Violets are the most popular home flowers. Most gardeners give them preference due to the variety of varieties and ease of care. However, this does not mean that a delicate flower does not need care, top dressing and proper watering. It is especially worthwhile to be vigilant to owners of an unusual variety of violets - Raisins. Today it is very often found on the windowsills of apartment buildings and suburban areas. Consider more detailed information about this unusual flower.
Description
Violet DS-Raisins (Demetris) belongs to the Gesneriev family (senpolia). It is distinguished by lavender-colored flowers with white spots (sometimes they can occupy a large area of the petal). A wide white border runs along the edges of the slightly corrugated petals. On the border of the border there is a thin raspberry strip. The eye of the senpolia is white.
Another distinctive feature of this variety is a neat and compact outlet. The leaves of the flower are small, medium green.
Violet Raisins, the photo of which is presented below, is also very often called Uzambara. To date, more than 32,000 varieties of this extraordinary plant are known. Therefore, take a closer look at the flowers on the windowsill, perhaps in one of the pots it is the Saintpaulia that grows, blooming, it fascinates with its image in the photo. Description of violet Raisins and the features of caring for her we will consider further.
After all, there are still many questions regarding this flower. For example, how to care for a plant? Where is it best to put it? How to water?
Violet Raisins: choosing a place
After the flower appears in the house, first of all, it is necessary to determine where it will stand. Saintpaulia is recommended to be placed in a lit place, however, direct sunlight should not fall on the plant. It is also worth avoiding drafts. Experienced flower growers recommend putting violet Raisins on the east side of the room. Thanks to this, the plant will bathe in the morning sun, which is less aggressive and scorching. This will positively affect the flowering of violets.
If the layout of the apartment does not allow you to put the pot in the right place, then you need to protect the delicate plant from burns. To do this, you need to hang blinds, curtains or a special dimming film on the window. In this case, you need to ensure that the sun falls on the petals of the violets in the morning and in no case does not burn them in the afternoon.
If there is insufficient lighting, this will lead to a decrease in flowering. To correct the situation, you can use an artificial lighting system. For this, a special phytolamp is suitable, which must be turned on for 10-12 hours daily. The optimum air temperature for the plant is from +18 to +24 ° C.
In which pot to plant
Violet Raisins, a photo of which demonstrate its main advantages, needs to be properly planted. Usually plants of this species are planted in small pots (5-7 cm in diameter). If you land the senpolia in a very large capacity, it will not look very nice. In addition, too large a pot will lead to the fact that the plant will actively grow, instead of blooming.
If you really want the bush to be large, then it is worth considering that in such conditions the first flowers on the violet will appear no earlier than after 2 years.
The roots of this plant are located quite close to the surface, so a large pot is not required.
If we talk about the packaging material, it is best to use plastic or ceramic pots. The first are very cheap, they are flexible and have a long service life. However, such pots do not allow the roots of the plant to breathe. Therefore, it is worth buying plastic containers only if they are sold together with a special pallet with a ribbed surface. Due to this, air will enter the root system through the drainage holes.
Also on sale are often very beautiful glazed pots. They have the same disadvantages. The best pots are ceramic. Violet DS-Raisins, the photo of which is presented in the article, feels best in such conditions.
Soil selection
If we talk about the soil, then it is easiest to buy in a specialized flower shop. However, some experienced flower growers do not trust the factory compounds, and prefer to prepare the soil with their own hands. To do this, you must:
- Place drainage in 1/3 of the pot (you can use charcoal, brick screenings or expanded clay for this).
- Fill containers with light, nutritious and breathable soil. To prepare it, you can mix simple earth with leaf humus, turfy soil, rotted manure and vermicompost. To make the soil soft and breathing it is necessary to use peat, light garden soil or sphagnum moss. Also, quartz sand or vermiculite is suitable as a baking powder.
Breeding
In order to get several plants from one bush of raisins Raisins, it is enough to follow just a few simple steps:
- Cut a leaf from the main bush.
- Place it in a vessel of water.
- Wait until the roots appear on the sheet.
- Transplant it into a small pot of earth.
- Cover with a glass jar to create a miniature greenhouse.
If propagated varietal violet seeds, then its quality may deteriorate, moreover, it is not so interesting.
To feed an adult plant and a newly transplanted process, it is recommended to use phosphorus fertilizers.
If the flowers do not appear on the violet for a very long time, then you need to cut off all the leaves of the plant and put it in a cool place (about +15 ° C) for a day. This will cause new buds to appear.
How to prune a bush
In order for the violet to be even and symmetrical, it is necessary to periodically form it. It must be remembered that the rosette of the plant should consist of 3 rows of leaves. If there is a bunch of leaves in the center, then the flower will not form correctly, but will begin to grow in all directions.
First of all, you need to get rid of yellowed and diseased foliage. In order to properly separate it from the trunk, you need to grab the sheet with your thumb and forefinger and press the base with your fingernail. After that, it is enough to twist movements to separate the unwanted element of vegetation.
If after trimming the bush the trunk of the violet looks bare, you need to dig it a little into the ground.