If in your collection of indoor plants there are violets, you probably already encountered the difficulties of watering them. No matter how responsible the florist did not observe the irrigation regime , it is impossible to adapt to each flower - each has its own peculiarities. As a result, there are often problems with overdrying the plant (the violet resets the flowers, and the leaves turn yellow), or the soil becomes waterlogged when the root of the flower decays. How to choose and maintain the optimum moisture regime? The answer is simple - a wick watering of plants.
The essence of the method
Do not you pour water into the plant, and it itself pulls up so much liquid and at the very time when it is necessary for him. As a conductor of water in the ground, a synthetic wick with good capillary properties is used. One of its ends is immersed in a special container for wick watering, and the other - in a pot with soil. It is imperative that there is a certain air space between the tray with water and the pot with the earth (the dry part of the wick).
Advantages of wicking violets:
- creates the most comfortable for plants microclimate;
- violets develop better and flourish for a long period;
- there is no risk of overdosing fertilizers (they are diluted immediately in a tray with water);
- most of the time is saved;
- pots of small size are needed, which significantly saves the amount of soil for the wick watering of violets;
- the period of reception of the ready adult flower is considerably reduced due to a fast set of green mass in comfortable conditions of optimum humidity of plants.
Disadvantages of wick watering indoor plants:
- the peduncles are deformed, the dense caps of flowering are "scattered" into a large number of separate flowers;
- if the wick is incorrectly selected, there is a risk of waterlogging the violets (do not use cotton wicks and kapron tights in this capacity);
- strongly developed large rosettes, on the background of which flowers are lost. To avoid this, use smaller diameter pots for wick watering.
Fibrous watering of violets is a very convenient way of caring for flowers. You can try this method first on one pot. Take a small pot for the violet watering of violets, lay the synthetic cord on the bottom in a turn, the second end of it go out through the hole in the pot. Up on the wick, fill the substrate for the violets and plant the flower. The pot itself is inserted into a large plastic cup (or pot) with a solution of water and fertilizers. It is important that there is an air layer between the pot and the liquid in the container for the wick-watering (glass).
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Literally in two weeks you will rejoice at the results and transfer all your plants to the wick watering!