Indoor violets are beautiful plants that are found in almost every home. As a houseplant, they began to grow from the beginning of the twentieth century. During this time, many flower growers fell in love with plants. Violet Sagittarius Elite and many other varieties bloom all year round, but for this you need to properly care for the plant.
Sort of violets Sagittarius Elite: description
It is characterized by large terry flowers of violet-purple color with pinkish-crimson fantasy. Violet Sagittarius Elite has a beautiful green foliage. The socket is standard, not large, with an even shape, well formed.
Variety flowers are large, bright. It is characterized by different shades predominant - either red-blue tones, then blue-red. The color of the flower is not violet-purple, but rather dark purple, with bright pink peas. Each bloom is unpredictable, because different shades prevail: something less, something more. Peduncles of violets Sagittarius Elite are weak, but are arranged in a circle, forming a wreath.
When grown by leaf, many children are formed on it, which bloom early.
The violet Sagittarius Elite is characterized by a strong pinching. We have to constantly monitor this and remove the processes. In the breeding process gives a lot of sports.
Content
Many consider the violet Sagittarius Elite a whimsical variety that needs special care. But actually it is not. Caring for a room violet is practically no different from growing other indoor plants. With all the rules, you can get a well-developing plant.
Lighting Temperature
Violet Sagittarius Elite must be placed in a well-lit place, but without direct sunlight. If you put the pot on the windowsill, you must make sure that the leaves do not touch the glass.
With insufficient lighting, the plant is illuminated with fluorescent lamps, thus providing the violet with 15 hours of light per day.
When growing, it is necessary to monitor the temperature. It should be 20-24 degrees. In winter - not lower than 18 degrees.
Indoor violets are afraid of drafts, but they need oxygen. Therefore, it is recommended to ventilate the room where the flowers are located by removing them.
Features of watering
Violets can not be poured, they do not tolerate this. It is quite enough to water a plant a couple of times a week, but the exact frequency of watering is determined by the level of humidity in the room.
During flowering, water should not be allowed to enter the inflorescences, in the center of the outlet. It is harmful to spray - this leads to various diseases. A sparing method is watering with immersion of the pot in a container in which water is poured. For this method, sand, expanded clay or river pebbles are poured into the pallet. A pot with a plant is placed on top, in the lower part of which there are drainage holes. Through them, water will penetrate the outlet.
Ground for violets
When planting Violet AE Sagittarius Elite, you should choose the right soil. It must be nutritious and loose.
The substrate for planting violets can be purchased at a garden store, or you can make it yourself. In this case, you need sheet earth, sand and peat, taken in a ratio of 5: 1: 3. If the violet is to be transplanted, then a layer of expanded clay should be laid out in the pot to prevent stagnation of water, as this leads to plant diseases. Additionally, charcoal and moss are added to the soil.
The root system of violets is not deep, so a pot with a diameter of 8-12 cm is enough. A smaller diameter prevents the development and growth of the plant.
Top dressing
Violets should be fed throughout the year with complex fertilizers for decorative flowering plants. In winter, one feeding is enough, and in spring and autumn - up to three times. In summer, violets are fed only when necessary.
Breeding
Propagated by violet vegetatively - stepsons and leaves, peduncles. The latter method is complicated, therefore, most often a flower is propagated by a leaf.
Cut sheets can be rooted in soil or in water. In the first case, they need to provide greenhouse conditions. In the second case, activated carbon is necessarily added to the water so that the leaf does not rot.
When rooting in water after the formation of roots, the leaves are planted in the ground, deepening by 1-2 cm. After the appearance of children 3-5 cm in size, they are separated from the mother sheet and seated in separate containers. To speed up rooting, plantings are placed in a greenhouse.
To get the beautiful violet Sagittarius Elite, as in the photo, it is recommended to comply with all conditions for growing a plant and caring for it.