Depending on the variety, jasmine blooms as a houseplant in the house from March to May or in spring. It forms long tendrils that should be pulled on a trellis. With proper care, you can enjoy this beautiful houseplant for many years.

At least in winter, the jasmine has to serve as a houseplant because it is not hardy

The right location in the house

Jasmine likes it bright, even full sun. A place in the flower window is suitable, provided that the pot is not too crowded. It should be possible to open the window, because frequent airing is good for the jasmine. Avoid drafts.

However, you should protect jasmine from direct midday sun. The window glass acts like a magnifying glass, leaving ugly brown stains on the leaves.

The jasmine gets even better if you take care of it in a bucket on the terrace or balcony in summer. You just have to get him back inside before the frost hits.

It depends on the right pot

  • clean pot
  • large drainage hole
  • slightly nutritious soil
  • drainage layer
  • Mix soil with expanded clay (19.73€).
  • climbing aid

The pot must be clean and large enough for the root ball. A large drainage hole is important so that the irrigation water can drain off. Jasmine does not tolerate waterlogging at all.

Normal potting soil with some mature compost is sufficient as potting soil. Alternatively, you can buy soil for flowering plants at the hardware store. If you want to grow the jasmine as a bonsai, a mixture of 80% Akadama and 20% compost is ideal. To avoid waterlogging, you should create a drainage layer in the bottom of the pot or loosen the soil with expanded clay.

At least every three years in spring you have to repot the jasmine in fresh soil.

How to water and fertilize the houseplant properly

Jasmine doesn't like it too dry, but also not too wet. Always water the plant when the top layer of soil has dried out. Immediately pour off excess water.

Indoors, jasmine likes it if you spray it with water once a day to increase humidity.

As a houseplant, you must fertilize jasmine every 14 days during the growing season with a liquid fertilizer.

Do you need to prune real jasmine?

Basically, you don't have to cut the room jasmine at all. You can only use scissors if the tendrils get too long. Shorten the shoots only a little so that you don't remove too many flower buds.

Jasmine needs to be kept cool in winter

In winter, jasmine needs a cool phase. In the heated living room it is then much too warm. As a result, the houseplant will not bloom the next year.

Place the pot in a bright place where the temperature is between five and ten degrees.

tips

You can easily multiply room jasmine yourself. To do this, cut cuttings in the spring and place them in small seed pots.(16.68€)

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Vegetable garden