The indoor orange is a small evergreen tree that blooms with beautiful and fragrant white flowers. To grow this wonderful plant at home, you need to provide it with proper care.
It is necessary
- - spray gun;
- - a pot;
- - expanded clay;
- - secateurs;
- - sod land;
- - leafy ground;
- - expanded clay;
- - sand;
- - humus;
- - fertilizers for citrus fruits.
Instructions
Step 1
Orange is a light-loving plant. The most favorable location for the plant pot is the east or south window. To avoid burns on the leaves of the tree, shade the orange in hot weather, avoid direct sunlight. To ensure that the crown develops evenly, periodically rotate the pot around its axis. Sunlight is especially important for the orange tree during flowering and ripening of the fruit, with a lack of light, the fruits will not grow sweet. Take out the pot with the plant outdoors in the summer (on a balcony, loggia, terrace or garden).
Step 2
Try to maintain the optimum air temperature at 15-18 ° C, this is necessary for good budding and further flowering. At a higher air temperature, intensive growth of the tree begins. Orange categorically does not tolerate cold, make sure that the temperature does not drop below 5 ° C.
Step 3
Spray the orange tree at least once a day to make the plant feel more comfortable. Water the plant abundantly, especially in summer and spring. Orange does not tolerate drying out of the soil. In the fall and winter, you can reduce watering from once a day to twice a week. In early spring, start feeding your indoor tree with special ready-made citrus fertilizers available at your florist's shop, or use chicken manure diluted in water.
Step 4
You need to transplant the orange before the beginning of the growing season (but not during the flowering or fruiting period). It is recommended to transplant by transshipment method. To do this, carefully remove the plant from the pot along with the earthy clod and move it to a larger pot, adding the required amount of soil. Do not forget to provide the plant with good drainage by laying a layer of expanded clay on the bottom of the container. The soil can be bought at the store or prepared yourself from two parts of sod land, one part of leafy soil, one part of sand and one part of humus.
Step 5
Periodically prune the branches that thicken the crown or grow inward. It is necessary to remove strongly elongated and weak shoots. With proper care and good conditions, the orange begins to bear fruit at the age of four. In order for the tree to have the strength for fruiting, leave three or four ovaries. In older plants, five to seven ovaries can be left.
