| Description: | Inter-specific Mandevilla hybrid (synonym: Dipladenia), heat-demanding special culture of good growth characteristics and bright colours. Container plant flowering from summer to winter, grows also in hanging baskets or in combinations. Low water and care demand. Also half-shaded places pose no problem. Indoors, hibernation is possible in well-lighted places (12 - 14 °C). |
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| Potting: | 3 l containers (or hanging baskets) for sale in August/May: purchase raw ware as from calendar week 12. 3 l containers (or hanging baskets) for sale in May/June of following year: purchase raw ware in July/August. Support racks are required for cultivation in 3 l containers! Use well-draining containers. |
| Substrate: | Well-draining substrate of type 2. pH value: < 5.5 |
| Fertilization: | Moderately consumptive, apply a complete fertilizer (max. 0,15 %) twice a week. |
| Temperature: | 20 °C for 2 to 3 weeks, finish cultivation at 18 - 20 °C. |
| Light: | Full light, no shadow. |
| Flowering: | Starts in mid-/late May depending on light conditions (if no supplementary light is used). |
| Growth regulators: | Recommended is a support rack of a maximum horizontal extension, especially for cultivation in large containers. Regalis 0.25 % offered the best inhibition with the least applications. Apply Caramba 0.05 % or Topflor 0.05 % - 0.1% to control flower brightening at cultivation end. |
| Pinching: | 1. First give the plant the proper shape. For the purpose, remove any flower buds and cut back long shoots. 2. To stimulate flowering during cultivation, cut back the vegetative long shoots once again. The subsequently occurring short lateral shoots will increase the number of flowers. |
| Diseases and pest: | Botrytis, lice, white fly; take hygienic measures! |
| Water balance is of importance; the plants must not stand too wet, danger of botrytis, damage to roots and irregular plant build-up are the consequences. | |