When and how to transplant violets: all the rules and nuances of the procedure

The transplantation of indoor violets is necessary due to the fact that the soil in the pot gradually loses the acidity necessary for plants, is depleted and cakes, due to which air exchange worsens. As a result, the senpolia lacks nutrients, as a result of which it loses its attractiveness.

Let's find out in which cases it is time to plan a plant transplant and how to properly conduct it so that the violet continues to delight you with its beauty.

At home

First, let's talk about the signs, having seen which you should think about a transplant. Transplant a flower is worth:

1. After quarantine of the newly acquired plant.
2. A white coating appears on the top layer of the substrate.
3. When removing the plants from the cache-pot, the roots are too tight.
4. Depressed look, dying foliage. Feeding does not help.
5. A young shoot emerged from the rooted leaflet, which requires a transplant.

More nuances about the various diseases and pests of violets and methods of dealing with them, including plant transplantation, can be found here.

The best time to transplant violets is spring, but at the same time, under no circumstances should the plant be transplanted during flowering. The earth must be loosened, and before planting it must be watered.

There are several ways to transplant:

1. Transshipment - Best suited for immediate restoration of violets. This method involves preserving the soil with a transplant in a new pot. During the transshipment, it is important to monitor the root.
2. Partial land replacement - complete soil replacement is not required; transshipment with a small addition of new earth saturated with trace elements is sufficient.
3. Complete land replacement - the most difficult method, requires a complete replacement of the soil. First, drainage is prepared in a plastic pot, then part of the earth is poured. With the help of fingers, a hill is formed, roots are placed in it. Then more soil is added so that the lower leaves of the violet touch the ground slightly. The next day, more soil is added, as it can settle.

How to carry out the procedure?

Soil preparation

If you bought your first senpolia, and you didn’t have to mix the soil before, then you should first buy special soil in the store. Although in such a soil there may not be what is indicated on the package. It is also worth noting that in nature, in the habitat of violets, the earth is poor, but it has a minimal amount of elements necessary for its growth.

In the same time often purchased violets when transplanting quickly wither, this is due to artificial soil, in which the amount of elements required by the violet is in excess, due to which, with a sharp quantitative decrease in these very elements, the senpolia dies.

Therefore, perlite, vermiculite, sphagnum (moss) and peat should be added to the soil. Most often, perlite and vermiculite are added in a ratio of 1.5: 1 and one glass is added to this mixture per bucket of prepared soil. Thus, thanks to the soil, the violet will have enough nutrients, and it will also be protected from bacteria.

In addition, all of them are additives of natural origin, and therefore are completely safe for humans and for the senpolia.

Besides, the composition of the soil should be approximately the same:

• chernozem - 5 volumes;
• peat - 3 volumes;
• coarse river sand - 1 part.

Reference! When adding peat, sand, perlite or vermiculite must be added.

Fertilizers

It should be noted right away that if you still plan to use purchased soil, then it already contains fertilizers.

If you plant the senpolia in the purchased soil, then bait can be done only 4 months after planting and rooting the outlet.

For the senpolia, simple cow cakes are an excellent fertilizer. They contain a huge amount of microelements, and this will have a very positive effect on the growth of the senpolia. The cake should be finely crushed and added to the ground. Also a splendid fertilizer is a crumbled egg shell.

It will reduce the acidity of the earth, as well as increase the content of potassium and calcium. Besides, flower growers advise the following fertilizing companies:

• Peters.
• Etisso.
• Schultz.
• Bayer.
• Valagro

The composition of any fertilizer for violets should include:

• NPK complex (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium);
• calcium;
• iron;
• magnesium;
• molybdenum;
• boron;
• sodium;
• copper;
• zinc and sulfur.

With a lack of these elements, the violet may begin to shed leaves or even stop growing.

Feeding Methods

There are also 2 ways to make fertilizing. Let's talk about them in more detail:

1. Root dressing. The optimal form of fertilizer is powder or granules. The fertilizer is mixed with water in a proportion of 1:10, after which it is carefully applied to the soil. Since the violet does not like to “wet the leaves”, it is most convenient to water it from the pallet.

   Before applying fertilizer through the pallet, you need to moisten the soil with plain water in advance, otherwise you can burn the roots of the violet.

2. Foliar top dressing. A flower is sprayed with a solution diluted in a ratio of 1:20. This method is used extremely rarely, since flower growers prefer root dressing.

   The first top dressing is done in the spring when the plant wakes up. When feeding, complexes are used where the nitrogen content is increased. The second top dressing is performed during the formation of outlets and budding. This time with a high content of phosphorus and potassium. Subsequent top dressing is carried out with an equal ratio of all elements.

   For further feeding, you can purchase the NPK complex with an equal content of all elements. Also, you can not feed the violet immediately after transplantation.

Tableware

For an adult plant ideal is a pot up to 10 cm high, as well as with a diameter of the upper part of 15-20 cm. For a young plant, a pot up to 6 cm high is more suitable.

Getting planting material

The right choice of planting material is a guarantee of the successful cultivation of violets. Senpolia planting material can be purchased in the form of seeds, starters, children, and cuttings (for how to root a cuttings or grow a violet from seeds, read here). If you have a choice between an adult flowering outlet and a baby, then feel free to choose the first. A non-flowering plant will clearly not enhance your mood.

It is better to purchase planting material at exhibitions or from collectors. With such images, you will almost one hundred percent reduce the likelihood of getting a “marriage." Also worth paying attention to the appearance of Saintpaulia.

A healthy plant should be firm to the touch and free from defects on the leaf. Also pay attention to color, as each grade has its own. For the handle, leaves of the second and third order from below are suitable. Beginners should start with cheap varieties in view of their ease of care.

You can learn more about the main types and variety of varietal colors of violets to help in choosing planting material here.

I would also like to talk about violet starters. Starters are the same violet kids, but they have no hurry to lay buds. It is not worth rushing to transplant such a plant, since such a delay is only the specificity of the variety. There are varieties of violets, flowers in which appear only a year after transplanting to a new place. But in case the plant should already bloom, but is slow, then it should be transplanted.

Features and subsequent care

As mentioned above, transplanting violet is best in the spring season. During the transplant, it is necessary to give the violet certain conditions, namely: illumination, the required temperature, optimal humidity. If the temperature in the room fluctuates, then it should not go beyond the level that is necessary for the full growth and development of the senpolia.

In the case when, after a transplant, the plant is placed on a window where the lighting and temperature fluctuate, the senpolia may simply not take root. During the transplant, the weather should be dry and warm.. If it rained for a long time after transplantation, the plant may fade.

The first top dressing must be done two to three months after transplanting into your soil or after 4 months into purchased soil.

Transplanting can occur during flowering. It is important to remove all flowers before transplanting. In this case, do not worry, after the transplant the senpolia blooms again (about the main reasons why violets do not bloom and how to avoid it, read here). Peduncles break out from the plant in order to have new roots. Despite the fact that the desired time for transplanting Saintpaulia is spring, the florist can transplant it at a convenient time for him. The main thing is that all stages of the transplant should be performed correctly.

Can it be carried out with flowering plants?

So is it possible to transplant blooming? The main thing with such a transplant is not to scare him. Therefore, you should carefully dig out a flower without damaging the root system. Next, without shaking the roots from the ground, you need to carefully transplant the flower. Further, the watering process should be done from the pallet.

ATTENTION! The flower must be transplanted into dry land.

Possible problems after

After transplanting with senpolia, some difficulties may arise, namely:

• leaves soften;
• the flower just does not bloom, etc.

Since Saintpaulia is a pretty “nervous" plant, all of these problems can be associated either with non-compliance with the rules of transplantation, or with damage to the root system.

If in the second case fertilizers or some other additives can save you, then in the first case the flower will most likely die. Many gardeners have their own opinions on this matter, but many advise to transplant the flower back, and if everything goes well and the violet takes root, then after a while it can be relocated to another place.

They can also cause these problems.:

1. acidification of the soil;
2. waterlogging of the soil;
3. rotting of the root system or overkill with fertilizers.

Summing up, we can say that violet is a very interesting, difficult to care for, and also an extremely characteristic plant that, despite its simplicity, will fit perfectly into the interior of any room.

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