If the windows in your apartment are facing south or south-east, the indoor plant of the acidider will feel wonderful. Flower azidantera refers to heat-loving plants. Often it is grown in greenhouses, greenhouses, but it can also grow well in an ordinary pot and blossom with enviable regularity. It is allowed to grow on the open ground in summer.
Externally, the flower of this plant is very similar to the usual gladiolus . Zev has a dark red and black and white. Traditionally, the period of abundant flowering falls on the middle of July, but it can shift for two to three weeks. It depends on the conditions in which the athlete grows. One flower-bud can produce up to eleven buds, and at the same time only two or three of them are revealed. Unlike many other indoor plants, the athlete will delight you not only with amazingly beautiful flowers, but also with an amazing, unobtrusive and gentle scent that does not get bored. The smell is reminiscent of the fragrance of lilac and narcissus .
The flowering of the acidata lasts about four weeks. When the last flowers wither and fall, it is necessary to cut off the flower spike. This will prevent the formation of seeds. Despite the fact that the yellowing leaves of the Acidanters are not very aesthetic looking towards the autumn, the plant looks quite dignified thanks to the growing baby of a dark green color that retains its color until frost.
Rules for planting and care
The most suitable substrate for planting and cultivating acididers is a fertile, slightly acid and well drained soil. Before planting the bulbs on the bed, they are grown in pots indoors. To plant a plant in the street is necessary in the spring, when the earth has already warmed up well. In holes deep to 12 centimeters, located 15-20 centimeters from each other, place one corms. After a few weeks the plant will begin to become covered with buds. You can also grow acidader in an ordinary pot. If the size of the container exceeds 30 centimeters in diameter, then a neighborhood and ten bulbs are allowed.
And the planting, and the subsequent care of the Acidante, do not represent difficulties. There are no special requirements. Care is reduced to regular moderate watering, periodic feeding, which is optional, as well as mulching. Immediately after the end of the flowering period, you should cut off the stems, leaving a 10-15-cm sprout on the soil surface. On the eve of the first night frosts, it is necessary to carefully dig out the entire plant. The bulb does not differ in excessive fragility, but still try to avoid damage. Next, peel the dried bulbs from the ground and dried scales, dry again in a roomy environment, and then store in a dark place in a paper bag. The temperature regime is about 15 degrees.
Reproduction of Acidulators
You can propagate this plant with seeds, corms, and shoots-babies. And the result will be in any case
Atsidantera gives several offspring. They should be carefully separated and planted on a separate bed or in a pot. When children grow up, you can transplant them to a permanent place. If the soil is fertile, and the watering is regular, then in the autumn the young athletes will please you with blossoming. Do not forget to treat the bulbs before planting with a fungicide. This will prevent the plant from diseases such as rot, rust.