Other name of cyclamen - the Alpine violet. It magnificently blossoms during winter and reminds flock of bright unusual butterflies. Variety of shades often blows the mind: snow-white, bright red, peach, crimson, gentle-violet and light pink.
It is required to you
- Pot, cyclamen seeds, earth, water, fertilizers.
Instruction
1. The homeland of so beautiful flower are mountainous areas of the Mediterranean. It is interesting that the Alpine violet has several forms. The Krupntsovetkovy form assumes numerous peduncles with big flowers - terry or simple. Also there is graceful and tiny cyclamen with small, but also numerous peduncles. In the nature also wild-growing types meet. It is not obligatory to buy the Alpine violet in shop. It is possible to grow up it from seeds. However process is difficult and labor-consuming. You make crops in the spring: in February-March. Though experienced flower growers claim that it is possible to put cyclamen all the year round.
2. Before landing wet seeds of cyclamen for 12 hours in the medicine Epin, Tsirkon or in weak-pink solution of potassium permanganate. For crops it is recommended to prepare special soil. Earth mix needs to be steamed previously: this some kind of disinfecting. Besides it in addition buy ready soil ""Tulip"" or ""Terra vita"" in shop. Now prepare the following structure: 2 parts of the steam-seasoned earth, 1 part of store soil, 0.5 parts of bank sand. Sand is necessary for convenience of loosening. For seeds make grooves of 1 cm in depth, spill water and put on 1 sunflower seed at distance 2-3 cm. Then cover grooves with the earth.
3. The light well aired room will be suitable for cultivation. Temperature should not be too high at prorashchivaniye: there is enough +18 +20os. Drafts indoors should not be. Cover pot with seeds or film. The feature of seeds of cyclamen is in what is sprouted by them very long: from 30 to 60 days. Grades of KISS and APPLE are especially tugorosly: shoots can appear only in 5 months. Therefore do not dig out crops beforehand to look what occurs. As soon as there are shoots, move pot to the solar place and attract it. Root tubers at the Cyclamen after shoots are formed very quickly.
4. When young plants have about 2-3 leaflets, dive them in separate small capacity. Pochvosmes has to be same as when landing or use that which you will get in shop. And only in half a year replace the strengthened cyclamen in pot with diameter of 6-7 cm again. When watering use otstoyanny water of room temperature. It is necessary to keep flower healthy. You introduce mineral fertilizers to the soil in the minimum quantities as the Cyclamen does not transfer excess of mineral salts. Also do not use the fresh or badly rerotting manure as fertilizing: from it the cyclamen can quickly decay. Though in time blossoming it is necessary to strengthen introduction of flower fertilizers twice. Such calculation: 0.5 caps on 2 liters of warm water. When performing fertilizing you watch that such water did not get on flowers and leaves.