Herbacea is one of the most popular potted plants in our country. It is durable and at the same time full of charm. Therefore, it often reaches not only homes, but also offices and schools.
The plant can also grow like crazy, but ensuring its health requires proper care. What will work best? We show you how to nourish your herb so that it grows new leaves, even when most potted plants are resting.
Herbacea is a popular potted plant, distinguished by long, oblong leaves that grow in an arc and in compact clumps. It can grow up to 20-60 cm in height and produces long inflorescence shoots with small green and white flowers from which new seedlings can be prepared.
The herb is a very durable plant with low requirements. When it’s gray and cold outside and most plants go dormant, you can always count on the herb plant to develop wonderfully. You just need to take proper care of it.
In winter, the plant needs proper treatment. The position should be bright, but the sun’s rays cannot fall directly on it. The herb does not like drafts, so it should not stand near a frequently opened window. Cold can also harm its roots. When it comes to herbaceous plantsthe soil should dry out slightly between irrigations. Do not overwater the plant so that its roots do not rot.
Dry, heated air during the heating season does not have a good effect on the condition of the herbaceous plant. Therefore, you can place an air humidifier in the room and place the plant next to it, or simply spray the herb with water from time to time. It’s worth knowing that brown leaf tips This is a common reaction to dry air.
The herb needs support in winter to grow healthily and develop beautifully. It is worth preparing, for example, eggshell fertilizer. It is a source of, among other things, calcium and magnesium, needed by the plant for development. Microelements (phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc) improve the soil structure and strengthen plant tissues, helping the herb to build flexible, healthy leaves.
How to prepare eggshell conditioner? All you need to do is dry the carefully washed shells and grind them into a fine powder (you can, for example, beat them in a mortar or use a coffee grinder). The powder obtained in this way is either mixed with the upper layer of soil or added to water, which we then water the plant with. After just a few weeks, the plant should be more beautiful than ever, and its leaves should be lush and strong.
The herb can also be strengthened with other nutrients, among others water after boiled eggs (it must be cooled and cannot be salted) or water left after cooking rice (also cannot be salted).
