Balzamine – a very beautiful indoor plant. It can bloom all year round, for which, in fact, is valued. Therefore, many of its species (for example, linear -leaved balsam, balsam sultanovid, balsam Peters) are located separately from all other plants in order to attract the most attention to it, that is, they use in the interior as a soliter. Let’s talk about what conditions are necessary for growing this wonderful indoor plant.
Lighting
The room where the balzamine grows should not be too dark. Otherwise, the plant may stop blooming, and maybe even perish.
How to care for balmsamine
Therefore, either light or partial shade will be acceptable.
Temperature regime
The temperature in the room where balzamine is grown should be 20-22 degrees. In winter, it should be approximately 15-17 degrees, but in no case no lower than that. Because at a very low temperature, the plant will not be able to bloom in the winter period.
Air humidity level
The plant must be sprayed from time to time, but it is impossible to ensure that water falls on its flowers.
Watering
Balzamine is a moisture -loving plant and therefore does not endure when it is dried for a long time, it can be fired very quickly and perish very quickly. In order to avoid this, balzamine should be watered abundantly, and on hot days this must be done every day. Only in winter watering can be made moderate, but at the same time always monitor the state of the earth in the pot.
Bloom
Subject to all the necessary conditions, Balsamin will continuously bloom. This plant can have both single flowers and several pieces located together.
How to care for balmsamine
There are different colors. Sometimes in balzamine there are flowers even with two -tone petals. In order for flowering to be abundant, this plant should always be in a fairly close pot.
Reproduction
The easiest way is the reproduction of balming cuttings. This will require shoots about 7 cm long. Moreover, such a stem stalk should have at least two or three internodes. It will be necessary to cut off all the lower leaves from it, and then put it in the water. As a rule, 1-2 weeks will be enough for the cuttings to form roots. After which it will need to be put in moisturized soil.
