Your red castor oil plant is waiting for you

Decorative castor bean red is considered convenient for decorating the garden. It grows quickly, during the season its length can reach 5 m. In addition to a large amount of sun, castor oil plants require other conditions.

How to care for castor oil plant

For the growth and development of an ornamental plant, moist air and good watering are required. Castor bean has seeds, they are poisonous. When choosing this plant as a yard decoration, you need to consider whether it will pose a threat there. This plant is considered medicinal.

How to plant castor oil plants? This requires ordinary soil, soil, without additives. The following points can be described:

• It is necessary to plant deep enough - about 3 centimeters, since the sprouts will be impressive;
• Usually in stores you can get seeds ready for planting, they only need to be soaked in water (from several hours);
• This plant is quite common, therefore it is better to look for seeds among neighbors;
• Seeds, especially store seeds, can not germinate all;
• When there are many of them, it is recommended to plant several seeds in a container;
• At the beginning of development, growth will be slow, but only up to a certain period;
• For sowing, it is enough to wait for the month of March;
• The diameter of the pot should be from 20 cm.;
• Seedlings will not appear earlier than 3 weeks;
• You need a warm temperature, at least 15 cm.

These are the first steps. The seedlings themselves grow quickly, you can dive the castor oil plant when it is 23 cm tall, and when it has real leaves. To disembark, you need to wait until there is no threat of frost on the street. In some cases, seedlings by this time reach a length of almost a meter. But she lives in the open for a long time, if we are talking about landing in an open area. After all, the red castor oil plant can be the decor of an apartment.