Today, the abundance of exotic green plants for home and office gradually supplants such simple flowers as homemade violets. Our mothers and grandmothers had entire collections . Many exchanged leaflets, boasted abundant flowering. Today, on the windowsills, violets are found only in educational institutions or doctors' offices. We will try to dispel the myth that the breeding of violets at home is too difficult an occupation, and the blossoming senpolias do not look very impressive.
How to grow violets at home?
An inexperienced florist can decide what to achieve blooming, and it is precisely this that caused the love of flower growers to these plants, it is difficult and will have to be given a lot of time. But practice shows that violets are demanding only to the place on the windowsill. We'll have to find a place where they will feel comfortable. Once it is found, flowering will begin literally right away. Otherwise, nursing and growing room violets boils down to the following rules:
- Vases set on the window with good lighting, but avoid direct light to avoid burns. Pay attention to this nuance: when you have flower pots directly on the windowsill, make sure that the leaves do not touch the window glass. Flowers do not tolerate drafts, so when ventilating an apartment it is desirable either to cover plants, or to take them aside.
- One of the secrets of care for violets is a well-thought irrigation system. First, you can never fill these plants. Usually a couple of times a week to moisten the soil is enough. But do not rush to water it under the root. Experienced gardeners recommend during planting at the bottom of the pot to lay a thin string and bring its end outwards. Then we plant the plant in a pallet, and it already draws in the necessary amount of moisture itself. So you strengthen the root system and do not allow waterlogging the soil.
- To successfully care for violets at home, you should also select the soil for planting carefully. On sale there are ready-made mixtures for senpolium. You can prepare it yourself, mixing the leafy ground with peat and sand. Be sure to make a good layer of drainage from small expanded clay.
- Proper care for violets at home assumes year-round fertilizer. Again, you can always buy a complex for senpolia. There is another option - the alternation of organic and mineral fertilizing. In winter there will be enough to apply once, in a warm period we will feed three times.
Reproduction of violets at home
Cuttings remain the main method of reproduction of violets. Select the leaves in the second row and cut them. Give a little dry. Then there are two variants of rooting. In water, dilute the activated carbon pellet and in this mixture grow rootlets of the cuttings.
And you can drop the shank immediately and cover it with a bag with holes. Sometimes florists share the children of violets. But it is desirable to separate the baby in the spring, usually it is done during transplantation. There must be at least three leaves on the baby. After disembarkation, it is necessary to create conditions for the greenhouse. This method of care and cultivation makes it possible to keep room violets all
How to grow violets at home in winter?
The change of the season will definitely make itself felt, as the violets are incredibly sensitive to this transition. Florists, who decided to seriously engage in planting and care at home, acquire shelves for violets and connect artificial lighting.
Further it is important to moderate the watering regime to a minimum. If, nevertheless, you poured a pot, you can save your violet by transplanting into dry soil. Dry air and cold are two enemies of the plant, so it is advisable to prepare a glass shelf in advance in order to move the vases to the winter period.