Sinning HYBRID (gloxinia)

The family Gesneriaceae .  Gardening form of hybrid origin .  Perennial herb with oblong pubescent leaves and underground tubers, which grow on low stalks .  Large flowers of 6 cm in diameter - white, pink, bright red, purple, blue or speckled - "calico" .  It blooms from June to September .  It grows well in a light place .  In summer, protect from direct sunlight .  Autumn watered infrequently .  Aboveground plant parts die off .  Left in the land of the tuber stored in a dry place at a temperature of 14-18 ° C, basting occasionally .  In March it clear of the ground and old roots and transplanted without falling asleep eyes in a mixture of peat, leaf soil, humus and sand (1: 1: 1: 0, 5) .  At the bottom of the container do drainage .  Watered careful not to get water on the leaves and the top of the tuber .  In the summer and spring fed complete mineral or organic fertilizers .  Propagation is by seed in spring, obtained by artificial pollination, division of the tuber and leaves .  Small seeds sown without falling asleep, in a mixture of peat and sand (1: 1) and regularly sprayed .  As the seedlings dive twice, then planted one in small pots .  Tubers divided into portions having 1-2 germ .  Slices sprinkled with powdered charcoal .  During the multiplication of leaf petioles deepen 1-2 cm in the sand or in a mixture of peat and sand .

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