Jasmine room: description and types, reproduction 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, treatment from pests and diseases.

Varieties for growing in an apartment

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

The most popular varieties are:

Holofloral.
Medicinal.
Sambac.
Bisa.
Multi-flowered.
Large-flowered.

Description and features of the plant

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

External description of the bush

The plant has bright green leaves, shiny, covered with wax. Elongated lanceolate. It has dense stems, which eventually cover with a thin bark. In room conditions, the plant is low, 30-50 cm.

Flowering

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

Poisonousness

Poisonous substances of room jasmine are localized in the roots. The strongest action has a shrub with yellow flowers. Its poison causes drowsiness and disruption of the nervous system. This plant variety does not have a strong floral scent.

Disease and crop pests

Most often, indoor flower is affected by pests. They cause damage to the plant, stop its growth, disrupt its development and flowering. Be sure to treat them.

These include:

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

Growing Requirements

For the successful cultivation of a flower, you must choose the right location, observe the temperature and humidity. Jasmine loves diffused lighting.

Optimal location and lighting

Indoor jasmine loves diffused sunlight. The east or west window sill of the apartment is best suited. When the shrub is located on the sunny side, it is necessary to cover it with a transparent net, direct sunlight causes leaf burns. In low light, flower growth slows down and there is no flowering.

Temperature conditions

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

Desired humidity

The room is maintained at about 80% humidity. During the period of ovary buds and flowering, the plant needs 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 composition of the soil, the size of the pot, and follow the planting technology.

Optimal soil composition

Shrub picky in the choice of land. Ready store-bought slightly acidic soil with drainage is suitable for planting. You can also prepare the composition yourself by extracting the ingredients from your own site. It is prepared from:

3 parts clay;
1 pieces of peat;
sand.

Capacity size

At the beginning of planting, buy a small pot. Its volume is gradually increased 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 planting a flower

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

The purchased plant is left for 14 days for acclimatization.
It is recommended to plant in the spring, before flowering begins.
The bottom of the new pot is filled with drainage material by 1-2 cm.
Fill up special soil to the middle of the tank.
Pour warm water and fertilize.
The plant is removed from the store packaging.
The roots are carefully cleaned 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.

For the summer period, the plant can be transplanted into open ground. The jasmine will get stronger as the season progresses. When transferred to open ground, the roots of the plant do not deepen much. As this may result in 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, top dressing, transplanting and preventive spraying from harmful insects and diseases. If everything is done correctly, then the jasmine will delight with its flowers every year.

Irrigation

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

What and how to feed homemade jasmine

Shrub feeding is carried out every 2 weeks during flowering and budding. For the winter, top dressing is carried out 1 time. It is recommended to use complex fertilizers or combine several formulations together. Jasmine prefers fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium.

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

Cutting

At the beginning of development, pruning should be done to give the bush a magnificent shape. The favorable period for this is the period from March to the end of February. Cut off each shoot by one third of its length. Weakened and damaged shoots are cut to the ground. Pruning is useful for young and adult plants, and it also helps to give the shrub the desired look.

Prevention from ailments and parasites

To prevent the occurrence of diseases and the attack of harmful insects, it is necessary to observe the watering of the plant, sufficient room humidity and the required amount of sunlight. Before the start of the ovary of buds, it is recommended to carry out preventive spraying with fungicidal and insecticidal preparations.

Transfer

Young plants are transplanted every year. After the age of three, they are transplanted 1 time in 2-3 years. To do this, use a special soil with a slightly acidic environment or drainage. A suitable composition is also prepared independently.

Reproduction

Reproduction of homemade jasmine is carried out by layering or cuttings. This will allow you to get several independent shrubs.

Layers

For propagation by layering, make a hole in the mother pot and bury one shoot. After the formation of roots, the shoot is transplanted as a separate plant. To speed up the process of root formation on the allotted shoot, the peel is cut off, and the place is lubricated with a root former.

Important! If there is not enough space in the pot, then a pot of soil is placed next to the mother shrub.

By cuttings

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

Possible problems and solutions

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

Jasmine does not grow

Plant growth stops at:

poor lighting;
nutrient deficiencies;
overfeeding plants;
moisture retention in the soil.

No flowering

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

insufficient soil acidity;
too hard water being watered;
too warm in winter;
dry air;
poor lighting;
lack of nutrients.

Leaves turn yellow

Yellowing of the leaves lies in the following reasons:

excess moisture;
insufficient mineral content in the soil;
attacked by harmful insects;
burns from direct sunlight.

Removing maintenance errors will restore he althy crop growth.