system.

For reference! It has an average height - up to 3.5 m, can be used to create whimsical compositions.

Indoor bamboo - home care

Bamboo is a houseplant that doesn't need constant attention. Excessive care is more likely to cause the development of diseases and the rapid death of the culture. Experienced growers remind you to follow the supervision instructions given in the variety description to obtain a healthy specimen.

Temperature

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To obtain a strong specimen of an exotic plant, it is required to maintain a standard temperature regime, in the range from 15 to 5 degrees. If the level is higher or lower than the indicated numbers, then it must be rearranged into a semi-dark room without windows.

Lighting

Constant exposure to direct sunlight can cause burns on delicate foliage. The flowerpot is placed on the windowsill, where you can create partial shade - blinds or curtains, fabric roller shutters.

Experienced flower growers send the container to the bathroom, not forgetting to regularly take it out under diffused lighting.

Important! Replenishment of the lack of ultraviolet radiation is carried out with a special phytolamp, which can be purchased at any flower shop.

Watering

The best moisture for the procedure is melt water; when trying to use tap liquid, the culture decreases the level of immunity due to the presence of alkali in it.

If the plant lives in the soil, then it is moistened as the top layer dries.

Important! Replacing the liquid in the flowerpot should be carried out at least once every two weeks.

Spraying

It is not necessary to spray the culture - it will not die from the procedure, but excessive moisture can cause a violation of the microclimate that has arisen around it. The leaf plates and the trunk are wiped with a damp cloth or cotton pad, getting rid of dust and dirt particles.

Humidity

The increased dryness of the air negatively affects the state of the foliage, the growth and development of the plant slows down, the color of the leaf plates changes.

To solve the problem, a container filled with liquid is placed next to it. This approach will help to increase the humidity level in cold weather, when the central heating batteries are running.

Growing in soil

Growing bamboo in the ground

When planted in soil, the root system quickly absorbs moisture during watering, preventing it from rotting. For dracaena, you can find a special soil mixture, which includes peat, humus and sod land. If desired, you can cook it yourself, all of the above components are taken in equal proportions.

Important! At the bottom of the container, drainage must be placed: small pebbles, expanded clay or river coarse sand.

Growing bamboo in water

When trying to grow a flower in liquid, special attention is paid to the container. You need to use a transparent container - a glass, a vase, a special pot.

Before sending the plants into it, the walls are treated with boiling water, then bamboo is placed in it and the roots are carefully straightened. Pebbles are poured at the bottom, the container is filled with pre-settled water.

Top dressing

The culture is bad for frequent soil fertilization. If grown in a liquid medium, then nitrogen-containing compounds are added up to three times a year, and complex mixtures are added to the sand with the arrival of spring and in mid-autumn.

Pruning bamboo

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How to care for bamboo at home: the procedure is carried out regularly, in the process they change the shape, up to the creation of braids from several copies.Classic manipulation requires cutting off the shoots located at the bottom and thinning out the bushes.

Important! After cutting, the cut points are decontaminated with wood ash or wax. Cut pieces can be planted to create new bamboo specimens.

Pruning procedure

How bamboo reproduces

You can propagate the culture by cuttings or by seed. The final option depends on the availability of seeds or the experience of the grower.

Germinating seeds

The step-by-step guide offers the following algorithm to help raise young growth:

The seed is soaked in liquid for 24 hours.
You need to plant in soil intended for adults.
The seeds laid out on the surface are sprinkled with a substrate - no more than 5 mm.
The container is covered with plastic wrap.

Important! Young shoots hatch in two weeks, by this period they have already formed a root system. The shoots are allowed to grow stronger and the leaves are thrown away, then they need to be planted in different pots.

Rooting cuttings

Propagation by cuttings requires cutting the top by 15 cm, then standard rooting is carried out.

The stem is placed in a liquid enriched with a growth stimulant, and after the roots appear, it must be planted in a substrate.

Important! After transplanting into the soil, the young are taken out in a semi-dark room for 5 days.

Transfer

Transfer works are carried out with the arrival of spring heat.

During transplantation, roots longer than 10 cm are shortened and treated with a growth stimulant. The culture is placed in a substrate or hydrogel.

Important! When planting in a container, the root system of the bush should not come into contact with its walls.

Content in the hydrogel

Potential problems in growing bamboo

The culture is known for its powerful immunity, disease resistance. Problems with growth and development can be observed when the requirements for the content of the culture are violated. A yellowish plant or other color change signals grower errors.

Why does indoor bamboo turn yellow in the ground

An indoor flower can turn yellow if the following factors are present:

with constant stagnation of moisture in the root area;
absence of diffused lighting for a long time;
due to excessively frequent feeding.

If the tree begins to turn yellow, then it needs to be transferred to a well-lit room and the frequency of watering should be reduced. Yellow leaf plates are removed, fertilization is stopped.

Bamboo is used to decorate any part of the house, it helps to create your own unique design. The unpretentious culture is suitable even for beginners in floriculture. With the exact implementation of the rules of care, it will bloom and delight with its appearance for many years.