Gasteria glauca

July 15, 2010

If you are looking for a succulent growing resistant to polostinném place, then Gasteria glauca is the most plants. Even in his homeland, South Africa in the Eastern Cape Province, grows in the gorges, the rocky cliffs and thickets in mineral sand soils, near streams, at altitudes of 400-800 m. The average daily maximum temperature reaches 26 ° C around the minimum 10 ° C. and rainfall are the two periods. Summer rainstorms regular winter rainfall. It is easy to deduce, as a condition required for normal cultivation.

Gasteria glauca is characterized by its pale blue-green leaves with a white coating. This coating protects the plant from excessive sunlight and unnecessary evaporation of water from leaves. Discover flowers in early summer, the seeds ripen at the end. Seed maturation corresponds to the arrival of the rainy season, what is the guarantee of successful germination.
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Growing Glaucus is not too demanding. Polostinné determined with high humidity, ensuring healthy growth and high white coating on the rough surface of the leaves. Definitely should be protected from direct sunlight. When an excess of solar radiation reaches the stress, the leaves will be thin and delicate color of gaining a distinctive red color. The plant loses its characteristic appearance.

Glauca, as well as other Gasteria have us place on a shelf attached to the wall in a shady courtyard čísti. During the summer days get regular watering in the 10 day interval. Humidity provide evening spraying pavement. Yet, they are all the time letnění in the shade, some species, on hot days when the temperature rises above 30 ° C, gain a touch of pink coloration of leaves. But just a few days and the cool pink color disappears. During the winter the plants are placed in a cold room with temperatures exceeding 10 ° C. Watering at this time is limited by the dose, as needed once, more than twice in winter.

Proliferation in culture may be either subsidiaries of rosettes, which readily produce or planting seeds. Sowing is performed in the spring or summer in the sandy, slightly acidic soil, which keep moist. Germination occurs within three weeks. Worse it zakořeněním leaves. Several times it happened to me, the accidental breaking of brittle leaf and its lock-on into the gap between the stones for some time on his side establish roots. Of course, when you try to root certificate to be purposefully created neither root.

Gasteria glauca is one of the easy pěstovatelné succulents and is an ideal plant for cultivation in normal housing conditions.