Balsam Novogvineysky

The plant, which was obtained by crossing Hawker's balsam with other species, is called the New Guinea balsam.

It was derived in the 70s of the last century. It belongs to the family of impatiens, the balsamic family.

The flower quickly gained popularity in Russia and in Europe due to its beauty and variety of colors, as well as the opportunity to easily grow it at home.

Plant description

Balsam is a small plant with smooth branching stems. The leaves are green or purple, oval or lanceolate, 9–13 cm long. The sheet plate has jagged edges.

Flower buds are formed in the leaf axils. Terry flowers of red or pink hue, but other tones can also be found. After flowering, seed boxes appear on the plant, which crack at the slightest touch, and a large number of seeds crumble.

The plant is divided by size into small (up to 20 cm), sprawling-ampelous and high (55–95 cm) varieties. The best balsam series are: Macarena, Harmony, Java, Mini Gini, Divaro and others. On sale can be found most often in spring or autumn. When buying a need to carefully inspect the plant.

Balsam care

In order for the plant to please the owner with its beauty and flowering all year round, it is necessary to provide New Guinean balsamic care at home. This can be achieved if you follow the simple rules of growing a flower.

Temperature and lighting

The plant is considered a light-loving culture. Therefore, it should be placed on the west, east or south side. Optimum temperature for a balsam - 18−25 degrees. It is necessary to look after it so that it is the same in winter and summer, the plant does not like heat and cold drops. Direct sun rays flower transfers very bad, foliage threatens to burn. Therefore, on hot days during the period of solar activity, artificial shading is established. From late autumn it is removed completely.

In the summer, you can make a flower for ventilation on the balcony. When the temperature drops at night up to +10 degrees, the balsam is brought home. It is very sensitive to wind and drafts, so they should beware. Frost and cold plant does not stand.

Light day should be at least 14 hours for a flower. In winter, the balsam requires artificial lighting. With a lack of light, the shape of the bush is deformed and shoots are drawn.

Humidity and watering

Balsam does not tolerate excessive and low humidity. Therefore, the optimal level should be 40−60%. In the summer, with a strong heat near the flower, it is recommended to put a humidifier or an open container with water, or you can spray it 2–3 times a week from a spray bottle.

In summer, the flower is watered very often, but not allowing dampness of the soil or drying out. In winter and with continued flowering in the fall, the frequency of watering decreases to once every 14–21 days. Due to the dry air and working heating, the plant must be additionally sprayed. For irrigation, only distilled or boiled warm water is suitable. You can increase the humidity with the help of a pallet in which pebbles are poured.

Moisten the substrate should be small portions to avoid stagnant water. Due to excessive moisture, green moss may appear on the surface, and if there is insufficient watering, the flower withers.

Soil and dressing

The substrate for the balsam should be loose, water permeable and light. Indicators of soil acidity pH 5.8−6.2. For planting, you can use universal soil for flowers from the store, which add vermiculite or expanded clay crumb. To prepare the substrate at home mixed in equal quantities of humus, sand and leaf earth. The bottom layer in the pot should be drainage.

During the growing season, the plant requires additional nutrients in the form of fertilizers. Good feeding for flowering plants with a high content of potassium and phosphorus. Nitrogen fertilizers should not be used during budding and flowering. With the arrival of autumn and until the spring, the plant does not need feeding. If in winter the balsam continues to bloom, then after the appearance of buds a weak solution of mineral fertilizers is introduced.

Feed the plant immediately after watering, so as not to burn the root system of the flower.

Pinching and trimming

Balsam tolerates pruning poorly, since this procedure leads to the formation of thick hemp on the plant. Therefore, so that the flower does not stretch and actively bloom, nip the tops of young shoots. It is recommended to do the procedure after the picking. It is also worth regularly removing dried leaves and withered flowers.

Transplant rules

It is best to replant the plant in the summer or spring, when there are no flowers and buds. This is done once a year, but some growers perform the procedure twice - before and after flowering. The main signal is the appearance of roots in the drainage hole.

Rules plant replanting:

It is necessary to ensure that the root neck of the plant rises a little above the ground. Store balsam is recommended to replant two weeks after purchase, as flowers in the soil are sold without nutrients.

Wintering plants

Usually the flower tolerates the winter period, but for this it is important to create certain conditions:

Installation of additional lighting.
Moderate watering.
Spraying with a lack of moisture.
Warm temperature in the room, not lower than 16 degrees.
Protection from cold air and drafts.

If this is not done, the plant begins to wither and soon perishes.

Reproduction of New Guinea Balsam

Novogvineisky balsam is grown from seeds and with the help of cuttings. The second method is considered the fastest and easiest option for obtaining a young plant. To do this, from the old flower pruned the upper part of the shoot with a few nodes. The resulting cuttings are placed in water or in moist soil. Root rush occurs quickly - within 14–20 days, after which young plants are transplanted into a pot with a diameter of not more than 10 cm.

If propagation occurs by cuttings in spring, the plant begins to bloom in the same year.

Growing from seeds of Novogvineisky balsam takes longer than cuttings. Before you start, you need to check the freshness of the purchased seed, because it is only valid for 6 months and may not sprout when it is released.

Stages of cultivation of New Guinean balsam from seed:

Multiply New Guinean balsam from seed can be year-round. The plant will bloom in 3 months.

Diseases and pests

In case of untimely or insufficient care, the balsam often becomes ill. What can happen to him:

Leaves drooped. The plant does not have enough water and the temperature in the room is elevated. It is necessary to water the flower more often and, if possible, to air the room.
Flowers and buds do not appear or fall. Not enough lighting and dry air. Move the pot to a brighter place.
The leaves turn yellow and dry. Low air temperature, the plant is strongly moistened. Put the pot in a warm place and adjust the frequency of watering.
The leaves grow poorly and turn pale. The size of the pot is wrong, lack of light and feeding. The plant should be transplanted and fertilized.
The leaves are curled. The flower is in the damp and cold. Move to a warm place.

And also balsam often suffers from fungal rot. The disease manifests itself in the form of plaque, wilting leaves. The affected areas need to be removed and the cuts treated with ashes or crushed activated carbon.

If the conditions of detention are not met - pests appear. The most common are whiteflies, spider mites and thrips. For prevention, when there is no flowering, a warm shower should be arranged for the balsam.

Signs of infection spider mite are yellow specks on the leaves. Infection occurs due to dry air and high temperature in the room. If the lesion is weak - the leaves are wiped with soapy water, with a strong infection for treatment use drugs Actarin, Vertimek and others.

If sticky secretions appeared and the leaves themselves turned yellow, the plant struck whiteflies. Get rid of them with the help of funds based on potash soap or drugs Actellic, Spark, etc.

In the area of stamens often infest thrips. Infection with them is characterized by the appearance of spots on the flowers. The affected areas should be removed immediately. Aktara, Aktellik, Tanarek, etc., fights well with these insect species.

What to do when the flower wilts

Every florist should know what to do if the New Guinean balsam withers. Very often, wilting is associated with improper care. Main reasons:

Low humidity and high temperature in the room. To eliminate the flower should be sprayed with a spray bottle and place the pot in a bowl of water for a few minutes.
Lack of light. Move the pot to another lighted place or install fitolampu.
Small or large number of dressings. Fertilizer should be applied 2 times a month.
Wrong pot size. Balsamine needs a cramped pot to fill it with root.

Timely implementation of the basic rules for the care of a plant will allow home-grown healthy balsam, which will decorate the room with its flowers for a very long period.

You must first prepare a fertile mixture by mixing garden soil with peat and humus in equal proportions.
laid out carefully on the soil and sprinkled on top a little.
Next, moisten everything with a watering can with a spray or spray.
Capacity with crops covered with film or glass for the greenhouse effect.
The soil is regularly ventilated and moistened so that the earth does not dry out.
The first shoots should appear within 1.5-2 weeks.

Diseases and pests

Mostly balsam occur with improper care. Very clearly all the diseases can be seen on the leaves and their condition:

The appearance of yellow spots indicates that direct sunlight hits the plant and leaves burns. This often happens during hot summers.
In the winter season, when heating is turned on, there is a danger of overdrying the air around the plant. This can be seen on dry edges and faded and fallen leaves. During this period it is necessary to install a humidifier or special trays with water and expanded clay.
If bright leaves begin to fade, it indicates that the soil does not have the necessary beneficial components. It is necessary to choose a complex for the restoration of nutrients in the plant.
When excessive watering and waterlogging of the soil, as well as strong damp air, fungal diseases can occur, which lead to rotting of the stems and root system. Such a disease is not treated. The flower is completely removed from the pot, all damaged parts are removed both at the top and at the bottom. All sections are processed with charcoal, and the flower with special preparations. The prepared plant is placed in a new pot, and fresh soil.

Of the balsamic often you can find spider mites or. When an infection is detected, the flower is removed from the common room and isolated. For treatment, special ones are acquired, which are used during the quarantine period to process the soil in which it grows.

If necessary, all the flowers in the room are also sprayed for prevention.

New Guinea Balsam has found wide application in landscaping the site and is often used by landscape designers. Unpretentious in the care, has a different color of flowers, thanks to which you can create bright and unique compositions. It is also grown as a houseplant and planted in winter gardens and greenhouses.

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Hello! New Guinea balsam - care at home with photos and videos in this material. With the increase in the number of Western plants represented in our market, in particular, varieties of Dutch selection, the concept of balsams familiar to us has changed dramatically. Thus, the status of an exotic novelty was changed to the title of favorite by the New Guinean balsam hybrids, developed especially for more effective flowering.

There are a lot of secrets and subtleties in the cultivation of such balsams, on which both the pistotsvetnost, the attractiveness of the green, and the duration of the period of preservation of decorativeness depend. Guineans are not difficult to care for, but they require a special approach.

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New Guinean hybrids and a simple reason for the growth of their popularity

Among all varieties, groups of varieties and even types of balsamines (Impatiens), the so-called hybrid varieties of the Nuova Guinea group or the New Guinean hybrids (often labeled as New Guinea Impatiens) are today considered the best, although some time ago these plants were considered among the most capricious and exclusively "Western".

The change of status and the growth of the popularity of the New York Guinea touts is easy to explain: these plants can boast of the unique ability to bloom all year round. And although in regions with severe winters they are grown only as seasonal plants in the garden, they cannot be found in room culture. The unique duration of flowering can be estimated even in the middle lane.

The two main features of the New Guinea hybrids are meatiness and power. They have strong shoots, very densely located bright dark green leaves and pretty bright asymmetrical flowers, as if evenly scattered throughout the bush.

Beauty and greenery, and flowering distinguishes them from among more than half a thousand species and many thousands of varieties of balsamines. And to this plant, it seems inappropriate to put popular nicknames - the light, Roly wet, impatiens. Although the main feature of balsams is the scattering of seeds, the cracking of the box at the slightest touch is also preserved by the New Guinea people.

New Guinea hybrids first appeared on the flower market in 1972, and the group of these hybrids can be called relatively young. It is believed that they were bred by crossing the Indonesian impatiens Hoker with other species. These plants up to 20-30 cm in height can be considered both as indoor and as garden varieties, but they manifest their talents completely indoors.

In fact, these are universal varieties that can be used at your discretion. They have very compact, dense bushes and much more durable shoots that are resistant to injury to a greater extent than ordinary balsams.

The leaves are dense, broadly lanceolate, sit on short petioles in verticils, decorated with a finely serrated margin, in some varieties they can reach 10 cm. On the leaf blades, the "recessed" veins are clearly visible. And the flowers are much fatter, larger, up to 5-8 cm in diameter, with delicate petals and a small colored eye. Flowers bloom in axillary "bunches" or one by one. In the garden culture, the New Guinea balsamines bloom only in spring, but when grown in room culture - the whole year.

New Guinea Balsams. © floradania

They appreciate the colors of the New Guinea hybrids - pure pastel or watercolor shades of color and rare variations of pink shades, fuchsia, candy, salmon, peach, apricot tones. The color of the leaves is also very variable: in addition to the intense dark green, different varieties have brighter variations and original shades - bronze or with yellow enlightenment in the center of the leaf blades.

A variety of New Guinea hybrids allows you to choose more compact, and large plants that are very different from the more familiar balsam Waller. Actually, they are divided into three groups by size - compact (up to 20 cm), spreading-ampelous and high (up to 60-90 cm) varieties.

New Guinean variety balsam

In New Guinea hybrids, most often, it is not individual varieties that are isolated, but whole varieties. To the best of them belong:

"Macarena" with bronze leaves and orange flowers;
"Jangle Rain" - balsam with pastel, soft colors and glossy dark leaves;
“Harmony” is a variegation with densely branching compact bushes, bright red, bronze or green foliage and almost round, dense flowers;
“Rainforest Exotic” - balsamic plants, whose bright “tropical” colors in monophonic and two-color variations are perfectly combined with dark leaves;
"Java" - a series of plants with bright orange-pink-red "acrylic" tones and green or bronze leaves;
"Mini Gini" is a small-flowered series, in which plants the dark bushes are covered with hundreds of small flowers;
"Divaro" - a series of compact densely branched balsamines with bright green leaves and neat average flowers;
"Spreading White" - variegated New Guineans with snow-white flowers.

In the cultivation of New Guinea balsam hybrids, the most important thing is to choose the right conditions and choose the plant itself with all attention to “details”. On sale Novogvineitsev can be found mainly in the spring. But many flower centers supply new “batches” of balsamines by autumn. When buying, the bushes should be carefully examined, noting the slightest signs of disease or pest damage: if you miss even a speck, the plant will not be cured and you will most likely just have to throw it away.

Balsam new guinean. © floradania

Conditions for growing New Guinea Balsamines

Like almost all balsams, hybrids from the New Guinean variety are light-loving cultures. Place them better on the windowsill or near the south window. The intensity of the illumination directly determines the compactness of the bushes, their density and abundance of flowering. In order to achieve mass and tireless flowering, bushiness and attractiveness, it is better not to overdo it with shading. The optimal duration of daylight is 14 hours or more, which requires additional lighting in the autumn and winter. New Guinean balsams react poorly to direct sunlight (especially midday), preferring diffuse lighting.

New Guinea balsamines are super thermophilic. The minimum allowable temperature for these hybrids is only 10 degrees Celsius. But on the other hand, the maximum temperature indices for this plant are not limited even by the summer sun. The greatest decoration from plants in room culture can be achieved if we ensure a stable temperature range from 18 to 25 degrees Celsius.

In the summer of New Guinea, you can use the balcony arrangements, make the outdoors and even planted in the soil. But you should not forget about the thermophilicity of the plant, and on days when night temperatures drop to 10 degrees, it is better to bring the plants back into the room.

New Guinea hybrids are sensitive to wind, drafts, placement near heating appliances. They do not like sharp fluctuations in air temperature.

New Guinea Balsams. © barreveld

Care for New Guinea balsams at home

For novogvineitsev need to maintain a stable, light moisture, but do not overdo it with watering. Plants are watered with a small amount, but quite often, avoiding dampness of the substrate or its drying. In summer, watering is done very often, but with continued flowering in the fall and winter, balsams translate into very rare watering. The traditional frequency for winter is 1 time in 15-20 days. For watering plants, you can use only separated, soft water and ensure that its temperature matches the air temperature in the room.

New Guinea balsams do not tolerate too much and excessive and low humidity. Optimum performance - from 40 to 60%. In the heat or in the heating season it is better to additionally spray the leaves or install moisturizers. If you do not take measures and leave the plant in a very dry air, New Guinean balsam can throw off flowers, and even leaves.

It is very difficult to make a mistake in the dressing of the New Guinea balsams. The main thing - do not overdo it with nitrogen fertilizers, an excess of which can lead to the growth of leaves and almost completely stop flowering. They are suitable not complex, but specially designed for flowering plants fertilizers with a high content of potassium. Top-dressings are applied in the usual way - once every 2 weeks during the entire flowering period, but it is better to reduce the dosage of fertilizers by half.

Pruning plants tolerate poorly. If you want to make bushes more compact and thick, you should use the simplest method - pinching the tips of the shoots.

In New Guinea balsams, it is advisable to remove fading inflorescences without delay.

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Transplant, soil and rejuvenation

The substrate for the hybrid balsamines of the New Guinean group is selected from the number of loose, permeable and necessarily light soil mixtures. Optimum pH values range from 5.8 to 6.2. For balsamines, universal substrates can be used, in which it is better to add disintegrating ingredients.

Room New Guinea balsams do not have to be thrown away after the flowering is complete: it is a perennial culture that can bloom without a tired for 3 years or more. They bloom tirelessly and retain their decorativeness for a long time, so if in spring your plant is still attractive, it can be transplanted into a new container (if the soil is not fully developed, the roots have room to develop, then you can not transplant, but simply replace the top layer of the substrate). When grown in a garden or in a balcony box, plants also do not have to be condemned to death: at the end of summer they can be transplanted into pots and transferred to indoor culture.

The pots for the New Guinea balsams increase slightly: it will be difficult to achieve abundant flowering in too large containers.

In order to get maximum decoration from the New Guinea balsams, it is better to plant several plants in one pot (usually up to 3-5 plants are sold in one container). When planting, the root collar should remain flush with the soil or be slightly higher. When planted in the soil, balcony boxes or balsam flower girls, soil is mulched with compost or peat. The landing distance should be about 30-40 cm. It is desirable to lay a high layer of drainage on the bottom of any containers.

New Guinea balsams are able to retain profuse color and attractiveness for up to 3 years, after which the plant will have to be replaced with new ones. True, such a rapid loss of ornamentation is characteristic only with continuous year-round flowering.

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Problems in the cultivation of New Guinea Balsamine

In their tendency to spread root rot, the New Guinea people are no different from other balsams. But the risk of damage occurs only as a result of improper watering.

But pests, especially the red spider mite, can appear on the plant and in the case of proximity to infected plants, and in the fresh air in the heat. To deal with them is very difficult, they quickly lead to damage to the appearance of leaves and flowers. It is believed that it is easier to throw a balsam than to fight insects.

Breeding methods of New Guinea balsamines

New Guinea balsams can be propagated by seed and vegetatively.

The simplest and easiest method is cutting. For rooting choose strong young tops of the shoots with 2 - 3 pairs of leaves (more precisely, three internodes). The lower pair of leaves is removed, the cutting, if desired, is treated with growth accelerators. Root balsam twigs can be in a light substrate or water. Usually the whole process takes 1-2 weeks.

For flowering by the end of spring and the beginning of summer, sowing of seeds should be carried out very early, in January-February. Due to the need for additional lighting and careful control of air humidity, it is believed that the New Guinean balsams are easier to buy “ready” than to grow from seeds yourself.

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Where to buy seeds and seedlings with delivery

New Guinea balsam, home care for which does not require special skills, is a tropical plant that has seen life as a result of the intersection of Hawker's balsam with flowering blossoms. The flower, having a compact size, will decorate any room, not excluding rooms with limited space.

New Guinea Balsam: features of cultivation

New Guinea balsamines, cultivated as pot plants, are perennial herbaceous plants; for open ground, they are also used, but as annual representatives.

When cultivating a culture distinguished by a thick, fleshy stem, powerful leaf plates and flowers that are capable of pleasing their blossoms for 8 months a year, the following peculiarities of the representative of the tropics should be taken into account:

the flower sheds leaves as a result of a lack of lighting, hypothermia, or drying of the ground;
the abundance of flowering is in direct proportion to the regularity and composition of fertilizing, as well as the correct selection of the pot.

Home care

Miniature varieties and hybrids with a variety of colors, obtained by breeders as a result of painstaking and long work, are excellent for growing in an apartment environment. However, in order to see abundant flowering for a long period, it is necessary to provide proper care for balsamine.

Ground Requirements

Balsam feels good on fertile light soils, so for growing the substrate is purchased for decorative flowers in specialized stores or prepared independently from leafy ground, turf, peat and sand in equal quantities.

Important! When using a self-prepared soil mixture, it is imperative to disinfect it before filling the pot.

Location and lighting

The representative of the tropical flora prefers soft diffused light, therefore it is placed on the eastern or western windows, where there is no access to direct sunlight. In winter, when daylight is reduced, it is recommended to organize additional artificial lighting in order to avoid loss of decoration due to the stretching and exposure of the shoots.

Temperature

Room conditions allow the flower to maintain an optimum temperature regime of 18-24 ° C. The plant negatively relates to temperature changes, and lowering the temperature below 10 ° C can cause its death. Since drafts and frosty air are detrimental to the balsam, it is not recommended to place it on the windowsills of kitchen windows, which often come off in the airing.

Balsam - an unsurpassed plant for decorating the house and half-shaded garden areas.

The balsam of Waller (or Waller, imputes, “Roly Wet”) has been very popular and long common in the culture.

The New Guinea Balsam (New Guinea Impatiens), less well-known to our gardeners, is a hybrid plant, derived from the complex cross-breeding of Hoker's Balsam with the flowering blossoms of other species.
This article is devoted to the peculiarities of growing this beautiful plant, which deserves wide distribution among Russian flower growers.

Advantages of the New Guinea Balsam

New Guinea balsams dwarf varieties suitable for indoor cultivation in pots and to decorate the garden. But more tall varieties (30-50 cm, up to 90 cm) are bred compared to Waller’s compact balsams, which are used in landscape design.
The flowers of the New Guinea Balsam look like the flowers of Waller's Balsam, which has fragile shoots with delicate leaves. However, the New Guinea balsam has a strong stem, on which are long, dense, elegant leaves (in some varieties they are distinguished by the presence of colorful patterns).

In New Guinea balsamines very large flowers (diameter 5-8 cm), blooming in the house throughout the year. Colorful varieties and hybrids have flowers of various colors: white, as well as pink, salmon, red, crimson, purple various shades.
The leaves of the New Guinea balsamines are intensely colored; they are of different colors (from bright green to purple and bronze, sometimes with a yellow or reddish middle of the leaf blade).

Compared to Waller's balsam, New Guinean hybrids are also thermophilic, but more light-loving. They can also be grown in rooms and in the garden during the warm season.
New Guinea balsams grow well in pots located in light, protected from the wind corners of the garden or on the terraces.

Ways of breeding balsam

Plant lovers and professionals practice growing different types of balsam from seeds.

Balsam and vegetatively-apical grass cuttings can be propagated throughout the year. Thus, the replacement of old plants, stretched and lost leaves.
Cut cuttings from the queen balsamine stored in greenhouses.

The cuttings of Novogvinei balsam successfully root during the week (in wet sand, vermiculite, perlite) under the film.

Caring for balsam in room conditions

Created by breeders compact varieties and hybrids of New Guinean balsamines, differing in various colors of flowers and leaves, are mainly intended for cultivation in the house.

It is necessary to avoid direct hot sunlight on a balsam - this plant prefers diffused soft light; can stand in partial shade.

To preserve the decorative appearance and lush flowering, balsamines require systematic watering and fertilizing.
Balsam new Guinea love like, but to develop an optimal mode of watering should take into account the time of year. In winter, watering can be moderate, and in summer - plentiful. In addition, in summer it is necessary to ensure that the soil of the balsam was kept slightly moist, but in no case was flooded. Waterlogging of the substrate leads to rotting of the roots and base of the stem.

Top dressing of a balsam is made during active growth in the spring and in the summer; I spend feeding in 15 days.
Balsamines have no special requirements for fertilizers. Therefore, suitable as complex fertilizers, and organic (but without excess nitrogen), and mineral - individually or in turn.
Autumn and winter balsamines do not fertilize.

It is not necessary to transplant an adult balsam novogvineysky. Only by necessity is the transfer of a young plant, and only in spring.
When a balsam is transplanted, a simple mixture is prepared consisting of two parts of leafy and humus soil with the addition of one part of sand. From ready-made universal soils for growing houseplants balsams prefer peat substrate with the addition of vermiculite.

Pinching the tops of the shoots helps to maintain the compactness of the bush and better branching young balsam, which contributes to its abundant flowering.

Features of balsam content

Remember that a balsam is very sensitive to drafts.

With a lack of light, with a cold content and irregular watering balsam can lose leaves.

In order for the balsam to bloom regularly and abundantly during the garden season, it must be kept in a close pot and receive sufficient top dressings with a predominance of potassium intended for flowering plants.

With improper care, balsam is often affected by gray mold.

Pest attacks are very dangerous for a balsam (whitefly, aphid and spider mite). Regularly check the tops of the shoots and inspect the reverse side of the leaves for timely detection of insects and fight against them.

Igor Alexandrovich Golubenko (Armavir, Krasnodar Territory)
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New Guinea Balsam

New Guinean Balsam of Seeds

New Guinea Impatiens balsam (New Guinea Impatiens) is a relatively young hybrid species of the Balsamine family, obtained in the 70s of the last century by crossing Hoker's balsam with other flowering types of balsams. This species is distinguished by its compact bush form, strong densely leafy stem and magnificent year-round flowering.

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The leaves of the New Guinea balsam are short-petiolate, broadly lanceolate with pronounced veins and small teeth on the edge. Their color can be green and green-burgundy with a reddish or yellow center. Sufficiently large (in diameter 5-8 cm), five-petal flowers with a curved long spur single or collected in loose axillary inflorescences. After pollination, a fruit is formed in place of the flower - an oblong box that easily opens with a light touch and scatters its small black seeds in all directions.

New Guinea Balsam - varieties

Breeders bred many hybrids and varieties of balsam Novogvineisky, which differ in height of the bush, leaf color, color and shape of flowers. Many of them are cultivated in room conditions.

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According to the shape and height of the bush, the balsams of this type are conventionally divided into 3 groups:

the first group - low plants (up to 20 cm) with small flowers, grown in small flower pots;

the second group - sprawling plants of medium height, intended for cultivation in beautiful hanging pots;

the third group consists of plants with strong, erect stems that look beautiful in large pots and grow better in the open air in garden soil planted in groups, singly they do not look so decorative due to long (up to 90 cm) semi-grounded branches.

Balsam New Guinean care at home

Harmony - in the varieties of this series is highly branched compact form, leaves from light green to bronze and rather large flowers with up to 14 colors;

Divaro - varieties of this series are small bushes with strongly branching stems, green leaves and medium flowers up to 6 colors;

SunPatiens Spreading White is a series that is compact, variegated and medium sized white flowers;

Jungle Rain - a distinctive feature of the series are the flowers of pastel color;

Rainforest Exotic - a feature of the series is the two-tone color of flowers;

Macarena - all varieties of this series have spectacular bronze-green leaves and bright orange flowers.

New Guinea Balsam - Home Maintenance

New Guinea balsam is considered an unpretentious and hardy plant, but being in adverse conditions can quickly lose its attractiveness and decorativeness. In order for the flower to enjoy its beautiful and lush flowering for a long time, it is recommended to adhere to some very simple requirements when growing.

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New Guinea Balsam - Lighting

The flower needs good lighting, but without direct sunlight falling on it. The ideal location - sills eastern or western orientation.

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In winter, when the plant needs 14 hour daylight hours, it needs to be artificially illuminated using plant lighting. In case of insufficient lighting, the shoots will stretch out, the bush will become loose and outwardly not so decorative.

New Guinea Balsam - Temperature

This plant is thermophilic, all year round it needs an optimal temperature of 18-24C. Many varieties do not tolerate sudden temperature fluctuations, so they are exposed to the street when the difference between day and night does not exceed 5C. In addition, in winter the balsams should be protected from cold drafts, even with short-term exposure to frosty air, its leaves can freeze slightly.

New Guinea Balsam - Grunt

New Guinea Balsam loves nutritious, light, loose and moisture-intensive soil. For cultivation, a ready-made universal substrate for domestic plants will be suitable, in which experienced growers recommend adding keramzite crumb or vermiculite. Drainage is required, it will protect the flower from the destructive stagnation of water.

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New Guinea Balsam - Watering and Humidity

Watering balsam should be regular and abundant, but in no way to prevent the stagnation of water in a flower pot, from its excess thick and juicy stems can rot. When growing, it is advisable to adhere to the regime in which the soil will always be in a slightly wet state. The ideal humidity around the plant should be in the range of 50-60%.

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Too dry air contributes to the fall of buds and flowers. In winter, in the morning and in the evening, the leaves of the plant should be sprayed with purified boiled water, if possible without falling on the flowers. You can also increase the humidity if you put the pot with a flower on a tray with wet pebbles or expanded clay.

New Guinea Balsam - Fertilizer

Twice a month, the plant should be fed with a weakly concentrated solution of fertilizers, in which potassium prevails. Nitrogenous fertilizers should be avoided, since nitrogen contributes to the accelerated growth of green to the detriment of lush flowering.

New Guinea Balsam - Transplant

New Guinea balsam is growing rapidly and after 2-3 years loses its compact form. If the plant is young, then it can be transplanted, but an older flower is better to update by cutting. A balsam does not have a rest period, so you can replant it at any time of the year.

The flower pot should be a little cramped, which will provide abundant and beautiful flowering. To improve branching shoots pinch the tops. Pruning is not recommended, because after it there are thick and ugly penechki.

New Guinea Balsam - Breeding

New Guinea balsam is easiest to propagate by cutting. For cuttings take apical shoots with 2-3 internodes. Rooting occurs in wet sand or filtered water for 2-3 weeks. Balsam is propagated and seeds, but their germination is quite low. In addition, seedlings appear very weak and die at the initial stage of cultivation without any reason.

New Guinea Balsam - Pests and Diseases

Balsamines are often affected by aphids, whitefly and spider mites. For prevention, flowers are advised to rinse with warm water. If this procedure does not help, then the plants need to be treated with a special chemical preparation, for example, aktellik. Improper care can cause many diseases, for example, excessive hydration will lead to rotting of the stem base and roots.

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Care and reproduction at home balsam Novogvineysky

New Guinea Balsam - the innovative hybrid which is allocated with larger inflorescences and a powerful stalk.

It features a huge variety of varieties of different colors. from monophonic to multicolored.

Blossoming takes a very long period, the species can please with bright inflorescences whole year, nonstop.

It is divided into 3 groups depending on the height of the plants.

Compact short bush ideal for breeding at home and in the greenhouse.

Plants middle-height, pyramidal shape with spreading shoots.

Balsam for growing outside. Differs in high upright escapes which do not branch and look alone in a poor way. It is recommended to plant in groups to get lush thickets.

The New Guinea Balsam comes from the tropics of West Africa. Name received thanks to his parent, Balsamine Hawkeri, who was discovered by Lieutenant John Hawker in Papua New Guinea. After nearly 100 years, scientists crossed the find with several other species and got a wonderful hybrid.

Bloom and photo

When grown in the garden flowers are formed from May to September, at home - year-round.

You can visually familiarize yourself with the Novogviney balsamine in the photo below:

How to care at home?

In this article we will look in detail at home care for Novogvineysky balsamic. Be sure he does not require any special skills.

Temperature

Balsam Novogvineysky loves the heat, easily tolerates heat. The ideal mode is a constant temperature in the range of 22-26 ° without sudden drops and drafts. At a temperature below 12 ° balsam will die.

Even a short exposure to cold leads to freezing of the leaves.

New Guinean hybrid light loves no less heat. That does not prevent him from suffering from direct exposure to the sun.

In order not to harm the plant, it is exposed on the windowsill of the western or eastern window.

In winter, they provide additional lighting for balsam. 14-15 hour light period.

Lack of light will result to loosening the bush, the loss of a compact form, the shoots will start to turn pale and ugly stretch towards the source of illumination.

New Guinea Balsam needs in a lot of moisture, the principle “It is better to pour it than to fill it” acts in its relation. Even short-term dryness causes disastrous effects and stress on the plant, to which it reacts with leaf wilting and lowering of the general turgor. Recovery is very slow.

Otherwise, roots and fleshy stems will begin to rot.

In winter, watering continues in full, without changing the mode and frequency, because the New Guinean balsam does not go to rest, continuing to actively develop and bloom.

For irrigation and spraying do not use hard water directly from the plumbing. The lime contained in it weakens the plant and alkalizes the soil, while the balsam prefers a weakly acidic reaction.

The optimal rate - 45-55%. Lowering leads to drying and falling off of lamina and inflorescences, stopping flowering.

To avoid this, balsam sprayed with a spray bottle.

In hot, dry summer weather and the winter heating season next to the flower you can put an open container filled with water.

Or put the pot on the pallet with wet stones. These measures will save the tender plant from drying out.

While flowering continues, the plant feed complexes of minerals every 2-2.5 weeks. The easiest way to use the liquid form, which is diluted in water for irrigation.

Nitrogen compounds Promote fattening balsam. Instead of active flowering, you can get a violent development of green mass on the background of a poor formation of inflorescences.

How to trim

Pinching can be subjected only young tops.

If you cut off adult shoots, there will be thick "hemp", dramatically reducing the decorative balsam.

In general, pruning required very rarely, since the hybrid itself perfectly forms the beautiful shape of the bush and branches.

The exception is harmony series, it pinch to get a beautiful semicircular bush.

Balsam growing rapidly and developing It blooms for a long time, therefore it needs regular soil renewal and nutrient replenishment. The transplant is carried out every year outside the flowering period.

Step-by-step transplanting instructions.

Well spill the potted soil with balsamine a few hours before the procedure.

Buy a little new pot more old in diameter.

Process it manganese solution medium concentration for disinfection.

To cook new soil.

From the ready fit nutrient soil for flowering plants.

Remove the plant from the container, gently. shake off the old ground, exposing the root system. If necessary, it can be washed with warm water.

Make a visual inspection of the roots, all suspicious, dead and aged to remove. The decaying areas cut off with a very sharp tool to healthy tissue. Sanitize wounds with crushed coal or ash.

Place a drainage of stones on the bottom in the new tank, pour the ground on top and place the bush.

Breeding

Reproduction of the New Guinea Balsam occurs seeds and cuttings.

The second method is simpler and more effective, since the seeds do not differ in their very good germination.

Step-by-step instructions for breeding cuttings.

Take a suitable capacity - not very deep and with holes in the bottom.
To cook loose landless substrate. You can use peat and sand. Fill it in the landing capacity and process fungicidal agents against fungi.
Cut healthy tops with a couple of internodes, eliminate the lower leaves.
Slices process root formation stimulant.
Place the cuttings in the substrate, deepening a couple of centimeters.
Create greenhouse effect closing planting plastic bottle halves.
After 1-3 days, the cuttings can be processed Zircon, Epinay or any other growth promoter.
Greenhouse air regularly maintain soil moisture.
Signal of successful rooting is increased growth of seedlings.

Step-by-step instructions for seed reproduction.

Fill wooden box light nutritious mix from peat, humus and garden soil.

Spread the seeds evenly over the surface and lightly sprinkle with soil.

Moisturize Landing of watering can or spray.

Cover the box with film from polyethylene (it can be replaced with glass of a suitable size).

Wait for seedlings to appear after 9-15 days.

Usually a very small amount of seeds springs, even with proper care, they give weak stunted sprouts, often die for no reason.

Growing up

Young sprouts require some other care than an adult balsam.

The temperature of the day should be within 21-23 °, at night, a drop to 17-18 ° is acceptable.

Lighting requires bright, but scattered. Light day - at least 12-13 hours.

Water moderately enduring longer periods (over 2-3 days). It is worth waiting for the drying of the surface layer of soil.

Air humidity maintained the same as in adult plants.

Feeding starts later 8-12 days after rooting, reducing the concentration by 50% of the specified. The introduction of nitrogen at this time is welcome, in addition, seedlings need potash fertilizers.

More information about growing balsam Novogvineyskogo in the video below:

Problems and Diseases

Problems and Ailments New Guinea balsam are a natural consequence wrong content.

Appearance light spots of different sizes on the surface of the leaves - The result of exposure to direct sunlight (burn) or spraying hard water.
Mass drying and leaf fall and inflorescences occur due to dry air or excessive soil moisture.
Leaves pale, lose their color saturation with a deficiency of useful elements.
Stems lose turgor and droop, leaves fall in large quantities - excessive watering on the background of cool air (temperature below 18 °).
Balsam does not bloom or releases very few buds - lack of nutrition due to poor soil composition or lack of fertilizing.

Of the diseases, the most frequent are fungal rot - root, gray, stem base.

Common feature there will be a softening of various plant tissues, the appearance of an ugly plaque on the surface, loss of normal turgor, wilting of leaves and stems.

It is impossible to cure such an attack, it can only be stopped.

All affected parts and tissues cut out without any pity until only healthy cells remain. Sections are disinfected with wood ash, crushed activated carbon. Plants are treated with effective fungicidal drugs like Fundazol, Acrobat, Oxyhoma, Abig-Peak, Maxim.

Pests also do not overlook the delicious balsam. Among his enemies worth highlighting spider mites, which envelop the plant with a thin cobweb and suck out all the juice.

If you do not be lazy and do not let the cultivation of the New Guinean balsam take its course, he will be able to please his owners with large bright colors for a long time, creating a joyful mood.

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Balsamine is a very extensive genus with more than 500 species. The balsamine received its popular name “touchy” for the fact that ripe seed pods burst at the slightest touch, scattering seeds.

Hybrid balsamines “New Guinea” as ornamental plants have been spread since 1972.

Difference new Guinea Balsams from other species it consists in a stronger stalk, fleshy leaves and flowers, and also they have a more compact shrub. The latter quality is especially convenient for using the flower in closed rooms.

Among other things, the New Guinea balsamines are quite hardy, and thanks to the work of breeders you can purchase species with a variety of leaf and flower color, as well as having the properties of continuous flowering.

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Balsam (New Guinea ’group) - Impatiens neuguinea

Growing up

New Guinea balsams can be grown in room and balcony conditionsand it is also possible to plant on flowerbeds (in this case in the middle lane they are grown as annuals, since this thermophilic plant does not tolerate frost).

In the garden, balsams are also often used to decorate hanging baskets - this allows you to get the necessary accents, since several plants placed in one container create bright spots that attract the eye.

New Guinea Balsam prefers a soft and light soil that easily absorbs water. Avoid excess nitrogen fertilizers - in this case, your balsam will begin to grow rapidly, but the formation of new flowers will slow down.

Location

Hybrids of the New Guinea Group not too demanding on light - the plant will not die even in dark corners. However, the lack of light will directly affect the quantity and quality of flowering.

With sufficient illumination, the balsam forms a compact bush with bright, numerous flowers.

Temperature

Plant thermophilic. The minimum temperature - 10 ° C, with a smaller plant will simply die.

In summer, the New Guinea Balsam is able to withstand rather high temperatures. However, it does not tolerate wind at all.

Balsam can not be poured. It should be watered in small portions and often - in the summer season. In winter, one irrigation in 15–20 days will suffice.

Repotting

In room conditions of transplanting the New Guinea balsam should be made in the spring. At the same time choose a pot slightly larger than the current size. The soil should be chosen soft, carefully processed, with the addition of peat or mature compost.

Balcony balsams can be repotted at the end of summer. The distance between plants should be 30-20 centimeters.

When transplanting plants should be covered with earth in such a way that the root neck is slightly elevated above the ground.

Breeding

The New Guinea Balsam is propagated by cutting.

Cuttings cut just below the node, remove a couple of leaves from them and plant in light soil, then put in a shady and draughty place.

Root formation depends on the time of year, but usually occurs in 10-14 days.

Maintaining appearance

New Guinea balsams are prone to rotting of the root collar and the root system as a whole. Be attentive to the root of the neck when planting a flower - it should be slightly above the ground. Do not overmoisten the plant during watering, then the rotting of the roots can be avoided.

Of the pests most common on balsams mites and thrips. The latter cause the deformation of the leaves and flowers of the plant - folding them into tubes. For the treatment of balsam from these insects, use special insecticides, but if it is quite simple to remove ticks, it is very difficult to get rid of thrips.

Acquisition

It is best to make a purchase of the New Guinea balsam in the spring (however, in the fall they are also sold in flower shops). Before buying, carefully inspect the plant for the presence of diseases and insects, especially thrips, which are very difficult to cure.

21 comments on the article

Remarkable article about Novogvinic balsam. He only recently feels fine with me.
I advise everyone to this site, I am sure if you follow all the tips you can become a great gardener.
Good luck in floriculture!

The topic is not disclosed. I was looking for ticks that bred on my embalm. Found only common phrases - easy to get rid of ... And how to get rid of.

Natalia, as well as from ticks on any houseplant - if the lesion is not strong, then to begin to wash the leaves with soapy water.

If this does not help, or you immediately see that the damage is very strong, then buy any acaricidal drug in the flower shop (in particular, you can advise “fitoverm” and “karate”) and spray according to the instructions, safety measures - also according to the rules on the packaging , drugs are toxic. Do not forget to isolate the plant, so as not to infect others.

Thank you for the article.
And my balsam requires daily watering, and quite generous.
If I do not give it to drink, it instantly reacts, the leaves sag.
And just as quickly reacts to some water - rejoices, refreshes.
(height 25 cm., drinks 100-150 ml. per day)
For 15 days without watering, he, I think, would not have survived ...

The world indicated dose of irrigation is designed for normal humidity (40-60%). If there are heating devices in the apartment and there is no humidifier, then, of course, once every 15 days is extremely small.

To a point, in a room with balsamine, we have low humidity (only 30 percent),
she herself learned about it recently and by chance, because florist inexperienced.
Most of the other flowers I have suffered, I fear, precisely because of this.
I plan to buy a humidifier, choose a model.

Perhaps the high thirst for a flower is also due to the fact that it now has a lot of buds.

and I have one lush balsam, it blooms and needs to be watered every day. And at the second, the stems povtyagyvalis, does not bloom, the leaves are small and small. Tired of fighting with him, what does he lack?

Hello, please help. I bought two days ago a small bush, very cheerful and joyful. I transplanted into the pot, after which the flower began to wither in front of my eyes. The leaves drooped, the tips dry. I'm afraid he's completely bad. Is there anything that can save my flower?

Thanks for the advice. I spread a balsam for three years already. But from time to time the flowers disappear. Sometimes thrips or ticks contribute. After processing, cut a bush - after a while it was restored, bloomed again. But now on another flower white droplets appeared on the leaves, first sticky, then dry. Sheets began to dry. Cut the plant, there were leaves, but again with white droplets. I'm afraid of losing the flower. I have three colors of balsam, bright and saturated colors, many are jealous, because not everyone gets accustomed. Please advise what to do.

I have the exact same problem with flowers as Viktor. I bought two balsam in abundant blooms, transplanted, everything was fine. But when the leaves bloomed began to dry and everything hung. I'm afraid not to be lost. Help me please. What to do?

Victoria, Svetlana! I am not an experienced gardener, but I have a lot of balsams. Either you flooded it or poorly loosened the earth, or the land was not walking, or set to the sun. From my own experience: not to put on direct sunlight, better in the light, but 2-3 row (he likes scattered light); it can not be poured (despite the fact that he loves a good watering), but if poured, then you need to loosen the ground well, so that the moisture comes out; does not tolerate intense heat. drops flowers (need to clean up in a cooler place), this is in summer; My feel good in the turf soil with the addition of sand and compost, light and loose. The pot is loved narrow (by no means wide), so they bloom better. In general, you need to look at the compliance of the pot plant. if you put a small bush in a pot even of medium size, it will be uncomfortable there. I plant first in small ones, and then gradually increase the size of the pot. After transplantation, the balsamines often shed flowers and feel discomfort, so perhaps it’s just the perception of the transplant, but if you don’t “spoil” the plant, then it quickly recovers and reaps the buds. It is even better to transplant plants to a growing moon, preferably when the moon is in Virgo or Pisces (these days they are better accustomed). Hope that helped

Tell me please, and from what white sticky droplets appear on the balsam, is it some kind of pest? Thank you in advance!

tell me please, put the stalk of a new balsamine, he grew up, and then the leaves twisted down and didn’t seem to grow, but it didn’t disappear, made a fit-fit, thought tryps.What did he do to wake up and grow?

I planted two balsam cuttings. They did well, but now they barely grow and the leaves curl. Neither ticks nor thrips are visible. They stand on the western window, the temperature is 15-20 degrees, the air is rather dry, but I put a pan with water on the window sill. And with top dressing who say not to feed in winter, others, on the contrary, feed every week. What is more correct?

From ticks I use “Aktelic” in the ampoule. Good help. Recently, the chrysanthemum almost died, the leaves dried, twisted, the flowers dried out without revealing. Now it is worth it. But with thrips not faced. I also bought myself a New Guinea balsam, beautiful, scarlet. I hope that there will be no problems with it.

Really unpretentious flower. Now my balsam is on the balcony. The weather is changing at the speed of light, because I live in the north. But hot, make up in the shade. When cool or rain, then on the bed. Got a bud and soon should bloom

A lot of questions about the droplets on the leaves - they are sticky and sweet (tried it), but no one said what these droplets are. Balsam is popularly called - Roly wet, he really in the summer before the rain there are droplets of moisture. So I had it when he stood on the street, and in the room only crystals on the leaves.
And I often water because dries very quickly. The pot is small and dries very quickly. Thanks for the advice.

Colleagues flower growers, good afternoon.
“Update” information on this article:
In fact, for several years, breeders have created excellent F1 hybrids of Novogvinei balsam. So that it multiplies (in industrial floriculture) it is not only cuttings, but also seeds. The newest hybrid is Florific F1 (Florific F1). Only the seeds are not stored for more than six months and this balsam is unlikely to be in an amateur package. This hybrid is the most resistant to low temperatures (but below 10 ° C it is really better not to contain it).
More shamechane- mites, not insects! Insecticides will not kill them. It should be applied insectoacaricides or simply acaricides.
Respectfully,
Professional florist with 10 years of experience.

Just bought 3 pots of balsamic novogvineyskim. She asked the sub-donor whether it was possible to plant a summer sun in the garden in the summer (I have all the flower beds in the sun) and the main thing is the flowering period. She replied that it is just the sun that they love and that the whole summer flourishes. And now on this site I read with disappointment that all summer they bloom only indoors, and in the garden - ONLY SPRING, and even open sun and wind are afraid. It turns out that sellers, even in such branded stores as Darwin, do not know anything. I don't need him at home. If anyone knows how he behaves in the garden, please write. And if at night the teeperatura just below 10 falls, that in Moscow suburbs very often, then I will not suffer with it, but just take it back to the store.

I mean, of course, that I’ll take it to the store right away, not when the temperature drops :-) :-) :-)

I liked the article as done very clearly and informative file on the flower

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New Guinea Balsam - a beautiful and unpretentious perennial

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Diseases and pests

General plant information

Trimming and transplanting

Breeding methods

Balsam is quite a familiar plant in Russia and Europe. It is mainly grown as a indoor flower, but in warm climatic conditions it is planted in open ground. The hybrid variety balsam novogvineysky was bred in the early 70s. Currently, it is often used as a decorative one-year plant for planting in open ground, and is also grown, like the rest in greenhouses and on window sills.

General plant information

Balsam is a perennial ornamental herb that belongs to the balsamic family. In the people, this flower has acquired the name "Impatiens". This is due to the fact that the fruits of balsam, containing seeds inside, burst in a mature form when they are lightly touched. On the territory of Russia and Europe, a hybrid variety of New Guinean balsam is valued for large and beautiful flowers and compactness of the bush, subject to constant pruning and care. The species is home to the tropical and subtropical forests of America, Asia and Africa.

In height, the plant, depending on the variety and place of growth, can reach from 30 to 50 cm.
It has a strong root system that thrives and branches well.
New Guinean balsam grows in the form of a bush with a good branching of the stems, which, unlike other species, have a complete and solid structure.
Leaves densely located on the tops. They have an oblong oval shape, sharpened towards the ends. The edges are serrate, the veins are pronounced, the scapes are short. The leaf color varies from light green and green to brownish red.
The flowers are large, in diameter can reach 5-7 cm. Petals are curly, have lateral growths, their color depends on the variety and can be single-colored or two-colored with patterns. Buds are located on the tops of the stems one or more in the inflorescence.

The flowering period is long and depending on the place of growth and climatic conditions it can last for several months. For potted room balsam representatives this period can last up to 10 months.

After pollination in place of flowers, fruits are formed.

They are an oblong box, the outer part of which is divided by several ribs. After ripening, the fruit opens at the first touch and at the same time throws out seeds. In this way, the plant propagates in nature.

Balsam is one of the easiest to care for. It is well tolerated as the drying of the soil, and waterlogging, but not long. At the same time, its decorative effect, foliage density, flowering period and the number of buds formed are lost. A long period of waterlogging of the soil is likely to lead to root rot and death of the plant. Therefore, watering should be moderate, but sufficient, as the balsam absorbs moisture well.

When grown in indoor conditions it is necessary to maintain an average level of moisture.

When the air around the flower is too dry, the leaves begin to wither and fall. Therefore, during the heating season, it is recommended to spray the air around the balsam 2-3 times daily or install a humidifier. You can also install the pots with a plant on a tray with wet sand or expanded clay, which is periodically watered.

New Guinea balsam negatively reacts to a sharp temperature drop, overcooling, even short-term, and drafts. With prolonged cool weather below 12 degrees, the flower dies. Therefore, when planting is to choose a protected place. Also, the plant should get enough sunlight. But the leaves and flowers must be protected from direct sunlight, as long-term exposure to them burns. With a lack of light, the balsam stalks begin to stretch out, which leads to an ugly loose form and the plant loses its decorative effect.

To maintain the normal life of a room or ground balsam novogvineysky to the roots, you must regularly make feeding:

During the period of active flowering, gardeners recommend choosing fertilizers containing a large amount of potassium and phosphorus. Bring them together with watering 1 time in 15-20 days.
To enhance the growth of the bush and increase the green mass is selected nitrogen-containing fertilizer.
After obtaining the necessary growth and shape of the plant, potash and phosphorus fertilizers are introduced under the root.

Trimming and transplanting

Hybrid varieties, such as New Guinean balsam, do not require regular pruning. To enhance the branching at the request of the owner, you can pinch young tops.

Pruning is necessary if the plant has experienced stress, was in a place with poor lighting or for a long time received an excess of moisture. At the same time, its branches stretched out, and the whole bush lost its decorative effect. Such stalks are shortened and they are used for vegetative propagation. When pruning it is necessary to look, so that the lateral buds are left to grow the branches.

The transplant process is carried out for plants that are grown indoors.
Balsam grows and develops quickly, so you need to change the soil every year.
Conduct a transplant in a dormant period, when all the flowers have fallen.
Before you get the rhizomes need to water the soil well.
Pre-preparing the pot, the diameter of which is slightly larger than the old one.
The soil is chosen loose, breathable and fertile. You can purchase in a specialty store or make yourself. To do this, mix the turfy soil with leaf soil and humus, add peat and expanded clay.
The flower is carefully removed together with the earthen clod from the old pot, and the root system is cleared of soil.
Each part is visible for diseases, rot and dry spots that are removed with a sharp knife.
At the bottom of the new pot piled drainage and slightly prepared soil.
Next, you need to place the root system, placing each branch around the perimeter of the bottom of the tank.
Upstairs, the substrate is poured at the level of the root collar and compacted.
The first watering is carried out with a weak solution of manganese for additional disinfection.

Breeding methods

New Guinea balsam is propagated in two ways, which are widely used in gardening and are not difficult even for a novice grower. The first method is grafting. For this:

Young branches are selected, and cut off with 2-3 internodes.
Prepare a substrate of equal amounts of peat and calcined river sand.
Pour it into a wide container and pour it with a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.
Cuttings before planting is recommended to be treated with a stimulating solution for 2-3 hours.
After that, bury their lower parts a couple of centimeters in the prepared substrate.
To improve the effect and the percentage of rooting, it is necessary to create a greenhouse above the seedlings. This can be done by covering each stalk with a cut plastic bottle or installing a film over the entire container.

For seedlings need regular care. Daily air and maintain a normal wet soil level. To accelerate root germination in 2-3 days after planting, you can once again process the stimulating solution.

The second method of reproduction of balsam is produced with the help of seeds:

You must first prepare a fertile mixture by mixing garden soil with peat and humus in equal proportions.
Seeds are laid out carefully on the ground and sprinkle a little on top.
Next, moisten everything with a watering can with a spray or spray.
Capacity with crops covered with film or glass for the greenhouse effect.
The soil is regularly ventilated and moistened so that the earth does not dry out.
The first shoots should appear within 1.5-2 weeks.

Diseases and pests

Basically, balsam diseases occur with improper care. Very clearly all the diseases can be seen on the leaves and their condition:

The appearance of yellow spots indicates that direct sunlight hits the plant and leaves burns. This often happens during hot summers.
In the winter season, when heating is turned on, there is a danger of overdrying the air around the plant. This can be seen on dry edges and faded and fallen leaves. During this period it is necessary to install a humidifier or special trays with water and expanded clay.
If bright leaves begin to fade, it indicates that the soil does not have the necessary beneficial components. It is necessary to pick up complex fertilizers to restore the nutrients in the plant.
When excessive watering and waterlogging of the soil, as well as strong damp air, fungal diseases can occur, which lead to rotting of the stems and root system. Such a disease is not treated. The flower is completely removed from the pot, all damaged parts are removed both at the top and at the bottom. All sections are processed with charcoal, and the flower with special preparations. The prepared plant is placed in a new pot, and fresh soil.

Of the pests on the balsam often you can find spider mites or aphids. When an infection is detected, the flower is removed from the common room and isolated. For treatment, special drugs are purchased, which during the quarantine period treat balsam and the soil in which it grows.

If necessary, all the flowers in the room are also sprayed for prevention.

More information can be found in the video:

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