Ideal soil for planting Parma Violets – part 1

We talked about the propagation of African violets. Let's talk about planting chickens, better said about the land in which we plant them. How should this be?
In specialty stores we find many bags of soil. This is where the problem arises. Lots of soil bags, different varieties, what we choose after all,?

Ideal for violets are earth mixtures with an acidity( Ph) within the limits of 5,5 – 6.5.
A special land dedicated to the planting of violets we do not find. Instead we can successfully use the universal type ones such as "Florimo", "FloriSol", "Flowers-Max" etc..

All earthen substrates on sale are on the basis of peat plus humus mixtures, river sand, clay etc.. Peat prevails in all mixtures, creating certain problems for us throughout the growth and development of flowers. When the substrate of soil in the pot dries, it detaches from the walls of the pot, no longer absorbs the necessary amount of water and is also difficult to moisten. I have managed to get over this impediment, mixing commercial land with other components. The mixture is more puhav, looser, easily absorbs water and dries something harder.

So, to a 3L package of "Florimo" add:
– 1 glass of sand – preferably river sand with large coils. The fine sand has a tendency to settle at the bottom of the pot not allowing the correct oxygenation of the root of the plant;
– 2-3 tsp barbecue charcoal (can be purchased or prepared under domestic conditions).
– 1 tsp calcium carbonate – neutralizes the acidity of peat;
– 2 mounds of Sphagnum moss dried and cut into small pieces;
– 1, 5 glass perlite or small pieces of polystyrene.
Components may vary. Muscles more or less, sand at all- it depends on everyone's desire. Instead, barbecue charcoal and calcium carbonate are mandatory. All the components mix well and we notice that the peat practically no longer exists.

In this mixture violets grow quickly, the rosette of the flower develops correctly, bloom in a shorter time after planting, of course if you take into account the correct lighting and the optimum development temperature. It is known that in poorly lit places and in the cold, violets did not develop no matter how perfect the mixture in which we planted it.

A week after planting it is desirable that the violets be watered with lukewarm water in which a few grains of glutamate permanganate have dissolved. In this way, the surpluses of salts that can be harmful to the flower will be eliminated, the earth will be enriched with manganese (favors the appearance of freshmen), a small disinfection of the earth mixture is made and leads to the prevention of rust (damages the stems of the leaves).