Violet grows in the form of a shrub and is considered a very beautiful plant. The variety of this flower is very diverse and is about 500 species. They like a temperate and softer climate. Violets require special care and attention.
This flower, like all living things, when they change their place of residence, experience stress, because for them the usual conditions, temperature, air composition, lighting, water change. So when you brought the flower from the store, you can not change the violet to a new pot for a month. She feels well on the windowsill, but is afraid of direct sun rays.
How to properly care for violets?
With parchment paper or curtains, you can cover the pot from the sun. Violets will feel good on the nightstand or on the table, which stand near the window. The flower needs to be turned in a circle, so that the violet is formed symmetrically.
Lighting
From the unnatural light violets are well perceived by fluorescent lamps. For a flower, you can make a shelf, put a few vases with violets and install a fluorescent lamp next to it. To determine whether there is enough light for your flowers, listen to the tips of the flower. If the leaves stretch upward, then the color does not get enough light, and if the flowers go down, then there is excess light. To flowering was abundant and long, you need constant lighting, somewhere 12 hours a day. The violet will bloom well and grow if the temperature in the room is 22 degrees. If in summer the air temperature is very high, then the violet will not bloom.
The best is the violet gets on in the kitchen, where frying, cooking and a park of products takes place, where the humidity is about 60%. But with the advent of winter, the room is set dry enough air and it is better to move the vase with violet to a pallet that is covered with a moisture-transmitting material. Suitable moss sphagnum, a layer of newspapers or expanded clay. It must be remembered that the violet is afraid of drafts.
Watering
You can water the violet with tap water, but before that you need it to stand and leave the chlorine, and after 2 days to boil, then it will get rid of the salts. Violet should not be poured on top of the leaves, but poured water into the bowl of the pot. If 15 minutes after watering, there will be water in the dish, it must be poured, so that the roots do not rot. Violets tolerate waterlogging worse than drying out the soil. A sign that the violet needs irrigation is the dryness of the top layer of the soil. Once every six months you need to rid the flower of dust. To do this, wash the leaves under warm running water so that the pot itself does not get water.
The soil
Violet prefers a mixture of land, which includes the necessary mineral substances, which will contribute to the flowering and growth of the flower. And if you transplant the violet 2 times a year, then the flower will get more nutritious and useful substances. If there is no such possibility, then the flower needs to be supplemented with mixtures, they are poured 2 times a month. For the life of violets, many trace elements are needed, liquid mixtures in the form of potassium, phosphorus. Overdose with these fertilizers can lead to death of the flower. Before use, read the instructions and strictly observe it.
Pot
It is best to use plastic pots, depending on the growth of the plant, the diameter of the pot should increase. Before transplanting or planting a violet on the bottom of the pot, drainage should be put, with its help it is possible to prevent air penetration to the roots of the violet.
Using these tips, you can correctly learn to care for violets.