What is this plant … Amazon Lily?
P:A plant that I have had for years and that I know nothing about is called the Amazon lily and it may be. It is an bulbous plant with large dark green leaves on a green stem. It blooms in November and December. 6 daffodil-like flowers hang on one stem. How to take care of it?
O:LiliaamazońskaEucharis or Urceolina belongs to the amaryllis family, is related to our snowdrop, as well as kliwia and hipeastrum. Comes fromAmerica South , areasColombia ,EcuadoriPeru It requires a temperature of 20-22 Celsius from spring to autumn, and around 17 degrees in winter, and it is best to spend the whole year indoors. After flowering, it is good to move it for two weeks to a cool room (approx. 15 degrees) and dry the substrate so that the leaves are slightly wilted. Thanks to this, it will bloom profusely.
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Requires diffused lightlightorpartial shadeWater it abundantly during flowering, sparingly in winter. From spring to autumn, the lily should be fed every 2-3 weeks with fertilizer for flowering plants. In winter, in our heated rooms it isdry , so it is worth spraying the leaves or placing the pot on a base lined with expanded clay and pour water there. Every 2-3 years, the plant should be transplanted into the substrate withpeat acidicandsoil compost A drainage layer made of expanded clay or gravel is placed on the bottom.
Activities in the garden - fighting the greenhouse whitefly
P:Greenhouse whiteflies have appeared on some of my balcony and garden plants (verbena, Chinese asters, sunflowers, marigolds). I tried to fight them with natural means (liquid manure, decoction) and chemical means, but it did not work, because they hatched from eggs laid on the bottom of the leaves. How to destroy and prevent greenhouse whitefly infestation? Can his eggs hibernate in the ground? How to deal with them then? What soil do zinnia grow best?
O:The greenhouse whitefly is quite difficult to combat and causes a lot of damage as the attacked plantsturn yellowandthey dry upSometimes you can reduce the number of pests by removing leaves with egg beds and catching adults with sticky tablets placed in the pot.Additionally, the plant should be sprayed with Applaud, repeating the treatment several times and directing the liquid stream also at the bottom of the leaves.
Zinnia grows best insoilmoderately compact, humus-rich, moist, with a pH of 7-8. Seedsare sown inin the second half of March to a semi-warm inspection with a temperature of 16-18OC. If the sowing was not dense,seedlingsdo not require quilting, otherwise we dive them into small pots or other containers. Place the plants permanently in mid-May at a distance of 15-25x30-40 cm.
