Successful flowering gloxinia: 5 Tips for a bright and large gramophones
lDomashnyaya gloxinia in all the splendor of its hybrids - elegant representative of the family Gesneriaceae. And very favorite growers Russia! Memo you learn (or remind yourself!) About 5 Simple Tips On How To Treat gloxinia at home.
Interesting fact: Signs, prevalent in indoor horticulture, gloxinia called impact on the atmosphere in the building favorable. Especially the flower will help people who want to forget the past and start a new life. Useful and those who have been keen to try out new endeavors!
When freedom is harmful
Gloxinia not need a large pot. From tuber to edges of the walls of utensils should be 4-6 cm. This space bright beauty is enough.
I often observe inexplicable persistence put houseplants in "buckets". Huge, do not meet the needs and size of the flower pots.
Why is it better to choose a small dish?
- Gloxinia looks more aesthetic than the free . Rosette leaf covers the wall utensils, and the diameter of the bouquet of phonographs often exceeds the diameter relevant pot.
- Pots take up space. Well, if you have in the house is not so many plants. Some of my subscribers bursting sills, so the struggle is for every centimeter of space!
- The greater the volume of the earth - the greater the risk to cope with watering, Pour gloxinia and lose the precious tuber due to rot.
And all this despite the fact that gloxinia landing in a spacious pot does not positively affect the growth and bloom. So why persist?
Where gloxinia bloom will be better?
Gloxinia - classic Gesneriaceae. In the loves the golden mean. Years of experience florist shows that the most beautiful flowering plant exhibits on light boxes without direct sunlight. This means that in the gloxinia "peak hours" better pritenyat, otherwise not escape burns on the leaves.
Important! When the temperature crosses over 28 ° C, our heroine can throw buds and flowers. Optimum growth temperature during flowering - about 25 ° C.
If your local summer "gives a spark," try to put Gesneriaceae if not the coolest place in Tenek. Maintain moderate soil moisture - on the critical speed is vital. It is possible to freeze the water in the bottle and placed next to a pot (not flush).
The ground for the beautiful flowering gloxinia
Soil mixture gloxinia important to 2 parameters:
- breathability. Stagnant water and as a result, the rot of the tuber - the scourge of gloxinia beginners home gardeners. Land should be well breathable.
- food value. Plants should be somewhere to take the minerals needed for growth and flowering.
Ideal ground for violets on the basis of peat with pH 6-6,5 and enriched "minerals." Be sure to ask about the composition on the package. And if you decide to use "clean" peat, without regular fertilizing is indispensable.
Feeding gloxinia: before and after flowering
After planting, the tuber dressing begin in a month. A simple and effective option - fertilizer for violets in liquid form. There are 2 ways to feed gloxinia:
- According to the instructions 1 every 2 weeks;
- With each watering, but do dose 3-5 times less.
❗ Do not dispose of feeding with the end of flowering. The tuber should "eat", to show themselves at the height of the next year. Leaves wither - complete feed.
Hibernation Gloxinia - this is important
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Gloxinia - a flower with a bright pronounced period of rest. If it does not ensure that you can go without the beautiful flowering.
In autumn flower less and less absorb moisture from the soil, and then begins otsushivat leaves. This is a signal that it is time to reduce watering and feeding. Newcomers to cultivation gloxinia at home is sometimes confused with the death of the flower.
There are 2 ways to store the winter Gloxinia:
- Dig tuber by placing into the sawdust / moss / vermiculite / wet sand and send a common refrigerator compartment. In winter, periodically check the tuber and lightly moisten if necessary.
- Is left in the pot, put in a cool place. My aunt just cleaned Gloxinia a bath.
In the spring the tubers wake up, blowing the germs. Time to put in new soil and solemnly put on the window sill! Artist gloxinia and the article was intreresna? Please click the "Thumbs up!" Thanks.