Description of indoor jasmine, propagation and cultivation, how to care

Indoor varieties of jasmine have several varieties. They delight with their flowers every spring season. The plant requires a special regime of watering, fertilizing, pruning, and treatment against pests and diseases.

Varieties of varieties for growing in an apartment

There are several types of jasmine for growing indoors. Each of them requires mandatory care and compliance with growing conditions. White-flowered species emit a stronger aroma than yellow and pink ones.

• Holofloral.
• Drug.
• Sambac.
• Bisa.
• Multi-flowered.
• Grandiflora.

Description and characteristics of the plant

The description of the variety includes: the appearance of the plant, the appearance of the flowers, the toxicity of jasmine, diseases and pests.

External description of the bush

The plant has bright green leaves, shiny, covered with wax. Lanceolate elongated shape. It has dense stems that are covered with thin bark over time. In indoor conditions the plant is low, 30-50 cm.

Bloom

During the flowering period, it produces white flowers with a characteristic pleasant smell. Some varieties bloom with pink or yellow inflorescences. After flowering, the flowers fall off and do not form seeds.

Virulence

Toxic substances in indoor jasmine are localized in the roots. The shrub with yellow flowers has the most powerful effects. Its poison causes drowsiness and disruption of the nervous system. This plant variety does not have a strong floral aroma.

Disease and crop pests

Most often, indoor flowers are affected by pests. They cause damage to the plant, stop its growth, and disrupt its development and flowering. They must be treated.

These include:

• Whitefly. The insect lays larvae on jasmine leaves. They feed on the sap of the plant. The leaves gradually become covered with white spots, curl and fall off.To combat them, spray with an insecticide.
• Spider mite. It begins to envelop the internodes of the plant with a cobweb, and a white coating is noticeable on the leaves. The mite leaves feces on the back of the leaf. This interferes with the normal development of jasmine. To combat it, the bush is sprayed with an insecticide.

Requirements for growing conditions

To successfully grow a flower, you need to choose the right location, maintain temperature and humidity. Jasmine loves diffused lighting.

Optimal location and lighting

Indoor jasmine loves diffused sunlight. The eastern or western window sill of the apartment is best suited. When placing the bush on the sunny side, it is necessary to cover it with a transparent mesh; direct sunlight causes burns to the leaves. When there is insufficient light, flower growth slows down and there is no flowering.

Temperature

The optimal temperature for jasmine flowering is considered to be 19-25 °C. For the winter, the plant is placed in a cool place to activate growth and flowering by spring. If you leave it warm for the winter, it will gain green mass.

Required humidity

The humidity in the room is maintained at about 80%. During the period of bud formation and flowering, the plant requires additional moisture. To increase the humidity in the room, carry out frequent wet cleaning.

How to plant jasmine at home

To plant jasmine at home, you need to choose the optimal soil composition, pot size, and follow planting technology.

Optimal soil composition

The shrub is not picky in choosing land. For planting, ready-made, store-bought slightly acidic soil with drainage is suitable. You can also prepare the composition yourself by obtaining ingredients from your own plot. It is prepared from:

• 3 parts clay;
• 1 part peat;
• sand.

Container size

At the beginning of planting, buy a small pot. Its volume gradually increases along with the growth of jasmine. It is preferable to choose plastic or glass containers with drainage holes and a stand.

Technology and timing of flower planting

After purchasing a young plant, it must be transplanted into a permanent pot, the soil changed and fertilized. To do this, adhere to the following algorithm:

• The purchased plant is left for 14 days to acclimatize.
• Planting is recommended in the spring, before flowering begins.
• The bottom of the new pot is filled with drainage material to 1-2 cm.
• Fill the special soil up to the middle of the container.
• Pour warm water and apply fertilizer.
• The plant is removed from the store container.
• The roots are carefully cleared of soil and straightened.
• Damaged shoots are removed.
• Dip the roots in a solution of potassium permanganate.
• Place in a new pot.
• Sprinkle with soil.

In the summer, the plant can be transplanted into open ground. The jasmine will strengthen over the season. When transferred to open ground, the roots of the plant are not deepened much. Since this can lead to a lack of flowering.

We organize competent care

It is important to know how to care for a flower when growing it at home. For the successful development and flowering of the shrub, it is important to monitor watering, pruning, fertilizing, replanting and preventive spraying against harmful insects and diseases. If everything is done correctly, jasmine will delight you with its flowers every year.

Watering

Water jasmine as needed when the top of the soil dries out. By autumn, watering is limited. Also, during flowering and bud setting, the plant is sprayed with warm water from a spray bottle. In autumn and winter, moisturizing is not carried out.

What and how to feed homemade jasmine

Feeding of the bush is carried out every 2 weeks during flowering and budding. For winter, fertilizing is carried out once. It is recommended to use complex fertilizers or combine several formulations together. Jasmine prefers fertilizing containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Important! Excessive fertilization of the plant with nitrogen stimulates the growth of green mass and stops flowering.

Trimming

At the beginning of development, pruning is necessary to give the bush a lush shape. The favorable period for this is the period from March to the end of February. Each shoot is cut to one third of its length. Weakened and damaged shoots are cut to the base. Pruning is useful for young and adult plants; it also helps to give the shrub the desired appearance.

Prevention against diseases and parasites

To prevent the occurrence of diseases and attacks by harmful insects, it is necessary to maintain watering of the plant, sufficient humidity in the room and the required amount of sunlight. Before buds begin to set, it is recommended to carry out preventive spraying with fungicidal and insecticidal preparations.

Transfer

Young plants are replanted every year. After three years of age, they are replanted once every 2-3 years. To do this, use special soil with a slightly acidic environment or drainage. A suitable composition is also prepared independently.

Reproduction

Homemade jasmine is propagated by layering or cuttings. This will allow you to get several independent shrubs.

By layering

To propagate by layering, make a hole in the mother pot and bury one shoot. After the roots have formed, the shoot is replanted as a separate plant.To speed up the root formation process, the peel is cut off on the removed shoot and the area is lubricated with a root former.

Important! If there is not enough space in the pot, then place a pot with soil next to the mother bush.

By cuttings

Cuttings are selected during pruning. Specimens 10-15 cm long and having 2-3 nodules are considered suitable. They are lowered into a container of water and wait until the first roots appear. Water is added periodically as it evaporates. When the roots grow to 1 cm, the cuttings can be planted in the ground. To speed up the appearance of roots, special preparations are used for this purpose. So the natural process of root formation takes about 45 days.

Possible problems and solutions

The most common problems that gardeners encounter when growing jasmine at home are: yellowing of leaves, stunted growth, lack of flowering.

Jasmine doesn't grow

Plant growth stops when:

• insufficient lighting;
• lack of nutrients;
• overfeeding the plant;
• moisture retention in the soil.

No flowering

If the jasmine does not bloom, then the following problems are likely:

• insufficient soil acidity;
• the water used for irrigation is too hard;
• too warm in winter;
• dry air;
• insufficient lighting;
• lack of nutrients.

The leaves are turning yellow

Yellowing of leaves is due to the following reasons:

• excess moisture;
• insufficient content of minerals in the soil;
• attack by harmful insects;
• burns from direct sunlight.

Eliminating management errors will restore healthy crop growth.