Some rules of plants purchase (Part 1)
Probably, not everyone knows that the plants bought in shop experiences the double stress. The first stress it has when delivered in shop. Indoor plants for sale, as a rule, are grown in hothouses with high humidity is constant temperature and corresponding illumination. Now the majority of shops offer flowers brought from Holland, and also from Thailand and other countries. Even if the firm has tried to deliver the plant maximum correctly and cautiously, the plant all the same will experience stress, at the same time it will look well.
So, the plant has got in a shop with certain conditions. The plant had no time to get used – and it is being bought. Even if you take care of correct transportation, you will have other conditions in your apartment. If you choose a healthy, strong, young plant which was well looked after, then, probably, you will not notice signs of stress, and it will grow well. Therefore adaptation to new conditions in your house depends on the way you choose a plant.
Try not to buy already big mature plant. Young plants bear stressful situations, adapt to change of conditions more easy and fast. The mature plant, even getting in very caring hands, will adapt painfully for a long time even if is considered unpretentious.
Certainly, if the plant is bought for office, most likely, it will be a large plant, and transportation and acclimatization can create problems. In this case show interest whether a shop makes delivery and whether it can give any guarantees. Visit some shops before purchase and choose the shop where you will be given more professional consultation and offered packing, delivery and some help in case of problems.