Spreading rush - home care

The variety of indoor plants today can surprise anyone. The times when mostly pelargoniums, yarrows and violets grew on the windowsills are a thing of the past. Modern housewives are happy to grow exotic cacti, surprisingly delicate orchids and even marsh grass rush.

general information

First you need to figure out what a sitnik is. This plant belongs to the genus Sitnik and the Sitnikovy family.

The culture has a pseudo-lateral loose inflorescence. This perennial is capable of reaching a height of up to 150 cm, on average (50 - 120 cm).

The thickness of erect, smooth and rigid stems is 1.5 - 3 mm. They can be green-yellow or light green in color. At the base are brown-red scaly leaves. Sitnik (lat.Júncus) is a marsh plant, but today it is successfully grown at home.

Spreading rush

Common varieties

Today, the Juncus spiralus variety is very popular as a home plant. Its stems, with bizarre bends, as if they were specially twisted, make an interesting design element out of culture - after all, only nature itself could bend the shoots so.

There are several varieties for growing in the garden, the rush looks especially beautiful next to water bodies.

If we talk about common varieties, then they are as follows:

• The aureostriata variety is characterized by strong erect shoots of green and yellow color.
• The so-called "pencil" grass is called pencil grass. Grass has long, thick shoots that look like bunches of grass growing in the steppe. The plant has hollow, green leaves, takes root well in dense soil, and can reach 1 meter in height.
• Golden lily or golden line with beautiful yellow shoots. The culture has one feature - the presence of almost waxy thin and shiny shoots.

All of the above varieties of junkus spiral are suitable for growing as indoor plants. They can be bred both in a greenhouse and in a simple apartment.

There are several more types of this culture:

• The creeping rush or jungus repens is used in the aquarium hobby for landscaping the habitat of various fish species. In the aquatic environment, the shoots twist into rings. It is interesting that the plant does not need any fertilizers, but in itself it is unpretentious to the conditions of keeping.
• The filamentous rush is called juncus filiformis in Latin. It is also suitable for aquariums. The plant is perennial and multiplies independently by releasing shoots. This species is able to withstand a low temperature indicator.
• A flattened rush is called a perennial culture. In garden design, it is planted on the shore of a reservoir. This plant is suitable for areas with cold and harsh winters.
• The toad rush is like a weed, but it is not. The culture is interesting for the presence of spiral stems with no leaves.

Creeping rush

The group of plants also includes:

• articulated rush;
• flattened rump;
• rump of gerard;
• thin rump (the Blue dart variety is especially popular);
• crowded rump;
• sage-grass or blue.

After reviewing the description of the various varieties, it is worth talking about the methods of caring for the crop.

Features of home care

Before acquiring a plant, it is worth taking a closer look at the conditions that the spreading spiralis, or as it is also called in Latin, Juncus effusus "Spiralis", needs for a prosperous existence.

• Temperature

The ideal temperature is +24 ° С, the critically low mark is +18 ° С. A sharp and significant cooling leads to the fact that the culture stops growing and goes into a dormant period and begins to wither.

• Lighting

The plant is light-loving, and therefore you will need to allocate a well-lit place for it. However, this does not apply to subspecies that prefer partial shade. Lighting should be diffused so that the bright sun does not damage the shoots.

• Watering

If we talk about junkus "Spiral", home care involves mandatory control of the level of humidity in the pot. Only in this case, the leaves of the plant will always have a bright and rich color, and the stem parts will show good growth.

The water in the container should be at the level of 8 cm from the bottom. It is important to remember that the plant will die if the soil begins to dry out.

• Spraying and moisture

The coral hern is in need of a humid environment. When the humidity indicator drops to less than 50%, it is necessary to spray up to several times a day. Water should not be sprayed on the leaves, it is sprayed over them so that the droplets are very small.

Spraying is not necessary as long as there is proper watering and evaporation of moisture from the pan. The presence of a room humidifier will help maintain the desired humidity in the apartment.

Sitnik at home

• Priming

An acidic, light, moisture-absorbing soil is suitable for the marsh rump. Such mixtures are sold in a specialty store, well, earth is best suited for aquatic plants.

• Top dressing

It is necessary to feed the spiral junkus in the spring, when intensive growth occurs, and in the summer months with an interval of 2 weeks. You can use both complex and universal fertilizers.

Feeding is stopped at the onset of a dormant period.

When and how it blooms

The plant is characterized by the appearance of greenish or brown inflorescences. Most often, one peduncle has one flower with two bracts.

The duration of flowering in a culture is no more than one day, but this happens once a year.

Flowering rush

Pruning

Formative pruning is not carried out, but if necessary, a number of procedures are still done:

• Erect stems are cut for spiral plants.
• If there is a variegated variety in the house, you need to cut off the green stems from such a culture.
• Mandatory removal of dried or damaged branches is carried out.
• The dried, yellowed tips of the stems are carefully cut off.

Having figured out how to care for the rump, many owners of unusual marsh grass are thinking about how to propagate the plant.

How the spreading rush reproduces

Reproduction in culture occurs both vegetatively and by seeds.In the first case, the plant must be divided into several parts during transplantation, taking into account that each share has 10 shoots that will diverge to the sides.

When choosing the second technique, it is recommended to adhere to the following scheme:

1. Seed material is planted to a depth of 1 cm; the seeds must be sprinkled with a small amount of earth.
2. Spray the soil using a spray bottle.
3. To create a greenhouse effect, the pot is covered with glass or plastic wrap.
4. Until the first leaves of the seed container appear, they are placed in a dark room.
5. As soon as the leaves appear, you need to remove the film and make a pick of young plants.

Sitnik seeds

Transfer

The spreading rush is transplanted if the need arises (tightness of the old pot), but experienced flower growers advise replanting the culture every 2-3 years in order to prevent the formation of putrefactive processes due to the large amount of moisture:

1. An expanded clay layer is laid in a new pot, it will act as a drainage.
2. The soil is poured on top and the plant is planted, all the roots must be carefully straightened so that they do not break.
3. It is recommended to apply mulch under the flower. Here you can use decorative soil or expanded clay. This layer reduces moisture loss.

Sitnik transplant

Diseases and pests

For junkus, neither diseases nor pests are terrible, since the plant has good immunity. When harmful insects appear, spraying is carried out using insecticides.

The spreading rush is a very interesting crop for growing at home. Subject to all the features of cultivation, the plant will always delight its owner. And culture also has a useful meaning - it humidifies the air in the house.