How to grow hibiscus from seeds at home?

Hibiscus is an ornamental crop that prefers to grow in the wild tropics, subtropics and warm regions. It can reproduce in several ways: by seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush.

But most often, gardeners choose the seed option. And their choice is quite justified due to the fact that this is a fairly simple task, and can be performed even by a beginner. This article describes in detail how to properly grow hibiscus at home.

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Pros and cons of this method

Seed propagation of the Chinese rose has the following advantages:

• ease of implementation;
• rose bloom can be seen in the year of planting;
• good seed germination;
• excludes the transmission of a viral infection in the offspring.

Minuses:

• it is not possible to obtain a plant with an exact match of the varietal qualities of the “parent”;
• when buying planting material, it often turns out to be of poor quality.

Where can you buy seed material?

You can purchase hibiscus seeds at specialized stores. The average cost in Moscow and St. Petersburg will be 35-250 rubles. The price varies depending on the variety.

Can you get it yourself from an adult plant?

The flowers of the Chinese rose form pods that contain the seed. When they ripen, they open, and the seeds fall to the ground, from where they germinate. To use the planting material for planting in a specific place, you must first collect it:

1. The ripeness of the pods can be determined by their brown color.
2. Cover the plant with paper bags before dumping. This will prevent the planting material from scattering on the ground after opening the pods.
3. Open the pods with your hands or with a knife, and collect the resulting seeds in a bag. Do not be alarmed if they are of different colors, since they do not ripen simultaneously.

Selection

After collecting the seeds, they should be sorted out.to exclude small, unripe, or damaged kernels.

Attention! Larger diameter seeds are best as they sprout faster and produce strong, healthy sprouts.

How to plant hibiscus at home?

Required inventory

To plant wild rose seeds, you will need the following materials and equipment:

• container made of wood or plastic;
• nutritious soil;
• a container for water with a spray bottle;
• glass or plastic wrap.

Material handling

Seeds must be stratified before planting. This is a procedure during which winter conditions are artificially created. Due to this, the planting material germinates faster, which increases its germination.

Procedure:

1. Place the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate (100 ml of water and 1 g of the preparation). Keep the planting material there for 1 hour.
2. Sprinkle the seeds in plenty of moistened sand and place in the refrigerator.
3. Extract the planting material after 2 weeks.

Watch a video on how to correctly stratify:

Substrate preparation

Important! Hibiscus places high demands on the soil. First you need to check the pH of the soil.

The Chinese rose prefers sour soil. You will also need to add nutrients and substances. It is allowed to add fertilizers with a low concentration of phosphorus and a high concentration of potassium to the soil.

Landing

Landing operations are carried out according to the following scheme:

1. Lay expanded clay at the bottom of the container. Its thickness will be 2-3 cm from the height of the pot.
2. Fill the container with ¾ of the remaining nutrient mixture. Lightly tamp the soil.
3. Spray it, mix and spray again with water from a spray bottle.
4. Place the seeds in the pot with the sprouted part on their side. Sprinkle them with earth 1-1.5 cm, but do not tamp them.
5. Spray the ground with seedlings again.
6. Place the containers in a warm room, where the air temperature will be 28 degrees Celsius.
7. For successful germination, seeds need a lot of ambient light. Otherwise, the stems will begin to stretch and fall. When cultivation is carried out in the spring, and the daylight hours are short, then you need to take care of additional lighting.
8. Cover the container with a plastic bag, which is opened once a day.
9. Spray the kidney as necessary, preventing it from drying out or waterlogging.

Rooting

When the seedlings have grown and 2-3 leaves have formed, it is worth moving on to planting plants in separate pots.

1. To do this, water the seedlings with water, and the next day, carefully remove them from the pot.
2. Transfer to a new pot of formula and water.
3. Keep the pot in a warm and well-sanctified place.

Watch a video about hibiscus rooting methods:

Follow-up care of a young plant

Consider how to grow a beautiful hibiscus at home, what you need to do for this.

Watering

The Chinese rose is a moisture-loving plant. As it grows, it forms many large leaves and large flowers that require a lot of water.

Reference! Watering a flower can be divided into 2 zones: in cold and hot weather. In summer, water the rose abundantly and often. Just avoid the presence of standing water and flooding of the root system. If there is not enough water in the summer, the leaves will begin to wither.

In winter, the plant is exposed to fungal root diseases. This problem can be solved by limiting watering. Hibiscus is a rather finicky ornamental crop, so it will not tolerate tap water. Use settled liquid with a pH of 5.0-7.0.

Pruning

Hibiscus needs regular pruning during cultivation. This will stimulate new shoots, rejuvenate and awaken the plant after winter sleep. Most often, the Chinese rose is pruned in late summer and early autumn. But in winter this should not be done due to the early formation and death of the buds.

Make sure the pruning shears are sharp and clean right before handling. Also sterilize it with alcohol gels. This will prevent infectious contamination of the branches of the plant. Trimming is done slightly above the nodes. In the process, weak, diseased or dead branches are removed.

Watch a video on how to properly prune a young hibiscus:

Fertilizer

To maintain healthy growth and a beautiful decorative look, it is necessary to make top dressing.

To do this, use the following substances:

• Potassium. Add garden potassium during flowering periods. It neutralizes stressful situations that a culture can be exposed to. Potassium is also an irreplaceable assistant in photosynthesis.
• Phosphorus. Hibiscus does not tolerate this element well in high dosages. If you use it for a long time and abundantly, then the roots block the intake of phosphorus, as well as other minerals and nutrients. Because of this, the plant will grow slowly and eventually die.
• Nitrogen. This element is used in high concentration prior to flowering. It is necessary for the synthesis of proteins, enzymes and other metabolisms. If you add it in an increased dosage, then burns will form on the leaves, and an insufficient amount will lead to slow growth.

Important! In the summer, it is best to add high-calorie formulations. It is advisable to water the rose with diluted liquid fertilizer once a week. In winter, bait can be completely abandoned.

Solving Potential Problems

In the process of growing a Chinese rose, the following difficulties may arise:

1. If the leaf plate turns yellow, this indicates a lack of iron and nitrogen. Watering with settled water with the addition of iron compounds will help to solve this problem. When top dressing does not give the desired result, then it is worth examining the roots, as they can be damaged by frost or fungus.
2. With a small number of flowers and large greenery, stop applying nitrogen-containing fertilizing. Also take care of high-quality lighting and a warm climate.
3. During dry weather, with inadequate watering, the plant can infect a spider mite. To prevent this, spray the bush in the morning and in the evening with water from a spray bottle.
4. Sweet nectar beckons aphids to flowers and buds. Here you will have to use special chemicals for processing.

Watch a video on hibiscus disease prevention and pest control measures:

It may seem to someone that the seed method of planting hibiscus is a complicated matter, but to someone this breeding option will seem the most optimal. But all gardeners necessarily agree that the flowering of this vibrant plant brings joy and at the same time pride in the cultivation of this beauty.

To renew their collection, many growers prefer to buy already adult plants or propagate them by cuttings, in vain losing sight of seed propagation. Is no exception and hibiscus. Growing it from seed (planting seeds, caring for seedlings, picking and subsequent transplanting) at home will not create many problems if you strictly follow the recommendations of specialists with a step-by-step photo. Having grown gibiscus from seed, I get a plant that is maximally adapted to indoor conditions. At the same time, up to a dozen good sprouts can be obtained from one bag.

Indoor hibiscus - rules for growing from seeds at home. Photo

What to get a healthy gibiscus, growing from seeds at home should start with the correct choice of seed, selection of high-quality soil. This is followed by germination, planting in the ground and subsequent picking.

Seed selection. Indoor hibiscus seeds can be purchased at the store. In most cases, these are first generation F1 hybrids. When buying, you need to pay attention to the date of collection of seeds. Although the germination capacity of hibiscus grains does not lose, it may deteriorate in the second year after packaging the material. That is why it is better to buy indoor hibiscus seeds harvested this year.

In some cases, growers obtain hibiscus seeds at home. For this, pollination of flowers is carried out, followed by ripening and collection of grains.

Soil selection... To obtain hibiscus home, seeds should be planted in light, nutritious soil. The soil should allow air to flow to the grains. Otherwise, they will suffocate. The accumulation of water at the bottom of the pot is also unacceptable. Seedlings rot from this. Optimal potting mix: 2 parts leaf humus + 1 part perlite. You can buy soil for seedlings, but it is poor in trace elements, and therefore the seedlings will have to be transplanted.

Sowing preparation. Hibiscus from seeds at home is guaranteed to germinate if the grains are properly prepared. To do this, they are soaked in a solution with growth stimulants and must be disinfected. The latter steps are required for seeds obtained at home by pollination of an adult plant. Disinfection is carried out in a weak solution of manganese. The dark purple solution will kill the seeds. The procedure takes 1 minute.

 

For soaking, a flat-bottomed, shallow container is taken. You can use a solution of the following growth stimulants: Epin, Fumara, Cycron. Prepare a solution according to the instructions for the preparation. Next, the prepared solution is poured into the container so that the hibiscus seeds are not covered with it, that is, the water occupies 2/3 of the seed height. If the solution completely covers the grain, the embryos in it may suffocate. Soaking lasts 1 day with occasional stirring with a wooden peg.

Germination of grains... After soaking, seed germination follows. This is done on cotton (cotton) pads. To do this, the disc is soaked in warm (but not hot !!!) water. It should be moist, but no water should drip from it. The hibiscus seeds in the photo are laid out on a disc, 5-7 pieces each.

To prevent moisture from escaping from the disc, it is placed in a kind of greenhouse. To do this, cover the disc with either a plastic bag with holes or a plastic cup (the latter option is more convenient).

Germination of hibiscus seeds is carried out at a temperature of + 23 ... + 25 degrees in a slightly darkened place. Having received such growing conditions, hibiscus pecked already for 4-5 days. The humidity of the napkin should be checked once a day. Grains will not germinate on dry tissue. To keep the napkin moist, it is sprayed with warm water from a spray bottle.

As soon as small, white sprouts appear, seed propagation of hibiscus continues in the ground. Peat tablets are not suitable for germinating the seeds of this plant.

Planting hibiscus seeds in the ground. Further growing hibiscus at home from seeds is carried out in plastic, half liter glasses. For this, special plastic pots with drainage holes from the bottom of the same volume are suitable.

What is the reason for such a large pot for such small seeds? The fact is that hibiscus seeds (pictured) give a long and large main root. tall, voluminous pots will not interfere with its development. As a result, the plant will be healthy and take root well.

Planting hibiscus seeds goes as follows: expanded clay must be placed on the bottom of the pot, but only very small ones. It should be no more than 2-3 cm from the height of the pot. Next, fill the pot or glass with soil 3/4 of the remaining parts. The soil can be lightly tamped. But not much. The soil for planting should be slightly damp. To do this, spray it, mix it and spray it again.

Next, plant the hibiscus seeds 1-3 in a pot. Sprouted part on a barrel. Sprinkle the seeds with soil 1-1.5 cm high, without tamping. If the soil is tamped, there will be no air flow to the grains, the embryos will rot. Again the soil is sprayed.

The pots are exposed in a warm place of +28 degrees. A large amount of ambient light is required. Otherwise, the seedlings will pull out the stems and fall. If the cultivation is carried out in winter, when the daylight hours are short, the seedlings are additionally illuminated. The pot should be covered with a plastic bag, that is, make a kind of greenhouse.It is ventilated once a day and the moisture of the soil is monitored. The soil should not dry out, but it should not be waterlogged either. It is enough to spray it as needed.

Seedlings appeared on 4-7 days - the greenhouse is removed. It is better not to add seedlings than to pour. To prevent the seedlings from being hit by black rot, while the legs of the plants turn black, it is watered with a solution of half the concentration of furadazole. With improper care, other hibiscus diseases appear.

Seedlings of hibiscus dive 2 weeks after pecking seeds. It is not recommended to carry out top dressing in the first month of life. In the future, feeding is carried out once every 2 weeks with a very weak solution of complex, liquid fertilizer. If the hibiscus seedlings do not receive enough light and with an excess of nitrogen fertilizer, they stretch out.

In the future, hibiscus room care at home should be correct. This is the key to its successful cultivation.

Hibiscus is an unpretentious houseplant. It will delight with its color from early spring to autumn. It is readily grown for decoration of the premises, when creating a winter garden.

But, few people know that the hibiscus plant can be not only beautiful, but also useful. Some of its medicinal properties are written on the tea packaging. These are far from all the possibilities of using the plant.

Growing Hibiscus on the windowsill, you will get a beautiful plant and a home green first aid kit. The native land of the plant is the tropics, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago, some areas of Eurasia and Africa. In total, there are about 300 species of this plant, but not all can be grown at home.

Some types of hibiscus are used as a food additive in salads and side dishes. Its dried shoots can be found in fruit teas. Basically, it is added to such teas as "Hibiscus", "Sudanese rose", "Malv tea" and other preparations.

Homemade Hibiscus varieties photo

Hibiscus species can be conditionally divided according to the requirements for growing them into two types: not suitable for indoor growing and houseplants. The latter type of Hibiscus has up to 10 varieties that are not only beautiful but also useful. Basically only 2 varieties are grown. They are easy to grow on a windowsill. What are the varieties of homemade Hibiscus, see below:

Hibiscus chinese

This type of plant can grow up to 5 meters in height. If hibiscus grows naturally. At home, the flower is periodically cut. It stops growing in height and turns into a beautiful bush. Hibiscus blooms from early spring to late autumn.

The plant has an interesting feature: its flowers live only 2 days, then fall off. In their place, new buds appear. Chinese hibiscus is divided into several types, which differ only in the shade and size of the flowers. Caring for Chinese Hibiscus is quite simple. This plant is popularly called the "Chinese rose".

Types of Chinese Hibiscus:

Hibiscus San Remo

It has dark green leaves and pale white flowers. With proper care, it can bloom from 3 to 5 days;

Hibiscus Tivoli

This type of plant blooms for only 4 days. Has flowers of an orange-pink hue. A distinctive feature of this species is the yellow border around the flowers;

Hibiscus borias

The plant has large, lemon-white flowers. The edges of the flowers are corrugated. The flower looks interesting in the living room;

Hibiscus torino

The flowers of this plant are small. The shade of the flowers is orange;

Hibiscus Porto

The variety of this plant blooms with red flowers. A distinctive feature of the variety is that the flowers are not double, like in other types of Hibiscus;

Hibiscus Kyoto Yellow

The flower of this hibiscus has a yellow flower with a red heart.

Chinese Hibiscus varieties, photos illustrate the beauty of each one. Which species to choose for home growing is up to you.

Syrian hibiscus photo

This flower blooms almost all year round. Has evergreen leaves and flowers of different shades.It can be grown indoors or in the garden. One flower has a diameter of 7 to 12 centimeters. In appearance, Hibiscus flowers resemble mallow. The flower lives only one day.

Syrian Hibiscus can be of several varieties:

Hibiscus Totus Albus

Has snow-white flowers;

Hibiscus Monstrosus

It blooms with white flowers all spring and autumn;

Hibiscus William R. Smith

This variety has white flowers with a red center;

Hibiscus Woodbridge

It blooms in red with a ruby ​​tint;

Hibiscus Blue Bird

Has flowers of a blue or purple hue. The flower can be blue-violet;

Hibiscus speciosus

It has double flowers, the shade of each flower is white, and its middle is dark red;

Jeanne d'Arc hibiscus

Blooms in yellow-white flowers;

Hibiscus Due de Brabant

Has double flowers of dark red color, they may have white stripes;

Hibiscus Ardens

It has flowers of pink and purple hues.

When choosing a type of Syrian hibiscus, consider your region. Plants with double flowers love warm and mild climate. Do not put such a flower on the balcony in early spring. He will die from the low temperature.

Hibiscus how to grow full-fledged plants from seeds

The plant reproduces well by seeds. Growing it from seed is easier than propagating it by cuttings. Cuttings do not always take root and require more attention than seeds. How to grow hibiscus from seed?

Choose the type of plant you want. You can buy it in the shops "Everything for Dacha", from grandmothers in the market or in a flower stall. It is convenient to grow plants in a wooden box. You select its size based on the required number of young animals.

As a soil, a universal mixture for indoor plants is suitable. It is poured into a box, leveled. Water the soil abundantly before sowing the seeds. The seeds are sown in a pre-prepared furrow. According to the seeding principle, the process resembles planting carrots in the garden.

Seeds should not be sprinkled deeply with earth. Otherwise, the sprouts may not break through the ground cover.

Cover the box with seeds with foil or glass and place in a warm place. But, do not forget that it needs to be regularly ventilated. Ideally 1-2 times a day. Water the room greenhouse stands from the plant sprayer, but not from the cup. It's better for the plants.

As soon as the sprouts hatch out of the ground, the glass is removed from the box. Now the plants need fresh air. Individual plants that overtake others in growth are planted in small pots or glasses. Thus, from one box, you can get up to 50 pieces of new plants. Considering that hibiscus is not whimsical to care for, it can be successfully sold.

Hibiscus propagation at home by cuttings

Hibiscus can also propagate by cuttings. If you don't feel like waiting for plants to grow from seeds, you can use cuttings. The optimal time for plant propagation is June. Cuttings are cut from the plant up to 15 centimeters in length. They are cleaned of leaves and soaked in a special solution to stimulate growth.

In this substance, the cuttings should lie for 18 hours. Then a mixture of sand and peat is prepared. It is poured into small pots and cuttings are planted there (1 piece per pot). Planting depth should not exceed 3 centimeters.

Then a specific wire and polyethylene frame is prepared. A pot with a shank is placed under this dome for 3 weeks. The dome provides high humidity inside itself. This promotes root formation.

The temperature in the room where new plants are grown should be no less than 25 degrees. If it is less, the cutting will not take root. Plants should be planted in standard-sized pots after 3-3.5 weeks after they have taken root. A room is selected where there are no drafts. Young plants do not like dry soil. Watering should be regular. But, and stagnant water will not bring any benefit.

If you need to grow hibiscus, propagation at home by cuttings will be the best solution.

Hibiscus how to care for a flower at home

At home, hibiscus is grown in pots. If the care of the flower is correct, it will bloom from early spring to autumn. Hibiscus loves a sunny place. But, protect it from direct sunlight. Provide a temperature of 20 to 25 degrees.

During the flowering period, the plant is regularly watered. Loosen the soil in the pot after each watering. Hibiscus does not tolerate drafts. It needs to be sprayed every day. This is true in winter, when the air is dry by heating devices.

Hibiscus flowers begin to form at a temperature of at least 15 degrees Celsius. Why doesn't the plant bloom then? Many growers face this problem. The bottom line is that a temperature of 15 degrees does not dry the earth. With regular watering, the water stagnates in the pot. Do you want the plant to bloom? Water it less if the temperature is 15 degrees Celsius.

There is a hibiscus, how to care at home if almost no one is at home? At the optimum temperature, the plant blooms with almost no watering. For example, in offices where it is not so warm and plants often forget to water, Hibiscus blooms profusely.

In winter, the plant is restored. Watering should be reduced. You can not rearrange the flower pot from place to place. During the recovery period, it is better not to disturb the hibiscus. They find the coldest place in the apartment for him and leave it until February.

Sometimes the flower is fed with plant fertilizers. In such soil, it actively grows, and will delight with flowers for a long time.

Hibiscus beneficial properties and contraindications

The hibiscus plant is not a simple indoor flower. It can be used for cooking and added to tea. What are the beneficial properties and contraindications of Hibiscus?

Useful properties of hibiscus

Hibiscus flowers are actively used for the treatment and prevention of many diseases. These are mainly gastrointestinal diseases, skin diseases, dysentery and hemorrhoids. Hibiscus leaves contain flavonoids. They remove toxins and harmful substances from the body. Eating the leaves and flowers of the plant can activate the body's metabolism. As a result, it will lead to natural weight loss.

Hibiscus should be added to the diet for the prevention and treatment of worms. Decoctions and tea from Hibiscus kills the larvae and eggs of worms, removes them from the body. Hibiscus is used to stimulate the production of bile, cleanse the liver of harmful substances. It helps to increase metabolism.

Hibiscus flowers are used as a diuretic and choleretic. They can be used as a remedy for inflammation and seizures. The flowers of the plant can also be used as a means of stopping blood.

The inflorescences of Hibiscus contain citric, malic and ascorbic acid. They can be taken by people with kidney problems. Hibiscus tea can be drunk to prevent kidney stones. You can drink this tea to strengthen the immune system.

In winter, you will be less sick with the flu and will not catch a viral infection. Broths and infusions are drunk as a prophylactic remedy for colds. Fresh hibiscus flowers can be applied to wounds, abscesses and tumors. When ground up, they can be useful in the treatment of malignant tumors.

Young men and women can use the plant to treat inflammation of the skin and acne. In the form of lotions, flowers are used to prevent and treat eczema and other skin diseases.

Contraindications to the use of hibiscus

In fact, there are not many of them. Hibiscus should not be consumed by people with high stomach acidity. It is not used by those who have problems with the duodenum, stomach ulcers. It is not advisable to take decoctions for pregnant women and nursing mothers.Children under one year old are also prohibited from eating Hibiscus.

Hibiscus tea health benefits and how to make

Delicious tea can be made from hibiscus flowers. It is called differently: "Hibiscus", "Sudanese rose", "Kandahar", "Drink of the Pharaohs". The tea can be made at home or bought at the pharmacy. Tea contains such a substance as anthocyanins. They give the drink a red color. Anthocyanins help to strengthen blood vessels, normalize the work of the circulatory system.

If you drink hibiscus tea hot, the beneficial properties help to solve problems with the nervous system. This drink helps to cleanse the liver of harmful substances, removes toxins from the body.

Drinking "Hibiscus" can be used to increase blood pressure. It is consumed hot. When you need to lower your blood pressure, tea is drunk cold.

You can also make hibiscus tea at home. This requires dried plant flower petals and boiling water. 2 tablespoons of flowers are poured with 2 cups of boiling water. The broth must be insisted before use for 30 minutes.

Do not bring the broth to a boil. Dyes decompose at very high temperatures. The drink becomes dirty gray and its beneficial properties are lost.

Growing hibiscus at home is not that difficult and profitable. You will not only have a beautiful plant that blooms all year round, but also your own pharmacy on the windowsill.

Hibiscus indoor video

Hibiscus (Chinese rose) is a houseplant that blooms from early spring to autumn with proper care. The plant has large inflorescences of various shades; at the moment, dozens of varieties have been selectively bred, suitable for planting in open ground and at home. The Chinese rose is a symbol of financial well-being, large flowers mean prosperity and wealth.

Soil for sowing hibiscus seeds

For growing hibiscus, an all-purpose potting potting mix is ​​suitable. It is not recommended to use heavy, dense soil. The soil should be light, nutritious, give air access to the seeds.

If the wrong planting mixture is chosen, the fragile seeds will suffocate the plant. Seedling soil sold in gardening stores is also poorly suited. It doesn't have enough micronutrients. For self-preparation of the soil mixture, mix:

• Leaf humus - 2 parts;
• Perlite - 1 part.

This mixture is optimal, it allows you to grow hibiscus faster. At the bottom of the pot, you will need to place expanded clay of the finest grinding, the soil mixture takes ¾ of the volume of the container.

Planting capacity requirements

The Chinese rose is unpretentious, frost-resistant. The seeds are planted in standard cups or small pots per piece. The most important requirement for a container is the ability to pass liquid. It is impossible that water accumulates on the bottom of the container after watering, this leads to rotting of the seeds. Suitable container capacity is 0.5 l. Do not take pots that are too high, in which the hibiscus root system will not develop correctly.

Most specialty cups and pots have holes to drain excess liquid. If there are no holes in the container, you should make them yourself.

How to prepare seeds before planting

You can start preparing seeds at home in early March. Before planting, hibiscus seeds are subjected to the following manipulations:

1. The right amount of grains is soaked in a nutritious growth promoter. For this, potassium humate, zircon is suitable. The seeds will spend several days in this state, before the first shoots appear. Stir the grains several times a day throughout the soak so that they receive nutrients from the entire surface. The soaking container must be flat, the liquid is filled 2/3 of the height.
2. When the seeds germinate (after 3-4 days), you need to select the hatched grains and wrap them in damp gauze.The gauze is packed in a plastic bag. It will take another 2 days for the seeds to reach the desired state. As it dries, it is recommended to carefully moisten the gauze from a spray bottle.

Within a week of preparation, the hibiscus seeds will be completely ready for planting in the soil. Instead of gauze, you can use cotton pads or cotton cloth. Moisten the matter with warm, but not hot water.

Sowing hibiscus seeds

Seeds are planted 1 pc. in each glass. The soil mixture must be moistened before planting. For this, the soil is sprayed, mixed and sprayed again until the entire soil is moistened. The soil should not be strongly rammed, it must be loose, the seeds need access to air. The seeds are buried to a depth of 5-6 cm, with the sprouted part on the side.

Conditions for germinating seeds

After placing the seeds in pots, they are covered with cling film or bags, placed in a warm place. The recommended temperature is +28 degrees. It is important that the room where the pots will stand is well lit. Once a day, the resulting greenhouse is ventilated - the polyethylene is removed for an hour. The soil should be constantly moist, but not too wet. It is recommended to spray the surface as it dries.

The emergence of shoots above ground level usually occurs 4-7 days after planting. When sprouts are found, the polyethylene is removed. During the first month of life, the plant should not be fed with hibiscus, the plant has enough trace elements in the soil mixture for full development.

Hibiscus seedling care

Hibiscus grown from seeds still needs care. Until the plant finally gets stronger, the sprouts should:

• Store in a well-lit area. In the shade, hibiscus grows poorly, often gets sick.
• Send out for a walk regularly. To do this, it is boring to put pots with sprouts on the balcony. As the Chinese rose warms and grows, the outdoor time increases. For the first time, the coolness is only a few minutes.
• Do not overdry, but do not moisturize too much. Watering the hibiscus too much should not be done, the stems of the plant easily get sick with black rot. It is best to continue to spray the soil around the flower.
• Monitor the temperature. The Chinese rose, native to Africa, prefers warmth, especially in the early stages of growth. The temperature in the room must not be less than 25 degrees Celsius.

Thanks to this simple care, the hibiscus will completely form from the sprout, and will not get sick or die.

Seedling picking

Picking - landing in a larger container. If the hibiscus was planted in pots with a volume of 0.5 liters and is intended for growth in indoor conditions, the pick can be skipped.

Some gardeners prefer to plant sprouted seeds in large boxes in bulk. Then a transplant will be required. A picking can be carried out no earlier than 14 days after the emergence of sprouts.

Further care

Hibiscus is unpretentious, when the seed germination process is over, caring for the plant comes down to the following:

• Gently loosening the soil to provide oxygen access to the root system;
• Removing weeds as they appear;
• Regular watering every 3-4 days;
• Top dressing with suitable liquid fertilizers every 2 weeks.

Starting in May, even indoor hibiscus can be planted outdoors until it gets cold. The Chinese rose thrives during the summer in garden conditions.