Now residents of large cities often lack communication with nature.
The reason for this, including the lack of time.
Someone also would like to get something such, yes there is no experience in leaving.
Ficus "Creeping", he is a dwarf just right, care for him does not require much experience and the effect will be stunning, it will be discussed.
History of origin
Creeping Ficus - Ficus Sagittata, better known as Dwarf Ficus - Ficus pumila.
Family: Mulberry - Moraceae.
Homeland: Wet subtropical regions of China and Japan.
This type of ficus has become popular due to the properties of its graceful shoots, which swirl rapidly and at the same time have numerous additional roots.
The leaves of this ficus to the touch are rough, wrinkled, painted in bright green color, have a heart-shaped form and a net pattern on the surface.
Reference: On the underside of the stem there are special suckers, with the help of which the ficus can cling to almost any suitable surface.
Like lianas, a plant can spread its root even into the narrowest crack in the body of a neighbor tree, growing to a large size; one individual can cover several square meters.
Age variability is a feature of this species: small, long on average 2.3 cm and wide 1.5 cm leaves at the base of the shoots are asymmetrical and have a rounded shape, become noticeably larger, reaching 10-11 cm in length, and at the same time they become more coarse, retaining their original oval shape with small veins protruding from the bottom.
This species has one drawback.
Reference: This species shows increased requirements for moisture conditions. In the culture of planting used since 1721
Home care
Caring for ficus is quite simple, even a beginning gardener can cope, you need to make special substances to fertilize the soil, you should start around mid-spring and continue until the end of the summer season.
As a rule, they are used once every two weeks, occasionally doing top dressing, but here moderation should be exercised, since due to the introduction of an excessive amount of fertilizer, the plant can begin to lose foliage.
If the ficus is grown in herbal filters, then only potash fertilizers should be applied. (KO, KNO3 or KSO4), all the necessary plant will take itself.
Complex fertilizers should not be used, they will be washed off with water in the aquarium, and this will lead to increased salinity, and the lack of potassium will remain.
If, for example, when starting the ficus will show signs of starvation, then it is best to dissolve micronutrient fertilizers in liquid form and drip 6-8 droplets directly under the root.
When performing this operation, the filter is turned off for half a day, and potassium is still needed to be given to the plant with the same frequency.
In the cold season, the dwarf ficus is best kept in fairly cool conditions.
Temperature
Able to survive the temperature from -10 to +25 ° C. But this is to some extent extreme. To achieve success it is necessary to observe a moderate temperature regime.
In order for your pet to grow well and be healthy, you should choose a bright place, away from exposure to open sunlight, moist and warm.
At elevated temperatures, the ficus requires regular spraying with warm water - the dwarf ficus does not tolerate dry air.
Watering
Under normal conditions, the mode of watering your pet is especially important during the formation of the shoot, at this time the death of a small ficus from lack of moisture is most likely.
It is extremely important to consider that when planting in a pot, it is necessary to use special pegs to support young shoots.
A lot of moisture can not harm the plant, but it would be better to place it on a stand filled with water.
All that is needed is the plant itself, but the excess will remain. If you want to get well leafy shoots, then it is necessary to conduct regular spraying of ficus.
Attention! If the water in your home has an increased rate of hardness, it must be defended or passed through a filter.
Transfer
If there is a need to transplant ficus in room conditions, it is advisable to do it in the spring, when the roots in the pot becomes a little space.
To do this, you must have in advance: sand, turf and leaf soil, humus soil observing the following proportions 0,5:1:1:1.
If we are talking about a phyto filter, then a simple soil is used, the plant needs only to thin the soil.
Breeding
The plant propagates in the spring, by grafting.
For young shoots, it will be useful to do something like a miniature greenhouse, in order to create a softer temperature regime, by regularly spraying, in the future the plant can be gradually adapted to drier room air.
Crown formation
The crown of the ficus, like any other plant, is formed in two ways: pruning or pinching.
Reference: Pruning is the process of removing a plant with several leaves.Pinching is the removal of the upper bud of the shoot, just above the top sheet.
A photo
In the photo ficus "Creeping": 
Diseases and pests
Most often, this plant suffers from spider mite attacks, thrips and shchitovki also cause damage to your ficus in a vulnerable period.
Methods of dealing with these parasites are the same as that of phytonia: treatment with fitoderm, derris, aktellik and fufanom, these substances are often often used in the fight against pests.
If the foliage began to fall off and turn yellow - this is a sign that the tree could get sick, or it is bad. The reasons for this may be several.
Important! Carefully examine the place where your ficus. If it is in a dimly lit corner, near heating systems, or, on the contrary, in an open draft, or directly under the sun.
It is urgent to look for another, more suitable place.
It is better to remove it from the radiators and to humidify the air at least once a day. Another ficus is very "afraid" of a draft.
In addition, lack of moisture and elevated temperature in the room may also attract spider mites and scutes.
How to determine in time what exactly this ailment happened to your ficus? If the leaves have become covered with dark hard spots, have lost their color and fall off, this is a sure sign of the scale.
These insects parasitize throughout the plant and feed on its juices.
To get rid of this scourge, it is necessary to prepare a weak soap solution and literally wash off the shield with cotton wool moistened in the prepared solution.
If the plant has a large lesion area, then it will help the actor to correlate 15-20 drops to 1 liter of water.
If all these simple rules are followed, the ficus “Creeping”, it’s dwarf, will bring you joy and decorate your house for a long time, being a piece of nature, which is now so lacking for us in the cities.
