Balsam - very unpretentious plant. Thanks to this quality several decades ago it was very popular among amateur flower growers and "Wet Vanka" (so called balsam in the people) could be met practically in each house. Today selectors have removed set of new grades with beautiful terry and simple flowers, resistant to heat and sunlight.
Features of care for balsam
Pick up the place, suitable for plant, in your apartment. The balsam will feel well on light windowsill, but it is necessary to exclude hit on plant of direct sunshine. It is also possible to arrange flower and in half-shade, but blossoming will not be as abundant, as at good lighting.
That the bush was well developed and symmetric, periodically develop pot as sprouts of plant reach for light.
Optimum temperature for cultivation of balsam +20-26os, that is normal room temperature. If temperature is lower than 20 wasps, reduce the number of waterings and stop to spray plant.
In summertime the flower likes to take shower. It is necessary to wash out leaves from dust under warm flowing water. After such shower it is necessary to put balsam to the warm place that has dried, and then to move pot to the normal place.
Reproduction of balsam
After the end of blossoming, cut off escapes and put them in water. They will give backs soon, and they can be landed in flowerpot.
It is the best of all to grow up "Wet Vanka" as one-year culture as its escapes are very strongly extended, and the bush loses the tidy look.
For cultivation of balsam soft nutritious soil is necessary. It is possible to take ready or to make pochvosmes of the garden earth, sand and humus in the ratio 3:1:2. Bury to the soil shank with backs (in one capacity it is possible to land a little) on depth of 3-5 cm. It will very quickly start in growth, and literally in few weeks you will have new healthy plants, and they completely will keep all qualities of maternal flower. "Wet Vanka" can be grown up from seeds, in this case you receive several high-quality plants at low price. Prepare landless substrate which has to consist of peat and perlite in the ratio 2:1. Flower seeds very small therefore just scatter them on surface and slightly press to substrate. Slightly spray soil from spray. For good germination of balsam create damp conditions, make the improvised small greenery, having just put pot with seeds in package, or cover it with glass. Optimum temperature for prorashchivaniye +20-25os. As soon as there are couple of leaflets, remove film or glass as the excessive humidity can lead to rotting of saplings.