Features of care for echeveria elegant: we grow the plant correctly

Compact elegant echeveria is grown as a potted plant, in group stony compositions with other representatives of the Tolstyankov family. For its decorativeness, the variety was awarded the AGM Royal Horticultural Society Award.

In our article, we will consider the features of this flower, learn the rules for its cultivation and care for it. Let's talk about its reproduction and disease. Find out which plants look like elegant echeveria. You can also watch a useful video on this topic.

Features

Echeveria has many hybrid varieties. Refers to evergreen herbaceous plants, succulent - perennial. Has a short thick stalk. Sockets are tight, compact, grow up to 15 cm in diameter. The central outlet is sedentary and provides many lateral, vertically located outlets.

The leaves are light green, covered with a bluish waxy coating. The sheet plate has a transparent border. The shape of the leaf is dense, oval, with a sharp tip. Leaves of medium length - up to 5 cm, width - up to 2 - 3 cm, the tops are curved to the center of the outlet. Peduncles are thin, well-branched, grow 20 - 25 cm in height.

The flowers are pale red with a yellow tint, bloom in May - June. The flowering is plentiful, with proper care, it can be repeated at the end of summer. Inflorescences - brushes are slightly drooping, one-sided, medium in size, up to 10 - 15 cm long. The flowers themselves are small, bell-shaped.

Care

1. Temperature. Due to the natural endurance, Echeveria Elegans easily tolerates heat up to 28 ºС. The optimum temperature during the period of active growth is 20 - 22 ºС. In winter, the temperature should be reduced to 16 - 14 ºС. A sharp cold snap, up to 5 ºС the plant does not tolerate, begins to hurt. In early spring, you should shade the windows at noon, direct rays can leave burns on the leaves.
2. Watering. The variety tolerates dry air and substrate. Additional moisturizing, spraying is not required. Watering is rare, moderate. In winter, watering is enough 1 time in 3 to 4 weeks. Watering should be by immersing the pot in a container of water for 20 minutes. You can add water to the pan or under the root. Immediately after the procedure, excess fluid is poured out of the sump. In summer, watering is increased as the top layer of soil dries up to 2 - 3 cm. Water is used only in clean, room temperature.
3. Shine. The variety perfectly tolerates bright direct sunlight. In the shade, the flower does not grow, it is better to install pots on the south side of the house. In winter, it is required to increase daylight hours to 12 - 14 hours. Artificial lighting is recommended with special lamps for 3-4 hours a day.
4. Pruning. In the spring, to obtain planting material, the tops of elongated stems are cut, the lateral processes are children. When transplanting, trim dry lower leaves, dry peduncles. Damaged, decayed, dry roots are also cut. Places of cuts are processed by any disinfectant.
5. Top dressing. During dormancy, elegant echeveria should not be fertilized. In spring and summer, top dressing is applied once every 2 weeks through irrigation. It is recommended to use complex mineral fertilizers for cacti. Fertilizer concentration should be reduced. Organic fertilizers are not suitable for this variety. Humus and compost provokes the appearance of fungi, pathogenic bacteria.
6. Pot. For good growth and development, it is required to use shallow, almost flat containers. Adult bushes are transplanted into pots up to 1.5 - 2 liters. Young seedlings dive into small pots with a diameter of up to 5 -5 cm for growth. It is better to choose containers for constant plant maintenance from ceramics. The ceramic pot regulates the temperature well, retains heat in the winter and prevents the roots from heating in the summer.
Important: Before planting, the pot must be treated with a solution of manganese or foundationazole. Drainage holes are required to drain excess water, periodically they should be cleaned from sticking soil.

Breeding

Seeds

This method is used mainly in industrial production in greenhouses and nurseries. The process is long, seedlings grow within 3 to 4 months. Sowing is carried out at the end of winter. Soil composition for sowing seeds:

• Peat - 1 hour
• Coarse sand - 1 hour.
• Drainage from fine brick chips, polystyrene, rubble.
• The temperature of the seedlings is 20 - 21 ºС.

Sowing Procedure:

1. In a spacious shallow pot, the prepared soil mixture is placed.
2. The soil is well moistened.
3. Seeds are sown on the surface without deepening.
4. The container is covered with a film or glass.
5. The greenhouse is placed in a bright place.
6. Shoots appear after 2 weeks.
7. The greenhouse is regularly ventilated, the soil is regularly moistened.
8. Sprouts 3-4 cm high dive into small pots for growth.
9. After 2 to 3 weeks, the seedlings are transplanted into permanent pots.

Leaf

This method is more convenient. The procedure is performed in March. The soil should be light, crumbly, neutral. The composition of the substrate:

• Mole land - 1 hour
• Peat - 1 hour
• Sand - 1 hour
• Drainage - perlite, small pieces of charcoal, expanded clay.

Before germination, the leaves are separated from the cut rosette, you can use the lower leaves. Pre leaves are dried for 2 to 3 weeks. Rooting Procedure:

1. Leaves are laid out in pallets with a substrate and drainage holes.
2. Leaves take root in 2 to 3 weeks.
3. Seedlings dive into separate containers with a diameter of 5 cm.
4. Humidity - 40%.
5. Air temperature - 22 ° С.
6. Watering is moderate, as the soil dries.

We recommend watching a video about the propagation of echeveria with elegant leaves:

Tops and rosettes

This method is widely used, sockets sprout well. The tops and side rosettes of an elegant graceful are cut off in the spring. Before planting, the cuttings are dried for 2 weeks.

Rooting Scheme:

1. Lower leaves are cut off from planting outlets, leaving 2 cm of the stem.
2. The stem is buried in a peaty - sandy substrate.
3. After 3 weeks, the seedlings dive into small pots for growth.
4. After 3 to 4 weeks, young bushes are planted in permanent containers.
5. The air temperature for rooting is at least 20 ° C.
6. Watering is regular.

Disease

Diseases and pests occur only with improper care of the flower:

• From the dampness of the substrate, increased humidity, at low temperature, the absence of air ventilation, gray and root rot appears. An urgent transplant, substrate replacement, pruning, temporary quarantine is required.
• If water enters the outlet and onto the leaves, a fungal leaf spot occurs, and a waxy coating is damaged.
• Leaves curl up, wrinkle, shrink. It is necessary to reduce the dose of fertilizing, to strengthen watering.
• The socket is loose, the top of the stem is extended - you need to rearrange the pots in a lighter and warmer place.
• From the heat and drying of the substrate, the leaves are affected by a spider mite, felt, aphids. The treatment of the bush and soil with an actellic or fungicide is required.
• Mealybug and dew attack due to waterlogging, moist stale air. Insecticides should be used.

Analogs

1. Variety echeveria Lila China - A hybrid follower of the elegant eheveria. Similar signs - the outlet has the shape of a rose.
2. Aloe leaf. The leaves are pointed, tightly assembled in a rosette, grow in a spiral.
3. Haworthia Retusa or blunt is similar to echeveria with an elegant dense small outlet. The leaves are fleshy, grow densely.

Conclusion

Elegant echeveria is not capricious and unpretentious, subject to the rules of care, regular transplantation, timely prevention of diseases.

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