Eucomis bicolor

January 28, 2010

As George Moul me in one of our sites comments pointed out that apart from Eucomis autumnalis is a very popular and widely grown as another kind of Eucomis bicolor. Let's therefore something of this African plant say anything more. Chocholatice grow for some time and if I had to express in one word captures the characteristic of the perennials I can think of one thing - samopěstitelka. The only thing after this flower you want is to have it planted in pots large enough nutritious soil. The rest will take care of itself.

Eucomis, after our chocholatice is very decorative, and as reflected in

previous lines, easily grown plant. Bulb with attractive flowers with typical plume sheets at the top of the flower stem. Therefore, it is also popularly called chocholatice. She arrived to us from far Africa, where it grows in large colonies. We can grow as a potted plant, or freely on the bed.

When growing in a container, we bet the onion in the month of February, free bed in the middle of April, to a depth of 15 cm, so we plant at flowering vomit. During the summer watering and requires substantial time when the flower begins to deploy regular fertilization. After flowering should start to reduce watering and autumn (October) after removing the onions from the ground, should be maintained chocholatice completely dry (and dark). Conversely, in late winter (February) should be re-planted onions begin cautiously and water after watering vyrašení gradually increase.

When planting in pots rather deep, and we choose a relatively large terracotta bowl. At the bottom create good drainage, soil mixed with sand nutritious. Place again in a slight penumbra, is an ideal evening sun. When growing in a container, onions from the soil nevyndaváme, for the winter store with container in a cool room temperature about 8 ° C, which will last until spring. Wintering completely dry, without grout. In February, slowly begins to sprout, the first watering doing to wake up and vyrašení first leaf above the surface of the substrate. If Eucomis filled sooner, it could be uhnití onions, so it takes patience, because onions are sometimes wakes up very late. Prepared queen onion begins to produce daughter bulbs, so over time you have a wonderful bunch with several květenstvími. It is suitable for growing container wide enough, the onions that will last for several years.

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