| Description: | Excellently suited for combination with all kinds of bed and balcony plants. Consumer tip: Please note that temporary dryness of the root ball is in general poorly tolerated. |
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| Potting: | 10 - 12 cm pots; 50 - 30 plants/m²; weeks 4 - 10 15 - 25 cm hanging baskets (3 - 4 plants); 20 - 12 pcs./m²; weeks 1 - 6 |
| Substrate: | Simple substrate of type 2 pH 5 - 6 |
| Fertilization: | Moderately consumptive, application of 0.075 - 0.2 % complete fertilizer once or twice a week. Have an eye on iron deficiency symptoms during cultivation. Should they occur, they can easily be remedied with conventional iron chelate fertilizers. |
| Temperature: | Start at 16 - 18 °C, finish cultivation at 12 -16 °C. Cool Morning and Dif improve the quality and plant build-up. Cold cultivation is possible but poses the big danger of botrytis and extends the cultivation time. |
| Light: | Full light, no shadow. |
| Flowering: | From early in April depending on light conditions. |
| Growth regulators: | The use of growth regulators, e.g. Regalis 0.25 % or Topflor 0.05 %, improves the quality. |
| Pinching: | 1 to 2 weeks after potting or immediately in case of a suitable young plant size. Lopping or shaping is recommended in order to get a better plant build-up. |
| Diseases and pest: | Botrytis, thrips, 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. | |