Catharanthus - a real highlight in your garden
Catharanthus grown as a perennial in the southern parts of the country, and as an annual in the middle latitudes. Also, it can be grown as a house plant, and. Blooms the entire growing period, if grown at home, almost a year will produce flower stalks with a small break in a few weeks.
Description
Catharanthus is 2 types: ampelnye and bush. Another name is Periwinkle. It is easy to tolerate heat. Ampelnye flowers are usually planted in pots and spray directly into the ground (but only landing in pots or planters suitable for middle latitudes). Buds color is red, white, pink. The foliage is dark green with a brilliant sheen. When flowering tying a huge number of small seeds.
How to sow
The seeds should be planted in early January, if there is backlighting. If fitolampy you do not, then you need to sow in late March. Seeds to be treated in pre potassium permanganate and soaked in water. Germination 60-70 percent. Grown as petunia. Fertile soil taken, with little acidity, light, it is added to the vermiculite or perlite. Seeds sown at 2 cm apart at a depth of 0.5 cm.
It should be compacted crops and sprayed with an atomizer. Hide dark film and put in a warm place, the seeds will germinate in 2 weeks at a temperature of 22-24 degrees. The dark film is removed, and now the seedlings are covered with a transparent cover, for example, from the condensation cake cover. It is necessary to control the temperature for the growth of plants, it should not be below 20 degrees. When there will be 2-3 real leaf, held swordplay in individual cups. The root must be prischipnut one-third.
Preparing the substrate is the same as for the sowing of seeds, can be added only NPK (3 liter mixture of 1 tbsp. spoon fertilizer), as the plant likes fertile soil.
How to grow
In May, it is already possible to transplant the plants in the pots, plant pots. At the bottom of the container must not forget to make the drainage. Care should be taken during the transplant into a pot that the root collar is not deepened into the ground, otherwise the plant will grow poorly. After planting, the need periodically feeding, namely every 2 weeks, and moderate watering during the growing season. If the temperature is lowered and begins torrential rains, the pots transferred to a greenhouse or a house.
To do and pruning to maintain a compact shape, in the case where the variety you choose to plant does not form on their own. Before frost plants are entered into the house, and there it continues to blossom.
Here is a wonderful catharanthus this plant. If you follow the above tips, it will give you lush flowering and will be a real highlight in your garden.
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