Calibraroa is an annual plant, which is often confused with petunia , although there are striking differences between these plants. The leaves and flowers of calibraro are much smaller than petunias, and the stems are longer and branched.
Calibraroa - cultivation and care
This plant requires that there is enough light and heat. Thus, plant calibraro in the sun, but so that it is protected from the wind.
The soil for planting can be prepared by adding compost to it. And in the spring you can fertilize with mineral fertilizers.
Calibraroa reproduces vegetatively, i.e. with the help of rooted cuttings. Although the cultivation of calibrracho is, of course, possible and seeds, but ... when propagating by seeds, calibrracho very often grows quite different, unlike "parents". In other words, flowers become wild, bloom very badly, flowers are small and can even be of a completely different color.
Of course, maybe it is you who are lucky, and you will be able to grow calibrracho from seeds, and the plant will be similar to the parent, although this will be an exception to the rule.
How to grow calibrracho from seeds?
Take peat tablets - they are very good to grow any plants from the seeds, soak them in boiling water, let cool and scatter the seeds of calibrracho on their surface. In order for the seeds to proklyuvalis, create the same thermal regime (+18 Celsius), and if there is a greenhouse - it's generally wonderful.
Daily for 15 hours, turn on the backlight, and at night turn off. After 5-7 days, you can observe the growth. Then gradually accustom your drips to the open air, periodically ventilating them, and after 4 days you can finally open the greenhouse.
In the period of germination before the formation of leaflets, water the peat tablets with water with manganese. As soon as the first leaves appear, fertilize with vitamin B12 (you can buy in any pharmacy) in the calculation - 1 ampoule per glass of water.
Until then, through a mesh of peat-tablets are not
When the roots of the plant are already bulging through a mesh of peat-tablets, cut it and plant your calibrracho into a glass, along with the tablet. Top with a pinch.
The seeds of the flower calibraro are not so easy to assemble. This plant either does not knit seeds at all, or one can see a single box on it.