Your room fern looks sad and lost its shine? Forget expensive fertilizers. The secret of lush and fresh ferns is hidden in your kitchen. A simple trick with a banana peel turns your plant into a green jungle.

Although these plants tend to be moody, they just need to show a little care to turn the room into a green jungle. When they feel like in their natural environment, you will reward you with dense, healthy leaves.

The Queen of Living Rooms are returning to Fashion

Once upon a time, the queen of the grandmother’s runners were. Today they return to salons and increasingly decorate the window sills in modern apartments. However, we have to remember that the ferns are not plants that can be poured and forgetting them once. Yellowing leaves and fading fingers? There is a solution for it.

“The ferns are among the oldest plants on Earth,” explains Botanička Mária Kováčová. “Yet they often suffer in our homes, Because we cannot create conditions similar to their natural environment. ”

Where should the fern stand? Find her bad place and stun

The ferns feel best in bright places with scattered light, so the northern window is ideally proven to be ideally proven. For them, the direct sun is on the way to drying and burned. The ambient temperature should not exceed 25 degrees or drop below 18. Avoid drafts and placing a flower pot near the radiator. If the apartment works heating, stand next to the plant a humidifier or a bowl of water.

The substrate should be light, humus and permeable. The best is the mixture of peat, sand and compost. Place a layer of drainage – keramzit, gravel or broken cup on the bottom of the pot.

What to do to make the fern green? Take advantage of the banana peel

If you dream of ferns like Instagram, you have to make friends with a sprayer. Everyday dew is crucial, especially in winter when the radiators dry air. Use the filtered water and do the dew in the morning to allow the leaves to dry by the evening.

And now hit home care: Banana skin. Once every two weeks, wipe the leaves from the bottom. The skin gives them shine and provides valuable microelements: potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus. As a result, the leaves become flexible, grow faster and look like after visiting a tropical bath.

“Banana peel is a finished treasure for houseplants,” explains Kováčová. “It contains exactly the nutrients they need for their healthy growth.”

Remember moderation: Do not repeat the procedure more often than every 10-14 days. So much is enough for the plant to gain energy, but it is not “overflow”.

How to properly transplant and fertilize ferns?

Paprade transplant every two years, early spring. If the roots come from the pot, it is time for a larger container. Fertilize them from March to September. Natural fertilizers are proven: water after cooking rice or potatoes (without salt), extract from nettle or biohumus. Give them a rest in autumn and winter.

The advice! The ferns like damp air, but do not tolerate spilled soil. They should not dry completely, but the permanent “bath” is even worse. Check with your finger for the top layer of the substrate to be slightly moist.

Are the leaves of the ferns dry and fall? Just put one thing under it