Calibraroa cultivation and care - the subtleties of planting and care at home

A plant with an interesting name of calibraroa, growing and caring for which requires certain knowledge, can often be seen as an ornamentation of the exterior of windows and balconies. It is placed in hanging baskets, numerous small flowers improve the unsightliness of the home and pleases the eye.

Calibraroa - description

Colorful calibrahoa is a perennial hanging culture, the length of shoots varies from 0.5 to 1.5 m. The stems branch and eventually grow lignified, they are pubescent and covered with small long leaf plates 3-4 cm long. The flowers of the calibraroa resemble the mini " gramophones, "the diameter of the buds is 2.5-3 cm. They are similar to petunia , but they are smaller. The native color of the flowers of calibrracho is lilac. Breeders brought out hybrids with other colors - snow-white, pink, red, yellow, blue, crimson, brown. Center veins of petals have a more intense color.

What distinguishes calibrahoa from petunia:

1. Bicolour color of corolla. The gramophone calibrancho neck is always yellowish or brown, regardless of the primary color of the corolla.
2. The stem of the calibraro is more dense, prone to ligneousness, in petunias it is flexible and herbaceous.
3. Leaflets calibraro small and elongated (width 1 cm, length 3-4 cm), covered with fluff.

Calibraroa - varieties

After the selection works, many varieties of this flower appeared. The best cultivar for cultivation:

1. A million bells (Million Bells). Ampel'noe plant with branches 1-1,5 m, it is covered with so abundantly opened flowers, that green is not noticeable. In the series there are varieties that differ in coloring of corolla: Coral Pink, Milk (Calita White), Yellow-Orange (Apricot Punch), Lilac (Grape Punch).
2. Kablum. The plant is formed in the form of a low bush with a height of 20-30 cm and a diameter of 25-35 cm. It blooms abundantly, it has several varieties with white, blue, yellowish and dark pink color.
3. Terry. The given type is allocated a structure of a flower - corollas at it multilevel and magnificent. There are many juicy colors: bright yellow (Double Yellow), ruby ​​(Double Ruby), blue (Double Blue), pink (Double Pink).

Flower Calabracho - Planting and Care

If you want to have an ampel flower of Caliberra in the house, cultivation and care of it is produced in hanging baskets, high vases, and illegal boxes. One plant needs 2-3 liters of soil. The soil must be neutral or weakly acidic, light and loose. The plant needs to provide a lot of light and heat, but from the hot sun it needs to be shaded, protected from strong wind and drafts. Calibraroa - cultivation and proper care:

1. The plant loves moisture, but it can not be poured. A more effective procedure for care is spraying several times a day with water at room temperature. Humidification is not more often than once a week supplemented with watering under the root.
2. Every week, the culture is fed. In the seedling period the compounds are used on the basis of nitrogen, in flowering - with phosphorus and potassium.
3. When leaving, wilted flowers are cut off so that the seeds do not become tied to them. In the middle of summer, shoots can be cut half-length.
4. In winter, the strongest plant, chosen as a queen pot, is put on a glassed-in balcony. In the spring cuttings are cut off from him and rooted. The flower itself can again blossom.
5. To get home a magnificent flower of calibraro, to sow and care must be done correctly. Propagation of the culture with seeds or cuttings.

Calibraroa - seeding seeds for seedlings

This method of reproduction is longer, the flower may not inherit the color and size of the mother's bush. How to plant calibrrajo on seedlings:

1. Seeds are soaked in stimulating compounds " Zircon ", " Epin " or in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for a day, then dried.
2. Sow the seeds in peat pills . To do this, it must be soaked in boiling water and wait until it cools completely and put a seed on the surface.
3. Seeds can be sown and ground mixture. For this, drainage is placed in a box 4-5 cm, sand 1 cm, soil (leaf earth, peat, humus). The seeds are sown in 50-70 pieces per 1 sq. M. dm.

When to sow calibrracho on seedlings?

The timing of the Calibrahoe landing is the end of summer or the beginning of early autumn. They are suitable for any method of reproduction - for growing seeds or germinating cuttings. Young flowers are kept in a greenhouse in conditions of excellent humidity, they are unpretentious and well survive the winter. In the spring, new calibrracho flowers are grown from the seedlings. Transplant the shoots to a permanent place with a steady heat of at least 22 ° C.

Calibraroa - growing out of seeds at home

How to grow calibrracho from seeds after sowing:

1. Peat pills or a box with crops are covered with a film and put in a greenhouse under a 16-hour illumination.
2. After 5 days sprouts sprouts, they begin to temper, for a few minutes removing the film. After a couple of days, the covering material can be removed completely.
3. For irrigation use a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
4. When the first leaves appear, care requires inclusion of fertilizing, fertilizer uses a vitamin B12 ampoule for a glass of water. The solution is watered under the root and irrigation of the foliage.
5. When the roots begin to appear and 4-5 real leaves appear, the plant is transplanted into a glass and the apex pricked to form lateral shoots.
6. Next, young growths once a week are fed with organic.

How to cut calibraroa?

Cutting is the best variant of reproduction. It is believed that the plant then becomes stronger and retains all the characteristics of its variety. Growing calibraro from the cuttings:

1. The apical cuttings 4 cm long are cut from the queen cell.
2. The lower leaves should be cut off from them and immediately put the sprout in a moist soil.
3. The stalk is covered with a plastic cup and every day is opened for several minutes.
4. Twice a day, cuttings are sprayed with water from a sprayer.
5. To obtain bushy plants, seedlings are pricked over 4 or 5 leaves. The tops of shoots are also suitable for use for propagation. If necessary, repeat the prishchipku after 2 weeks.
6. The grown plants are transplanted to a pot 11-13 cm in diameter in a month or a half.
7. In spring, from the bush, the apical processes are re-cut and rooted - from them flowering calibrrachas are obtained.

Will not take on caliberbraa

How to root cuttings calibrracho, if they do not take root well:

1. With cuttings, growth regulators that stimulate rooting can be used (Heteroauxin).
2. The main secret of success with cuttings propagation is to place the cut shoots in the substrate as quickly as possible, because after 1-2 hours after cutting, their ability to rooting sharply decreases.
3. When the first signs of a " black leg " or mold appear, spraying should be stopped and the sick shoots removed.