| Life form | Grassy onion |
| Family | Amarillidaceae |
| Origin | South Africa |
| Ease of cultivation | Requires special care. |
| The size | It reaches 50-70 cm in height. |
| Growth rate | Average |
| Lifespan | 3-4 years in one pot, with proper care bulb can exist for many years. |
| Temperature | In summer: up to 73,4, in winter not lower than 39,2-44,6 ° F. After planting the bulb, the temperature should be higher, after forcing – it is desirable to reduce it. |
| Humidity | Requires medium humidity. |
| Lighting | Illuminated place, bright light. |
| The soil | Fertile, loose soil is suitable. You can take 2 parts garden soil (earth greenhouse can use, peat moss), 2 parts of humus (leaf earth), 1 part of coarse sand or perlite. You can use the spruce bark. Good drainage is required. Always use a pot with a hole. |
| Watering | During flowering and growth, the soil should be moderately moist, watered every 3-6 days. By the autumn watering cut. The soil in which the bulb is dormant, not water. Do not water the flower arrow until it reaches a height of 10 cm. |
| Fertilizer | Fed with liquid fertilizer once a month with the appearance of flower arrows. Top dressing is stopped in autumn with yellowing of the leaves. |
| Reproduction | Branch of bulb-children, which are planted in small pots. The size of the pot is increased as the bulb grows. Plants bloom for 3-4 years. Can be propagated by seeds (for example, after artificial pollination). Seeds are planted in a mixture of peat and sand. Seedlings appear after 2-3 weeks. After 3-4 years, large plants are formed. |
| Bloom | Bright flowers appear in January-April. Flowering lasts 2-3 weeks. |
| Transfer | A large bulb is transplanted every 5-6 years. The transplantation is performed during the rest period. Bulbs grow better in slightly cramped conditions. |
| Features of care | To form a flower bud, the plant needs a rest period. In autumn, watering is reduced, after yellowing of the leaves, the plant is stopped to water and placed for 2-3 months in a dry, warm, unintended place. |
| Difficulties | Possible threats are thrips, green aphids, mealy bugs, spider mites and cyclamen. Fight with insecticides. Possible viral diseases – mosaic (yellow spots on the leaves), downy mildew (silver spots on the leaves), rust (red-brown spots). The plant can be affected by a daffodil fly (the bulb rotes), a red burn (red longitudinal spots on the leaves). To combat mildewy mildew, the plant should be treated with a fungicide, in all other cases destroyed. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | Care should be taken when working with bulbs. they are poisonous. Moderate ingestion of these plants can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms that are not life threatening. |
