Soil for anthurium: what kind of land is needed to plant a flower Male happiness, is the finished composition suitable, and also how to make the soil with your own hands at home?

Anthurium is a beautiful plant with bright flowers and glossy leaves that naturally grows in the tropical forests of South and Central America. The flower belongs to the aroid family and is found in different forms in the wild. Most often these are epiphytes with aerial roots growing on trees. For the plant to grow in the apartment, suitable conditions and a properly selected earth mixture are necessary. We’ll tell you what kind of land a flower loves. Male happiness. It is better to plant it in a homemade or storey substrate and what kind of soil care is needed at home.

The importance of the right land for the flower Male happiness

In order for a flower to please with large flowers and large juicy leaves, it needs to create good conditions, the main of which is a suitable substrate. Most indoor plants feel great in universal soil, and for anthurium, the mixture must be specially selected. For the successful growth of this plant, the features of its root system should be taken into account. The soil must pass air and water well, be light. In heavy soil, the roots can rot, and the flower gets sick and the abyss.

How to make a composition for planting with your own hands?

Those soil soils that can be purchased in stores are not suitable for growing anthuriums, so it is better to prepare the mixture yourself.

The substrate should be light, breathable, have an acid reaction (pH = 5.5-6.5). In heavy soil, the roots of anthurium are covered with velamine and rot.

For successful flower growth at home, you should prepare an earthen mixture, consisting of the following components:

high peat (2 parts);
coniferous land (1 part);
sheet land (1 part);
coarse sand (0.5 parts);
pine bark (0.5 parts).

Sand should be washed well, and steamed bark. Pieces of bark should be 1-1.5 cm in size. To increase the friability of the mixture, perlite can be added to it..

Before planting the flower in the prepared soil, it is necessary to conduct heat treatment of the substrate.

There is another option for preparing a substrate for anthurium, which is often used by experienced flower growers. To do this, mix:

part of peat;
part of the land from under coniferous trees;
part of the sheet land;
half of the coarse sand.

To this mixture is added charcoal and crushed bark of conifers, such as pine or spruce.

You should know that young plants are best planted in a less coarse substrate. For their good growth and development, a mixture of pine bark, sphagnum moss, peat and perlite (1/1/1/1) is suitable. The soil should adhere tightly to the roots and only after the root system has grown can the flower be transplanted into a mixture for adult plants.

As the anthurium grows, its roots can rise above the surface of the soil. The bare parts must be covered with pieces of moss, to preserve moisture in them.

What kind of drainage is needed for growing?

The health and beauty of Anthurium depends on the availability of drainage., because these plants do not tolerate stagnation of water in the root system and can die. To create optimal conditions for flower growth, you need to think about good drainage, only in this case the excess water will go away, and the roots will breathe.

It's important to know! High-quality drainage for flowers should be chemically inert, let water through, not mold and not rot.

Such materials are suitable for the preparation of drainage.:

clay shards;
broken brick;
expanded clay;
gravel;
crushed stone;
Styrofoam.

Most expanded clay is a popular drainage material, it is able to absorb excess moisture. These are burnt clay pieces that have a porous structure. You can buy it at flower shops.

When using other materials as drainage, the following tips should be followed:

when using clay shards as drainage, it is impossible to allow the pieces to be too large, since sand should be poured on top of them, and it should not wake down;
broken brick should not have sharp edges, so as not to damage the roots of the plant, it is also necessary to consider that silicate brick is more suitable than red, as it absorbs moisture, and then gives it away as it dries;
polystyrene is a good drainage material, but it has one drawback: the roots of the plant grow into its structure and when they are transplanted, they can be accidentally damaged.

When creating high-quality drainage, anthurium will be guaranteed comfort, it will grow well, develop and bloom.

Is the prepared soil or substrate suitable for orchids?

If you do not want to make a substrate yourself, you can buy it in a store, but there are difficulties with this. It is difficult to find a special mixture for anthuriums, therefore, you can buy soil for orchids with a similar composition, which includes bark and peat. There are soils for orchids, consisting of peat, charcoal, sphagnum. Such a substrate can be mixed with universal primer (1: 1).

In Moscow, you can buy soil for orchids in specialized stores or via the Internet. The cost of the earth mixture depends on the manufacturer. For example:

soil "ZeoFlora" 2.5 liter will cost from 300 to 350 rubles;
substrate for orchids "Living World" 1.5 liters, consisting of pine bark, costs a little more than 100 rubles.

How to care for the land at home?

For so that potential pests do not start in the soil, it must be subjected to heat treatment. It is also necessary to take into account that the soil for anthurium is not nutritious, therefore, after a transplant, the plant should be periodically fed, adding fertilizer for aroid or decorative-flowering plants to the water for irrigation.

It should be noted that the knowledge in which land to transplant Male happiness and the ability to properly compose the soil will save Anthurium and its owner from many problems. Water does not stagnate in a good substrate, the roots "breathe", therefore, the flower will develop well and delight the owner with beautiful flowers.