Violets blossom up to ten months a year. In winter, they do not have enough sunlight to blossom, so it's time to rest.
It's about violets that are grown without additional lighting. In winter, the fertilizing of flowers stops, on the adult violets the peduncles are removed. Violets in winter are afraid of the cold from the glass and a draft on the windowsill. At a temperature below 12 degrees, the roots begin to decay and the aerial part. Under the vases, you must put a heater to protect violets from hypothermia. If the battery is very hot, buds will not be pawned. To avoid this, the battery is covered with a wet cloth, which will increase the humidity of the air for violets.
Can I change violets in winter?
It is possible, if there is no other way out. Young violets are transplanted with a partial replacement of the earth coma. It removes all the land that does not hold a coma. When transplanting adult violets or rejuvenating them, a complete replacement of the earth coma is made. Roots are shaken from the surpluses of the compacted earth and unravel. Long roots are pruned. The trimming tool must be clean, the cut off areas are treated with crushed coal.
After the transplant, the violet must be placed in a greenhouse for a couple of weeks. You can rejuvenate the plant by dipping the bare stem to the lower leaves and removing parts of the root. When the leg of a violet has grown more than on 2 sm, it is recommended to cut off it, having left small penechek. Then put in water for rooting.
How to water the violets in winter?
In a deep bowl of warm water is poured, a pot of violets is put in it, so that the water reaches the edges of the pot, but does not overflow. In a bowl of water, the plant stands until the soil in the pot is wet by touch. If necessary, fertilizer can be added to the water. It is done no more often than once a week.
There are violets that react quickly to a lack of water. If you buy such a violet, you will always know when to water your flowers. Winter watering should not be abundant, this should be remembered. Overflow will lead to decay of roots. It must be ensured that the leaves do not touch the glass of the windows. In severe frost, the violet from the windowsill must be removed. The winter sun can also burn the leaves of violets. Violet (Senpolia) needs an air temperature of + 18-20 degrees and good lighting.
Do violets bloom in the winter?
In autumn, when the light day begins to decline, additional light is provided for the violet by daylight lamps and the air temperature is maintained at about +25 degrees - in winter the indoor plant will bloom very actively. Necessarily, like all flowering plants, the violet must be regularly, every two weeks, fed with fertilizers with an increased content of potassium (Uniflorus-bud).
Every month, adult violets are recommended to do disease prevention - watering with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Manganese will disinfect the earth, acidify, which is very good for the flower.
And still, if special conditions are created, as well as the feeding of violets in winter, they will blossom all winter long. On the shelves, when illuminated with fluorescent lamps, violets can blossom all year round and please you with their color. But let them rest for a couple of months a year! Stop in October, feed your flowers and remove peduncles.