Garden and indoor balsam or light: growing, photo, care

Indoor Balsam is a flowering plant that is part of the Balsamic family. Homeland - the tropics and subtropics of Asia and Africa.

In common people they call an asterisk, a spark, Vanka wet.

Description of Balsam

The trunks are juicy, but brittle, the rhizome is kidney-shaped. The foliage is oval or heart-shaped, narrows at the very beginning, and approaching the petiole expands, there is a small spine at the edges. The color is dark green with a lilac shimmer.

The buds have five petals of different colors - from pale pink to red. Fruits are green, after ripening form a dry box.

Types of Balsamins

In room conditions, it will be possible to grow such varieties of light:

Balsam (light): home care

When caring for balsam at home, you need to focus on the season of the year:

Transplanting into a new pot, primer for a twinkle

Balsam transplantation is performed 1-2 times a year. The best time is spring.

The procedure is carried out 14 days after the purchase of the plant, or at any time when it has been noticed that the root system peeks through the drainage holes or pests are found. The pot is selected 1.5-2 cm more than the old one.

A prerequisite for a transplant is laying a drainage layer consisting of stones, expanded clay and sand. Next, add 1.5-2 cm of earth.

The flower is placed in the center of the new pot, and the empty space is densely covered with soil. Abundantly watered and left in partial shade for 7-14 days.

The soil for transplantation is purchased in a store or made independently, for this, the following components are taken in the same amount:

• turf land;
• humus;
• perlite.

Breeding

A twinkle is a flower that is propagated by seeds and cuttings.

The first version of the planting material is used all year round, the main thing is to adhere to the germination plan:

1. Seeds are kept for 10 minutes in a light solution of potassium permanganate.
2. The soil is mixed from perlite and peat in a ratio of 1: 2.
3. Planting material is buried by 7 cm and moisten the soil, cover the container with a film, creating conditions there at + 20 ... +25 ° С.
4. The first sprouts appear after 8-10 days.
5. The soil is occasionally ventilated.
6. When the seedlings grow to 1.5-2 cm, they dive.
7. After the emergence of one real leaf, the flowers are transplanted in separate pots.

This sequence must be fully respected, otherwise you can provoke the death of plants.

Cuttings are considered a more popular method of reproduction, since the process is simpler, and all species characteristics are fully preserved.

The procedure is performed according to the following plan:

1. In the warm season, the top of the shoot is cut at a length of 7 cm. There are 2-3 internodes on each handle. The lower foliage is removed.
2. The shoot is placed in a container of water and waiting for the formation of rhizomes.
3. Soil is taken the same as with the seed propagation method.
4. After the appearance of roots, cuttings are planted in different pots. From above they are covered with banks.
5. After 14 days, rooting is observed, and after a few months, the shrub begins to bloom.

Experienced flower growers plant balsam shoots immediately in the soil, after treating the plants with the means to accelerate the formation of the root system (Kornevin).

The rules for the care of garden balsam in the open ground

Balsam cultivation in open soil is carried out on the east or west side of the garden. With high-quality lighting, Vanka wet blooms for a long time and abundantly. Shrubs planted in the shade have half as few buds.

Seedlings for open ground are grown in the house, but after the end of the frosts they are planted in the soil. Planting material is pre-tempered, daily taking out for several hours on the balcony or in the garden.

Wells for planting a flower create from each other at a distance of 25-30 cm. If the earth is not fertile, then humus, peat and sand are added to each hole in advance.

The seedlings are carefully removed from the pot, rearranged into a recess, covered with earth, watered, mulched. To get a wide bush, pinch the top of the plant.

Growing a little garden light, planting and care should be at the highest level. The plant is regularly watered, since a lack of moisture leads to folding, withering and shedding of foliage. Suitable time is in the evening, after sunset.

Once every 14 days, balsam is fed with complex fertilizer for flowering plants. Pay attention to the fact that the composition was potassium and nitrogen. Wilted buds are regularly removed.

How to stimulate a flowering twinkle

Blooming balsam may be absent due to such situations:

• large capacity - large pots provoke the growth of rhizomes, which is offset by a decrease in the number of ovaries;
• cramped vessel - the root system is rapidly increasing, the leaves are falling;
• temperature below +15 ° С - wintering has come, during this period the absence of buds is observed;
• excessive amounts of nitrogen - frequent top dressing provokes the appearance of greenery, but not flowers;
• low air humidity.

Taking into account all these factors and preventing their occurrence, you can enjoy long and abundant flowering.

Mistakes in care, diseases, pests of balsam

During growth, the light can be attacked by insects and diseases, which is often caused by errors in care:

The fight against these problems begins in the first stages, if this is not done, the plant dies.

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