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Indian mallow Abutilon pictum thompsonii

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Water Indian mallowTenere asciutto
These plants display a pretty long period of vegetational rest. During this time it isn't necessary to water the plants. Let's water abundantly, moistening the soil deeply with 2-3 glasses of water , but let's act only when the substratum is dry, leaving it dry even for 1-2 weeks before watering it.

Cultivation Indian mallow
The Indian mallow grows erect, developing a short stem with a small crown, usually roundish. Indian mallow Is an evergreen; during summer iIt assumes a orangeyellow colouring; the adult specimens are medium in size and reach 2 m high. These plants are shrubs.

Light Indian mallowSole pieno
The Indian mallow should be preferably located in a place where it can have at least a few hours a day of direct solar light. Perennial plants mainly have a spring and summer development. During the coldest months of the year the aerial part can completely dry out, to come up the year after.These plants are grown in apartment or in a temperated green house; they can be brought outdoors when the minimum temperatures are above 15° C.

Water Indian mallowTenere asciutto
Let's water abundantly, moistening the soil deeply with 2-3 glasses of water , but let's act only when the substratum is dry, leaving it dry even for 1-2 weeks before watering it. These plants display a pretty long period of vegetational rest. During this time it isn't necessary to water the plants.

Pests Indian mallow
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Mold Indian mallow
Locate these plants in a soft and deep, very well drained soil.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
5
1
4
0
0
1
continental
4
2
4
0
0
1
mediterranean
3
3
4
0
0
1

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If desired, we can grow the the Indian mallow in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather mediterranean it is possible to choose another climate area alpine continental

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