Growing
You can grow a decorative garden violet, but if you bring it from the forest and plant it in the garden, it will immediately begin to develop new territories.
Preparing for landing
Prepare the soil for planting violets in the fall. An illuminated place is chosen, it is possible with a weak shadow. The plant loves the morning sun, and does not tolerate scorching heat and drought. Soils with neutral acidity are prepared for planting. The site should be dug up in winter, at the same time introducing humus and superphosphates into it.
Before planting in the spring, the site must be loosened to enrich it with oxygen. The violet is placed in a sunny place with an unobtrusive shade, the sun provides it with abundant flowering. Seedlings or seeds are planted in the prepared soil. The soil should be of medium humidity. In the forest, this plant chooses lowlands and has a sufficient amount of moisture.
Reproduction
Most often, the reproduction of Saintpaulia is carried out using cuttings. The procedure can be carried out in two ways: by germination in soil or in water. In the first case, the sprouts are simply placed in the ground. In the second case, they are kept in a container with a small amount of warm boiled liquid. The cuttings themselves are usually obtained from strong healthy leaves from the central row, which are cut off at the base with a well-sharpened, pre-processed tool. You can plant the cutting in the substrate when the length of the root system reaches a centimeter.
Seedlings are watered, but in moderation.
Features of caring for a violet Winter Rose at home
In general, the rules of care do not differ fundamentally from other saintpaulias. This makes the variety a desirable acquisition for any grower who has experience in growing violets.
Temperature
The ideal temperature regime for most varieties of indoor violets is in the range of + 22-24 ° С. They will suffer a decline and a rise of a couple of degrees without loss. But cooling below +15 ° С, as well as increasing to +30 ° С and more, can lead to the death of the flower.
Lighting
Light is needed bright and diffused. The pot can be placed on the south window if a taller plant is placed next to it, creating a shadow. The eastern and western windowsills are much more suitable, where there is a bright light only in the morning or in the afternoon.
Watering
It is best to water through the pallet. Young bushes need it more often, since the volume of the pot is smaller. It is even better to lower the container into the water 1/3 of the height from below until wet spots appear on the surface of the soil, and then remove it and put it on a dry pallet.
Spraying
It is categorically contraindicated for drops and splashes of water to hit the petals and leaves. But it is useful to humidify the air around. To do this, a pot with a pallet is placed on a wider pallet filled with small pebbles immersed in water.
Humidity
Violets love damp air, so hot and dry leaves and flowers dry out. If the humidity in the room is below 60%, you will have to create an artificial microclimate around the flower pot, for example, by placing it in an aquarium or greenhouse.
Priming
The soil mixture for transplanting is prepared from leafy earth with the addition of sand, humus, pieces of charcoal, coconut fiber, peat. If you add moss, it will only improve the composition of the soil, as well as agroperlite or vermiculite for looseness. Optimal acidity pH = 5.5-6.5. Drainage from coal or small pebbles is placed on the bottom.
Top dressing
To bloom, violets require phosphorus and potassium. Nitrogen is introduced only at the stage of active development of a young plant before the first flowering. Periodically, it is useful to water the flower with water with the addition of a couple of drops of iodine, or a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate.
Important! In winter, once a month, they give slightly sweetened water for nutrition.
Reproduction of violets
Reproduction of Saintpaulias occurs by leaves. They are rooted in soil or water. To do this, you need to cut off a leaf with a petiole from the second row of the outlet, and, depending on the method, do the following:
- place it in a container of boiled water and wait for the roots to appear at least 1 cm long. After that, the violet is planted in a pot with a special loose soil;
- if rooted immediately in the ground, then the leaf is placed immediately in the ground. The cutting is dropped to a depth of no more than 2 cm. Baking powder perlite and vermiculite are added to the soil.
Violet seedlings must be kept in greenhouse conditions, this is done using polyethylene or a plastic container on top. In some cases, instead of a leaf for reproduction, a peduncle is taken. Actions with him are similar to a leaf with a handle.
It is worth remembering that a violet grown from a cutting will not always possess the qualities of a parent flower. It can have a different color with green tips of petals curled into a fringe.
Additional Information. Such plants are called sports. They have the same decorative appearance as varietal violets, but are unsuitable for further breeding. Nevertheless, sport violets have wavy leaves, larger buds and longer flowering. Such a plant will become a decoration of the collection, although it is not able to reproduce.
Transplant after purchase and during reproduction
After purchase, the violet should not be transplanted immediately. She must go through the incubation period in the same container in which she grew up in the store.
Attention! For 14 days, the plant should be protected from the rest, it is advisable to place it in a separate room. This is necessary in order to protect home flowers from diseases and parasites that Saintpaulia can bring with it.
Further transplantation is carried out by transshipment. A transplant to a new place is carried out 1 time in 2 years, it is possible more often, but not less often. At the same time, the size of the pot should increase slightly each time, but it should not be too deep.
In a large pot, the plant will slow down as it will be absorbed primarily by the build-up of the root system. Only after it wraps around an earthen ball, the ground part will begin to develop.
Violet transplant
Violet, description and photo RS-Ice Rose (S. Repkina)
Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L" (RS).
RS-Ice Rose (S. Repkina).
PC-Icy Rose, RS-Ledyanaya Roza (S. Repkina).
Large semi-double and double white flowers with cherry strokes and light green fringes along the edge of corrugated petals.
Medium green quilted large wavy foliage. Leaves with a palm, up to 13 cm long. The rosette turns out to be huge, up to 45 cm in diameter. The rosette looks even, the leaves are on top of each other.
The color of the flower is light at first, then the strokes darken. There can be any number of red strokes. A green fringe appears in the cool. The flowers are of medium size, about 6 cm, rather small in a relatively large rosette, against its background the bouquet itself seems unprepossessing. Buds, like heads of cabbage, are not inferior in beauty to flowers. Peduncles do not stand, they lie in a wreath on the outlet.
Long-lasting flowering. Amicable flowering does not work. On the peduncle, 2-3 flowers. One flower opens, and the other has faded by this time. The flower remains bright until the very end, it does not fade, but rather becomes darker. In each flowering, under the same conditions of maintenance and agricultural technology, a different amount of white, green, the number and size of flowers.
The variety is fast-growing, not capricious. The variety is temperature dependent. When kept in cool conditions (+20), it turns out to be pale, at a temperature of +26 it is less white. In the heat, flowers always float, there is little white and the green border is absent, only the center and the border remain white.
A plant with curly, strongly wavy foliage and cabbage flowers with a chic green ruffle is a sport.The flowers are larger, open for a long time and bloom for a long time.
Do you know that…?
In addition to the effect of general rejuvenation of the plant, the separation of the “head” allows rapid propagation of rare and difficult-to-repeat varietal coloration of plants. Numerous stepchildren will soon appear on the remaining hemp with several healthy leaves. They can be separated and rooted just like naturally occurring stepchildren. Young plants obtained in this way retain the varietal coloration of their parents much better.
Before buying the violets listed below, carefully read their behavior on the windowsill on the forums. Many of them are very beautiful flowers. However, it can be large rosettes with large and fragile leaves, with leaves rising upward or hugging the pot, form many stepsons interfering with the formation of a neat rosette, pulls the stem up and grows into a herringbone, bending the trunk, rare flowering with long breaks, flowers that fall off or keep a little and wither quickly, very long and recumbent peduncles, the color of the flower quickly fades, they do not like bright lighting on the windowsill, they are afraid of the slightest drying out or waterlogging, a large percentage of sports or the darkening of the flower.
Are they suitable for your windowsill and the conditions you can create for them? You will be looking at flowers for several months, and the rosette is always in front of your eyes. There are many beautiful flowers, beautiful and neat outlets are much less, look first of all at the outlet! Search and you can find a dozen violets with the same color of flowers, if you are not interested in the smallest details, as a collector.
• - Laura (Repkina); • - Forest Pearl (Repkina); • - Lesovichok (Repkina); • - Downpour (Repkina); • - Moonlight (Repkina); • - Frog Queen (Repkina);
RS-Avalanche (S. Repkina).
RS-Lady Macbeth (S. Repkina).
RS-Ice Captivity (S. Repkina).
RS-Forest Lace (S. Repkina).
Continuation: Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L".
Continuation: Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L" (EC).
Continuation: Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L" (LE).
Continuation: Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L" (Macuni).
Continuation: Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L" (Morev).
How to choose?
The correct choice of violets cannot be limited to the most popular and attractive varieties. It is advisable to consider first of all the simplest unpretentious varieties. The fact is that the violet is very capricious, it is extremely difficult for even experienced flower growers to cope with it. It is quite difficult to achieve an excellent result, which exhibitors and organizers are proud of. You can buy planting material in any season.
If it's hot outside, you can be afraid of decay of seedlings and seedlings. If you buy a baby at this time, she will get sick for a long time. In winter, plants on the way home may freeze completely. It is best to buy leafy cuttings from exhibitions.
A leaf taken from the center of the outlet does not fit well. There they are too young and not sufficiently resistant to adverse conditions. When buying a finished plant, you should immediately check for brown areas on the foliage. It's too bad when they are too soft. Vendors may argue that foliage will become firm again after watering, but this is not always the case.
It is worth touching the violet rosette. If it falls apart when touched, such planting material should not be taken under any circumstances. It is recommended to carefully check that the selected variety is zoned in your region (city).
Possible growing difficulties
When growing at home Saintpaulia Ice Rose, you should be prepared for the fact that it will be attacked by pests.
Consider the most dangerous of them and how to deal with them:
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Spider mite. Usually invisible to the naked eye. Appears on old, dried leaves. Sign - white cobwebs are barely visible on the leaves.If the affected leaves are few, they are removed, with a large lesion, insecticidal treatment of the violet is carried out.
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Thrips. Very small elongated parasites flying from flower to flower. Often they get into the house together with poplar fluff and street flowers. If found on a flower, treat the leaves and stem with Fitoverm solution.
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Aphid. The method of entry is cut street flowers brought into the house, as well as keeping violets in a too warm, insufficiently ventilated room. To prevent damage, you should not place a vase with brought flowers next to the saintpaulia, and also strictly observe the temperature regime for keeping the flower. If violets are affected, insecticides should be applied, which are sprayed on the lower parts of the leaves, since aphids usually live in such secluded places.
Susceptible to Ice Rose and some diseases, including:
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Powdery mildew. Signs of the disease are: at the initial stage - hard-to-remove white plaque on the leaves and petioles, with the progression of the disease - ulcerative damage to all parts of the flower, uneven surface of the leaves, and in the final stage - cessation of growth, weakness and death of the plant. The cause of the disease is high humidity and low temperature in the room, excess nitrogen in the soil, poor care. At the first signs of the disease, you need to examine the flower and remove the affected leaves. Then you should treat the plant with a fungicide (Fundazol, Topaz) and place it in a dark and warm place.
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Rust. If it is present, small yellowish spots form on the outer surface of the leaves, and a yellow rash on the reverse side. The cause of the disease is a lack of sunlight and, as a result, a reduced immunity of the violet. The affected leaves are removed, the plant is treated with Fitosporin-M, after which it is temporarily isolated from other plants.
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Decay of roots. Symptoms: a change in the appearance of the leaves, their loss of elasticity, sagging, their apparent dustiness. The cause of the disease is excessive moisture in the substrate, caused by frequent watering with cold water, especially in cool rooms. As a treatment, the biofungicide "Fitosporin" is used, which is added to the water for irrigation, or, as an option, you can spray with this drug.
Transplant and shaping
A violet that has reached one year of age can be transplanted every two years. The procedure is carried out by the transshipment method, which allows keeping the root system intact. Shaping should be done from time to time. Due to this, there is not only a beautiful growth of the rosette, but also an elongation of the central trunk, leading to a visual distance between the flowers and the leaves.
Rejuvenating Saintpaulia is a simple process. The top of the rosette is cut and either rooted in the soil or placed in water to form roots. As soon as the root system is formed, the flower can be transplanted into fresh soil. A simplified version of the rejuvenation procedure includes the removal of faded buds, dried leaves and stepchildren.
Interesting information about the variety
The dependence of the shape and color of flowers on the ambient temperature is very interesting.
At + 20 ° C, cherry blotches are not observed on the flower petals.
They remain white with green fringes around the edges.
When this indicator rises to + 26 ° C, the cherry color begins to prevail, the green edging disappears altogether.
Each new bloom remains unpredictable, which gives the opportunity to experiment with color.
Not always during reproduction, children grown by the cuttings method can inherit the characteristics of the mother's violet. The resulting Ice Rose has an uncharacteristic coloration of a different color with invariable green fringes around the edges.
Such violets are called sports by breeders. In sport, the buds are more developed, flowering takes longer, but they are not suitable for further reproduction.
In their beauty, sports are not inferior to mother plants and can become a worthy addition to the collection of a florist.
Sixth winter at Ice Rose Castle. Chapter 1
When the familiar tower emerged from the tangled weave of bare branches of a sleeping winter forest, my heart sank in my chest. I thought that I had almost forgotten everything during these seven years - but the closer the Ice Rose Castle got, the brighter and more vividly the images of elusive childhood rose before my eyes. Pranks and pranks, grievances and small victories, the first real trials and the first real tears ... And friendship - then I also believed that it was real.
And in the center of this cycle, like an axis around which all my memories revolve, is a tall black figure. The outlines are blurry. I suddenly suddenly realize that I hardly remember the face of a person whose name I simply forbade myself to pronounce for a long time, even mentally. I try to remember, but his image stubbornly eludes me. Still, seven years is a long time for the child I once was.
The castle of the ice rose was getting closer and closer, and at the same time my nervousness grew.
No, I honestly tried! Ignore the panic that broke through in an unstoppable wave. Heaven, what am I doing! Where am I going? What for? Why reopen these wounds?
Suddenly, very vividly and in colors, it was imagined how everything would be - a huge, enormous castle, crowds of discharged guests ... and in the middle of all this splendor - one lost me. No, after all, silence and loneliness are more familiar to me. I have no idea how to find my place where I probably already ...
- Dad, what if they've all forgotten me? .. - I can't hold back and turn to him, I almost fly off the bench from this movement - and so I sat on the very edge.
My father looks at me warmly and knowingly. And he answers - it seems, not to the question that I asked, but to the one that I really wanted to ask. Shakes her head.
- No, Cathy! He has not forgotten you. Look out the window.
... Silver flashed between the trees. Then again and again.
Snow deer rider.
Dressed in black, he bends down to the very neck of the mighty beautiful animal, and both of them seem to be an arrow, rushing through the jungle against the wind, scattering sparks of snow. An arrow fired from my half-forgotten past into the present.
A silvery flash is lost from sight, but I know that our paths will cross soon.
At the entrance to the castle fence, a strange detail caught my eye, which absolutely did not exist seven years ago. On both sides of the road, perpendicular to it, there is a long earthen rampart, a fathom high. I did not see the edges - they were lost in the forest thicket, which here, so close to the Castle of the Ice Rose, was already completely free of snow. Sloping, overgrown with grass and in places with moss, cracked in some places - the rampart looked like a giant underground serpent spread across my path, and it was about to wake up and begin to get out.
I will have to remember to ask what else it is, from ... from someone. I'll ask someone in the castle about it. Yes, even with old Thornwood - I hope he is in good health and still serves as a butler for the Winterstones.
The closer I got to the source of my anxiety, the more vividly and fully childhood memories came to life in my memory, and the more differences I found. It would seem that they were not so significant, but they sharply reminded me of how much time I had lost.
The castle has hardly changed, except that its stone has become completely pale gray, almost white - like a rain cloud that has already wept out almost all of its grievances and is preparing to become a frivolous cloud. And roses - my wonderful blue roses have already climbed up to the very tower and covered part of the wall with a thick carpet. Eager green fingers are about to stretch out into that cherished window, tightly closed by shutters, behind which hides a still unsolved mystery.
Around the castle, much more unusual was waiting for me.
Instead of the openwork cast-iron fence that once surrounded the garden, there is a high wall of white brick, on top of it sharp peaks stick out.A heavy oak gate, bound with strips of steel. True, they are wide open, and our crew passes without a single hitch, but on the right a small squat room was discovered, most of all reminiscent of a guardhouse. When two men came out in cuirass and with halberds, I realized that this was her.
We were not asked about anything and bowed briefly. The armor of the guard bears the coat of arms of Winterstones - a blue rose in a silver circle.
So, what is it that we have there in the distance, next to the outbuildings? Is it not a two-story barracks for an hour, judging by the armed people entering and leaving it?
Growing conditions
The "ice rose" requires fertile, loose soil that is easy to breathe but retains moisture. An excellent solution would be to purchase a ready-made mixture in a store, enriched with all the necessary substances.
You can make the mixture yourself. In this case, it is worth taking black soil and peat from the upper layers, vermiculite, coconut fibers and charcoal. It is better to collect chernozem in a pine forest, and then be sure to ignite in the oven for 60 minutes. The soil must be forest, since the land from garden beds is not suitable for Saintpaulia. The acidity of the mixture should be medium (from 5 to 5.5 Rn).
The size of the pot must match the size of the outlet. If it turns out to be too large, then the root system will grow abundantly, and the likelihood of the appearance of flowers will decrease. The optimal size of the container will allow both filling the soil with roots and stimulating active flowering. To determine the appropriate parameter, it is worth measuring the diameter of the rosette and dividing it by three.
In general, for adult flowers, it is recommended to select containers with dimensions of 9x9 centimeters, and for young flowers - 5x5 or 7x7 centimeters.
Lighting is extremely important for Saintpaulia. In the warm season, there is enough ordinary light from the street. In other months, the florist will have to use both conventional fluorescent lamps and special phytolamps.
The window on the windowsill of which the Ice Rose will be located should look either to the northeast or to the northwest. If you leave the violet on the south side, then direct sunlight can burn the leaves of the plant, but the flowers will dry out.
In other months, the florist will have to use both conventional fluorescent lamps and special phytolamps. The window on the windowsill of which the Ice Rose will be located should look either to the northeast or to the northwest. If you leave the violet on the south side, then direct sunlight can burn the leaves of the plant, while the flowers will dry out.
The humidity level should exceed 50%, as the violet does not tolerate dry air poorly. In winter, the Ice Rose, placed next to a working battery, requires additional care. For example, you can place a glass of chilled water next to it or purchase a special electronic humidifier for your room. Despite the "telling" name, the variety does not tolerate cold, as well as heat. He prefers a room temperature of about 20 degrees Celsius (permissible limits - from 18 to 24 degrees Celsius).
Too high a temperature leads to a cessation of development, and too low threatens diseases of the root system.
Growing secrets
Ice rose loves diffused sunlight, preferring eastern or southeastern windowsills, so that there is a lot of light, but the direct sunlight does not leave burns on its leaves. From the north side, with a clear lack of illumination, flowering will be more than modest. The only way out is to arrange additional lighting. Choose a lamp with cold white light and position it 20 cm above the plant. The same will have to be done in winter if you want to admire the flowering all year round, because with a lack of light, the violet will not please with flowers.
Violets feel fine at temperatures from +16 to +28 degrees, but for flowering they need a range from +20 to +26 degrees.If the air temperature is too low, they stop growing, and in extreme heat, they begin to dry out or wither.
Water the plants as needed, when the upper third of the soil dries out. The frequency of watering depends on the season, air temperature, age of violets, pot size, so it is better to check the condition of the ground. For irrigation, only soft clean water is used, no cooler than the air, it can even be a couple of degrees warmer.
For the comfortable growth of Saintpaulia, the air humidity must be at least 50-60%. In extreme heat or when the heating devices are on, the humidity around the plant is increased using a pallet with wet pebbles or moss, on which a pot with a stand is placed. You can simply hang a wet towel on a nearby central heating radiator or spray the air around the flower so that droplets do not fall on it.
The Ice Rose is transplanted after 2 years by the transshipment method, being careful not to damage the roots. The pot can be of any material, its size is important. In too large, the roots will grow intensively, and the violet will not bloom, and there will always be a risk of soil acidification. If the roots hit the walls and braid the whole earthy ball, they won't like it either. Usually, the pot is chosen so that the leaves after planting are half out of it.
The soil must be taken slightly acidic, fertile and breathable. You can buy a universal one, and then add coniferous earth, coconut fiber or sphagnum moss, chopped pine bark to it. You can buy soil for violets, but add more vermiculite to it for greater friability.
The Ice Rose responds well to feeding "Kemira Lux", only it needs to be bred twice as much as indicated in the instructions.
Features of caring for a violet RS Ice rose at home
Among other violets, this variety is quite unpretentious, but it also requires certain conditions for good growth. Regular watering, like many other plants, will not be enough for this beauty.
Temperature
The optimum growing temperature is +18 .. + 24 ° С. The cooler it is in the room, the lighter the petals are.
Lighting
Lighting is a very important part of violet care. In summer, there is enough natural light from the streets, but additional lighting will be needed during the rest of the year. Therefore, a novice breeder of these colors will need to purchase a fluorescent or special phyto-lamp.
Important! In summer, the plant should not be placed on the windowsills of the windows on the south side, it will be too hot there and it may get sunburn on delicate leaves. Northwest or Northeast are ideal
Watering
Water for irrigation should be warm and soft enough. If top watering is carried out, then you need to ensure that water droplets do not fall on the leaves or flowers. This will increase the risk of disease.
The best option is wick irrigation. Watering through the pallet is also possible. In this case, the plant absorbs as much water as it needs. The risk of root and other types of rot is reduced.
Wick watering violets
Spraying
Spraying this hybrid violet is completely contraindicated.
Humidity
The minimum level of humidity in the room is 50%.
Too dry air will have a negative effect on flower development. Therefore, next to the violets, you can put a cup of water, wet moss or purchase a special humidifier.
This is especially important in winter when central heating batteries are on.
Priming
The soil should be nutritious, very light and loose. It must pass water and air well. Even when purchasing a ready-made substrate for Saintpaulias, it is worth checking whether perlite is present in it. If not, add either this baking powder or sand.
You can always add dolomite flour, moss, crushed eggshells to any soil for violets. Neutral acidity is preferred.
Top dressing
During the first 6 months after transplanting, additional feeding is not required. Then they are applied depending on the life period.
At the very beginning of the growing season, nitrogenous fertilizers are applied, which stimulate the active growth of the green part. During the flowering period, potash-phosphorus fertilizers are applied, which contribute to a more lush flowering.
Important! Top dressing is done in conjunction with watering. If watering is wick, then fertilizers are applied directly to the water
