Gloxinia faded - what should I do?

Gloxinia is a room flower, quite light-loving, although it does not bear direct sunlight. If you put it on a sunny window sill during the flowering period, it will quickly fade and fade. Therefore, you need to adjust the location of its location depending on the time of year.

So, in the spring, when the sun is not too hot and scorching, gloxinia will feel good on the south side of the house, but with the onset of summer it is better to rearrange it to the east or west window.

In general, gloxinia likes a long light day. In order for it to fully flowering, it needs 12-14 hours of lighting. If this condition is not fulfilled, the plant develops not into buds, but into greenery. Probably, the buds will not be at all. While with sufficient time and brightness illumination, the plant will please you with its lush and long flowering.

Gloxinia flower - care

Plant globoxin tubers better in a mixture of leaves, peat and sand in a ratio of 1: 1: 0.5. The soil must be loose and well ventilated. Choose a shallow and wide dish made of clay or plastic. Put a layer of drainage on the bottom of the pot.

You need to plant the tubers in February-March. During this period they are already beginning to germinate. Before planting, treat them in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for decontamination. After planting from above, the tuber is covered with soil about 1 cm.

The pot after the landing is put on a window, which is light enough, but there is no direct sunlight. Previously, the pot is placed in a bag that needs to be opened a day for 10-15 minutes for ventilation. After germination of leaves, the package can be removed.

Sprinkle gloxinium with soft water at room temperature, not allowing it to fall on the roots and leaves of the plant. In cloudy weather it is necessary to water less often than on warm sunny days.

It is necessary to know what to fertilize gloxinia, since not all types of fertilizer are suitable for this. In general, after planting gloxinium for 1.5-2 months, it is not necessary to feed. After the expiration of this period, you can pour organic approval into the pot, alternating them with mineral ones. And do it on the edge of the pot and an hour after watering. To feed it is necessary not more often than 1 time in 10 days.

Before the beginning of flowering, choose fertilizers with potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate. In the flowering period - superphosphates and phosphoric acid saltpeter. From organic fertilizers, bird droppings are preferable.

Gloxinia after flowering

Beginners in the matter of breeding such plants are often surprised that the plant begins to die in the autumn and asks - what to do next, after the gloxinia has faded? Do not be afraid and think that the plant died.

After flowering in gloxinia, there is a period of rest. What to do when the gloxinia has faded - you need to reduce the intensity of watering, and after the leaves completely dry up, and completely stop watering it.

When the gloxinia has faded and its aerial part completely died out, you need to take care of keeping the tuber until the next season. Peace usually lasts 3-4 months.

Store the tuber in this period can be either in a pot, placing it in a place with a temperature of 10-15 degrees of heat, occasionally moistening the soil, or dug them and cleared of the soil. In the second case, the tubers are placed in the sand, moistened and stored in a cool place. As such a place, usually use the lower shelves of the refrigerator or its door. Periodically, tubers should be examined and slightly moistened at signs of drying.

In late February - early March, the tubers can be again planted in a pot, repeating the entire procedure described above. Gloxinia will again germinate and give flowering.