The fluffy gypsophila in the photo is tempting

Decorative gypsophila in the photo looks airy. It will grow best on calcareous soils. However, she will master not acidic soil, the composition is almost unimportant. It is believed that this plant is extremely unpretentious.

Gypsophila in the house

How to achieve good flowering of gypsophila? She doesn't like fresh manure. Take care of the plant as follows:

• Select areas dry and sunny;
• Watering the proportion of young plantings should be abundant;
• It is impossible to create stagnation of water in the soil;
• Excess water can be diverted - for this, the soil on the site or in the pots must be drained;
• The flowering time is from July to September. When it passes, the seed ripens period;
• Boxes with seeds are to be collected with their yellowing, after collection the seeds are dried;
• The seeds that can be collected are suitable for a new sowing;
• The planting material is immediately sown into the open-type soil, the sowing time is April - May, previously, specially for growing seedlings, ridges are arranged;
• Before winter, sowing can also be carried out - then the grown sprouts in the fall or next spring are suitable for transplanting to a permanent plot of 1 sq.m. plant two to three copies;
• This plant grows very quickly, conquering patches of soil with expanding shoots;
• If you do not control its growth, it will destroy the surrounding plants.

It should be noted that cuttings take root well too. And in early spring, seedlings are planted, which grow under glass. But in order for gypsophiola to look good in the photo, it needs to be given several years.