The Tradescantia pallida is a three-master flower that can be found in many gardens. Caring for this pretty perennial is incredibly easy. It is therefore an ideal beginner plant. How to care for Tradescantia pallida.
How do I care for my Tradescantia Pallida?
Tradescantia Pallida care includes regular watering without waterlogging, adding compost before planting, fertilizing potted plants every two weeks, cutting diseased shoots and cuttings, repotting if necessary and winter protection for potted plants.
Can the three-master flower also be grown in a pot?
You can easily grow a Tradescantia pallida in a pot. However, she needs more care there than in the wild.
How should Tradescantia pallida be watered?
The three-mastiff flower does not like complete dryness. After planting, you should water them well. When caring for the pot, water regularly and thoroughly, but make sure that no waterlogging occurs.
Is fertilization necessary?
Before planting, improve the soil in the garden with mature compost. Then further fertilization is not necessary.
If the three-master flower is cared for in the pot, give fertilizer for green plants (€7.00 at Amazon) at two-week intervals from March to September.
Do you need to prune Tradescantia pallida?
Cutting is not absolutely necessary. However, you should shorten dried or diseased shoots.
You can cut cuttings for propagation every spring. To do this, use a sharp knife.
How do you transplant this three-masterflower?
Replant the three-masterflower outdoors in spring. Dig them up and place them in the desired, prepared place.
Plants grown in a pot are repotted when the previous container has become too small. Shake off the old substrate. Place a drainage layer in the new pot to prevent waterlogging.
What diseases and pests should you watch out for?
Diseases occur if the threemaster flower is kept too moist.
Spider mites and scale insects attack the plant in unfavorable locations. If possible, treat them as soon as possible so that the infestation cannot spread.
Is Tradescantia pallida hardy?
The Tradescantia is hardy outdoors and does not need any winter protection.
If you care for the three-master flower in the pot, you should put it in a protected place on an insulating surface over the winter. To be on the safe side, wrap the bucket with burlap.
Tip
Tradescantia comes in countless species that differ significantly from each other in growth habit, leaf and flower shape. Some varieties are only suitable for indoor cultivation.
