Koleus, landing and care at home. Plumber Room, Home Care

Plant Koleus was very popular in the field of decorative flower growing in many ways due to its undepair and ease of care. The flower grows rapidly if he is warm and enough of light. In just one season, Koleus will acquire a lush hat of colorful leaves. In the article we will share with you some recommendations for the cultivation of beautiful culture at home.

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Flower Koleus belongs to the family of clarotonic, which consists of approximately 150 varieties. The name of the plant comes from the Greek "Kleos", which means "case". Motherland Flower is considered wet tropics of Asia and Africa.

Popular varieties of coleuce

Coleus hybrid. Often on the windowsill in urban residents, you can see this species - medium-sized plant with a "priest" character. If there are suitable conditions, Koleus reaches 1 m. The bush attracts attention to oval slightly elongated leaves with pronounced sawdords. If the plant is shaded most of the day, its leaves will be green, if the pot stands in the sun - then dark red.
Koleus Rapelte. The historic homeland of the decorative ampel plant is Sri Lanka. His shoots grow up to 50 cm long. The main advantage of the variety is the heart-shaped leaves with wavy edges. The leaf plate is decorated with multicolored veins: yellow, purple, red, brown.
Koleus Blume. Most of all lovers of houseplants loved Koleus Blume - he has a whole lot of interesting varieties! In the natural environment, culture is everywhere in Southeast Asia. This is a semi-staple, the stalk of which is framed with twig weighing at a base of height up to 80 cm.

The most popular and beautiful varieties of flashes Blumes:

Black Dragon - this kind of coleus is distinguished by brown-violet leaves with corrugated edges and made by red veins.
Golden Vzrzdzd - Grade will find out on the bright leaves of yellow-salad paint.
Evening jersey Dawn - the plant is impressive with a saturated red leaves framed by a narrow green border.
Dzestry Nephritis - a visiting card of a variety are white leaves with green edging.

Among the many diverse species and varieties of the coles will definitely have a flower that you would like to see at home.

Koleus: Home Care

The motley outcome of the tropics is completely unpretentious about growing and care. So that your windowsill "flourished" with colorful flaw leaves, try to remember a few simple recommendations.

Planting the coles

Koleus requires a spacious pot depth of about 15 cm. At the bottom of the tank, there must be holes through which water will flow through the drainage layer. A rapidly growing culture should be provided with fertile neutral or weakly acidic soil, which should also have such qualities as lightness, looseness. For example, a koleus is quite suitable for a mixture of 2 parts of the compost, 1 part of the peat and 1 part of large sand.

Permanent place and illumination for cake

The plant prefers to not sleep under sunshine. The lack of light makes Koleus pull the shoots and reset the leaves. However, there should be good in moderation - with too bright lighting the original drawing of the flashes leaves burns out, and the bush himself ceases to grow. That is why it is so important to find for a pot with a flower light and at the same time partially shaded the place on the eastern or western windowsill. In order for the bush to build leaves evenly, the pot from time to time turn to the light of the other side. Koleus can also be grown on the balcony or terrace - there is a house plant will be fully secured with fresh air and at the same time protected from bad weather.

It is interesting! Green clerk copies do not need sunlight as much as varieties with motley crown coloring.

Air humidity for coles

As a true representative of the tropics, Koleus will not tolerate dry air indoors. In order for the plant to feel good, it is regularly sprayed from the sprayer.

Temperature for coleuce

Stable temperature without substantial differences is of great importance for cake. Colorful bushes grow without problems at 20 - 24 ⁰WITH.

Watering the coles

The successful development of the room cake in many ways depends on the correct moisture. For watering, you need a slightly warm soft water. In the hot season, the land in the pot must always be wet, and in the winter it is worth waiting for the upper part of the earth to pour the plant. Also Koleus reacts perfectly to warm shower and irrigation. In the cold season, the spraying stops.

Fertilizer Kolas

Coles growing at home need a weekly feeding of complex fertilizers in the summer. In winter, the number of feeders can be reduced to 2 times a month, without forgetting to reduce the concentration of the nutrient solution at exactly half. And the coles periodically watered the nettle as the nettle, which helps them grow more compactly, without pulling out.

Crossow pruning

Caring for Koleus would be incomplete without regular trimming. The procedure is carried out in several cases:

to suspend growth - as soon as the plant reaches the optimal height, it is cut off, which is stimulated to the zealous extension of the green mass;
to cause active part of the shoots after 2 - 3 weeks after dive;
to form a bush - the plant will take any shape provided that its green mass is very magnificent;
to restore a decorative species in the spring - after wintering, the Koleus is strongly pulled out, because for a long time did not receive a sufficient light. Trimming is cardinal character: there are only 2 - 3 kidneys on the trunk;
to get cuttings for landing the coles. To do this, choose strong shoots located at the top of the bush.

It is interesting! Little white with a bluish sampling of flavor flowers are absolutely not decorative. And since it is difficult to collect good seeds of this plant at home, they have no practical significance. Specialists advise to cut them, because Koleus blooms to the detriment of their shocking beauty. Flowers may appear from March to September.

Coleus transplant

Koleus growing at home does not require frequent transplant. In addition, this culture is often grown as an annual plant, so the transplant in this case is irrelevant. But if it is decided to leave Koleus for the winter, he needs to prepare a pot of larger diameter by the spring - in the old capacity of the root system of the bush will be closely and he will no longer go into growth. Despite the fact that the root system of the cake can not be called powerful, the transplantation after seasonal trimming it usually transfers well.

The plant can also be arranged transshipment. If the size of the old pot is still suitable for Koleus, the transplant is not required, but it is necessary to refresh the soil. For this, the bush is taken out, shakes his roots from the ground and plant a pot of the same size, filling all the empty space with a new nutritious soil.

HOLYES Home: reproduction

Koleus multiplies with such an ease that you can safely leave for wintering 1 - 2 busta plants for vegetative reproduction or even throw away the old plant in the autumn to grow new from the seed. Like garden cake, indoor specimens can be multiplied using seeds and cuttings.

The reproduction of the clerical seeds

Get a seed flageus is the easiest. Seeds even very rare varieties of plants are distinguished by a high level of germination.

First you need to prepare the optimal substrate for sowing - the sand and peat mixture will fit. The soil is laid out in shallow tanks, moisturize and put seeds there. Almost the entire planting material will take up, so the seeds are folded at a distance of 2 - 3 mm from each other. Then they are slightly sprinkled with soil and sprayed with water from the sprayer.

Capacities with seeds are covered with transparent glass or placed in a plastic bag. Now the seeds need irrigation and regular ventilation. Shoots will appear almost everywhere after 10 - 12 days.

Whatever grade is planted, the sprouts always appear green. The color characteristic of one or another color will be acquired a little later. The pots with shoots need to put on the windowsill, where daylight penetrates freely. Previously, you need to make sure that there are no drafts, and the temperature keeps at level 20 ⁰WITH.

Shoots will continue to grow rapidly, so it is important not to guess with the picking of young seedlings - the slightest delay will result in the shoots strongly stretch. At the fact that the time came to dive shoots, will indicate the appearance of the first 2 - 3 leaves - then the seedlings are transferred to a more spacious planting container with fertile land, while maintaining the distance between them at 3 - 4 cm. To the new place, young flashes of coles get used to the new place. When the height of the bush reaches 15 - 20 cm, they are transplanted into a permanent pot.

Growing cakes from cutlets

After trimming the adult plant, fragments remain, thanks to which the flaw can be multiplied by the method of drawing. The procedure can be carried out in the fall, provided that the daughters will have enough natural lighting, or on the outcome of winter to get a beautiful bush by the beginning of spring.

Trigging shoots at least 10 cm long put in a glass with water. Alternatively, the lower part of the cutting is freed from the leaves and immerse the escape into the moistened soil or sand, top above the cropped plastic bottle and leave in the shaded place at a temperature in the range of 18 - 20 ⁰S. On average after 8 - 10 days roots appear. As soon as it happens, the cuttings are planted into the ground at a permanent place. This type of cake reproduction has proven itself as the most reliable.

Coles at home: diseases and pests

In the process of cultivation of the clerk, his owner may face a number of problems:

he launched the stem at the base - due to the absence or insufficient amount of drainage in the pot, moisture stagn;
the edges of the leaves became brown - in the room too dry air and the plant is experiencing a deficit of moisture;
feed the leaves - Flower "Frozen" due to low temperature and drafts in the room;
the surface of the leaf disfigured yellow spots - the flower got a sunburn;
the leaves lost their decorative attractiveness, pale - Koleus lacks natural lighting;
the flower stopped growing - there are not enough nutrients in the ground;
too elongated shoots - the flower did not pinch and did not cut off. Also, this symptom may indicate a lack of lighting or the fact that the plant is already old.

From the insect pests the greatest danger to the campus represent the pawless ticks, shields, whiteflies and a wave, and the bedroom plants are more susceptible to them than the coles that grow in the garden. To prevent the lesion of the flower, it needs to be regularly visiting and arrange a warm shower.

Even if Koleus looks strong and healthy, you should always be a beach. Insects are usually found under the leaves, on the back of the leaf plate. On their presence, the plant soon reacts to the deformation and discoloration of the crown. If you start fighting pests in time, the plant can be saved. To get rid of the problem, the trunk, shoots and leaves of the coles need to be treated with soapy water. For greater efficiency, the procedure is repeated in one week. Before processing the soil is securely cover with the film so that the insects do not get into the pot.

Flower at a notes

The main "highlight" of the coleus is a motley coloring of his leaves. To the bedroom flower showed itself in all its glory, in the neighbors it is worth choosing plants with a monophonic color of the leaves.
In the cold season, the coles are best kept on the windowsill in the kitchen.
Young Koleus acquires a "presentable" appearance 5 months after landing - knowing it, you can easily determine the time of planting the plant.
The warmer in the room where Koleus grows, the more abundantly, it should be watering.
If the flower forgot to pour and his leaves lost elasticity, the land in the pot needs generously moisturizing and spray with a flower with water from the sprayer. Koleos will soon come to life.