How to Grow Carnations air

Learn how to grow carnations air or also called Tillandsias; These beautiful plants are very strong, they just need care and are considered major air purifiers and the environments in which they are located.

The air carnations have the distinction of not needing soil to grow, they can do it on cables, or hanging rocks, although some varieties can grow in the ground and are distinguished into two groups Tillandsias green and gray .

Far from what many people believe, these plants are not parasitic, but they have no roots, feed by absorbing moisture and minerals that are in the air brought by the wind and penetrate the leaves. Cling to surfaces through a kind of eyebolts.

Care carnations air

1. The greatest care is to be taken should not be exposed to frost.
2. The ideal temperature to grow carnations should hover between 10 and 15 degrees but supports up to 32 degrees.
3. Carnations should receive indirect light but filling.
4. Carnations require moderate or dry or wet environment. If the environment in which you grow your carnations air is dry, try to place the plant to soak for two to three hours every 15 days.
5. Preferably carnations watered with rainwater or filtered.
6. Place carnations soak for one hour twice a week until they have the flower, then shake it to prevent it from rotting; should be left to dry between waterings.
7. In summer, carnations pleasing that pulverize them with water once a day.

Fertilization and reproduce air carnations

• In spring and summer, every 15 days you have to place him through spray fertilizer (fertilizer reduced to a quarter of the recommended serving).
• In autumn and winter, carnations fertilize once a month.
• The flowers of carnations air can be very beautiful, others are more normal and bloom infrequently.
• To play carnations air just let their stalks, which abounded and ensured the continuation of the plant.