Spathiphyllum - flowering houseplant. The beauty of its flowers, it can please the owners all year round, interrupting flowering only for a short time. Such a plant is very popular with gardeners. But it happens that the flower suddenly begins to fade. The reasons for the deterioration of his condition may be different.
What is wilting?
In itself, wilting means loss of freshness, drying.
Definition
Withering plants is a disease in which leaves, branches, buds, flowers. At the plant the turgor (elasticity) of the leaves disappears, they look lifeless.
Appearance of spathiphyllum
In an unhealthy plant the leaves look depressed. Usually proudly standing up leaves wilting wilted, "hugging" a flower pot. Leaf color loses its bright color, losing gloss.
What parts of the shoot may wilt?
The first thing that attracts attention is the leaves.. In addition to the drooping appearance, their tips dry and turn black, spots appear on the leaf blades. All these signs are due to different reasons. If the cause is not determined in time, the disease progresses further.
After a gradual fall of the leaves, the trunk also begins to wilt. Since the trunk (rhizome) does not have an aerial part and is in the ground, the disease quickly spreads to the roots. If this process is not stopped in time, the flower will die.
On the rhizome, which is under a layer of earth, buds grow. Of these, daughter outlets gradually grow. If the leaves have already disappeared, you need to try to save healthy buds. The flower, or rather what is left of it, needs to be pulled out of the ground and examined the roots. In the event that the roots are light and not rotten, it is necessary to gently peel the rhizome from rot, removing the dry stalks of the leaves, and leave healthy buds. They will soon grow.
Why does an illness occur?
What can spathiphyllum have? There can be a lot of reasons for wilting, first of all it is the wrong agrotechnology and maintenance conditions of a flower. The reason may be the stress of planting a new soil. If, after transplantation, the flower is immediately started to be plentifully watered and fertilized, the plant will not endure and will wither. The flower does not tolerate sudden changes in growth conditions.
Effects
Spathiphyllum is important to start saving in time, as soon as the first signs of leaf wilting appear. If you miss the onset of the disease and some time not to react to it, it will be difficult to save the flower and in the worst case - it is impossible.
What if the plant weakens?
Due to drying out
The flower will start to wither if it is lacking in moisture. Watering in this case may not help, as a dried earth clod will quickly let the water pass by itself, not having time to be fed. The plant can be helped by immersing the pot with a flower in a container of warm water for 20 minutes. Water should not pass through the top of the pot so that the soil does not overflow. During this time, the earth is completely saturated. After the water from the tank you need to drain and leave the pot in it to glass the excess water.
After that, the plant should be sprayed with a solution of the plant growth biostimulator Epin in a concentration of 6 drops per 100 ml of water.
Due to excessive moisture
The plant will look depressed and from an overabundance of moisture. In this case, the roots are affected, root rot can begin. To save the plant, you need to pull it out of the ground, rinse the roots under running warm water and inspect them.
Dark-colored roots rotted, they break off easily, you need to remove them. The remaining light roots can be treated with a solution of Zircon - a strong immunomodulator that stimulates the formation and growth of the root system. It is diluted with 4 drops per liter of warm water and the roots are treated with it (subsequently, the ground is watered with this solution).
The soil in the pot must be dried or it is better to change it, because there could begin to form rotten bacteria. Only then can the flower be returned to the pot again.
Because of the wrongly chosen pot
A young Spathiphyllum begins to grow when its roots grow enough to fill all the space in the pot. therefore the young plant is immediately planted in a small pot. As the plant grows, the pot gradually increases.
If an oversized pot is immediately selected for a spathiphyllum, its young roots cannot cope with an excess of moisture, the ground is constantly wet. The roots rot and the flower fades. If time does not transplant it into a smaller pot, the plant will die.
How to save spathiphyllum in case of disease?
- Bacteria that cause flower disease can affect the root system. This happens with a long overflow with the subsequent formation of root rot. The plant urgently needs to be removed from the ground, washed the roots, remove the rotten, and the remaining healthy to keep in the root growth stimulator. Suitable for this: Zircon (4 drops in 1 liter of water), Kornevin or Heteroauxin.
Root just need to powder the roots and hold for about 1 hour. After that, plant in a new land, adding to it a crushed tablet of activated carbon.
- Another disease of the roots - late blight caused by the fungal blight. This disease affects the stem of the stem and spreads throughout the plant. The roots of this disease soften and die. Leaves are stained. The affected leaves should be cut off, and the earth should be shed with Fitosporin solution (1 g of Fitosporin dissolved in 0.5 liters of water).
- If at the spathiphyllum, the edges of the leaves turn black and then wither away - then the plant becomes ill with gommosis. The leaves must be removed, and the flower itself treated with a solution with soap. After which the plant should be washed with water.
- When the plant receives an insufficient amount of trace elements, there is an iron deficiency (chlorosis). The formation of chlorophyll is disrupted. The leaves begin to turn yellow, while the streaks do not change color, and subsequently fade. In this case, drugs with high iron content will help.
- A gray mold may appear on the plant. It looks like a gray-brown bloom on the leaves. This happens if the flower is watered with cold water and kept on a dark window. Diseased leaves must be removed, and the whole flower should be treated with a fungicide or put a thin layer of cinnamon or soda in the pot. The flower must be rearranged to a warm sunny window.
When pests appear
The reason for the withering of spathiphyllum can be pests:
- Mealybug (hairy louse) looks like a little lump of cotton wool. He feeds on the sap of the plant, drinking from it the life forces. To get rid of it will help drug Aktara or a solution of green soap (10g per 1 l of water), which should be sprayed with a flower 1 time per week.
Folk methods also help: tincture of garlic or citrus peels (100g dry peels per 1l of water. Withstand 3 days).
- Shchitovka settles on the seamy side of the leaf and on the stems. It is quite difficult to remove it, since the pests are in the shell. The leaves plastered with a shield twist and dry.
The plant is sprayed with soap and tobacco solution with the addition of a small amount of kerosene. Treat the plant with nicotine sulfate (1 g per 1 l of water).
- Spider mite settles on the leaves, forming a web on them. His livelihood leads to wilting of the flower.
The web is removed, and the flower is treated with soapy water. If this does not help - use Agravertin (5 ml per 1 l) or Fitoverm.
Aphid on the leaves is destroyed by the infusion of onion peel mixed with a small piece of soap.
In advanced cases, spraying with Fitoverm or Aktara is applied (0.8 g per 1 l).
Even if the spathiphyllum looks healthy, it is useful for prophylaxis against pests to be watered once a month with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. It also serves as a fertilizer for the soil.
When freezing the soil
In winter, during the airing of the windows, cold air gets into the flower of “female happiness”. It can freeze the leaves. This can be guessed if the leaves wilted and the edges turn black. In case of prolonged exposure to supercooling, the ground mixture in the pot freezes., especially if the plant was watered shortly before. The roots quickly die.
To avoid this, you need to remove the plant from the window while airing the room.
Due to improper ground
If the flower grows in dense non-breathing soil, and the surface of the earth is a hard crust with a white bloom from salt deposits, the plant will have little chance of survival. Highly important for good growth and flowering of spathiphyllum to find the right mixture. It should be light, breathable and slightly acid.
It is easy to prepare a mixture for planting:
- It is necessary to take deciduous or sod land and neutral peat in equal proportions.
- Add baking powder to the mix - clean sand or perlite, a little crushed charcoal.
- If the land is taken in forest plantations, then it is better to fry a little or pour boiling water for disinfection.
- At the bottom of the pot should put a small layer (1 cm) of expanded clay for drainage.
For other reasons
The plant can wither from both deficiency and excess fertilizer.. With a lack of a flower looks weak. When perekormke obtained burn roots. To save a flower is enough to spill it with clean water. The plant may fade from stress after transplantation. He needs some time to adapt to the new earth.
Prevention
If you managed to save the withering spathiphyllum for the first time, then the second time can be deplorable. In order to prevent re-withering, you should avoid all the above errors.
- The flower should be regularly inspected for the presence of pests, remove dried leaves, monitor soil moisture, in the summer it is useful to spray.
- You can not keep the flower under the scorching rays of the sun, as it will burn the leaves.
- Follow the cultivation of agricultural technology.
When is it impossible to reanimate a plant?
If the plant is left without a single leaf, the neck of the rhizome has turned black and the roots have completely rotted - it is useless to talk about resuscitation. A flower in such a state cannot be saved.
Withering spathiphyllum can be avoided if it creates favorable conditions for growing, avoids mistakes in agricultural practices and then it will please the hostess with the glitter of fresh leaves and the beauty of flowering.
