Gazania splendens Kontiki

Description
Compact beddingplant (short leaves) with excellent garden performance in bright colours including the richest colour mixture around!
Lots of bi- and also contrast-coloured striped varieties. Long opening hours!
Kontiki Series is the best bedding-type Gazania for professional use.

-Early flowering on uniform planthabit
-90%+ usable plants
-Short, dark green glossy foliage
-No growth regulators required
-Long opening hours
-Strong floriferous garden performance

General
-separate colours: White, Yellow, Orange, Stripes, Violet Picotee and Rose
-in mixture: a.o. yellow, orange, rose, purple, two tones and striped flowers
-height: 20-25 cm/7-10"
-life cycle: annual
-time sowing-flowering: 14-16 weeks (depending on sowing date)
-seedcount: 425-725 seeds per gram
-family: Asteraceae

Sowing instruction
-method: sow in plugs, 1 seed per plug
-time: December - March
-temperature: 18-20°C(64-68oF)
-germination time: 7-10 days; potting after appr. 3 weeks
-seed quantity or plants per m2: 80-100(depending on potsize)

Growing on
-distance between rows and/or plants: pot to pot
-soil: any well-drained potting soil
-irrigation: regularly (humid)
-optimum temperature: day 16-18°C(60-64oF); night 12-16°C(54-61oF)
-diseases/pests: treat preventively against Fusarium
-fertilization: standard

General advice
Gazania reacts well on Cycocel, but Kontiki does not need it.