Violet is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant, which has more than five hundred varieties , differing in color, shape and size of leaves and flowers. Since it blooms in early spring, its bloom seems to mark the end of winter. It is believed that the motherland of violets is Australia.
Violet: care and reproduction at home
This flower can be grown in a greenhouse or at home. The violet reaches a height of 30 cm and is characterized by active growth.
Care of flowers is simple enough and does not take a lot of time. Violets like good lighting, but do not place them under direct sunlight. The best party for cultivation will be the northern, in extreme cases - eastern or western.
In order to ensure uniform growth and development of violets from all sides, it is periodically necessary to turn it different sides with respect to light.
In the ground with a pot it is desirable to add coarse-grained sand and peat moss. It is necessary to prepare the drainage in advance so that it occupies not less than ½ pot.
Violet likes water, so the soil in the pot must be constantly moist. However, do not pour too much water, otherwise the roots may begin to rot.
It is necessary to transplant the violet once a year. However, do not take a larger pot. It is enough to change the ground and plant the plant in the same pot.
How to propagate violets with leaves?
Reproduction of violets is carried out by leaves or their fragments, that is, a part of the leaf. Rooting of the leaf can be carried out in water or ground.
Rooting a whole leaf in water
- We pluck from the bush leaf with a handle at an angle of 45 degrees. The length of the petiole should not be more than 4 cm.
- . Within 15 minutes, let's dry the place of cut.
- For rooting in water, a dark glass container is best suited. You can take a bottle of medicine. I need a little water. Pour the liquid to a level no more than 1.5 cm from the day of the container.
- We create hothouse conditions for the sheet, covering it with a plastic container.
Rooting a whole leaf in the ground
- Preparing the soil: to the ground, add charcoal, perlite, vermiculite, sphagnum.
- Take a plastic cup and make holes for draining the water.
- We fall asleep the soil in a glass.
- We insert in it a leaf to a depth of not more than 1.5 cm.
- To ensure that the leaf stays steady in the cup, you can come up with various ways to maintain the leaf in an upright position: plastic tubes, a piece of a cut glass.
- As an option, you can pour the soil into the glass not to the end, but put a piece of violet on the edge of the glass. After the children grew up, a part of the glass can be cut. This will increase the space for free growth of children. And the ledge, which is left under the leaf, will serve as a stand.
- We pour the stalk with warm water, preferably boiled.
- We place a glass in a warm bright place.
- Top with a plastic container to create greenhouse conditions. As soon as the first children appeared, the container can be removed.
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Rooting a fragment of a leaf in water or soil
If you use "tight" varieties of violets in the process of growing, the children can appear not earlier than four to six months after planting. In this case, you can stimulate more rapid growth of children, if you intentionally damage the leaf plate. Using a sharp knife you need to cut one third or one quarter of the leaf. The cut can be made obliquely by cutting a triangle along veins, or along a straight line, as shown in the photo below.
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The method of planting a part of the sheet is the same as the whole.
If you follow the rules of care and reproduction of violets, luxurious caps of beautiful flowers will please you.