Planting and Caring Tips Cactus in the room

Gardening Tips & Home Gardening - Methods, planting media, and pots used for growing cactus as well as important information about how to care and proper positioning cactus. Once we understand the various types of cacti that exist, maybe now some of us are getting interested to plant at home. Yes, cactus is a plant that is very flexible and easy in maintenance, so many people who choose this plant as an ornamental stau home page. With its diverse and maintenance quite easy, making this plant can be found in almost every home - a house in Indonesia.

But, what if we chose to put the cactus in the room? Will cactus can grow well in the room? It is not unusual for us to doubt this. Therefore, putting plants indoors means setting up plants to be resistant to lack of exposure to sunlight and humidity where not all the plants resistant to it. Fortunately, cacti belonging to one of the plants that can grow and develop properly, despite being in the room. Thus, this plant is suitable placed in the office, in the room, the living room, up to the room - the other room. 

Planting and Caring Tips Cactus in the room

But in growing cacti in the room, there must be steps - specific steps in the process of planting and care that we must look. Here are some tips on caring for and put a cactus in the room.

Materials - materials that must be prepared: 

1. Cactus / cacti seedlings will be planted
2. Pots made of clay
3. The planting media (leaf - dry leaves, pumice, coir, perlite, etc.)

Beautiful Room With Cactus

Steps - steps should be taken: 

1. Prepare a pot made of clay

For a cactus plant that will be placed in the room, the pot should be used is a pot made of clay. But, here is not just any pot pot, but the pot is made a little rough and does not need to be coated. In addition, select a pot that can be easily dried with an optimal drainage systems. This can be obtained by choosing pots that there are many holes in the bottom.

2. Prepare the planting medium

Given cactus is a plant that used to live on dry land, of course, planting medium is required to grow these plants a little unique. To create the proper planting medium, mix materials - materials such as dry leaves, perlite, soil, loose soil, coir, sand, and stone paung. Once the material - the material is mixed, put into a pot and give a distance of 2 inches between the planting medium with the upper limit of the pot. It is intended to provide space for a cactus in order to grow.

If you are the type of cactus plant is a type of cactus that can be flowering, should replace this pot 2 years since the first flowering cactus. The goal, in a new place later the cactus could be given the space to grow wider with the composition of the material - material that better planting medium.

3. Irrigation / Watering

Cactus is a plant that used to live in a dry climate and lack of water. So, you should not need to frequently - often to water this plant. Perform a maximum of once a week to keep the stem to keep it moist. However, note the intensity, not to use too much water to overflow.

If the cactus is placed in the room to use the heater or air conditioner, cactus may need to be watered more often. Therefore, these two devices can absorb moisture and water content on a cactus, cactus makes dry quickly. To ascertain whether the cactus already needs watering or not, we can test it by inserting your finger into the soil as deep as half a inch. If the soil feels dry, then certainly cactus needs watering.

in watering cactus, start from the point - the point is dry. Although it does not require much water, but be sure not to diminish the intensity of the water. If you do not want the water spilling from the pot, preferably Ceramic by extending the interval watering a few times so that the water is absorbed by the ground, and then we add more water as needed.

4. Place the cactus in locations exposed to sunlight

As usual plants, cactus certainly also need sunlight to help the process of photosynthesis. Then, place the plant in an area exposed to direct sunlight, for example on the edge or bottom of the window. Spot - the best place to put this cactus for example around the bay window, in the atrium, or in other areas full sun exposure.

Tips:

• Step - step planting and care cactus above are the general steps. some specific types of cactus may require different treatment as well as additional material to keep it growing.

• You can occasionally add a fertilizer for plants can develop more leverage.

• The above method is a method for planting and care cactus indoors. For cactus placed outdoors, methods, treatments, types of pots and planting medium is required certainly different.

Good luck :)