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- How is the vanilla flower properly cared for?
- Sufficiently pour
- Is a pruning required?
- When and how is it repotted?
- Overwinter the vanilla flower
- Diseases and pests
- Tips
The vanilla flower needs a lot of water
How is the vanilla flower properly cared for?
Color-intensive flowers, a beguiling fragrance and relatively easy to care for: The vanilla flower is not in vain among the most popular balcony and garden flowers. In this article we have summarized many valuable care tips for you so that you will enjoy the plant throughout the summer and maybe even beyond.
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The vanilla flower evaporates a lot of moisture via the leaf surface and the large flower umbels. Therefore, it is important to provide the flowering plant regularly with water, because dryness does not tolerate heliotrope well. On hot days, it may be necessary to even water twice a day. Water deficiency can be recognized by the limp hanging leaves. However, be sure to avoid waterlogging, as this will quickly lead to root rot. Excess liquid in the saucer should be tipped away after a short time.
Is a pruning required?
In general, no pruning is necessary during the growing season. On the other hand, you should periodically remove blooms in order to stimulate the regeneration of flowers.
When and how is it repotted?
Unless you have planted the vanilla flower too closely, you must not fall below a planting distance of twenty centimeters, so repotting in the summer season is not necessary. Although heliotrope is cultivated in our latitudes usually annual, a wintering in the house is quite possible. Bedding plants are placed in pots with conventional potting soil and brought into the house at frost risk in the fall.
Overwinter the vanilla flower
The solstice is very sensitive to frost. Bring copies that you want to overwinter so necessarily before the first night frosts in the house. A bright room, in which even at night temperatures do not fall below five degrees, is ideal. During the winter the plant throws off a part of the foliage. This is normal and not a cause for concern.
Diseases and pests
The vanilla flower is very robust. Plant diseases usually occur only when there are care mistakes or when the solstice feels uncomfortable in its place.
Occasionally Heliotrope is visited by aphids or spider mites. The common home remedies such as rinsing with a sharp jet or soap solution, natural predators and in extreme cases, chemical sprays quickly remedy.
Tips
The flowers of the vanilla flower turn with the sun, this has brought the attractive plant the German name Solstice. But beware if you want to show this natural phenomenon to children: Heliotrope is one of the poison plants.