Maranta poorly ground

Those who do not understand the cause of poor health

Marantha destroys harmful radiation

There are "bad" places in apartments. Skakazh, you comfortably arranged a corner, but none of the household members spend time in it. We decided to put the refrigerator in there - it broke. .. Of course, you can not put a marant in this corner, but in the same room on the window - it's wonderful. Over time, the geopathic zone will turn into a neutral zone.

Life in an isolated space, stuffed with furniture made of chipboard, computers and other equipment, in itself is a threat to health. Exhausted nerves, the work of the cardiovascular system is disrupted, immunity is reduced. .. If it is impossible to change the place or circumstances of life, plants come to the rescue. Nature has endowed the arrowroot with the ability to cleanse the space of harmful substances and make the atmosphere healthier. To clean the "dirty" room, one plant is not enough, because the arrowroots are small in size. It is advisable to have at least two or three copies.

Features of the

care of Maranthe require partial shade: with strong shading and in bright light, the leaves lose decorativeness. The plant is thermophilic, lowering the temperature in winter to 16 ° C may become critical. The main condition for successful growth is high humidity. In a dry place, the tips of the leaves dry and curl. Spraying is possible only from the finest atomizer, otherwise on the velvety leaves there are whitish spots. It is best to keep several copies in a pallet with wet claydite.

Substrate is made up of leaf land, humus, peat and sand. In the mixture it is desirable to add pieces of charcoal. Drainage should be at least 1/4 of the height of the pot. The surface of the earth coma is covered with sphagnum.

Family of marant. The genus of the arrowroot.

Natural climatic conditions: the humid tropics of Brazil.

Perennial tuber plant;leaves up to 15 cm long on short petioles, broadly oval or elliptical, from above bright green with formless brownish patches along the middle vein, from below - greyish-green with a reddish hue, inflorescence paniculate, flowers small, white.

Requirement for moisture: a moisture-loving plant that requires abundant watering and artificial increase in atmospheric humidity( best practice is to cover rhizomes with moist moss) or / and in regular spraying. Cold water can be disastrous, it must be heated.

Temperature regime: it would be ideal for a plant to permanently stay at elevated temperature;In winter( or at night), it should not fall below 17 ° C.

Light mode: shade plant. North exposure is preferable, shading is needed on the eastern and western windows, southern ones are undesirable.

Soil requirement: any loose nutritive soil mixtures, for example leaf, humus and peat earth with sand in a ratio of 4: 1: 2: 2, can be used. Good drainage is required.

Propagation: by dividing large specimens at the time of transplantation( in spring).

Features: best grow in low wide containers. In dry rooms it is better to keep in floraria.