Kobeja (Cobaea) refers to the genus of shrubs tall - curly or clinging, very beautifully blooming, born in the tropics of America. In Russia, mainly cultivated two varieties of kobei - with white and purple flowers, and most often they are both used as annual lianas. This tropical plant does not survive in our cold climate. But, when it is possible to store a container with a rhizome in winter in the proper conditions, kobei, of course, here - a perennial plant, Extremely decorative and instantly expanding. A lot of four-six-meter stems abundantly cover the lacy feathery leaves. The chain whiskers raise the plant exceptionally quickly to an incredible height, leaving a bright green carpet in its path. Beautiful eight-centimeter bells of colors paint the greenery white and purple, adding festivities.
Kobeia. Planting and care
Most gardeners note how good it is to cultivate a kobei. Planting and nursing, of course, require certain skills and observance of elementary farming techniques, but there is nothing unbearable in them. The main thing - a sunny location or a small penumbra, fertile, well-fertilized soil, and the lack of excess moisture. It is also necessary to fight with mites and ticks, from which the kobei are very afflicted. Care, you see, is relatively labor-intensive, if compared with other people from tropical places.
Reproduction
It is possible to propagate this plant vegetatively, if by the spring the uterine plant is preserved. Seeds of kobei before planting should be soaked in a solution of a growth stimulant, for example, epine. Do it best the day before. The most successful month for sowing seeds is March, more precisely, its middle. In order not to injure the roots of the seedlings during the picking, it is better to plant each seed in a separate foil sleeve, then there will be no growth retardation after the transplant. On top of the seeds are sprinkled with a half-centimeter layer of soil. After a week you can wait for sprouting. If all the agrotechnical conditions are met, it will rise in the almost complete composition of the kobei. Planting and caring for the rules is the most important indicator of plant germination, which can not boast of good qualities in this respect. By the end of March, the seedlings can be transferred to cups. Before this procedure they should be watered, carefully deployed foil and, without breaking the clod of earth, move the plant to a new location. When the seedlings are adapted, and this takes several days, they will be hardened. For example, in the glassed-in loggia. Before moving to the garden, seedlings must be watered and fed several times. Within a week and a half, the kobe will have to be re-planted - so fast it grows. Some time before the migration to the open ground, the seedlings will be required in order to grow a powerful root system, so they move from the cups to four-liter pots, and even better - to the buckets. In the spacious dishes as a yeast grows kobei! Planting and care are still far from complete, and the seedlings no longer fit in the height of the loggia. You need to carefully tie them, so that when moving to the garden, you can easily turn off the vines and pack them. By the first of June - the time of disembarkation - landing holes should be prepared in advance and filled with fertile soil. The saplings should be watered abundantly, and, supporting the curled vine, gently remove the clod of earth and immediately plant it in a permanent place. Next, we must free the antennae from the cord, which the kobeys were tied to the loggia without damaging them. It is easiest to cut the cord and carefully remove the pieces, then raise the lianks to the supports and secure them. Kobei grows extremely quickly, and to help her in this, it is necessary to soil the soil alternately with organic and mineral fertilizers (every week). And, of course, water! Then by July the Kobei will be ready to blossom. A charming sight! The wall of purple bells (with bells such large flowers call the tongue will not turn). Even the seeds appear! True, they do not have enough of our summer to mature.