Such window plant as violet, can be pleasing to the eye the charming blossoming all the year round. This rather unpretentious plant as it is not too exacting to growth conditions. However there are cases when the violet refuses to blossom. To understand the true reason of such behavior, it is necessary to pay attention to some moments in care for this flower.
Conditions of the correct cultivation of violet
First of all, it is necessary to choose correctly pot for violet. It has to be wide, but not too high. Besides, the size of flowerpot has to correspond to the volume of all root system of plant.
The drainage layer at the bottom of pot has to make about 2 cm.
Soil has to be loosened, air-permeable and subacidic. You can buy special soil for violets in flower shops or make it independently, having connected together the following ingredients: - vermiculite;
- sphagnum; - peat; - perlite; - little wood charcoal. Considering the fact that violets love a lot of light, try to choose such place where the huge amount of diffused light would accumulate in the house, but there would be no direct beams from the sun. In case of the shortage of light the leaves of violet will break the usual horizontal position and will grow up. As additional lighting you can use fluorescent lamps or phytolamps which should be included only when the daylight hours is less than 10 hours.
Councils for necessary care for violet
At the correct care for violet it is necessary to take several factors into account. Correct watering. It needs to be made through pallet. After all soil becomes damp, water from pallet needs to be drained. Water violet much in the winter less than in other seasons. However it does not affect abundance of watering, it is recommended to moisten lump of the earth completely.
Refuse frequent and strong superficial watering as it can lead to rotting of rhizomes and further to death of all flower. Besides, you remember that water for watering should not be below room temperature.
Annual change. At each change attentively examine violet roots. Begun to rot and dry delete by cutting. After survey the flower should be planted in fresh soil. Subforage. Once in 7-10 days it is necessary to feed up flower special nutritious fertilizers for violets or for the blossoming plants. If you contain plant at the room temperature of 23-25 degrees, for the night the flower should be taken out to the cool place (15-16os is average temperature which favorably influences blossoming of violet). Removal of the lower leaves. Such procedure stimulates blossoming, but it should be seen off only in month after planned change. As a result of implementation of all above-mentioned recommendations you will be able to see how your violet had had new gentle lobes. Love the plant, and it will give in reply to you the beauty!