Howea - care and reproduction at home, photo species

Photo Howe in the interior

Howea Indoor (Howea) - a large tubular plant belonging to the Areca family, species - palm trees. The homeland of Howea is the Pacific Islands. Another name is Kentia. Grown for decorative purposes, large sprawling leaf-lobes located on its own trunk are valuable..

The multi-stemmed Kentia palm grows very slowly and, under optimal conditions, gives no more than two leaves per year. The most decorative are the old Howias, which reach a height of 1.5 to 4 meters and are most often used to decorate halls, large living rooms, and greenhouses. In the summer, it easily transfers a leader or transplant to the garden.

In indoor conditions, the palm tree blooms very rarely, peduncles in the form of ears of corn with small white flowers are of no decorative value.

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	Kentium palm grows very slowly, in a year gives no more than two leaves.
	Palm tree blooms very rarely.
	The plant is easy to grow.
	Perennial.

Beneficial features

Howea room (Howea). A photo

This palm tree brings positive aspects to the atmosphere and ecology of the room in which it is grown. It cleanses, moisturizes the air, creates a favorable environment to reduce the risk of respiratory diseases, does not cause allergies. With its massive leaves, it enhances sound absorption. If the hovea grows in the room, increased excitability decreases, peace and tranquility appear

Features of growing at home. Briefly

Howe at home does not require special attention and is easily grown even by beginner growers. The main thing is to provide the plant with enough space, good lighting and regular watering.

Temperature mode	The plant feels great at an air temperature of +18 to +22 degrees. In winter, a decrease to +15 degrees is permissible.
Air humidity	Like most tropical plants, the Howea palm prefers high humidity of at least 50 percent, and the plant needs regular spraying.
Lighting	It should provide good lighting, but avoid direct sunlight, easily tolerates small shade.
Watering	In the hot season, watered at least 2 times a week, in winter - less often, it is enough to keep the soil slightly moist, and the top layer should dry by 5-6 cm.
Priming	The substrate for the plant should be loose, suitable purchased soil for palm. You can make it yourself from turf land, peat and sand in the proportions of 2: 2: 1.
Fertilizer and fertilizer	Complex mineral fertilizer is applied during the active vegetation period from March to October 2 times a month, in the winter period it is not fed.
Transfer	A plant between the ages of 5 and 8 years old needs to be transplanted a palm tree every year in spring. In adult plants, only the topsoil is changed, removing the layer of 5-7 cm and replacing it with a fresh substrate.
Breeding	Get a new plant from the seeds is quite difficult, most often propagated by processes.
Growing Features	The decorative appearance of the leaves is affected by watering and lighting, but difficulties in growing plants can be if it is placed in drafts.

Howe care at home. In detail

Caring for the hovea at room conditions is not difficult. For this palm, it is important that the temperature regime is observed and there are no drafts, the soil is moistened in time and fertilizers are applied.

Bloom

Indoor palm tree hovea blooms very rarely and it’s not surprising if it doesn’t bloom at all.

But if the plant has flowers, then they are more like panicles or arrows that are strewn with small yellow balls.

It is easier to achieve flowering in a greenhouse or when growing in a garden in a southern strip.

Temperature mode

Demanding on air temperature. If the room is cold, the roots of the plant die and it dies. Optimum temperature - not lower than +20 degrees.

In winter, if the room becomes cooler by 2-3 degrees, the plant will simply slow down growth and resume it in the warm season.

Spraying

Like all exotics, the Howea palm tree at home needs to maintain a humidity level. In the room where it grows there should not be too dry air, this causes the leaves of the leaves to dry and turn yellow. It is strongly not recommended to install a tub with a palm tree next to the heating devices. It is useful to spray the leaves with water at room temperature, the plant responds favorably to the "shower", so it can be rearranged in a bath or in the garden and water the leaves with warm water.

Lighting

Despite the fact that the hovea belongs to shade-tolerant plants, a sufficient level of illumination should be provided for normal growth. The fact that the palm tree does not have enough light is evidenced by a small number of leaves, in an adult plant they should have at least 9-12.

Direct sunlight is strictly contraindicated, brown spots will appear on its leaves.. It is also recommended to regularly rotate the tub with the plant around its axis at least once a week so that all trunks are saturated with light and the bush grows evenly.

Watering

Home Howe needs constantly moderate moisture of the substrate, but moisture stagnation should not be allowed.

If water is released through the drainage holes in the pot, then it must be drained.

Water is defended before irrigation for at least 2 days.

Pot

The palm tree has a powerful root system, so you need to plant it in a spacious tub or pot. But in an excessively large container, this plant will cease to grow, directing all its energy to the development of the root system. There must be drainage holes in the Howea pot. When transplanting plants, use dishes that are 3-4 cm larger than the previous one.

Priming

Howea Forster. A photo

The soil mixture should be loose, good air permeability. Specialized stores for flower growers sell a special substrate for palm trees, which is well suited to this type of culture.

It is also possible to independently compose the soil mixture. For this, turf soil and peat are taken in equal parts and coarse-grained sand is added to them, in an amount two times smaller than the main components.

Fertilizer and fertilizer

In order for the Howea palm to grow well and have beautiful leaves, it must be regularly fed with a special complex mineral composition with nitrogen and potassium. Fertilizer is applied with watering at least twice a month from March to February. In winter, it is not necessary to feed a palm tree.

Howea transplant

Howia is transplanted in the spring, a young plant needs to completely replace the substrate with a new one every year.

The transplant is carried out by transshipment, completely preserving the root system, installing it in a pot with a layer of drainage and filling the voids with soil.

Adult palm trees do not need an annual transplant, just replace the top layer of the substrate with a height of 5-6 cm with a new one.

Pruning

Old leaves and branches begin to dry out over time. Completely dried out are removed by trimming. To do this, use a sharp garden secateurs. Shoots that are damaged due to improper care or due to the attack of pests should also be removed. If they are not removed, the plant can become completely infected and die.

Rest period

During dormancy, the plant slows down growth, requires less watering, and, as a rule, it is no longer fed. At this time, it is best to place a tub with a palm tree in a place where the air temperature will be several degrees lower than normal.

If on vacation

If you have to leave the palm of Howe unattended for a long time, then before leaving you need to think about how to provide it with regular soil moisture. To do this, it is most convenient to use a plastic bottle with a cap in which several holes have been made. Filled with water, it is installed upside down in a tub with a palm tree.

Breeding

Howa growing from seeds

To grow howea from seeds, You can use the seed that is sold in specialized stores, but you should pay attention to the expiration date. The best germination of seeds that are stored no more than six months.

Before sowing, the seeds are soaked in water at room temperature and left for a day. For planting, use loose peat soil or its mixture with sand. Seeds are sown in moist soil at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other.

The soil needs to be moistened daily, and the container should be covered with film or glass to create greenhouse conditions and eliminate moisture loss. Germination of Howea from seeds takes from 8 to 12 months. When the seedlings grow to 4-5 cm in height, they are transplanted by transfer to another container.

Propagation of Howia by shoots

An adult palm tree, howia, can be propagated by dividing the bush. To do this, it is carefully removed from the tub and with a sharp knife divided into several parts so that each contains several processes.

The roots of the individual parts for several hours should be placed in a solution of phytosporin, and then, slightly dried with a napkin, planted in a substrate of peat, turf and sand. In order for the plant to give new sprouts faster, it is covered with a film, but it is daily aired and moistened with soil when its top layer is dried.

Diseases and Pests

• Howea leaf tips turn brownwhen they are exposed to direct sunlight or a plant is watered with hard water.
• Leaves turn brownif a large amount of boron is present in the fertilizer and this element has accumulated in the soil. Take out the plant, rinse its roots and plant in a new substrate.
• Blackens and rots at the base - this occurs with too much watering and stagnation of moisture in the soil.
• Stopped growing during rest and with a lack of light.
• Chlorosis of young leaves manifested in the plant due to improperly selected fertilizer.
• Lower leaf chlorosis - if chlorosis begins to appear on the tips of the lower leaves and gradually covers the stem of the plant, it means that the air temperature in the room does not suit it, it is too low and you need to move the howe to a warmer place.
• Yellow spots on the leaves - may appear if the plant is installed in a too lit place.
• Bronze spots on the leaves - lack of potassium, you need to choose another mineral complex for fertilizer.
• Straw spots on the leaves - hit by direct sunlight.
• It starts to get dark gradually - you need to replace the soil and choose another complex fertilizer in which there is less fluorine and superphosphate.
• The death of the tips of young leaves - lack of moisture in the soil.

Types of Howia home with photos and names

Howea Belmoreana

Multi-stemmed culture with green feathery leaves. It grows 2-3 meters high. An adult palm tree has up to 20 leaves on each trunk. Highly decorative look.

Howea forsteriana

The culture is distinguished by woody trunk in adulthood. The leaves are pinnate, long, dense. In contrast to Belmor's howea, the leaves of this species are less hanging and have a more pronounced vertical arrangement on the trunk.

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