Birch is a houseplant that does not require increased attention or intensive care. At the same time, the flower grows very quickly, suitable for decorative pruning. Often you can find such a copy in large living rooms, public institutions. The homeland of the plant is rainforest, so the plant loves high humidity, light and good watering.
Birch - a houseplant, similar to a birch
In many offices, schools and simply huge public spaces, you can find a kind of flower that curls along the wall or, thanks to the stand, resembles a tree. The people will copy such a birch.
The appearance of a room birch
Birch is a home plant that fits perfectly into any interior and helps to harmonize the space, make it more alive. Thanks to cropping, any shape and size can be formed.
Without treatments, the length of the moon-shaped barrel can reach 1.5-2 m in length. Many tree growers love a tree-like birch flower precisely for its unpretentiousness in care and growth rate.
What is the name of a birch-like houseplant? Birch is a room flower, it is grown for the sake of beauty and many do not think about the scientific name of the plant. However, the home flower has an exact name, which not many know and even less do not use in everyday life. Depending on the particular species, it is cissus or roicissus.
The appearance of a room birch
There are several varieties of plants. The most popular is rhombic roicissus, which is characterized by a complex leaf structure and is most adapted to growing at home.
What does a birch tree look like?
The home flower birch belongs to the plants of the grape family. Such a classification is determined by external features:
- the trunk curls or is a vine;
- the crown turns green all year round;
- shoots can grow from 60 cm to several meters;
- the leaf can have any color - from dark green to light green.
Plant in interior design
Additional Information! Thanks to cropping, a suitable crown can be formed. In the absence of such care, the home birch will grow like wild grapes in all directions.
Features of caring for a birch house
Experienced breeders claim that there will be no problems with growing roicissus. Some people compare the plant with a pet that loves to eat and bathe.
A birch is a home plant, its care is carried out according to the simplest scheme of irrigation, soil treatment, lighting and setting the temperature regime.
Temperature
It is important to set the temperature correctly for normal growth and development. You can hold a copy in a room where the temperature:
- in the summer it will be +20, +25 degrees;
- in winter - +15 degrees, +20 degrees.
The plant can normally survive sharp drops in temperature to +5, but this can lead to the manifestation of diverse diseases.
Lighting
The plant loves light, but it is better to install a flowerpot on window sills from the western or eastern side. The north side is also suitable, but the flower will grow very slowly. Direct sunlight can damage foliage - the light should be slightly diffused.
The ideal window sill for roicissus
Watering
Roicissus loves moisture very much, but care must be taken to ensure that the water in the flowerpot does not stagnate. The exact schedule for the irrigation procedure is difficult to establish - a lot depends on air humidity, season and temperature.
It is necessary to keep the earthen lump constantly wet. Water should be at room temperature and preferably pre-settled.
Spraying
Roicissus loves when the leaves are sprayed. You can even have a weekly swim.
Move the plant to the bathroom and rinse each leaf with water at room temperature.
Humidity
An important condition for the normal growth of roicissus is increased humidity. You can leave a container of water near the flowerpot to increase humidity.
After bathing, it is advisable to leave the flower in the bathroom for several hours so that the crown and soil absorb more moisture.
Priming
The soil should be light and air permeable. Therefore, after watering, it is advisable to ruffle the topsoil. It’s enough to pick the ground with a stick. In order to avoid problems with moisture stagnation and flowering of the upper layer, you need to choose the right composition, mixing in equal proportions:
- turf land;
- sheet earth;
- humus;
- coarse sand.
Substrate preparation
So that there are no additional problems with the soil, it is worth choosing a ceramic pot for growing.
Top dressing
It is advisable to regularly feed, introducing complex fertilizers.
It is useful to carry out extra-soil dressing - during this procedure, the leaves are sprayed with a solution of fertilizers and water.
Important!You can not simultaneously fertilize the soil and spray the crown with nutrient solutions.
Fertilizer can be applied 1 time in 3 weeks during the spring-summer period. In winter, roicissus should be transferred to the dormant stage. No top dressing and spraying should be carried out.
It is not enough to know how to care for a flower; a birch houseplant, according to experts, needs regular pruning.
Pruning
Homemade birch in a pot is an ideal plant option for those who like to experiment and create. Thanks to pruning, a crown can be formed.
Branches are subject to removal, which are partially bare, dropping foliage, as well as ugly growing parts of shoots. You can remove those parts of the crown that do not fit into the shape of the plant. It is not advisable to remove many parts at the same time.
Cissus crown formation
The procedure is as follows:
- Prepare tools: sharp secateurs, activated carbon powder.
- Identify items that require removal.
- Cut the processes of secateurs, making 1 exact cut.
- To treat the places of influence with powder from activated carbon or an antiseptic for plants.
Important! The procedure should be carried out in early spring, until the instance has passed into the phase of active growth. If necessary, you can trim in the summer, but in smaller quantities.
How does a birch breed?
Roicissus can multiply in two ways - cuttings and processes. The methods are almost identical and differ only in the rooting method. For the procedure, twigs that were cut in the spring are used.
Propagation by Cherenkov method
Rooting cuttings
Propagation by cuttings is the most popular variant of plant breeding. As a basis, branches with 2-3 well-developed leaves are used. The following procedure is carried out for good rooting:
- In a small plastic pot, pour a little drainage and a suitable substrate.
- Set the prepared copy in the pot.
- The twig should be covered with soil 3-4 cm.
- Spray the top of the substrate.
In order for the stem to take root, it is necessary to place the "workpiece" in a room with a temperature not lower than +20 degrees. The room should be partial shade. Every day you need to spray the soil to maintain normal humidity.
Birch transplant
Indoor birch flowers do not often require transplantation, but after 3 years the procedure will have to be carried out due to depletion of the soil and a decrease in the space of the flowerpot for the root system.
Transplanting a room birch
The algorithm of the procedure:
- Prepare a substrate and a pot 2-3 cm larger in diameter from the previous one.
- At the bottom of the tank lay a drainage layer, which will be 1-2 cm.
- Then a few centimeter layer of soil is laid.
- Inspect the processes of the root system. Trim damaged parts. Slices are treated with powder from crushed activated carbon.
- Set the sprout in the center of the container.
- Evenly position the roots around the perimeter of the pot.
- Sprinkle the roots with earth without tamping. The layer height should not be more than 3 cm.
note! A transplant can be carried out only in the spring - at the time of leaving the state of rest. During the period of active growth, it is not advisable to carry out such a procedure.
Moisten the soil by spraying the substrate with water from a spray bottle. Remove the transplanted specimen into the shade for 5-6 days. During this time, the root system will get stronger and the aboveground part will go into growth.
Possible problems in growing birch trees
It is easy to determine why certain metamorphoses occur with roicissus, since the plant responds to changes in the indoor microclimate.
What diseases and parasites can affect a flower:
- Lack of moisture often leads to the appearance of fungal diseases that can affect the aboveground and underground parts of the specimen.
- Poorly sanitized land can become the basis for the appearance of a scab, a dust mite.
- If the leaves began to dry, then infection with root rot is possible. This problem occurs if the substrate does not let air through, there is no drainage and excess water stagnates in the pot.
- A frequent “guest” is powdery mildew. But the disease can only affect plants weakened after a sharp temperature drop.
Room birch diseases
Crohn can be treated with a soapy solution for any type of parasite and infection, but if the form of the disease is not running. If this does not help, then special means should be used to combat the disease.
The decorative version of roicissus is an ideal option for cultivation by inexperienced gardeners who want to decorate the house with a floral composition. An ideal option for such a plant would be a house with "tropical" climate conditions. The plant does not require special care, it propagates by the elementary method.
