Beauty Petunia has long been one of the mostfavorite flowers of numerous gardeners. It is distinguished by the brightness of the petals, various colors, large flowers and a rather strong pleasant aroma filling the entire space around the flowering bush.
Thanks to a combination of absolute unpretentiousnessgrowing conditions and numerous beautiful flowers, it is often used in landscape design for the greening of settlements: the decoration of streets, squares, boulevards, squares, lawns, parks.
These bright flowers look great both atlawns of the dividing strip of the road, and in pendant pots along the streets. Even a few plants planted near a restaurant, beauty salon or shop located on the ground floor of the house delight visitors and passers-by with the multicolored delicate petals and cheer up the sweet fragrance.
At the dacha, in the front gardens of country houses, on the balconies of city flats throughout the summer on each of these simple at first glance plants bloom more and more new flowers.
At home, petunia can be usedeverywhere, it is only necessary to choose the correct length and height of the flowering plant, and also to know about the presence of hanging lobes, the number, quality and arrangement of flowers.
Thus, for suspended flowerpots and flowerpots locatednear the house, arbors, set along the paths of the garden, low ampel and cascade varieties of the plant will do. They can be conveniently combined with higher counterparts of the same or a contrasting color, creating a composition with a high middle and falling lashes. And to decorate the flowerbed and flower pot, short and medium-length stems are optimal, abundantly covered with fragrant flowers.
In urban conditions for the decoration of a floweringbalcony petunii - just a treasure! Of these, even an inexperienced florist can create very beautiful compositions. It is not so important, whether there will be one-color varieties or multi-colored in each box - different options look spectacular. They not only please the eyes of passers-by, but also give their gentle smell to the owners of the apartment and people passing by.
In this article you will find information on how to grow petunia seedlings at home without unnecessary worries and worries.
Everyone asks himself this question, for the first timestarting a new case. How to grow petunia seedlings at home and not make mistakes? This is reflected by the one who has already had a bad experience of breeding petunia. Unfortunately, with all the unpretentiousness of an adult plant, small seedlings are susceptible to various adversities. How to plant the seedlings of petunia is not known to all gardeners.
We start with the planning of the flower garden.In late autumn and winter, gardens and kitchen gardens are resting from plants, and their owners from hard, but in most cases grateful work. This is the most suitable time to think about placing plants on your garden plot, including flower beds and flower beds. From the way we want to see every corner of the plot of land, the choice of seeds for seedlings will depend.
Someone arranges multi-flowered varieties with long stems and monochrome flowers, and someone is not enough like terry studs of expensive varieties.
After identifying with the color and varietal solution, safely go to the store for seeds.
To make our petunia happy with its beautifulcolors of the hosts the maximum number of warm summer and autumn days, it should be said a few words about when to plant petunia on the seedlings. Usually grown and strengthened plants are planted in a permanent place in the middle of June, when the threat of sudden colds passes, and the cold nights are replaced by warm ones. Of course, in the Urals and in colder regions, snow falls in June, but this is quite rare. If you are not sure about the weather, do not rush to plant the plants in the ground, decide on the circumstances when to plant petunia on the seedlings.
The recommended time for sowing seeds is middleFebruary, that is, about 13-15 weeks before the flower is planted in the ground. Anyone who wants the flowering started as early as possible, can plant petunia back in January. Timing does not matter much if you want it to grow and delight you in a flower pot on the windowsill or in the pots near the window. The same is true for growing petunia as a decoration for a warmed, glazed balcony.
By the way, about them a little more.Who ever saw the seeds of petunia, imagine all the complexities of their planting and cultivation. Outwardly, they resemble small poppy seeds, or even generally look like small, dust-like specks. How to sow petunia on seedlings with such seeds? There is a solution. There are two categories of seeds on sale:
Granulated seeds, of course, costmuch more expensive than ordinary, cheap seeds, but also to work with them is much easier and more pleasant than with small ones. It is more convenient to take them by hand and put them in one row, and they also allow you to use a special seeding machine for planting. Experienced gardeners say that the result of planting small and granulated seeds is approximately the same, but when working with natural seed material, labor costs are much higher.
Какую бы вы почву ни выбрали:bought or from the garden - know that it must be properly steamed and, if possible, rid of spores of mushrooms and pests that affect small, weak shoots. Petunia seedlings at home are not a myth, but a reality. It is important simply to observe the technology of growing fragile, thin, afraid drafts and drying out shoots.
As a substrate for planting seeds usewell crushed surface peat layers, mixed with sand, protecting the soil from the growth of moss, algae and root rot (“black leg”), flavored with fertilizers and microelements, providing a small plant with everything necessary for growth, development and further flowering.
The quality of the soil, its composition depends onpreservation of the optimal amount of moisture. From its lack of seedlings quickly dry out, and the excess contributes to the development of fungi and damage to the stem or root system of the plant.
Another important point: the level of acidity and salinity of the soil should be as low as possible.
There are several opinions of experienced gardeners andhow to determine the amount of land needed and how to grow petunia seedlings at home. Some suggest using plastic containers with a lid for products sold in the disposable tableware departments of stores, others are of the opinion that it is advisable to use containers made of natural materials (peat). How seedlings of petunia are grown in peat tablets, we will find out a little later.
If the capacity for seedlings does not have drainage holes, it is necessary to make them before the work begins.
We fill the tank for sowing petunias with earth, notReaching up to the top 2 cm, the minimum distance from the ground to the edge of the tank is 6 mm. This distance is necessary for the development of small shoots in a space protected from all sides. If you plan to use a plastic container with a lid, be sure to make several small holes in it, through which the space of the greenhouse will be ventilated, and leave about two centimeters from the ground to the top.
Here we come to the most important thing. Let's talk how to sow petunia on seedlings. There are two ways of landing, choose any.
In the first case, the soil is moistened with water in advance and slightly compacted. On top of it put seeds in granular form or natural seeds.
Should resort to a little trick in fronthow to sow petunia on seedlings: if you decide to use small seeds of petunia, then scatter them on a sheet of white paper, arm yourself with a jar of water and a toothpick. Having laid the seeds in a single layer on a piece of paper, select the best ones, wetting the end of the toothpick with water, bring it to the selected seed. When it sticks to a wet toothpick, carefully transfer it into a container with the ground. Using a wet toothpick, plant the right amount of seeds on the ground.
In the second embodiment, on a slightly compacted soilLay a layer of snow 3-4 mm thick, and on top of it are petunia seeds. This method does not require pre-irrigation and is preferable for people with poor eyesight, since it is more convenient to sow petunia on seedlings when the dark seed falls on the white background of snow.
In either case, it is desirable thatthe distance between shoots was not less than 5 mm. In no case should the small seeds of petunia be buried: sprouts will not have enough strength to break out of the ground. If you really want to fix them in a specific place, you can slightly sow the ground surface of the earth with a flat plate.
Some gardeners recommend to speed upgrowth to irrigate the ground with a 0.1% solution of Previkur. Only this should be done extremely carefully so as not to wash off the seeds in one direction. You can use a spray or a very small strainer.
After sowing, close the plastic container with the lid with holes, plastic wrap or non-woven material, put in a warm place. After 5-8 days, the first shoots will appear.
This is another way to plant a petunia seedling. Tablets are a ready-made substrate that requires only regular moisture as it dries.
On top of the tablet make a recess, put the seeds there, moisturize and leave warm. Tablets are placed on a pallet, a plate or in a container with the calculation of a further increase in their volume by 4-5 times.
Petunia seedlings at home withlow light is quickly drawn out. Sometimes it is enough for this day, so it is important several times every day to look at their shoots, controlling their growth. In that case, if you see that the shoots began to stretch, it is worthwhile to place an energy-saving fluorescent lamp from the side of the room to compensate for its lack from the outside.
As they grow, thin bylinochki released fromseed coat. For this process, they need a sufficient amount of moisture in the soil. Only after the first leaves were born, you can remove the film.
Further, all attention is focused onmaintaining an air temperature of about 20 degrees, airing the room and seedlings for 10-20 minutes daily and timely wetting the soil. Please note: it should not be constantly raw. Control of these parameters is obligatory, since planting petunia on the seedlings is small, it is also necessary to grow it.
We wait until the first real two leaves appear and proceed to the next stage.
Как правильно посадить рассаду петунии после picks? The main rule should be to maintain a distance between them of 5 cm or more. One of the ways to achieve the result can be seating the picketed petunias in separate pots or plastic cups, having previously made drainage holes in them, since it is impossible to grow the seedlings of petunias at home before flowering: the shoots grow rapidly and actively occupy space.
Having learned how to plant a petunia on seedlings, you are withoutproblems will achieve positive results. Your work will be rewarded with exquisite hats of bright, fragrant flowers. And it will cost you practically nothing, since it is very easy to grow petunia seedlings at home. Beautiful flower gardens you!
