The Sedum rubrotinctum I struggled for several years. At a time when I began to grow succulent plants, at the outset, I had a few succulent that I wintered on the windowsill at normal room temperature. Due to inappropriate conditions and minimal experience, I had lost quite a lot krasulek who now struggle to Getting back to the collection. Among several species of Echeveria on the window and survived rubrotinctum Mexican Sedum. Not particularly excel by their beauty, just such a normal succulent, what is rather nice with procumbent stems válečkovitými, bottle-green leaves. Of course, that the plant did not grow much of anything, the lower leaves during the winter mostly subsided, so it was a bit more than košťátko beautiful sedum.

Over time, the collection grew, I became the wintering a major problem. Finally, it happened for succulents that we have dedicated one room, where cold is moving. This year we discovered to our dismay, that even this was not enough room. But why write about it actually. In this room we keep all the winter temperature of 6 ° C, which is ideal for chladnomilné species of succulents. They are intrinsically resistant to a large window sill, close to where the temperatures are lower. Right on the box are Crassula and between them appeared last year and Sedum rubrotinctum, leaning against a windowpane.

Last winter was really tough, outdoor frost reached us at -14 ° C which is on the edge of our area of ​​the Czech Central really enough. So it happened that on the window inside the room started to create ice. Slowly from the bottom left corner of the window frame gradually rising up ice layer 0.5 cm thick and slowly and surely it froze a few stems rubrotincta, along with rubrotinctum 'Aurora'. Had no choice but to wait for the spring, when the plants are to remove the ball out again.

Through this experience I can say that Sedum rubrotinctum handle very low temperatures without injury, and vice versa. Aurora after the winter rest flowered, which is not common. From spring to grow a nice bunch began to fall several times its size increased.

Growing Sedum rubrotictum well is not too demanding. From spring to autumn it on my sunny habitats. Rather let the soil dry, during the summer heat pour 1 x 14 days. Why so few? Some plants are in worse conditions get into stress, which manifests itself mostly red coloring sheets. Tetno phenomenon can be observed among others Gasteria and hawortzií. Their dissatisfaction and gives clear and Sedum roubortinctum. Together with the location of the sun to achieve a very impressive coloring sheets of bright red.

In the absence of the sun is not strong color, the leaves will be pale green.

Is best suited for the cultivation of higher bowl, it creates a kind of squat stands up to 10 cm long, poléhavých stems that hold up over time begin to edge of bowl. The stems are from base to top stěsnanými densely coated, spiral-tion through native foliage. They are very fragile to the touch and careless handling can easily fall off. Therefore, the wider bowl suitable surface covered with coarse gravel or lava. This upper layer will prevent any rotting leaves that would otherwise lie directly on the growing medium. Also thanks to the drainage layer allow better air flow at the base of dense vegetation. When we choose's dog bowl diameter than the diameter of the whole plant, so we protect them from unwanted leaves sloughing when handling the container.

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