What to do with aphids
One of the most dangerous pests for Kalanchoe can rightfully be called aphids. She develops a stormy life in the spring. If you do not begin to help the culture, the aphid can also move to the nearby indoor flowers. Even a beginner can visually determine the defeat of aphids - small insects painted in black or green will be visible on the stems and leaves.
Aphids are very fond of plant sap, which poisons, injecting poison. In addition, the foliage and stems are covered with a sticky mass. It is often possible to find aphids on young shoots or inflorescences. The appearance of aphids is facilitated by excessive application of nitrogenous fertilizing. Parasites can get into the dwelling with purchased plants, or on cut buds. For prevention, experts recommend holding the purchased flowers a little in another room. At first, aphids may not be found, since they live on the back of the leaf. But as the colony grows, it becomes clear that the culture urgently needs to be saved. After all, the plant is deformed, the leaves turn yellow and fly around, the flowers too, and the buds simply do not bloom.
Aphids are capable of carrying more than 100 types of dangerous infections. It is best to burn the diseased parts, and treat the surviving parts with an insecticidal agent. This procedure is performed once a week for a month. A popular remedy known to many flower growers is green potassium soap. It heals the plant if diluted 20 grams in 1 liter of water. Before the procedure, the soil should be wrapped with plastic wrap, after which the flower should be rinsed with a solution. Alternatively, regular laundry soap will do.
Healing properties
Kalanchoe has a range of effects on inflammatory and purulent processes of external and internal origin of the human body. This is facilitated by oxalic and malic acids, rich in vitamins A and C, polysaccharides and enzymes that can have a healing effect. It contains a wide range of other vitamins.
False shield and shield
Scabbards are pests that belong to the coccid group. Visually, these are insects with an oblong miniature body covered with a wax shield. Unlike males, females are larger in size, they also lack limbs and wings. Due to the large number of parasites, a characteristic bloom is clearly visible on the surface of the indoor flower. Due to the vital activity of pests, the plant ceases to develop normally, there is no flowering, the leaves turn yellow and fall off.
Scabbards, like aphids, are located on the underside of the foliage. Adults usually sit motionless, and only young ones move. Regular spraying is an excellent measure, since the scale insect does not tolerate water procedures. If the appearance of parasites could not be avoided, the first step is to collect them. To make it easier to remove insects from the surface, it is advised to wipe the foliage with alcohol.
What other control measures will help? The plant is recommended to be washed with soapy water, treated with an insecticide. From folk remedies, it is considered effective to wipe the plant 3-4 times a week with a cotton swab dipped in vodka or diluted with alcohol. Garlic infusion will also help.To prepare it, grind about 5 cloves and pour them with 1 glass of water. You need to insist for 2 hours in a dark place, then filter and spray. The scabbard is removed from the surface with an unnecessary toothbrush.
Folk use
Most of the beneficial properties of the plant were initially noticed not by doctors at all, but by the most ordinary people who grew Kalanchoe (a surgeon without a knife), and they used it as a medicine.
For home treatment, fresh juice is used: it is extracted from the fleshy leaves of the plant, the trunk.
When processing Kalanchoe, for the purpose of using it for medicinal purposes, it retains many useful properties, and the prepared medicines are stored for a long time.
Alcohol tinctures are made from the leaves of the plant.
Ointments are prepared mainly from juice.
The crushed leaves help in removing warts.
It is popularly believed that a few eaten leaves can fully restore strength, restore good spirits.
Kalanchoe helps to cope with stress and seasonal depression.
Treatment
The health benefits are undeniable. In medicine, many diseases are treated with it. What exactly treats Kalanchoe and how to apply it:
- Gargling with juice diluted in water helps well with sore throat, tonsillitis. And also it perfectly helps in the treatment of sore throats.
- Lotions from the pulp of the plant help to quickly heal purulent wounds, leg ulcers and burns.
- Regular consumption of juice treats gastritis and stomach ulcers, reduces pain.
- The use will help with inflammation of the eyes (conjunctivitis and blepharitis), treat with instillation of Kalanchoe juice.
- Tampons soaked in plant sap reduce erosion, promote healing of tears received by a woman during childbirth.
- The action of the juice reduces inflammation in the urinary system.
- Regular nasal instillation with plant juice helps to cure both a common cold and sinusitis.
- Juice is used to treat ear inflammation.
- With regular rubbing of the face with juice, acne disappears, the oiliness of the skin decreases, the pores become smaller.
Contraindications
Kalanchoe also has contraindications.
Kalanchoe can harm the body only with self-medication.
Very often people make mistakes in determining the diagnosis, they can mistake an allergy for ordinary acne.
In this case, taking the juice can only aggravate the allergy.
In children, when the eyes or nose are instilled with juice, the mucous membranes can become inflamed.
Eating at the same time with dairy products can lead to severe distress.
The balance of risk and health benefits should be carefully weighed for people who have cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis, diabetes mellitus, glomerunephritis, rheumatism, and low blood pressure. Should not be used for malignant tumors.
Doctors advise against using medicines containing Kalanchoe during pregnancy.
Kalanchoe has been widely used in folk medicine for more than one century. However, it should be understood that Kalanchoe has not only medicinal properties, but also has contraindications. Therefore, any treatment should be carried out only after consulting a doctor.
Why Kalanchoe is losing leaves
Your favorite indoor flower can have leaf problems for a number of reasons. One of them is a lack of lighting, as a result of which the plant will begin to stretch upward. Real help if you make a backlight or move the pot to a brighter place... Lack of light also leads to yellowing and drying of the lower leaves. Stagnant air in the room can also lead to leaf fall. Here regular airing will come to the rescue. If the plants are exposed to direct sunlight or the pots are very close to each other, unpleasant spots can be found on the foliage surface.
Place containers and provide shade for the flowers.If your pet is lacking in nutrients, it may stop growing and start getting rid of the leaves. This is actual after the end of the flowering period, and it is usually cured by top dressing, or by transplanting a crop into nutrient soil. An overabundance of nitrogen or peat in the earth will be signaled by foliage curling. In this case, it is necessary to transplant the flower into another substrate. If your Kalanchoe has turned yellow all over, this indicates a large amount of sun rays falling on it.
When the leaves become soft to the touch and begin to fly around, it is worth reducing the watering and checking the roots for root rot infection. They will definitely have to be treated. If the plant has been without watering for a long time, it will begin to dry, and the leaves will wither. The same effect is observed when parasites are found in the ground or if its composition does not meet the standards. Foliage still dies off in the cold season, due to the proximity to central heating. If the air is dry, it is advised to transfer the flower to a room with a temperature of no more than 13 - 15 degrees. Then he will overwinter without losing green mass. But you need to control so that the room is not excessively humid, otherwise you will need treatment for mold, which appears in the form of brown or black spots.
Features of plant transplant
How to trim the Kalanchoe correctly
Kalanchoe roots grow very quickly, so quite often the plant will need a new container. It should be slightly larger than the previous "dwelling" of the flower. For the future pot, you also need to prepare a mixture of humus and sand, to which part of the soil from the old pot is added. In the middle, a recess is made, where the Kalanchoe is planted.
Important! Pulling a houseplant out of an old pot must be very careful not to damage the delicate root system.
Also, when transplanting, add top dressing. During the week after transplanting, the plant is provided with careful care, since this is the time of its greatest vulnerability.
Other diseases
Of the other ailments of the Kalanchoe, it is necessary to name late blight rot. This unpleasant fungus manifests itself in the form of brown spots at the branch of the shoots. As a result, the culture is very lagging behind in development. The causes of this disease are excessive watering, high temperatures, lack of regular ventilation, and a large amount of nitrogen in the ground. The use of fungicides treats late blight rot. It is recommended to replace the soil with a new one and water the plant less often. An excellent prevention will be the disinfection of the soil before planting a flower, the use of clean tools, and constant inspections of the culture.
When damaged by gray rot, the Kalanchoe becomes covered with a gray bloom and weeping spots. Further, the flower rots. The disease spreads to other cultures in the room - by air, by touch, by working with tools. Gray rot is often associated with inadequate ventilation, poor lighting, and excessively moist soil and air. It is required to treat the plant by treating it with a special fungicide.
If you find a powdery white bloom on the surface of the leaves, then you are dealing with powdery mildew. With such a disease, the foliage will inevitably fall further. An ailment develops due to elevated temperature and dry air in the room. As in the case of gray mold, fungicidal treatment is considered effective. Ring spot of foliage is also dangerous for your pet. When it appears, the culture stops growing normally. Further discoloration of the leaves occurs, they become unnatural in shape. Such a disease cannot be cured, because the affected areas are simply destroyed.
Stem rot is characterized by the appearance of watery black spots on the stems and foliage.It spreads quickly if there is excessive humidity in the room. You can treat the culture with insecticides. If this does not help, the diseased plant must be destroyed.
In addition to scale insects and aphids, your Kalanchoe can be annoyed by parasites such as claw mites and mealybugs. The former cover the foliage and petioles with a brown scab. The edges of the leaves are bent, their growth stops. Culture tissues are roughened. Small glassy mites will settle on your flowers if the room is damp and the air temperature is high. They need to be washed off with a soap solution and treated with insecticides. Mealybugs, as a result of their vital activity, cover the petioles and veins of the leaves with a waxy white coating. Treatment with insecticidal preparations or mineral oils will help.
Used varieties
Scientists know more than 200 species kalanchoe... Most of the plants have only decorative value, so flowering varieties do not have medicinal properties. Therapeutic types:
- Cirrus;
- Degremona.
They contain a lot of organic acids, trace elements, vitamins. The beneficial properties of the plant are used not only in the folk practice of treatment.
Kalanchoe is a part of many ointments, creams, tinctures. Doctors often use medicinal properties Kalanchoe in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases.
Appearance
The feathery in its natural habitat reaches rather large sizes: up to 1 meter in height. At home, the plant is smaller, but no less beautiful and can bloom profusely as early as the 2nd year of life.
The pinnate has a soft, raised trunk surrounded by stubborn leaves. Leaves are fleshy, round, sharply pinnate ends. The pharmaceutical plant blooms with delicate pink or white inflorescences.
Degremon leaves are ovoid, very elongated. From time to time, half of the sheet rolls evenly along the center line. The leaves are long enough to grow up to 20 cm in the wild.
The plant is gray-green in color, purple spots are located at the bottom of the leaves.
