How to care for Anthurium at home

Anthurium growing conditions

Anthurium likes a warm and humid growing and working environment, and is afraid of drought and strong sunlight. The suitable temperature for its growth is 14~35℃. The lowest temperature it can tolerate is 14℃, and the highest temperature it can tolerate is 35℃. When cultivating indoors, pay attention to maintaining high air humidity.

How to grow Anthurium

When growing Anthurium, you need to provide it with reasonable light, especially during the flowering period, you should pay attention to shading it, and control the temperature between 19 and 25 degrees. Water it about once every 1 to 2 days in spring to keep the soil moist. Water it once a day in summer. When the temperature is too high, spray water on the leaves to keep them moist.

Watering Anthurium

During the growing season of Anthurium, water it once a week. In spring, autumn and winter, reduce the frequency and amount of watering appropriately. When the air is dry, spray water appropriately to maintain high air humidity.

Fertilizing Anthurium

During the growing season of Anthurium, special nutrient solution or diluted fertilizer water should be applied along with watering every half a month.

Anthurium pest control

Anthurium is prone to brown spot disease during high temperatures in summer, and should be promptly controlled with thiophanate-methyl or chlorothalonil. When the air is dry and ventilation is poor, pests such as nematodes, red spiders, aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects are prone to appear. If found, they can be sprayed with omethoate for prevention and control.

How to grow anthurium at home

1. When cultivating anthurium at home, the soil for cultivation should have good drainage, the growth temperature should be controlled at 14~35℃, the temperature in winter should not be lower than 10℃, and it can receive appropriate light at ordinary times, but care should be taken not to be exposed to direct sunlight.

2. Anthurium can be fertilized once a week during its growth period. Use water-soluble compound fertilizer diluted into liquid fertilizer. Water it once every 3 days in spring and autumn, once every 2 days in summer, and reduce watering in winter.

Anthurium maintenance precautions

During the growth period of Anthurium, it needs to be pruned in time, mainly to cut off dead branches and broken branches to avoid excessive consumption. When caring for it in winter, even if the indoor temperature is high, it is best not to cool down and moisturize too much, otherwise it will cause frostbite on the plant and it will not be conducive to wintering.