Tradescantia green is a grassy plant of the Commeline family, originally from North America. The family has about 30 species, among which the most popular is the tradescantia variegatata. Perennial fast-growing shoots in the form of a stem with leaves of various shapes and colors, decoratively hanging from a flowerpot, end with a lush inflorescence. Tradescantia indoor in cultivation and care is undemanding, due to which for a long time it adorns the windows of many apartments and institutions.
Tradescantia: home care
Despite the unpretentiousness of the culture, in order to grow a beautiful lush flower, it is necessary to ensure competent care of the tradescantia. White flowers do not last long, only one day, but due to the large number of buds in the inflorescence that bloom one after the other, the impression of prolonged flowering is created. To see the flowers without proper care will not work.
Tradescantia Fluminensis (Riverside)
Temperature and lighting
Tradescantia white-flowered care is not required special, although it can grow in conditions with low temperatures from 6 ° C. Typically, the flower grows both in warmth and in coolness, but the room should not be colder than 10-12 ° C.
For your information! Tradescantia Fluminensis (riverine) is one of the few plants that loves fresh air and a small amount of direct sunlight, but can grow perfectly in partial shade.
Watering and humidity
Tradescantia requires compliance with irrigation rules, which vary depending on the time of year, air humidity and room temperature. In summer, especially on hot days, the flower is watered once every 2 days, at room temperature in the winter, once a week is enough. The signal for irrigation is the drying surface of the soil in the pot. Earth needs to be kept moist, but without stagnant water.
Tradescantia is a tropical plant, but does not require constant spraying of leaves, but grows better in a room with high humidity. In the cold season, when the heating season begins, and, therefore, the air in the room becomes very dry, it is necessary to spray the leaves of the flower a couple of times a day. Tradescantia care in the form of irrigation is recommended by the settled water.
Lighting and seat selection
Tradescantia can grow both in a bright place and in a shaded, although in the first case this will contribute to rapid growth. The choice of the place where the flower will grow should be approached responsibly, especially if you grow a variegated tradescantia. Care and a sufficient amount of light will make the color of the leaves more vivid.
Important! Plants with plain leaves, having a green color, on the contrary, in the sun, losing contrast, become faded, and in the shade they acquire a saturated shade.
Flower propagation
Growing purple tradescantia, care and reproduction at home is carried out from the beginning of spring to late autumn by cuttings or dividing the bush. In winter, due to the very slow germination of the roots, flower propagation is not recommended. Cut off the top of the stem so that the stalk has several good internodes and does not exceed 15 cm in length, then place in a container with water. After a couple of days, when the roots appear, the plant is transplanted into a pot of suitable volume with specially prepared soil and watered abundantly.
When planting several cuttings in one pot at once, the plant will look more magnificent
Reproduction of small-leaved tradescantia, care is carried out as follows: they remove from the pot together with a piece of land and carefully divide the rhizome into several parts, trying not to damage it. Then the plant needs to be planted in a pot with soil prepared in the same way as when grafting.
Note! Along with cuttings and division, tradescantia can be propagated by seeds, but this method is suitable only for tradescantia miniature, garden species.
Pests and diseases of tradescantia
Preventing the appearance of pests is easier than getting rid of them, so you need to monitor the symptoms of the appearance: lethargy of the plant, drying leaves, loss of attractiveness of the appearance of tradescantia.
Traces of parasites
Care for a diseased plant should be started immediately.
| Pest | How does it manifest | Remedy |
| Aphid | A slimy coating forms on the young shoots, destroying them, and leaves that curl up and fade. | Spraying the plant with insecticidal agents or a solution of laundry soap. Repeat treatment after a couple of days. |
| Thrips | Small black spots appear on the lower plane of the leaf, causing colorless or yellow spots on leaves that dry out. | Spraying with insecticides. At an early stage, a solution of laundry soap and the effect of a greenhouse will help. For treatment, the plant is placed in water with a solution of the product and covered with a film. To prevent humidification of the air. |
| Spider mite | Starts with very dry air and affects the plant. | Spraying with insecticides several times. The course is repeated after 1.5 weeks. Prevention - humidification. |
Note! If the plant loses its appearance, and no traces of pests are found, the cause may be improper care of the tradescantia. Diseases of leaves and stems must be eliminated.
| Plant disease | Possible reason | Remedy |
| Small, faded leaves, loss of patterns | Lack of light | Move the plant to a brighter place. |
| The tips of the leaves darken and dry | Dry air | Spray regularly, put a jar of water next to the pot, and put moistened expanded clay in the pan. In winter, keep away from the radiator. |
| Softening shoots at the base, darkening the trunk | Water stagnation causing rotting of the stem | Cut the surviving shoots, root and germinate again. |
| Slow growth, long empty stems | Lack of food, lighting or moisture | Feed the plant, move to a bright place and normalize watering. |
| Yellow spots on leaves and sluggish stems | Dry soil | Improve watering. |
Features of caring for a room ampel tradescantia
Ampel flowers are grown in hanging flowerpots and flower pots. Of the many plants, the tradescantia ampelous looks the most beautiful in them. They are kept at home in cold weather, and in summer they can be decorated with gazebos, balconies and terraces, subject to the necessary conditions - to provide partial shade to the plant and to protect it from drafts. Hanging flower care consists of watering, fertilizing and pruning plants.
Ampel flowers are grown in hanging flowerpots and flowerpots
For your information! The rapid growth of the tradescantia is the advantage of the flower, but at the same time its drawback, adding to the worries associated with updating obsolete shoots, removing dry leaves and bare stems to preserve the decorativeness of the plant.
How to feed tradescantia at home
Tradescantia is characterized by continuous growth, clinging to roots sprouting from any internodes touching the soil, it strengthens and gives new shoots. In order to stimulate the growth rate and abundance of flowering, you need to know how to care for tradescantia. It is enough to feed it once in 2 weeks and only in the warm period (spring-summer). For tradescantia with a uniform color of leaves, the best top dressing will be the alternate application of organic substances and mineral additives.
Watering and feeding
Plants with a bright pattern on the leaves, among which the tradescantia is striped, need to be fed with complex mineral fertilizers, the introduction of organic additives will lead to a loss of decorativeness, to a pale color.
Flowering during flowering
Along with basic care - fertilizing in the ground, tradescantia is additionally fed by spraying the leaves.
Reasons for additional care:
- increased acidity of the soil;
- lack of certain trace elements;
- flowering period of tradescantia;
- care associated with the inability to use fertilizers from the soil.
Tradescant Transplant
A plant transplant is associated with a disturbance in the earthen coma, the removal of dead roots and weak shoots. Transplantation is especially important for young plants, it is carried out every year.
Note! Transshipment - moving a plant to another pot is often larger, without disturbing the coma of the earth.
Planting and replanting in new soil
Tradescantia should be transplanted once every 2-3 years, and if the plant becomes ill, it is possible more often. You can prepare the land substrate for the processes yourself or buy ready-made. Any universal soil sold in stores is suitable for tradescantia. Planting, caring for the plant in the manufactured soil itself does not differ from the actions in the purchased.
Soil Composition and Pot Selection
Adhering to the proportions: earth, peat, sand 2: 1: 1, for the manufacture of our own soil, any material that passes water is suitable as a drainage layer - sand, gravel, expanded clay, sprinkled with a layer of 2 cm to eliminate excess moisture during irrigation.
Transplant rules and pruning
Step-by-step algorithm on how to care for tradescantia during transplantation:
- Pick up a wide and shallow pot, prepare the soil.
- Extract the plant from the pot, shake the ground from the roots, untangling them.
- Remove old, dead roots.
- Plant in a pot, gradually pouring soil and compacting it.
- Water abundantly.
Important! Tradescantia loves wide and shallow capacities.
In the spring of tradescantia, they make a pinch so that the plant grows better
In the spring, so that the tradescantia bloomed, care should be done in the form of pruning dry and diseased shoots, as well as pinching for better bushiness.
Maintaining the beauty of the plant with regular care and flower transplantation will allow not only to grow living decoration in the house, but also to try yourself as an interior designer. In any case, a neat bush on the windowsill will definitely please the eye.
