Gorgeous passionflower - growing out of seed

"Do you want me to get you a star from the sky?" - "No, darling, I'll raise it myself. Wash, better, dishes. " Yes, such a dialogue may well take place if she is in love not only in the sweet, but also in the magnificent, depending on the climate indoor or garden plant - passionflower. "Why the" star "?" - you ask. Because the passionflower for the shape of her flower is called a "cavalier star". There are over four hundred wild and hybrid species of this plant, but all of them are united by one - a star-like amazing flower, which differs in color and size. The flowering of passionflowers is truly a reward for the effort, because once you see its flower once, it is impossible to forget it. The magnificent vine of passionflower, the growing of which from the seed of which is not very difficult, grows in different parts of the globe. But it grows only in the tropics or subtropics. In indoor floriculture, only a few dozen kinds of passionflower are used.

Well, how to grow a "star"

A round or oval fruit on the spot of the flower leaves behind it the flowered passionflower after flowering. Seeds in it mature gradually. Before planting, they must be soaked, so that they swell and sprout faster. Soil for vegetative reproduction does not need to be taken too fat. It should consist of at least a third part of loam and 20 percent of sand. For the remaining half, you can use the purchased soil based on peat.

Tropical plant Passiflora cultivation requires a sufficiently high temperature - from 20 ° C to 25 ° C. Seeds should not be buryed too much in the ground, enough depth - 2-4 cm. Do not allow the drying of the soil, so it is necessary to cover the container with the rudiments of the future "star" with polyethylene or glass. About once a week, the greenhouse should be ventilated. No matter how much you want to see the flowering of such a plant as passionflower, growing from a seed can take a rather long period. Up to 12 months, the seeds can "sit" in the ground without moving. When the sprouts proklyunulis, you need to watch them.

If within 2 days the embryonic leaflets are not opened, they must be opened so that they do not stick together. The covering material can be removed when the shoots reach a centimeter. But to train newborns "stars" to "harsh reality" is necessary gradually. First open them for 2-3 hours, then for half a day. If everything is normal, and the kids feel good, you can clean the covering material completely. Pikking of seedlings should be carried out in the phase of the appearance of the first pair of adult leaves. Sprouts do not need to be deeply bent, but do not leave the roots open.

For a plant like passionflower, growing out of seed is a very long way, when it comes to flowering. To the liana blossom, it must first "grow up". Planted from seeds, the plants bloom for 3-5 years. Moreover, they immediately need a decent volume of the pot, so that the plant will gain strength and too quickly not drink all the moisture in the ground. Overdrying an earthy coma can lead to a delay in the development of the root system and, consequently, to the removal of the flowering time.

The optimum volume of the pot for passionflowers is up to 2 liters. In a larger volume, the "star" will not bloom until the roots take up the entire volume of the pot. And this can happen soon.

Fans of the passionflower plant growing from the seed can be recommended only for the purpose of commercial reproduction. A more reliable method of reproduction, guaranteeing the rapid appearance of flowers - the rooting of a segment of the stem. It is better if this is the tip, but the middle section with two pairs of leaves can be rooted in the water. The "star" received in this way will blossom in two years.