How to care for violets at home

In 1892, Vulter Saint-Paul discovered this plant. The seeds he collected were sent to Germany, where they were sown in the botanical garden near Hanover. In his honor, they are called senpolia.

They relate to the family of Gesneriae, which contains 21 species of perennial herbaceous plants, common in the northerly regions of South-East Africa. In the room culture, the general recognition was won by the Fiolet-colored Senpolia, widely known as the African or Umbra violet.

At the moment, there are more than 1,500 widows of Saintpaulia. All of them are hybrids, the result of crossing the sentia of the violet and the senpolia erroneous. They differ from each other in shape, in the size of the color of the leaves and flowers. By the nature of the flowers of the plant there are simple, semi-double and double violets. They differ in size by three types: large - with a height of more than 40 cm, miniature - less than 20 cm and subminiature - less than 7 cm.

Violet is not the easiest plant to care for. Below you will learn how to care for the violets at home.

Purchase.

Pay special attention to the leaves when buying. Do not take the plant with incomprehensible spots on the leaves or too tight accurate growth. Most likely, the plant is affected by some disease. Its choice should be stopped on a plant with bright green leaves without signs of pests and diseases. Therefore, how to care for violets healthy and strong is much easier than nursing a sick plant. What is not always possible even for a specialist.

Location.

Violet likes light, but you should avoid direct sunlight. They can be fatal to plants. The eastern and western windows will be ideal. But we must watch that the midday sun does not fall on the plants. At this time, use curtains to protect plants. In winter, the plant is best rearranged to the southern window and shaded from a strong direct sun.

The optimum temperature for violets is +20 ... 24 С, not lower than +16 С.

The light day should be 13 - 14 hours.

Watering and fertilizer.

Watering is one of the most important items in the care of violets. To understand how to care for violets correctly, one must adhere to the following irrigation rules. Water for irrigation must necessarily be warm, at room temperature, preferably soft. For this, water is defended.

The soil in the pot must always be moist. Watering can be carried out from above as well as from below. But with the top watering, be sure to make sure that the water does not fall on the leaves and the point of growth.

The best way for watering will be watering from the bottom. It is carried out as follows. It is necessary to take a deep bowl or a basin, pour in warm, standing water and put a pot of plant there. Water should reach the edge of the pot. You need to get a pot when the kidney from above looks and feels wet to the touch. Watering violets in this way should not be more than once a week.

Violets also need to ensure optimum humidity around. Since you can not spray the plant, the best way is to put the pot with the plant on a pallet with pebbles or peat.

Do not often make fertilizer. A poor plant species is not always a consequence of a lack of nutrients. This may be due to violation of the conditions of detention. During the flowering period, the plant should be fed every 2 weeks. In the rest period it is recommended to do this every 3 to 4 weeks. Do not apply fertilizer when the kidney is dry.

Earth mixture.

Certain requirements are imposed on the soil for violets. It should pass air well, be loose and easily absorb water. You can buy ready-made earth mixture in the store, but it is possible to cook it at home. To land for violets to meet all the requirements, you will need coniferous earth and peat in a proportion of 2: 1.

Violets require good drainage. When planting the plant, almost half the pot must be filled with expanded clay.

It is also necessary to remove new sockets, damaged leaves and faded flowers in time. All this complicates the growth and development of violets.

Following all these not very complicated rules, you can easily figure out how to care for violets at home.