Petunia flowers look great in the park, in the garden and on the balcony of a multi-storey building. Therefore, many flower lovers planted them on their flower beds and in Kashpo. Previously, they were especially valued for the unique evening aroma. New varieties that appeared in recent years have a variety of colors and look just great. Petunia all summer pleases with lush inflorescences to the most frosts. To grow these colors you need seedlings. Grow petunia from seeds at home is quite real.
Purchase seeds need only from proven manufacturers.
So that the flowers appear in June to plant seeds need in early March.
Important! Seeds should not be overdue, it affects their germination. It is better to buy less high-quality seeds than a lot, but unknown origin.
If the seeds have a special shell, then when landing, they need to pour abundantly. Moisture is needed, in order for the shell, intended for better germination, dissolved. Conventional seeds before planting is desirable to soak for 3 hours in a weak mortar solution for prophylaxis.
Do not forget about manganese! Preparation of soil
You can buy finished soil, or peat pills. But much cheaper will prepare it independently.
To do this, take:
- two parts of peat
- one piece of garden land
- one piece of sand
Greate Mix, sake through a sieve. Wet soil need to disappear in the oven at 100 degrees, 10 minutes. So you destroy pests. Then fill it the pot or the other container (the height of the container is up to 10 cm). The soil should be loose and neutral or weakly acid. At the bottom you need to do drainage holes and pour a layer of clay.
Special Ready Soil for Petunia Disembarking seeds
It is necessary to plant seeds at the end of February or in early March in wet soil. For irrigation, we use a spray gun. Seeds are very small, so we mix them with sand and scatter on the surface of the soil. You can put on the ground layer of snow and sow petunia on it. Seeds are sowing directly on the ground or snow, without blocking.
Correct seeds of Petunia Puts cover with polyethylene film or glass. For a good germination, you need to put them on a light windowsill (you need a temperature of +25 degrees).
How to care for seedy
Petunia is boiling during the week. When sprouts appear, you need to start venting the tanks with the seedle. Glass is removed first for 15 minutes, then for 30 minutes. Clean the glass when shoots will be wound into it. Temperature should also be lower (+20 day and +16 at night).
Important! Seedling does not germinate at temperatures below than +25 degrees. But then the mode for it needs to be changed by +20 degrees, otherwise it will deteriorate and get sick.
Watering seedlings
To watering Petunia needs to be carefully. The soil must be moderately humid. To do this, use a syringe without a needle (drip watering). So injected water under the root of the plant. When it is necessary to produce watering can be determined by the state of the soil. As soon as it starts to push, it is necessary to moisten the soil. It is advisable for water to take warm, resistant and add a little lemon juice into it.
Podkord
Seedlings of Petunia must need to feed. The first 2 weeks apply spraying pre-view. When 2-3 real leaves appear, the plants fertilize with a solution of a yellow crystal, 1 tablespoon of which is bred in a bucket of water. Make feeding 2 times a week. After diving, the plant can be sprayed with a radio. This stimulator is used for active root growth.
Picking seedlings
Seedlings planted in a large capacity must be counted in individual cups. For this purpose, you can take beer glasses, having done drainage holes in them. When seedlings will release 2-3 pairs of leaves, they are time to dive. Before this procedure, seedlings watered well. Each plant together with a lump of the root land is shifted into a glass and fall asleep soil so as to fill the emptiness.
Plants are watered again and if a little soil is added. Transplantation This is a painful procedure for young petunitions. Therefore, in the first days they cannot be placed in the sun, and the temperature in the room is desirable to make a pair of degrees below.
Pipher seedlings
Petunia varieties, whose shoots are very much up, have to make a piece. Above the 5th sheet of plants break the top with a point of growth. This leads to the emergence of new shoots, and the number of colors will be more. Kostics after that will become more lush. In the sepka often need hybrids. To form a beautiful bush sometimes you have to repeat the seign several times. You can do this in 2 weeks.
How to choose petunia. Hardening seedlings
Petunia seedlings before falling into the ground need to teach to the outdoor. To do this, it must be taken to the balcony or in the garden. At first, the plants spend on the air only 10 minutes, every day it should increase this time. The air temperature should be no less than +18 degrees. Hardening is carried out within two weeks, and at the end of its plants have been outdoors all day.
Spacery Spacelings
On the flowerbed in the garden or on the balcony, petunia is planted depending on the region. When the air temperature is at least +18 degrees, and this happens in the middle of May, it's time to plant a petunia. The landing of these colors is made to the middle of June. Before boarding, you need to explode well and clean from weeds a garden, and add humus to the ground. Petunia loves sunny places. The seedlings are well watered and planted in the soil right with a lump of the ground.
Petunia transplant in soil If you correctly grow seedlings and care for petunias, it will decorate your site or balcony with a whole cascade of inflorescence. Different colors of modern varieties allow you to make beautiful compositions from these colors.
