Sour house (oxalis) - home care

The fragile guest from the darkened forest, which was registered on the windowsills of amateur gardeners, is called a butterfly, a flower of happiness, and sour. It has about 800 species. Indoor oxygen does not require complicated care, but it will please with its decorativeness for more than one year.

Popular varieties

Oxalis Bowiei

Beautifully blooming Oxalis Bowiei stands out for its large pink buds that rise above the leaves on thin 25 cm stems.

Indoor flower sour and its types

A heat-loving flower with leathery green foliage is grown as a street plant in the southern regions.

Oxalis versicolor

It is difficult to confuse Versicolor with other representatives of the oxalis. It was popularly called the “Christmas candy” because of twisted white petals with a rich red border.

Flowers are like licorice sweets and decorate a small culture. Distinctive features of Versicolor are flowering brightness and needle leaves.

Versicolor - licorice candy

The South African guest - variegated oxalis, actively grows indoors, as well as in gardens in southern Russia and in greenhouses.

Ferruginous Oxalis (Oxalis adenophylla)

Ferruginous sour acid differs in winter hardiness and unpretentiousness. It is grown on flower beds as a 10 cm groundcover. Gardeners like the undemanding plant and its decorative properties: silver-pinnate leaves and pinkish-lilac flowers with raspberry veins and a speck at the base of the petal.

Oxalis Adenophylla is also called the silver trefoil, or Chilean acid. The culture tolerates wintering in the conditions of the central Russian strip. Kislitsa fit for the decoration of borders and alpine slides.

Oxalis triangular, or violet acid (Oxalis triangularis)

Violet indoor oxalis (in Latin Oxalis triangularis) - a herbaceous perennial, belongs to the Sorrel family. A trick from the southern regions of America and Africa in Russia received the name of a butterfly flower, and acidic is popular among summer residents due to its useful qualities.

Triangular acid

The plant is responsible for cleaning the air from toxins, heals and strengthens the body. A flower is put in the room for those wishing to heal faster and stay in good physical shape. The location of the plant in the office on the desktop or in the bedroom will help the owner correctly understand his vocation.

Edible violet acid is suitable for human consumption. It is used for treatment in alternative medicine.

Overseas alien has become an adornment of window sills since the last century. The plant strikes with triangular leaves and intense purple color. In addition, strokes and spots of a different color can easily be distinguished on sheet plates.

Common Oxalis (Oxalis Acetosella)

The foliage of Oxalis acetosella is trilobate, in individual varieties - with 4 halves.

An arrangement of petals round-round on thin shoots, low above the soil and the similarity of the wings of butterflies, are characteristic of the sour flower. The stems gather in a bush. The multiplicity of shoots gives splendor. The sour house flower has a dark green or purple color. Plant height is limited to 30 cm.

Medium-sized flowers rise above the foliage. In the popular varieties of sour acid, buds are pale pink, snow-white or lilac.

The peak of decorativeness of a long-term culture falls in the spring and the arrival of the summer season.

Four leaf sour

The four-leafed sour is considered a highly decorative culture. In common people it is called a flower of happiness, a false shamrock.

Florists grow oxalis Depp Iron Cross as a pot culture.

A characteristic feature of Depp's acidity is maroon spots in the middle of the leaf plate, hence the name of the plant is the iron cross.

Oxalis Depp Iron Cross

The original structure of the leaf plate resembles a clover. Oxalis is used in landscape design. They are ideally suited for cultivation in unprotected soil as a groundcover in stony gardens and carpet flower gardens.

Perennial blooms for a long time. The inflorescences have a red crimson tone. On foggy Albion, he is called the lucky clover.

Carob Oxygen

Perennial herbaceous culture reaches 40 cm in height. Thin creeping shoots are released by contact with the soil in the root nodes of the leaves, which are slightly pubescent. Complex Oxalis Corniculata leaves include 3 heart-shaped segments. Petioles are 1-7 cm long.

Upright thin peduncles of Rozhkova sour are from 1 to 5 yellow-golden cup-shaped buds with 5 long petals on top. The color palette of foliage contains shades of greenish, burgundy, lilac, brown.

Carob Oxide is not only a decoration, but also a weed in the garden

Carob acid is propagated aggressively, because its development is often restrained and fought like a weed.

Kislitsa Ortgisa

The height of grassy acid with erect thick stalks of burgundy color varies in the range of 15-30 cm. Sheets of Oxalis ortgiesii are complex, thin long petioles include 3 leaf parts that resemble a fish tail in shape. Sheets with pubescence and gloss, branched veins, colors - green-bluish or green. Leafless peduncles end with yellowish funnel-shaped flowers with 5 petals.

Home Care

Which pot to choose

When growing acid, home care involves the use of a shallow pot. Ceramics are ideal, which allows air and moisture to pass through. In the absence of ceramic dishes use plastic. Regular loosening of the soil under the plant will be required - the material prevents air circulation.

If a flower is transplanted, the pot is selected each time more by 3-4 cm. Drain holes are made at the bottom of the container. They use broken brick, perlite, ceramic shards, expanded clay, vermiculite for drainage.

Plants look great in containers in the shape of a circle, a long rectangle or an oval. Land in 1 row of several tubers. When the bushes grow, they fascinate with their appearance.

Temperature mode

Room acid does not need special conditions of detention:

• any window is suitable, with the exception of the northern opening;
• it is necessary to shade in the summer;
• observe a temperature of + 20 ... +25 ° С in the summer, + 12 ... +18 ° С in the winter season.

Flower of happiness

Lack of light leads to the cessation of flowering, pallor of leaves and their discharge.

Humidity and watering

 Oxalis is characterized by demanding water conditions:

• drying out of soil and stagnation of moisture are not allowed;
• watered evenly with no frills;
• spray the foliage twice or thrice weekly in summer and spring.

Leaflets like it if drops of soft settled water are collected on them. The main thing is to avoid direct sunlight.

Top dressing

Make-up is introduced during the period of intensive development of oxalis: from the middle of the spring season until the onset of autumn, every 2-3 weeks. During dormancy, the flower is not fed. They use universal dressings for flowers:

• Flower Paradise and Fertika;
• E-Alpha and Florist Micro;
• Meister Agro and BioMaster.

Dilution of the fertilizer is carried out according to the instructions.

How to transplant

Universal soil is suitable for transplantation, which is bought at a flower shop. You can prepare the substrate yourself, using in equal proportions:

• sand;
• turf;
• peat.

Apply drainage. The capacity is wide, they plant several bulbs or tubers at once, so that in the future a lush bush is obtained.

Transplantation is carried out carefully, do not damage the root system - the quality of manipulation determines the rooting and survival of the flower.

Use step-by-step instructions:

• pre-prepare the soil and a new container;
• pour a 2 cm drainage layer into the dishes, then - the earth;
• pour plenty of oxalis, remove from the old pot;
• place the plant in a new pot;
  

  Sour roots

• fill the voids with soil residues, maintain the previous level of soil;
• water the seedling and put in a dimly lit place.

Breeding methods

Growing acid from seeds

Oxalis is propagated by seeds, but this is an unpopular way among flower growers. Planting material is sown on the surface of the soil. If desired, fit a mini-greenhouse, where they constantly maintain humidity. Seedlings are expected for about 3 weeks. For grown shoots you will need a wide container where several seedlings are placed for splendor.

Leaf cuttings

Separation of the handle-leaf is carried out carefully, place it in water, maintaining a temperature of + 23 ... +25 ° C. The formation of roots occurs throughout the month.

Stem cuttings

To germinate the stem cuttings, moistened sand is required. To maintain humidity and constant temperature, the sour is covered with a plastic bottle. The rooted process is transferred to the prepared soil.

Root division

When replanting a flower with a clean pruner or knife, the roots are divided into several parts. They treat the places of cuts with activated carbon.

Root division

The plot is planted in a separate flowerpot with nutritious soil mixtures and drainage.

Tubers or bulbs

The popular methods of propagation of Oxalis include bulbs and tubers, which the culture overgrows during the growing season. Separate from maternal culture and land in a separate container.

With the advent of spring, healthy tubers are selected, planted in a common pot. Buried by 1 cm, sprinkled on top of 1 cm with a layer of earth. Until the tubers let the roots, it is required to maintain a temperature of + 8 ... +11 ° C and produce periodic moistening of the soil.

Tuber propagation

After a month, the temperature is increased. Before planting, the tubers are disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate.

Growing problems

Why does not bloom

Among the reasons considered the absence of a dormant period, the depletion of oxalis. The crop will not bloom if fertilizer is applied in excess.

Plant diseases

Oxygen is resistant to disease. However, excessive watering provokes root rot. The plant is resuscitated by transplanting into dried soil, cutting off diseased areas of the plant, and reducing irrigation.

Water scarcity, land depletion cause the plant to wilt. Drying of foliage is caused by sunburn, dry air, and inability to new conditions.

Pests

Aphid

Resist parasites in 3 ways:

• mechanical: manually collect pests;
• chemical: seedlings are treated with insecticides (Inta-Vir, Aktara);
• folk: plants are sprayed with laundry soap.

Aphid

Shield

To get rid of the scab, the leaves are wiped with a napkin or toothbrush, which is moistened in a solution of soap or alcohol, and sprayed with Actara.

Whitefly

The flower is washed with tap water, treated with Fitoverm, Actellik.

Spider mite

You need to wash the leaves with tobacco and soap solution, rinse with lukewarm water and treat the culture with Acarin.

Spider mite

The following symptoms signal illnesses if the acid is improperly looked after:

1. Stunting. The temperature regime does not correspond. Cooling is required.
2. The appearance of gray rot. Reduce watering, spray with Fundazole.
3. Closing leaves in the middle of the day. The rays of the sun fall, the soil is dry. Water the bush, put in another place.
4. Death of a flower. Possible overfilling and decay of tubers. The culture is thrown out of the tank, intact tubers are selected and planted in fresh soil.
5. Leaf spotting. To protect against burns, place oxalis in a shaded area.
6. The formation of a green tint on the leaves. With a shortage of light, another window is found for the pot, but not under direct sunlight.
7. Suspension of flowering. Depletion of the soil, the dormant period has not come. Transplantation into a new substrate is required.

Souring rest period

Some varieties of sour acid have a pronounced dormant period; in winter, they require a maximum temperature of +14 ° C.

During this period, watering the flower is carried out rarely or does not water it at all. Cessation of growth and drooping leaves say that the plant requires watering. Dropping foliage means stopping watering until the acidic wakes up. They clean the acid in a cool and dark room, where there are no temperature jumps (+14 ° С). New sprouts signal the awakening of the plant, followed by the resumption of watering and a return to the old place.

Oxalis flower is taken out to the garden in spring and summer to decorate the landscape with potted plants.

Kislitsa in landscape design

In May, garden acidic is planted in open ground, after a month or a half, the culture will take root and begin to bloom. It is advisable to choose the beds so that direct sunlight does not fall on the plant.

In October, the plant must be dug up - it will not tolerate frost. This refers to the Martian oxalis-seasonal culture. Bulbs for the winter will have to be removed after the death of the foliage, with the onset of spring, again planted and admire the beauty.

When cultivating an amazing plant - acid, home care will not be difficult. Tender blossoming almost all year round, she does not act up on trifles, she pleases the owners of the house with her presence for a long time and delivers only positive emotions (love, happiness).