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Let's find out the requirements of this plant to its habitat, soil, lighting.
Location and lighting
In order for Pelargonium Clara to please for a long time with its flowering, it is necessary to place her pot in a bright place. Like all geraniums, this plant does not like shade. If Clara does not have enough light, decorative flowering will not work: there will be few inflorescences, and those that appear in large sizes will not differ.
Attention. With a lack of lighting, the color of the foliage fades noticeably, which also negatively affects the appearance of the flower
Direct sunlight is dangerous for this plant, therefore it is recommended to shade the pot with translucent paper or cloth at midday in summer. In winter, it is necessary to organize additional lighting for the plant in the form of an artificial light lamp.
If this measure is not provided, the flowering period will decrease, and the buds themselves will become much less lush and decorative. In addition, with a lack of light, Clara's stems stretch out, the foliage turns pale. This also negatively affects the beauty of the plant.
The soil
As for the composition of the soil, in this respect, Pelargonium Clara is not particularly demanding. Much more important for the plant is good drainage.
Do not forget to put a layer of expanded clay on the bottom of the pot. Geranium does not tolerate waterlogged soil.
Its delicate roots can easily rot in such conditions. Pelargonium Clara Sun will feel best in soil with either a neutral or slightly acidic reaction.
Experienced growers add ash to the soil if it is too acidic. Recommended substrate composition:
- leaf land - 1 part;
- turf - 1 part;
- peat - 1 part;
- sand - 1 part.
If the soil is not very nutritious, you can also add humus. In the store, you can buy a ready-made substrate for geraniums - in this case, it is optimal.
Watering
Regular moistening of the soil is very important for Klara pelargonium. Although watering should be quite abundant, it is also important not to allow waterlogging of the soil.
Otherwise, the roots of the plant may begin to rot. Therefore, water only when the top layer of the substrate is dry.
Advice. In summer, the plant is watered daily, and in winter, once every three days is enough. It is also recommended to loosen the top layer of the substrate after watering to ensure good aeration of the soil. Clara does not need spraying of pelargonium.
If there is a need to humidify the air, then this must be done with a spray gun, directing the stream to the area around the pot, and not to the plant itself.
Top dressing
The plant needs additional nutrition. Clara reacts to the correct application of the necessary fertilizers with a long and more lush flowering.
In the spring, the plant needs nitrogenous compounds, and at the beginning of the formation of inflorescences, it is better to focus on potassium-phosphorus complexes. In the store you can buy a complex mineral composition for pelargonium. It will fit optimally in this case.
It is important to know that Pelargonium does not like organic feeding. It is also important not to exceed the dose of fertilization established by the instructions.
If you overuse feeding, the roots of pelargonium may well get a chemical burn. The frequency of fertilization during the growing season is twice a month; in winter, the plant does not need additional nutrition.
Pruning
Only competent and timely pruning can give the pelargonium bush the correct compact shape, and protect the plant from elongated ugly shoots. Note that it was the inability to correctly cut the flower that at one time caused the loss of popularity among gardeners with pelargoniums.To form a compact and lush bush, it is necessary to regularly pinch the tips of young shoots. This measure will allow the plant to grow in breadth and form a larger number of peduncles.
As a rule, shoots of young plants are pinched after the appearance of four to five pairs of leaves on them. The most suitable time for pruning is the spring months. And if pinching is used for young shoots, then pruning is used for adult plants.
Attention. To make the cut even and less traumatic for the shrub, you should use a clean and very sharp knife.
And after the procedure, it is imperative to sprinkle the cut sites with charcoal, wood ash or grease with brilliant green.
The plant requires special attention in the first year of its life. During this period, it is necessary to spend the maximum amount of effort to form the correct shape of the bush. But in the second and subsequent years, you can already relax: the formed shrub will require only "cosmetic" pruning.
How to care for April snow at home
Pelargonium April seam (as some owners call this flower) needs care. Taking care of this plant at home is not too difficult. To do this, you need to show responsibility.
Illumination and temperature conditions
Geranium April snow needs bright diffused lighting. In winter, you will need additional lighting. A lamp can be installed above the plant, leaving it on all day.
Pelargonium April snow thrives at 17-18 ° C in the summer months, although other varieties prefer warmer air. In winter, 12-15 ° C is enough for a flower. Protect it from cold air and drafts.
In bright sunlight, a bright pink border appears on the leaves.
Watering rules and humidity
The hardest part of caring for April snow geraniums is watering. The amount of moisture that the flower receives must be controlled. There are many strict rules to follow.
Often you need to water geraniums in several cases:
- during flowering;
- if the weather is hot and the plant receives a lot of bright light;
- if the air is too dry;
- if the flower is in a well-ventilated room or in a draft;
- if the plant is in a clay pot.
More rare watering is required in other situations:
- in the first week after transplant;
- in winter;
- if the weather is cold;
- if the flower does not have enough light;
- if the air is too humid;
- if the plant is in a plastic pot;
- if the room is poorly ventilated.
There should not be too much moisture. If the soil near the sides of the pot is dry, then it's time to water the geraniums. Water needs to be defended during the day.
Note! When watering, water must be poured at the root, and then loosened the ground. During the heat, you can pour some more water into the pan.
On the left is a flower that grew in the sun, on the right - that grew in the shade
Top dressing and soil quality
You need to feed geraniums with fertilizers every month during the warm season. Observing the state of the geranium, the florist will understand whether it is necessary to fertilize the flower. Top dressing is necessary in several cases:
- pelargonium became lethargic and weak;
- the stem has become less elastic;
- buds bloom too slowly, do not open at all, or fall off;
- leaves fade, wither and fly around;
- spots appeared on the leaves.
When these signs appear, complex fertilizer is applied to the soil for pelargonium.
First, the soil is watered with water, and then fed. It is necessary to use complex fertilizers intended for geraniums. Also suitable as fertilizers:
- a solution of humus and ash;
- eggshell infusion;
- tincture of onion peel and yeast;
- the water in which the fish or cereals were washed;
- decoctions of vegetables, fruits, berries;
- tea or coffee tinctures.
Important! After planting or transplanting, a new top dressing will only be required after 2–2.5 months.In winter, it is not necessary to feed pelargonium if it is in good condition. You can prepare geranium soil yourself
This will require several components:
You can prepare geranium soil yourself. This requires several components:
- turf or garden soil;
- humus;
- peat;
- sand.
All these components must be mixed in a ratio of 3: 1: 1: 1. You can also buy potting soil made specifically for pelargonium at the store.
Bright border on the petals
Flower container size
Pelargonium does not need a pot that is too large. The more intensively it grows, the more space it needs, so you need to transplant the flower into a more spacious pot.
For your information! Every year you need to change the soil in the pot. The old soil is removed, a fresh disinfected substrate is poured in its place.
Pruning and replanting
It is necessary to regularly form a bush, cutting and pinching the shoots. The plant is pruned significantly in the last days of February or early March. As it grows, the regrown shoots are shortened throughout the year.
Before transplanting, it is necessary to disinfect the prepared soil. There are several ways:
- fry the soil in a pan in the oven or over a fire;
- freeze the soil in the freezer at negative temperatures;
- pour a solution of potassium permanganate;
- treat the substrate with fungicides.
You need to remove the plant from the old pot, shake off the soil from the root and transplant it into a larger pot.
Important! During disinfection, not only pathogens, but also beneficial microorganisms die. Therefore, the state of the plant must be carefully monitored and periodically fertilized into the soil.
After pinching, new shoots with buds grow
Appearance
- Pelargonium Salmon Queen.
This variety has large and dense inflorescences. The white petals are highlighted by the salmon center. The leaves are wide, pale green. Flowers are large, semi-double, delicate pink-peach shade. All compact bushes are covered with huge hats.
- Pelargonium Salmon Comtess.
The flowers of Pelargonium Salmon Comtesse are double and large. The petals are wavy at the edges, of a pale pink hue. The bare stem is light green in color. Compact dense bush.
- Pelargonium Salmon Knight.
The peculiarity of this variety is brown leaves with a green border around the edges. Salmon flowers form large, spherical inflorescences.
- Pak Salmon Princess Pelargonium.
Large openwork double creamy pink flowers with a delicate scarlet middle are collected in dense tight inflorescences on long peduncles. Rounded large pubescent green leaves.
Description
Pelargonium Pak (PAC) are hybrid plant varieties with excellent appearance and unique decorative qualities. The varieties are among the most popular today, which is not surprising: along with the stunning external spectacularity of pelargonium, Pak are also unpretentious in care, they grow well even among novice flower growers.
On a note. The cost of a rooted cuttings of one of the Pak varieties for today is about 500 rubles.
This hybrid is not propagated by seeds at home, since often the plants in this case do not inherit valuable parental qualities. Note that Pelargonium Pak is a new word in floriculture, and varieties have been created quite recently.
However, at the very first exhibition, these plants immediately attracted all the attention to themselves, and immediately earned universal recognition and love. These varieties are intended for landscape gardening, therefore, they are distinguished by an unpretentious "character", and are able to withstand rather harsh external conditions.
Medicinal properties
Pelargonium Pak, like other types of pelargoniums and geraniums, apart from external decorative ones, also has medicinal properties. The main useful feature of the plant is its ability to harmonize the microclimate in the room or in the area where it grows.
Reference.Pelargonium, due to its phytoncides, destroys harmful microbes in the air, making it more healing, pure and useful.
Thus, the main property of this plant is antibacterial and antiviral. It is known that pelargonium can even cope with staphylococcus, which causes quite dangerous and serious diseases.
Care
Basic flower care procedures:
- After planting in the ground, the plant needs to be watered several times a week. Do not overmoisten the soil too much or allow it to dry out.
- During the growing season, the flower needs to be fed with fertilizers containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. However, you should not do this more than twice a month.
- Many types of pelargonium require formative pruning. To do this, pinch the leaves so that the bush grows wide.
- In summer, the flower can be taken out into the fresh air and placed in places protected from direct sunlight.
- In winter, it is better to keep the plant in a place with a temperature of at least +20 ° C. It should be watered at this time no more than twice a month.
- It is recommended to transplant pelargonium every three years. The procedure must be performed in April or March, so that the flower has time to take root by June and begin to bloom.
Common diseases and pests
Pelargonium Salon is resistant to diseases, but if agronomic rules are violated, the flower can turn white.
Consider the main diseases of pelargonium:
- Anthracnose. This is a fungal disease, which can be recognized by the presence of spotting. On the surface of the leaf, hairy bulges of red, yellow, brown and brown are formed. The defeat by anthracnose does not occur violently, so that the timely detection of the first symptoms will save the plant. To do this, remove all affected parts of the flower, reduce air humidity and treat pelargonium with natural insecticides (colloidal sulfur, Bordeaux liquid, copper sulfate).
- Rust. This is a fungal disease that forms oval or round pustules on the inside of the leaf. Red spots are visible on top of the leaf blade. The cause of rust is a violation of the irrigation schedule and an increase in air humidity. Treatment involves removing the affected parts of the plant and treating it with fungicides.
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Spotting and curling of leaves. In this case, the flowering of the plant stops. Small spots form on young leaves. With the development of the pathological process, they increase and acquire large sizes. The center of the spots is pronounced. The curling of the leaves occurs due to disturbed nutrition. The veins brighten a little, and the edges dry.
Sometimes tracing the formation of the virus in the form of transparent oily spots with a green center. It is surrounded by small yellow concentric rings.
TIP: To defeat the disease, it is necessary to use healthy plants for reproduction, as well as timely treatment with insecticides.
Of the pests for pelargonium, Salmon poses a particular danger:
- aphid;
- whitefly;
- termite;
- Caterpillar.
To combat them, use the following drugs:
- Marathon.
- Aspirin.
- Monterey.
- Messenger.
Pelargonium cultivation PAK Salmon Comtesse
To be successful in the cultivation of Pelargonium Pac Salmon, it needs quality care.
Illumination and temperature conditions
The plant reacts negatively to direct sunlight. Therefore, it is not recommended to plant it in open areas. A shaded area that is well ventilated is ideal. When planting a crop in open ground, it must be placed under a bush or tree.
Important! You should not place the plant near other crops, especially geraniums. This can cause the development of various diseases.
Pelargonium Comtess is suitable for a moderate temperature regime. In summer, the culture develops normally at a temperature of +17 .. + 23 degrees. In winter, the plant requires cooler conditions. In this case, the temperature should be +13 .. + 15 degrees.
If the culture grows outdoors, it must be brought indoors for the winter. Planting a flower in open ground is permissible only after the risk of night frosts has passed. Too low temperatures negatively affect the flowering of the crop, so it should not be in the cold.
Watering rules and humidity
The plant needs moderate watering. An excess amount of liquid negatively affects the condition of the bushes.
The soil should be moistened 1-2 times a week. For this purpose, only soft and settled water is suitable. It should not fall on leaves and petals. Otherwise, there is a high probability of burning them.
Top dressing and soil quality
It is recommended to apply fertilizers every 2-3 weeks. This should only be done after watering. It is best to use combined mineral products for this. They should contain potassium, phosphorus, magnesium.
Important! It is recommended to apply fertilizers before and after flowering. It is better not to use fresh manure, as the risk of parasites increases
The plant needs to be fertilized on time
Flower container size
Pelargonium PAC Salmon Komtess needs a medium-sized pot. A container that is too large will not work. It will lead to the active development of the bush and more scarce flowering.
Pruning and replanting
This variety of pelargonium develops rapidly.
Therefore, it is very important to form bushes. If you do not cut the plant in time, the inflorescences will become smaller and the bush will not be as decorative.
Old shoots must be systematically removed. Pinch young branches to speed up lateral branching.
Move the crop to a larger pot as it grows.
Peculiarities
Pelargoniums have certain characteristics that relate to the cycle of their development and conditions of detention. There are several such moments:
- All varieties are distinguished by long flowering. Sometimes inflorescences appear all year round with short interruptions.
- These flowers do not need spraying at all and, moreover, they are contraindicated. Due to the pubescence of the leaf plate, moisture is retained on its surface, which can lead to its decay.
- For full development, a period of rest is required. It falls in the winter period and requires compliance with certain conditions of detention at this time.
- Plants tolerate pruning well, which allows plants to form and give them a compact and attractive shape.
It is also worth noting that pelargoniums can be planted in the ground in the summer. This is very beneficial for the appearance of plants and flowering activity.
Attention! These plants are not afraid of nighttime cold snaps and are not particularly sensitive to climate changes. This is what allows them to grow quietly in the open field in the summer.
Growing features
A sunny place is allocated for pelargonium. When growing a house, the pot is placed on the south or southeast side. If this is not possible, additional illumination is organized. In the bright sun, the bushes are slightly shaded to avoid burns.
The culture is planted in loose fertile soil. Approximate composition:
- leafy land;
- coarse sand;
- charcoal;
- peat.
The optimal proportion is 3: 1: 1: 1. Layout in the garden - 35 × 35 cm.
Additional Information. You can buy ready-made soil mixture for geraniums in a specialized store.
Boarding time:
- at home - February-November;
- on a balcony or in a flower garden - after the establishment of stable warm weather.
Culture care consists in:
- watering;
- top dressing;
- pruning.
Important! Pelargonium is watered regularly. The soil should always be moist, but stagnant water should not be allowed
Spraying is carried out in the heat.
Top dressing is carried out twice:
- at the beginning of the season - nitrogen-containing fertilizers for the development of green mass;
- before flowering - potassium and phosphorus to form more flowers.
Pelargonium grows rapidly, so pruning is periodically carried out.If this is not done, flowering will be poor and short-lived. To make the bush grow in width, and not in height, pinch the top.
Growing
The optimum temperature for development is + 17 ... + 23 ° С. In winter, the plant goes into a dormant phase to gain strength for flowering next season. When grown outdoors, it is better to dig it up and bring it home so that it does not freeze out. In regions with a warm climate, it is permissible to leave it outdoors under cover.
In winter, the temperature at home is reduced to + 13 ... + 15 ° С. At this time, the plant is not fed or watered. In the spring, it will wake up and begin to bloom again.
Pelargonium Pak is propagated by cuttings, like other flowers. With the seed method, varietal qualities are not inherited.
Important! If the rules of cultivation are not followed, the flower is affected by diseases - various types of rot: root, stem, gray. Fungicides are used to fight
Also, the plant is systematically inspected for the presence of pests.
Pac salmon princess pelargonium
Pelargonium is one of the most popular, unpretentious, abundantly flowering plants.
The flower is grown not only at home, placing it on the balcony or windowsill, but in the garden - in the open field.
A huge number of varieties of pelargonium are known, which have excellent decorative qualities. One of these species is Salmon.
History of origin
The homeland of pelargonium is South Africa. In the 16th century, seafarers-naturalists, exploring the culture of the local population and the flora, noticed bright and beautiful flowers right under their feet. After that, breeders began to study the find, trying to adapt the culture to new conditions. This is how the varieties of this plant appeared, including the Salmon pelargonium variety.
Varieties of a flower with a photo
Simple zoned pelargonium. It has rather large and dense inflorescences. Flowering is abundant, lush, constant. Compact bushes do not stretch, they are covered with large caps. Flowers are large, semi-double.
Appearance
This variety has large and dense inflorescences. The white petals are highlighted by the salmon center. The leaves are wide, pale green. Flowers are large, semi-double, delicate pink-peach shade. All compact bushes are covered with huge hats. Pelargonium Salmon Comtesse.
The flowers of Pelargonium Salmon Comtesse are double and large. The petals are wavy at the edges, of a pale pink hue. The bare stem is light green in color. Compact dense bush. Pelargonium Salmon Knight.
Large openwork double creamy pink flowers with a delicate scarlet middle are collected in dense tight inflorescences on long peduncles. Rounded large pubescent green leaves.
Landing
It is advisable to plant a beauty in mid-April or early May, when the soil is already well warmed up.
- Before planting large seeds of Salmon pelargonium, it is advisable to wipe it a little with fine sandpaper.
It is not necessary to cover the plantings with earth, it is enough to cover it with a film.
The sprouts will appear in 14-20 days. After they have formed 2 leaves, they can be transplanted in containers with a diameter of no more than 10 cm.
Pour the soil to the edges of the pot, and make a depression in the center.
Pelargonium is a light-loving plant, so choose sunny places for planting.
The flower tolerates heat, drought and cold well. It is desirable to feed with fertilizers with a low nitrogen content. The plant does not need careful care, but hypothermia, lack of light and moisture can provoke bacterial wilting.
Check that there is no stagnation of water and waterlogging of the soil. Remove dried flowers promptly.
Lighting and location
Direct sunlight is dangerous for Salmon pelargonium. In this connection, it is not recommended to plant it in an open area.
A darkened place under a bush or tree is the most comfortable conditions for a flower. To prevent infection with various ailments - protect the culture from other plants.
Soil requirements
Pelargonium can adapt well, grow and bloom for a long time in slightly acidic soil. Due to the weak root system, the flower needs nutritious and loose soil - humus, compost, peat.
Top dressing
Once every 2-3 weeks, after moistening the soil, it is necessary to fertilize.
It is recommended to use complex mineral formulations containing magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.
Due to the high risk of pests, it is advisable not to use fresh manure. It is recommended to apply fertilizers before and after flowering.
