Terry gloxinia: care, cultivation, reproduction.

Double gloxinia - small houseplants, which are rightly enjoyed by all the florists: those who are just beginning their acquaintance with the flower world, and those who have been growing a variety of plants for many years.

This small flower is completely unpretentious, knowing the features of caring for it, it is not difficult to achieve constant and abundant flowering. Let's talk about this in more detail.

So, you bought this amazing plant and are thinking about where to place it. Terry gloxins like heat and diffuse light, and they need a high level of humidity. It is recommended to water the flowers with warm, settled water. In no case can the plant be sprayed - it can do much harm to it. Even with watering, try not to drop the drops on the foliage. This is such a water-polluting plant.

Gloksinia terry, care for which is carried out properly, has a long flowering - from spring and until about the end of summer. Be sure to remember that the flowering plant spends several times more energy than during the rest period, and therefore needs additional fertilizing. The earth in the pot must be constantly loosened.

In autumn, gloxinia gradually begins a period of rest. The leaves begin to dry up, so they must be carefully removed. Also, the intensity of irrigation should be reduced.

When the ground in the pot dries, you should remove the pot in a cooler room. Watering during wintering is possible, only it is necessary to do this very rarely (it will be enough two times). Approximately in February, the first shoots should appear. In early spring, it is recommended to transplant gloxinium into a new soil.

Terry gloxinia, tips of florists

1. The plant does not require a deep pot, its root system develops in width.
2. To create more flowers, the plant should provide a lot of space and bright scattered rays.
3. To water gloxinium it is necessary in time, except for a bay or peresushivanie an earth coma of a flower.
4. Avoid direct sunlight on the plant.

Terry gloxins. When is it better to transplant?

Optimum for the transplantation of a newly awakened tuber with small sprouts.

Before planting, prepare the tuber gloxinia: it should be washed, remove old roots and thoroughly inspect for damage. If you find stains of rot and other possible damage, you need to carefully cut them. Next, you need to dry the tuber (no more than a day), and then soak in the solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes.

Terry gloxinium multiplies in several ways - seeds, division of the tuber, leaf cuttings.

Seeds of terry gloxins are sold in almost any flower shop. The sowing is carried out in December - February.

Leaf cuttings put in a container of water and waiting for the appearance of rootlets, then planted.

A division of the tuber is propagated in the spring. It is cut into parts (it is necessary that each one has at least 2 sprouts), crushed coal is applied to the sections and placed in different pots. For two days, the plants are not watered.