How to grow gloxinia

The cultute Glonixia the plant of the family Gesneriaceae, is generally unknown. Put the bulb in vegetation chassis, to March 15 at a temperature of 25 ° C. The plant is covered with 10 cm of soil in which the pots are buried. Tubers must have bud formation. To this end we have previously laid the tubers, some time in advance, and on wet sand near the light at the same temperature. Then, according to size, we put them in pots of 12 to 16 cm in the peat soil with lots of little sandy detritus of leaves with a little fertilizer. The tubers are barely covered the top of the earth forming a nipple, so that there is a vacuum to hold irrigation water. To do well, without having to repot again, the wetland must be maintained as long as possible without watering Once the leaves appear the plants should be a2ré and we can begin to water the edge of the pot, then increases fure and with the development of the plant to reach watering in the midst of abundant vegetation. It will be best to place your gloxinia a pot spilled or on stands. When the buttons appear, it will fertilize every 4 to 5 days and preferably in the morning if the weather is warm. It was also during this time it will be useful to two times a week at night, fumigation of tobacco. (This is a process Bio) to fight against aphids. Once properly installed the plant no longer requires special care except to protect the flowers from the sun so they last longer.