How to care for salinity: we grow gentle "balls" for spectacular phytocompositions

The flower can be grown in separate pots. But most often discreet salinolysis is combined in a wide variety of phytocompositions. A charming plant can become a "frame" for large flowers.

Plant description

Groundcover plant with creeping ornamental shoots, belongs to the nettle family. In the wild, salinity is found in the shade, on the shores of rivers, ponds, and swamps. Corsica, Majorca or Sardinia are considered her homeland. The ampelous, creeping culture grows rapidly, forming original openwork carpets.

Growing salioli at home is a very simple procedure. An unpretentious plant grows rapidly and does not need to create special conditions. And the appearance of culture simply wins the heart.

Characteristic

The plant got its name thanks to the captain-Corsican Solejrol Joseph. Botanists know another name for the indoor flower - Helskin (Gelskin). And among the people the plant was nicknamed very poetic and even romantic: "tears of an angel", "indoor duckweed" or "baby tears". Soleoli really looks very gentle.

• Plant height. Grassy culture forms a low green ball. The shoots of saltworks do not grow up, but spread along the ground.
• The stalks. They are distinguished by high fragility and tenderness. Thin shoots branch heavily. In the nodes, filiform roots are formed, with which the shoots firmly grasp the soil.
• Leaves. Small leaves, round or oval, reach a diameter of 5 mm. Bright green or yellowish, and sometimes silver plates differ in a glossy surface.
• Flowers. Salioli has inconspicuous and small flowers. Most often they are white. But sometimes there are varieties with cream-colored inflorescences.

Variety of varieties

Soleoli is represented by only one species. But there are many varieties of plants. Thanks to the breeders, some of the saltworks take on amazing shades from rich emerald to light green. In the table you can read the description of some varieties.

Table - Variety of varieties of saltings

Features of caring for salinity

The most important rule on how to care for salinity is moderation. The plant does not withstand any extremes in either lighting or watering. For proper and timely top dressing, he will thank him with rapid growth.

Lighting

Soleoli is able to grow in the shade, normally develops in half-shaded areas and is able to withstand the sun. But in the summer it is better to protect it from hot midday rays. Depending on the further composition, the plant can be planted in small pots or hanging flowerpots. The following conditions are most optimal.

• Seat selection. The bright sun can ruin the delicate leaves. This will provoke the appearance of brown unaesthetic spots. If there is not enough light, the shoots will stretch out a lot. Instead of a green ball, an excessively openwork "hat" will grow. Therefore, select penumbra saltioli - western or eastern windows.
• Lighting Features. The plant in spring and summer can be placed on the northern windowsill. But periodically it is necessary to illuminate it with any source of light. In winter, it is better to transfer the saltworks closer to the sun - to the south window.

Temperature mode

In the wild, saltworms live in warm countries. Therefore, she loves warmly. But do not forget about moderation. The plant does not tolerate heat and can freeze in the event of a cold snap. Maintain the temperature depending on the period.

• Summer. Soleirolia is very comfortable at + 20 ° С ... + 23 ° С. She will take pleasure in moving to fresh air, to the street or to the balcony.
• In winter. Despite the fact that gelskina never blooms at home, she still needs to arrange a rest period. In winter, it is recommended to lower the temperature of the Corsican beauty to + 10 ° С ... + 15 ° С.

Watering and humidity

Soleoli is a big lover of water. One of the most important conditions for its maintenance is sufficient humidity and abundant soil moisture. But do not flood the plant. This will rot the roots. Restoring a culture is very difficult, and sometimes impossible. Florists recommend that Gelskine provide such conditions.

• Watering during the growing season. In spring and summer, the plant needs plenty of moisture. The soil must always be moist, but in no case wet.
• Humidification method. Experts recommend watering salinity through a tray. So you do not flood the culture and do not damage the delicate shoots.
• Winter watering. Around mid-autumn, soil moisture is gradually reduced. During hibernation, watering is built in such a way that the soil has time to dry by about 1 cm.
• Air humidity. The plant needs to provide high humidity. Soleoli will be gratefully referred to a pallet covered with moss or a container of water.
• Spraying. Such procedures can be carried out on warm summer days once a day. If spraying is carried out in the winter, while the heating devices are on, then the frequency of events is every three days.

Top dressing

So that the leaves of salinole remain bright and beautiful, and the growth and development of the Corsican was pleasantly pleasing, it is necessary to take care of timely feeding. They are introduced only in spring and summer. During hibernation, the plant does not need fertilizers. Use the following guidelines to feed your beauty-salioli.

• Fertilizer selection. Liquid solutions are preferred. Choose complex top dressing for decorative and deciduous crops. For example, the drug "Kemiru-lux."
• Application Frequency. In order to qualitatively feed saliolysis, it is enough to apply the selected complex fertilizer once or twice a month.
• Right concentration. To fertilize the plant and at the same time not to destroy it, flower growers are advised to reduce the concentration of the drug by half.

Pruning

Soleoli is growing at a tremendous pace. If you do not thin it periodically, then it will quickly turn into a shapeless mass. To avoid this, trim. Most often perform this procedure in the spring. They cut the gelskin taking into account such tips.

• Annual procedure. In the spring you need to thin out the culture. For this, weak, excess shoots are cut right under the root. Leaves strong and healthy stems.
• Regular cropping. If it is necessary to shape the salinolysis, then the cutting of the shoots is carried out throughout the year, if necessary. According to reviews, this method can create a green ball or form a fantasy figure.

Transfer

Proper care of salinolysis includes not only the creation of an appropriate temperature regime, abundant watering and diffuse lighting. A plant needs a transplant for harmonious development. Spend it once a year, and preferably in the spring. To properly transplant saliol adhere to these recommendations.

• Right pot. Gelskina is a ground cover crop. This means that the roots are located near the surface. Therefore, a wide pot is suitable for her, but it is very shallow. Consider the plant’s love of moisture, so pick up a roomy pallet for the pot.
• Suitable soil. The soil for gelksins should be loose and have excellent moisture permeability. You can use a substrate designed for planting palm trees, violets. The most suitable is considered the soil for decorative and deciduous crops. If you wish, you can prepare the soil yourself by mixing sand, peat, leaf and turf soil in a ratio of 1: 1: 2: 2.
• Correct transplant. Be sure to pour drainage. Fill the flowerpot with soil, not reaching the edge of 2 cm. To make it easier to remove the solioli from the old flowerpot, moisten the soil. Clear the roots of the earth with a wooden stick. Transfer the plant to a new pot and place it on moistened ground. Gently press the roots, but do not apply force, otherwise you can injure fragile shoots. Carefully fill in small roots with soil residues.
• Further concern. Caring for saliolysis after transplantation is somewhat different from that described above. It is better to equip the plant in partial shade and fully protect it from the sun. Watering is done from a spray gun, irrigating not only the soil, but also the saltworks itself. The emergence of new shoots is a signal of complete rooting. The plant can be converted to normal conditions.

Breeding methods

Soleirolia reproduces well. Florists can give many methods by which they grow individual plants. Most often, to obtain young gelskins, the method of grafting and dividing the bush is used. Planting seeds is a more “exotic” method of propagation, which was liked by breeders and experienced gardeners.

Cuttings

Features. After spring thinning of salinity, many cuttings remain. Among them are strong and healthy shoots. They can be used to grow new plants.

Algorithm for the propagation of saltation by cuttings

1. On the selected cuttings, remove the lower leaves.
2. Pour the soil into a shallow container and moisten it.
3. Put the cuttings on the soil and squeeze them a little, being careful not to damage the fragile plants.
4. Cover the container with foil and transfer to heat.
5. After two to three weeks, the cuttings will take root.

Dividing the bush

Features. Such reproduction is also carried out in the spring. During the annual transplant, you can not only improve the state of salinity, but also separate young plants.

Bush reproduction algorithm

1. Carefully pinch off the formed part with several shoots and root system from the mother bush.
2. Together with a lump of land, plant the future plant in a separate pot.
3. Provide the same care as for maternal transplanted salinolemia.

Layering

Features. Soleoli grows very quickly, spreading through the soil. Such shoots in the nodes immediately give roots and cling to the ground. To propagate the plant, you can use these layers.

Layering propagation algorithm

1. Carefully, helping yourself with a wooden stick, dig up the selected shoots and pinch them from the mother bush.
2. Seed them in separate pots.
3. After one to two months, the plant will have new shoots indicating rooting.

What are the problems

Soleoli is one of the favorite plants of not only beginners, but also experienced florists. A culture capable of decorating any composition with its appearance is rarely sick and practically does not suffer from pests. Of course, subject to proper care of her. But if serious errors were made, then the Corsican may begin to wither. It is very important to understand what kind of treatment she needs.

Mistakes

If the plant began to dry or turn yellow, then it signals about improper care. The table describes what measures should be taken to prevent the death of culture.

Table - Improper care, its consequences and methods of elimination

Diseases

Improper care can lead to the development of diseases or provoke a favorable environment for the attack of pests. You can identify the problem and fix it in a timely manner according to the data in the table.

Table - Diseases of salinolemia, its pests, methods of prevention and treatment

Knowing how to care for salt pot in a pot, nothing prevents you from creating your own phytocompositions on the window. Plants can be planted in special pallets or rounded aquariums. Just consider crop compatibility. Soleirolia develops well in the company of succulents, peperomia, ficus, hibiscus.

Florist reviews

Soleroilia needs good lighting, in low light it will stretch. Adequate humidity is needed, in dry air it will dry when the batteries are turned on. I can advise you to put it under a 5l plastic cap for winter time. water bottles or placed in a large glass glass and illuminated with a fluorescent lamp, you can screw an energy-saving light bulb into a table lamp.

Natalia Semenova, https://www.greeninfo.ru/indoor_plants/soleirolia_soleirolii.html/Forum/-/tID/7656

Here I have Helskin rushing everywhere. Both at home (in the apartment, where I have a third of plants that were previously prosperous, bent over the year), and in the country, in a hot summer greenhouse. And several shoots crawled into a pot of passionflower on their own and with it calmly wintered in a winter cactus “refrigerator” with a temperature of +7 to +15 and almost no watering (I myself was surprised, yeah). It happened many times that the whole "hat" lay down because it was not watered on time - then you pour it and everything is fine. I water it, by the way, from above, right by the “hat” - I don’t complain.

undina-bird, http://www.flowersweb.info/forum/forum1/topic99918/messages/

I have a great increase in salinity with Meyer asparagus. Apparently, that did not take asparagus with its bulbs, took saltolysis with its strings. Drinking both is not stupid, and the pot is so that reaching for it and feeling the ground is not very convenient. It’s by the withering of saltiness that I’m oriented when it’s time to water. At the same time, asparagus nodules emerging on the surface are covered with a green rug and do not dry. Another bush of salinoleia planted in the chamelacium (narrow-leaved myrtle). They also live well, but in the summer and before the frost I keep him outside the window, and then it’s the sun, then the cold - it’s a bit hard to solioli. But he lives. But some kind of flattened, pressed to the ground with a dense carpet. Since the pots are nearby, she autonomously moved to pine pine and azalea. She has not really grown yet, but since she lives, it means that she feels good there.

Whiteunnicorn, http://www.flowersweb.info/forum/forum1/topic99918/messages/

I pinched off all 3 varieties of salinolysis, dragged them away a little, but they quickly grow. Frankly speaking, about the composition, I thought about the combination in one pot. Type of mix. There is a certain difficulty. The growth is creeping, so you need to do something like invisible sides to prevent them from mixing. In this pot, transparent plastic is used as the sides. I cut a 5 liter plastic jar and laid pieces from the bottom of the pot and 2 cm above the soil. It seems unnoticed. Of course, if you make some more complicated drawing, you have to tinker. But they can be fun to grow. Take for example a dark background and on it make rhombuses or colorful circles. But in different pots, they will also look very beautiful.

Helenmig, https://forum.bestflowers.ru/t/solejrolija-soleirolia-gaud-ili-gelksina-helxine.73746/page-2