How to grow a violet yang minuet

Botanical description of the plant

The Lithuanian breeder F.K.Butene worked on the creation of the Lituanika variety. It was he who came up with the idea to perpetuate the memory of the famous event by naming a new flower in his honor. Violet Lituanica belongs to the trailer species of Saintpaulia. Its main feature is an elongated stem and the presence of stepchildren in the leaf axils. Because of this, the bush turns out to be lush, and flowering continues almost all year round.

The foliage is dark green, oval-pointed in shape with denticles along the edges. The leaf is small, and its petiole is long. The foliage is collected in compact rosettes, but due to the large number of side shoots, the bush turns out to be sprawling. The plant blooms with dense double flowers of a delicate peach color, in which there are so many petals that the inner ones cannot open - closely. The bud is attached to a thin long peduncle, which is why it often hangs down. Outwardly, the Lituanica flower resembles a dahlia.

Features of flowering, growth and reproduction

Development at home

Under good conditions, the violet will delight you with good flowering.

Arapakha is an unpretentious violet that, with proper care, develops quickly and blooms, practically without stopping. With timely transplantation and rejuvenation, the plant can settle in the house for a long time.

How long does it take to grow an adult plant?

Violet babies grow up very quickly, much faster than other varieties. Under favorable conditions, the plant will bloom in less than 6 months after planting, under unfavorable conditions of flowering, you can wait up to a year.

How are varietal characteristics transmitted?

The varietal violet Arapakh reproduces in two ways:

• Stepsons;
• Or leafy cuttings.

The stepchildren growing in the axils of the leaves completely repeat all the varietal characteristics of the plant.

Children, on the other hand, obtained from the sheet, often give sports.

Flowering nuances

The first flowering is almost always not abundant - 2-3 peduncles.

During subsequent flowering, the violet is simply strewn with flowers, which gradually change the color saturation, turning from red to maroon.

If you do not create appropriate conditions for the violet, then white blotches may appear in the red color of the flowers.

What do peduncles look like?

Saintpaulia has quite strong peduncles.

Peduncles varieties:

• Strong;
• Quite long.

Arapakh's flowers are large enough, up to 6 cm in diameter.

Is it possible to achieve nodding flowering?

To form nodding blooms in violets, an ideal rosette is needed, not too dense to miss the emerging peduncles. Arapakha is ideal for nodding flowering conditions, it forms the necessary correct rosette. Its elongated leaves are loose skipping peduncles.

Subject to the correct conditions of detention, usually from the second flowering of the Arapakh independently, without any measures from the outside, it blooms with a hat.

If in the second flowering of the plant it was not possible to achieve a nodding flowering, then the conditions of detention need to be revised.

IMPORTANT! If 2-3 peduncles appear on a flower, they must be removed, for the further development of a larger number of peduncles.

Plant care at home

Caring for the uzambara violet is not difficult. The main thing is to create conditions:

• sufficient humidity;
• lighting;
• monitor watering;
• carry out regular feeding.

Conditions of detention

The variety feels good both on the window and on the rack.

On wick irrigation, it grows well leaf mass. But even with the top timely watering, the flower develops well.

Proper watering and feeding

Water the violet with warm, settled water. Water the violet after the top layer of the soil dries.The soil should be completely wetted, not just the top layer of the earth.

Important! The soil should not be allowed to dry out, the delicate root system of the violet will die from a lack of moisture.

No earlier than three weeks after transplanting into a new substrate, you need to begin to make top dressing. In fresh soil, there is a sufficient supply of necessary trace elements for the full development of the Uzambara violet.

Top dressing begins 3 weeks after transplanting.

Top dressing is carried out every two weeks with top watering. If the violet is on wick irrigation, then the fertilizer is added to the water in a lower concentration, but on a regular basis.

Lighting and temperature

The YAN-Nadyadnaya variety loves bright lighting. At high growing temperatures, the white border around the edge of the petals may disappear altogether, so it is best to grow the variety in cooler conditions.

Air humidity

When the air around the violets is humid, they bloom better. Delicate buds react very strongly to dry air, they can dry out or develop very slowly.

In regions with low humidity, wick irrigation is used and additionally humidifies the air.

Advice! To increase air humidity, place containers with water, place pots with violets in trays with wet pebbles or expanded clay. You can also use special humidifiers.

What kind of soil does he prefer at home?

The soil for growing violets YAN-Nadyadnaya should be airy and should not absorb a lot of moisture.

To grow violets, you need a special soil.

You can buy a ready-made substrate, or you can cook it yourself.

Soil composition:

• horse peat;
• perlite;
• vermiculite;
• sphagnum moss.

Pruning and hygiene

All unsymmetrical, juvenile and old leaves are trimmed. Trimming leaves and faded peduncles is carried out with a sharp scalpel or gently break out at the stem itself.

Once a month, the violet is given a bath procedure. Gently wash off the collected dust from the leaves under running warm water. Allow to dry in a warm and dark place, and only then return to a permanent place.

Reproduction methods

The variety is rarely pinned, and when propagated by leaf cuttings it conveys varietal characteristics well, therefore this method is more popular.

Propagation by leaf cuttings.

Transplant rules, rejuvenation

Young rosettes are transplanted as the leaf mass grows and the root system develops. If the rosette has braided the entire earthen lump, then it is transplanted into a larger pot by transshipment. An adult plant is transplanted once a year, with partial soil replacement.

An adult violet is rejuvenated by the method of "head demolition". A long trunk is cut off, the extra layer of leaves is removed, the trunk is cleaned like a carrot and planted in new soil. It is best to put the violet in a greenhouse for two weeks.

Home microclimate care technique

Violet is distinguished by rather unpretentious behavior and care in the microclimate of indoor collections - the plant responds to the regular and accurate conduct of standard agrotechnical techniques for the genus by harmonious development and the formation of wondrous flowering caps with volume waves:

1. The plant loves to grow on windows of a western or eastern orientation, where a suitable balance of volume and intensity of light is observed; windows in the northern direction should be equipped with an additional illumination system with scattered spectrum rays; on the southern windowsills, a violet will need a light curtain in the summer heat;

2. Watering violets - dosed. A clear control over the condition of the upper part of the substrate is required - at each stage of watering, the soil in it must have time to dry out;
3. It is not recommended to introduce mineral dressings too often - the violet by its appearance can itself suggest the need for this procedure;
4. Correct lighting makes it possible for the harmonious development of violets - a tropical beauty needs diffused rays of daylight when they are sufficiently long-term;
5. The temperature gradient should be maintained at +18 + 20 ° С; do not expose the violet to sudden temperature changes and drafts;
6. When creating comfort, it is necessary to provide the violet with rich nutrition through fresh, aerated and permeable soil with sufficiently reliable drainage;
7. At the time of transplanting, it is better to use the transshipment technique - it is less painful for the violet. But this method is not suitable when a complete examination of the roots of a diseased plant is required.

Growing features

When growing violets of this variety, flower growers are protected from the occurrence of unpleasant nuances, since the variety has a calm, balanced behavior in relation to the agricultural technology used.

Features of development in the microclimate of the room

The violet variety stands out:

• Lack of character;
• Easy perception of the indoor climate;
• Standard terms of development;
• And exquisite decorativeness.

Saintpaulia is designed to maintain a fresh look of corollas for a long time, which is very pleasing to flower growers.

Of the other auspicious touches of the violet's appearance, one can note:

• Independent reception in the formation of a socket;
• Gorgeous decorativeness of a variegated bush;
• A great combination of irregular shapes and pastel colors of the corollas;
• Strong peduncles.

The nuances of development include:

• Long period of preparation of buds for flowering and their long opening;
• The structure of the leaf plates with upturned edges;
• Disappearance of the goblet shape with the complete dissolution of flowers;
• Keeping the bushes cool - this is useful for maintaining the variegation of the rosette and maintaining the goblet structure of the corollas.

Breeding specifics

It is possible to use reproduction in a single vegetative way:

• Children;
• Leafy cuttings;
• Layers of an adult specimen.

ATTENTION! The violet is distinguished by good fertility.

Temperature regime

When the plant is kept in a hot home microclimate, excessive heat can cause a change in the color of the corollas - pastel shades can become more intense in color.

To maintain the decorative integrity of flowering specimens, it is recommended to provide them with cool conditions, but protect them from sudden jumps in the temperature gradient and drafts.

Peduncles

Violets develop strong peduncles:

• Strong structure;
• And the optimal length;
• Able to firmly support the caps of the terry whisk in an upright position.

Flowering type

Varietal violet gradually begins to form voluminous caps, reaching a maximum size and splendor with age.

The vitality of flowers

Saintpaulia blooms for over two months.

Corollas can maintain the freshness of the decorative format for more than two months.

Plant care at home

Violets are planted in a small pot. Reproduction of the variety is carried out by cuttings in small plastic cups:

• Adult specimens are grown in clay or plastic vessels;
• A soil mixture is prepared before planting. To do this, you need to mix sod, leafy, coniferous soil and sand in a ratio of 3: 2: 1: 1. You can use a ready-made substrate for Saintpaulias;
• A baking powder (perlite, sphagnum, vermiculite) can be added to the soil, if desired.

Variety keeping conditions

A common reason for this plant to stop growing is irregular watering. If the topsoil is dry, then it's time to water.

At the first time after the acquisition, it is not advisable to transplant the plant, in the event that the centpolia was grown in peat, the transplant should be carried out immediately.

Proper watering and feeding

During the daytime, the plant should receive the maximum amount of sunlight, while it should avoid direct sunlight. And if the plant is grown in winter, then it will need an additional light source.

For Saintpaulia, you need to choose the right watering.

It is advisable to fertilize the plant not with dry fertilizers, but with liquid fertilizers.

Attention! You need to introduce fertilizer every sixth watering of a given flower.

Lighting and air temperature, which is better for the plant: heat or cool?

The variety is quite picky about light conditions. Continuous lighting should last for at least fourteen hours every day. Temperature range for violets:

1. The ideal temperature for Saintpaulia is 20-25 degrees Celsius. At temperatures above 30 degrees, the plant becomes sluggish, its growth and development slow down significantly, at temperatures below 15 degrees, the plant gradually dies;
2. The optimum water temperature for irrigation is the air temperature in the room where the flower grows;
3. When the plant begins to form buds, it must be placed in a cool place, otherwise the flowers will not have green strokes.

How does air humidity affect a plant

If the temperature and humidity did not suit the violets, you can grow new plants from the strongest leaves.

Violet does not tolerate:

• Temperature drops;
• And dry air.

In summer, the flower should never be taken outside, because even the smallest draft can harm the plant.

Violets love moist air.

What soil does the plant prefer when growing at home?

In the first days after planting, the plants will need abundant watering. On these days, it is advisable to water with warm, settled water with the addition of wood ash.

Soil for violets can be:

• Prepare from:
  • Chernozem;
  • Sand;
  • And ash.
• But it is best to use purchased soil.

Breeding methods of the variety

Growing this flower from seeds is not difficult.

In this case, the main thing is to clearly follow the planting recommendations and everything will be fine:

• The first step is to thoroughly sift through the top layer of the potting mix. Then fill pots or other containers with it;
• After the above event, the ground must be left alone for a while until it dries completely;
• Then just pour the grains onto the ground and sprinkle them with earth on top. Then pour the whole thing abundantly.

Transplant rules, plant rejuvenation

In the first days after transplanting, you need to create a microclimate for the plants using:

• Films;
• Or glass.

Transplanted specimens must be protected from drafts. Sentpolias are illuminated in the morning and in the evening for two hours. It is also necessary for the old violet to carry out rejuvenation.

Saintpaulia needs to be replanted once a year.

Attention! The first feeding with a complex fertilizer is carried out 15 days after germination.

Violet Lituanica: planting and reproduction

Violet Lituanica: video

The traditional method of breeding violets, which is also suitable in the case of "Lituanica", is the rooting of a leaf or a lateral process. For this purpose, light loose mail is used with the addition of perlite or vermiculite. You can also use ready-made peat tablets or grow a seedling on wet sphagnum. Having chosen tablets from peat and humus, you should first soften them by placing them in water for a while, and then kneading and mixing with a small amount of perlite. The leaf or shoot takes root in the resulting nutrient mixture. In the case of moss, cut the moss into small pieces and fill a third of the container with them. The lateral process or the tip of the shoot cut off with a sharp knife should be placed on sphagnum, after cutting off the lower leaves. To speed up root formation, it is recommended to cover the container with plastic wrap or a glass lid.Additional lighting will help speed up the rooting process even more, which will occur in 2-3 weeks.

Transplanting stepchildren is done in the same way: a plastic wrap or glass cap is placed over the pot for about a week. This simple measure will help the seedling quickly adapt to its new location.

Violet Lituanica is distinguished by high growth rates, therefore, it periodically needs to be transplanted into a more spacious container. The transplantation procedure is recommended to be carried out by transferring an earthen coma from one pot to another and filling the free space with fresh soil. Thus, the root system of the plant will not suffer, and the bush itself will quickly take root in a new place. The transplanted violet bush Lituanica Butene needs to be cut off - all the lower leaves are removed, a few top plates remain. Pruning will allow the plant to grow faster and form new rosettes. Transplanted Lituanica violet bushes should be watered abundantly.

Growing conditions

Saintpaulia “Jan Minuet” is a delicate plant that is quite sensitive to the conditions of care. But with strict adherence to the breeding and care algorithm, even a novice florist can grow it.

Priming

To keep the plant comfortable, you need a special potting mix and good drainage.

For this, ready-made soil for violets is often used.

The formula is also prepared by yourself. For her you will need:

• forest land - 3 parts;
• sand - 3 parts.
• peat - 5 parts.

The soil should be light and loose. For this, it is recommended to add charcoal to the mixture.

Pot

A wide, but not deep plastic pot is the best option. Clay or ceramic bowls are not recommended. The soil in them dries out faster, which is bad for plants.

Attention! Do not use previously used pots for transplanting plants 2 times in a row. Salt deposits form on their inner walls over time.

This will weaken the plants.

Lighting

In order for violets to bloom constantly and profusely, they need a lot of sunlight. But direct sunlight should not be allowed, this will lead to burns on the leaves.

Temperature

The optimum temperature for growing is 20 - 24 C.

The plant does not tolerate any temperature changes. Because of this, it should be protected from drafts and cold air during ventilation.

For young plants, the temperature in the room should not fall below 22 - 24 C, this will have a bad effect on their health.

Carefully! If violets stand on a stone windowsill in autumn and winter, this can lead to hypothermia of the roots. A special stand for the pots will help to avoid this.

Humidity

For the health and rapid flowering of plants, they need high humidity. “Jan Minuet” does not tolerate drought well, this leads to wilting of leaf rosettes.

It is recommended to place a hygrometer near the plants to control the humidity in the air. The optimal indicator would be 60 - 70%.

If the air is dry, the situation is corrected in one of 2 ways:

• spraying warm water next to plants from a spray bottle;
• placing pots on pallets with water.

Since the leaves of the plant are densely pubescent, water should not come into contact with the leaves when spraying. Also, do not allow drops of water to get on the flowers. During the flowering period, it is advisable to additionally moisten the plants only by the method of pallets with water.

Reference! The natural habitat of such violets is the river bank, which is why they need constant moisture.

Meet Lituanica

Violet-trailer of Lithuanian selection Lituanika is famous for its large densely double inflorescences with slightly elongated petals, resembling small dahlias in shape. The color of the flowers is noteworthy - pink-peach. At the edges, the petals are colored more intensely, which adds an exquisite decorative effect to the plant.

The rosette is also decorated with dark green, densely pubescent pointed leaves. The elongated stem and side-stepchildren provide a generous flowering of the bush, which grows quickly enough

Note that an important place in increasing the decorativeness of culture is occupied by a flower stand, showing the most advantageous angles of the bush and installed in the most comfortable conditions - where direct sunlight does not penetrate, but soft diffused light is enough. Lituanica forms a rather high, well leafy rosette and can grow to impressive sizes

Therefore, you should think about what the flower stand will be in advance.

Landing conditions

Pansies are thermophilic plants. They should be grown in sunny or slightly shaded areas. In partial shade, their flowers become small, the plant itself grows for a long time.

But in a sunny place, the plant has large, bright flowers. Plants do not tolerate lowlands and damp places, spring stagnation of water rather poorly. Loamy, fertile, moist, neutral soils are suitable for pansies.

Growing methods

You can grow these flowers from seeds, planting them directly in open ground, or grow seedlings from seeds.

In addition, it is possible to self-sow pansies in the spring in the place where they were planted last year.

At the same time, the flowers are pollinated, their species differences are lost, the color and size of the flower change.

These flowers are cross-pollinated plants, when planting, different varieties must be planted at a distance from each other in order to maintain the purity of the variety.

To collect seeds from your flowers in the country, you need to select strong specimens, wait for the seed boxes to turn yellow and collect the seeds before the boxes crack and the seeds spill out onto the ground.

At the same time, it is possible to prepare seeds of exactly those varieties of flowers and colors that you like. The seeds are very small - there are almost a thousand seeds in one gram.

Growing from seeds in the open field

Seeds are planted in open ground in June - July, and pansies will not bloom this year. The flowers will bloom profusely next year in early spring.

Seeds are sown in rows in a nursery - a special bed with well-prepared soil. After the emergence of shoots, they dive, that is, they are transplanted with pinching of the central root by one third for better root formation.

It is done in the presence of two true leaves and transplanted to a permanent place within 25 by 25 centimeters. The plant should develop well over the summer, but not bloom.

Growing seedlings

Sowing seeds is carried out in early March in shallow containers with a drainage hole. The soil for seedlings is shed with potassium permanganate per day. The seeds are laid out, moistened with a sprayer, covered with glass, or the boxes with seedlings are placed in a plastic bag and placed in a warm, dark place.

When the sprouts appear, we transfer them to the windowsill, making sure not to steam under the film or glass. Next, we act in the same way as with sprouts in the open field - we dive and then transplant them into separate cups.

At the end of April, you need to harden - take the seedlings out into the street or balcony. In open ground, seedlings are planted depending on the weather in April - early May, and in a month the viola will delight you with abundant flowering.

Propagation by cuttings

Pansies, along with seeds, are also propagated by green cuttings. When the bushes grow for more than two years, they can grow strongly, flowering becomes less abundant.

In order to rejuvenate the plant and propagate it, cuttings are used.

From May to July, in several stages, the most beautiful specimens are chosen, the buds are removed, young end shoots with 2-3 nodes are cut off and planted tightly to each other in the shade in moist soil.

Cover with a jar or paper dipped in water. Cuttings grow well when planted under the crown of a tree.In the fall, after the cuttings have grown well, you can transplant them to your permanent place. Plant care. For the winter, plants are mulched. Standard care: weeding, watering, loosening, top dressing. For long-term flowering, faded flowers are removed.

Bloom

Flowering begins in April and lasts until the onset of frost.

Because of the love of the sun, pansies on the sunny side are always larger and brighter in color, but they will fade faster. Pansies, which are grown as biennial plants, are recommended to be cut by cuttings.

Plants grown from summer crops in the previous year or grown from cuttings bloom more abundantly and have larger flower sizes than annual flowers.

Watering. Water at the root, abundantly and regularly. Fertilizers, top dressing. These flowers love fertilizers containing potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen, and trace elements. The first feeding is carried out at the beginning of butanization. Diseases, pests. The plant is affected by the following diseases and pests: powdery mildew, leaf spot, rootworm nematode, black leg, aphid.

Useful Tips

Growing in areas with a cold climate requires one important procedure - the plants should be dug up for the winter, transferred to a greenhouse. For other regions, it is quite enough to cover the plants well with sawdust, covering material.

Pansies can be combined with other biennials and perennials such as mignonette.

Reproduction of violets

Lituanica can be grown from a leaf, as well as by rooting a lateral shoot, which grow in abundance on the mother bush. It is better to root a leaf or "side" in a light loose soil, a significant part of which is vermiculite or perlite. For these purposes, you can use sphagnum moss or peat pellet, which is pre-soaked in water until swelling, kneaded, mixing with perlite, and the source material (leaf or shoot) is placed in the resulting composition.

With additional illumination of the containers, a good root system will form in young outlets within 15-20 days. Such a stepson can be planted in a separate pot by arranging a film shelter for 4-6 days to minimize transplant stress.

The best soils for trailer violets are considered to be a mixture of peat and perlite in equal proportions, i.e. nutritious, loose, water and air permeable compounds.