Eustoma, the Texas hand bell, the Irish rose, liziantus – all this names of unusually beautiful plant. Flowers can various coloring – pink, violet, white, with border. Plant stalks strongly branch therefore the eustoma looks as magnificent bouquet. Decorate the balcony or the site with this surprising flower which will admire look.
1. Every year there are more and more seeds of different hybrids and grades of eustoma. Upon purchase of seeds pay attention to bag, on it the "annual" or "biannual" plant has to be specified, it is low - or tall. The undersized eustoma is intended for cultivation in balcony flower boxes or as house culture, the tall plant is more suitable for landing in gardens. Flowers can be terry or simple. Seeds of this flower very small therefore more often are on sale in the form of dragee.
2. Some flower growers begin to sow to eusty at the end of December, it is connected with the fact that blossoming of plant occurs on the twentieth week after emergence of shoots. The recommended time for crops – the end of November - the beginning of February. Prepare disposable glasses on fifty grams. Make at the bottom of several openings by means of pricker. Fill them with easy and damp peat soil with addition of perlite or sand. Sow seeds superficially, slightly pressing into the soil. It is necessary to put three-five seeds in each glass and to cover with polyethylene film for creation of greenhouse effect.
3. That seedlings grew compactly, were not extended, provide to landings scattered and bright lighting. It is possible to create it by means of daylight lamps (or having put glasses on the southern windowsill). Optimum temperature for germination of seedlings of 20-25 °C. The first shoots will appear in few weeks after landing. As under film the humidity remains, the first two months can be not watered seedlings. Remove every ten days film, overturn it on other party and again put on. So you will be able to remove excess condensate and to air seedling.
4. That seedlings correctly developed, spray them with the medicine "Zircon" or "Epin". After that seedling will become strong, will quickly go to growth. These medicines also prevent emergence of black leg. In one and a half months after emergence of shoots it is necessary to dive them in separate glasses. Take thin pricker and accurately hook sprout, take from soil. In separate glass make deepening pencil and insert seedling on the leaflets, slightly press the moistened soil on each side. After change put on polyethylene glasses again, leave alone eusty for two weeks.
5. Already grown up plants then again are replaced, but already without violation of earth lump (diameter of pots has to be 8 centimeters). Lay layer of haydite or small crumbled polyfoam on bottom of pot. Put plants on the windowsill lit with the sun, begin to adapt eusty to filmless contents. In the middle of May it is already possible to plant seedling to the open ground, the plant is ready to change when on it 4-8 real leaflets were created already.
6. Plants accurately take everyone from pot together with the earth and lower in the prepared and humidified hole. Cover with half of plastic bottle, so you protect plant from night frosts and will not allow to evaporate to moisture which is necessary for young eustoma. These flowers need moderate watering which should be made in process of drying of the earth. The plant on fertilizing by fertilizers praises. Blossoming of eustoma begins approximately in the middle of July, comes to an end in October.