Cataracts: home care, rearing and breeding

A delightful flower that brings home warmth of the south and the Mediterranean flavor is all the cataracts, home care is simple and pleasant. This plant is completely undemanding. But how it pleases the eye with its spectacular flowering! In addition to the charming appearance, the catarrhatus (pink wine earwax) has long been used to treat certain cancers in alternative medicine.

Pink Periwinkle: a brief description of the plant

Decorative semishrub, belonging to the family Kutrovye - so characterize the cataract. The flowers of the plant differ in the shape of a 5-petalled, 5 cm-diameter, whisker-shaped aureole. They have a striking resemblance to the flowers of the phlox. Their distinctive feature is that they are not collected in the inflorescence.

In general, pink has cataracts. The flowers of his hybrids can be of a different color. The most surprising of them is the blue-violet coloration.

The cataract is a plant with a maximum height of 60 cm. It is distinguished by erect stems and long dark green leaves (7 cm). They are shiny and have white streaks in the middle. Flowering period: from early May to early October.

Cataract: Home care

To fans of this plant, who are going to grow it, it is important to follow certain rules to grow a wonderful and healthy catarrhtas. Care at home is to comply with the following recommendations-tips:

• Lighting. The plant prefers scattered light, although it will get well on the windowsill. It is important only to remember to protect it from direct sun rays in the morning. In winter, it is also necessary to provide a catarrhtal warm place. In case of poor lighting, the plant will stretch its stems upwards.
• Temperature. The ideal temperature for vinca pink in summer is a maximum of 25 degrees Celsius. In winter, this figure is only 16 degrees.
• Watering. It is strongly recommended not to bring cataracts to dryness. At home, it is necessary to provide the plant with three watering a week. With an excessive bay of the vinca pink, there is a risk of decaying the roots of the plant. Therefore, after 15 minutes after irrigation, it is important to drain the water from the pan.
• Pruning is an important stage in the life of such plants as catarrhtas. Care in the home in this direction should be carried out every spring.
• Application of fertilizers. It is desirable to feed the plant thrice a year: in summer, in spring and in autumn.

Adherence to the above recommendations will ensure that the cataract is fresh, healthy and charming.

Cataratus: Growing and Care

You can propagate the pink periwinkle in two ways:

• Seeds;
• Cuttings (vegetatively).

Particular attention should be given to the preparation of soil. For it, an excellent option will be a mixture of peat, humus, turf and coarse sand. Each component is taken in the same amount.

A pot for planting is recommended to take with a hole. It is also important not to forget about drainage, which can serve as stones, pebbles or expanded clay. This solution will remove excess water and prevent decay of roots. To ensure that the hole is not clogged, it must be cleaned regularly.

Reproduction of catarrhtum by cuttings

For this purpose, green cuttings from the top, which are often rich in catarrhatus, are perfect. Reproduction is carried out in two ways:

• The stalk is put in water for germination;
• The stalk is immediately planted in moist soil, while covering with a package to create a greenhouse effect.

The most suitable time for sampling cuttings: spring (after pruning). You can also plant them in the fall. The optimal temperature for rooting the cuttings is at least 20 degrees Celsius.

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Spring is the ideal time for plant transplantation. Some recommendations on this issue:

• The pot is selected several sizes larger than the old one.
• The capacity for planting is important to disinfect, at least pour boiling water.
• The roots of the catarrhatus are too tender, so it is very important not to damage them.
• The root system should be carefully inspected before the transplantation to determine the dead roots. In case of their detection, it is necessary to remove this site (4 cm above the diseased part). The blade or scissors are also desirable to be disinfected to avoid contamination of another part of the root system.
• The wound on the root is covered with crumb of charcoal.

These 5 rules for a successful cataract transplant are fundamental in this process.

Problems with growing vinca pink

Pests that attack this plant are aphids, scabies and spider mites. Therefore, taking the cataract from the garden to the house, it is important to carefully inspect the plant for the detection of data "enemies". In the event that, nevertheless, they are, it is necessary to act as follows:

• Take a brush, moisten it with alcohol, then gently remove pests;
• Treat the leaves with a soap solution.

If you do not provide the plant with reliable care, then soon the cataract will have problems, such as:

• Yellowing and death of leaflets (from direct sunlight);
• Observation of the tendency to reduce flowers - too cold air in the room;
• Yellowing of the tips of the leaves - insufficient moisture in the air.

Also it should be remembered that the plant must be transplanted in time, otherwise it will cease to bloom completely.

Therapeutic properties of vinca pink

Medicinal preparations are prepared on the basis of a plant that carries the proud name of catarrhtas. Its medicinal properties are used both in alternative and in official medicine.

To create drugs, it is the above-ground part of the vinca rosea. It is harvested during the flowering period.

The catarrhatus has the following therapeutic effect:

• Anti-inflammatory;
• Wound-healing;
• Antimicrobial;
• Hemostatic;
• Antidiabetic.

Periwinkle pink successfully fights the symptoms of the following diseases:

• Leukemia acute;
• Diabetes mellitus;
• Tumors of various etymologies (tumor of the thyroid gland, myoma, polyps, cyst, prostate adenoma);
• Enlarged lymph nodes;
• Blood diseases;
• Trophic skin ulcers and other, non-healing wounds on the skin;
• Eczema and psoriasis;
• Some diseases of the digestive tract.

Apply this plant is necessary under the strict supervision of a doctor, since periwinkle pink is, above all, a poisonous plant. It is contraindicated to use it for medicinal purposes to people suffering from low blood pressure and patients with vegetovascular dystonia. It is strictly forbidden to give broths from the catarrhtum to children.

The cataract is a wonderful decorative plant, which is easy to grow at home. Only the use of an integrated approach in the care of it contributes to the successful growth and flowering of the vinca pink.