Streptocarpus Ionanthus Flashcards
1
Q
Feeding
A
Required to provide sufficient nutrients to maintain health and promote flowering.
Base dressing at time of potting or applied as liquid feed.
Foliar feed not suitable as water droplets will cause leaf scorch.
2
Q
Watering
A
From below
Capillary irrigation to be used which also provides higher humidity
Plants to be kept moist especially during main season
3
Q
Repotting
A
When plant is pot bound
Into 1 pot size larger
Use John innes no 2
Carefully knock plant out of pot and tease out roots
Remove dead or diseased foliage
Place in centre of new pot and firm in
Plant at same depth - crown must not be buried.
