How to grow viola from seeds at home for seedlings?

Many seasoned gardeners plant pansies directly in open ground, but the seedling method of growing viola at home is no less common, which makes it possible to grow healthy plants that will bloom much earlier and most likely even more abundantly.

Caring for a viola is not so difficult and painstaking, therefore, summer residents with a great desire to grow this flower on their plots.

Popular types and varieties of viola

When and how to plant pansies for seedlings: terms and methods

The timing of viola planting differs from the breeding method. Thus, there are 3 ways to grow pansies:

• Spring planting with seeds for seedlings in late February - early March. The advantage of this method is that the plants will start blooming early and will decorate your garden this summer. Part of the seedlings can not be planted in the garden, but transplanted into pots or balcony boxes.
• Viola can be planted with seeds and immediately in open ground in the summer. This is usually done in late spring - May or early June. Flowering should be expected by autumn or earlier (in August-September).
• Planting pansies with seeds is common in the fall or even late summer (usually in August - early September). After successful winter rooting, the seedlings will grow, and flowering will begin almost immediately after the onset of spring.

Video: step by step sowing viola seedlings - all about growing pansies

Capacity and potting mix

You can sow and grow viola seedlings in any planting containers, it can be plastic and wooden boxes, cardboard and peat cups, disposable plastic cups, special trays and cassettes for seedlings, peat tablets. You can make your own containers, for example by cutting off plastic bottles or milk cartons and other food containers.

When you think about the choice of soil, there are always exactly 2 ways.Buy a ready-made mixture for flower seedlings in the store or make it yourself. There is no fundamental difference, everything depends on your time and opportunities.

To prepare substrate for growing seedlings of pansies do it yourself the following components will be required in equal proportions:

• sod land;
• humus;
• peat;
• sand.

Then the resulting soil mixture must be mixed well and preferably sieved. You can disinfect the soil by steaming it.

Do not forget! To successfully grow any seedlings, including viola, you need proper drainage.

Seed preparation for sowing (treatment)

To accelerate seed germination and increase their resistance to diseases, viola seeds are pre-planted before planting. treated with growth accelerators... The most popular means for soaking before sowing seedlings are "Zircon" and "Epin".

Direct sowing

A step-by-step guide to planting viola seeds for seedlings at home in the traditional way is as follows:

1. Moisten (for example, you can still spill with 1% potassium permanganate solution or "Fitosporin" to increase protection against rot and other dangerous diseases), and then slightly compact the soil in the planting container.
2. Sow pansy seeds over the surface (some growers, plant in shallow, maximum 5 mm grooves, and then lightly sprinkle with earth). Try to distribute the seeds of the flower as evenly as possible, for this, for example, use a small piece of white paper and slowly sow the seeds around the edge.
3. Use a spray bottle to thoroughly moisten the crops again.
4. Then cover or cover with plastic wrap.You can also shove the container directly into the bag or put shoe covers on it.
5. Place the container with plantings in a dark and warm place where the average air temperature is kept at 22 degrees.

Video: sowing viola seeds for seedlings and seedling results

By the way! Viola can be sown and on the snow... To do this, lay a small layer of snow on top of the ground and spread the seeds on it. The snow will gradually melt and pull the seeds into the soil.

Video: sowing and picking viola

Viola care after planting seedlings

As practice shows, friendly shoots will begin to appear after 1 week or one and a half. Now you need to move the container from a dark place to a sunny window (you can even directly to the south one).

It is important that the soil near the seedlings is always slightly moist. Therefore, do not forget to exercise regular watering.

Important! The soil must be kept just moderately moist, since excess moisture leads to the disease of the plant with a black leg.

After 6-7 days have passed since the formation of the first shoots - the shelter will need to be removed, but first it is necessary to begin to ventilate the soil gradually, increasing the duration over time.

Pansies need 15 hour (+ -1 hour) daylight hours, accordingly, due to early sowing, it is recommended to supplement young seedlings with phytolamps or ordinary LED lamps, otherwise it may stretch too much.

Picking

The time for picking pansies seedlings comes when it has 2 true leaves.

Note! It must be admitted that viola easily takes root after almost any transplant, even not the most accurate one. So, young seedlings, whose roots are slightly damaged during the pick, may at first slow down a little in development, but then go into confident growth. butyou need to approach the procedure with all responsibility!

If possible, try to dive viola seedlings into separate planting containers (pots, cups), or into a common container according to the 5 by 5 centimeters pattern.

Soil requirements do not change, unless steaming is required this time.However, it is recommended to add mineral fertilizer to the soil mixture, which can be used as nitrophoska or azofoska, at the rate of 2 tbsp. l. funds for 4 liters of land.

Important! The roots should be free to stir in the hole. They must not be bent when filling them. If, nevertheless, they do not fit, then they should be pinched.

Viola seedlings that are too elongated should be buried down to the cotyledon leaves.

After transplanting, watering is necessary. If after it the earth has settled excessively, then soil should be added.

Video: viola pick

That's all! Now you can put the seedlings back on the windowsill or any other bright place where the temperature will be kept at 16 (+ -1) degrees.

Once every 2 weeks you can feed pansies are complex mineral fertilizers for seedlings, which include nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

When about 2 weeks remain before disembarkation, then viola seedlings should be started tempergradually bringing it out into the fresh air. Try to keep the pots out of direct sunlight, otherwise young and fragile leaves can get burned.

If you did everything correctly when planting and grew the seedlings of pansies at home according to the recommendations, then in the second half of May the viols will bloom, and they can be planted in open ground or transplanted into suspended balcony containers, pots or a high flower bed.

Video: how to grow good viola seedlings

How to plant viola seedlings in open ground: timing and technique

It is necessary to start transferring the seedlings of pansies to the soil or to a flower bed when the weather is stable outside (no return frosts), that is, in the general case, this falls on May.

A place for disembarking viola, as a rule, it is required well illuminated (but not open, otherwise the planting will simply burn out), however, it is possible to plant near trees, through the crowns of which diffused sunlight will fall.

Priming for planting pansies must be loose and airy, therefore, any will do and it is not at all necessary that it be the most fertile land on your personal plot. For example, if your soil is too heavy and clayey, then add peat with sand to it, as well as a complex mineral fertilizer (about 35 grams per 1 square meter). Then carefully dig up the bed.

Recommended scheme and distance of disembarkation seedlings of pansies - 20 cm from each other. If you want to plant flowers in 1 row, then the distance between flowers should be reduced to 15 cm.During direct planting of viola seedlings in the garden, it is necessary to slightly deepen the root collar, by about 1 cm.

If you transplant pansies into boxes on the balcony or pots, then their volume should be about 1.5 liters per 1 flower.

The final touch will be abundant soil moisture around the new plantings.

Video: planting viola in open ground

Further care of the viola outdoors

Pansy care consists of the following highlights:

• top dressing;
• loosening;
• watering.

Most suitable fertilizers for pansies are complex mineral dressings containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, that is, it can be ammonium nitrate or superphosphate.

Worth knowing!Viola should not be fed with fresh manure. Flowers do not tolerate such feeding at all.

Pansies are very fond of regular loosening, which eliminates weeds from planting and allows air to better penetrate the root system of the plant. However, do this carefully so as not to damage the roots.

Prolonged flowering of viola is a guarantee of constant moistening the soil. Accordingly, if there is not enough moisture, then you will not have to rely on stormy colors.

To increase the flowering time of viola grown in pots or balcony boxes, as well as in the garden, it is necessary monitor and get rid of the seeds that are setting in time.

By the way! Pansies give self seeding. So do not be surprised if many new flowers appear on the site next year.

Concerning trimming viola bushes, it is highly recommended. For example, after the pansies have faded, they should be cut to 4-5 cm. After half a month, fresh shoots will appear, and the flowers will open again. Moreover, this procedure will have a particularly positive effect on flowering next year.

Video: growing and caring for pansies

Thus, plant viola with seeds on seedlings and in open ground correctly, take care of the seedlings according to the recommendations received, and pansies will delight you and decorate your garden plot from spring to autumn.

Video: how to grow pansies

Viola is not only a very beautiful flower, but also a universal decoration, because with its help you can ennoble not only the balcony, but also the garden area. Aesthetic value is not the only advantage of the plant. Another obvious plus is the low cost of viola seeds. Combining all of the above, we get the following result: a beautiful, well-groomed and bright balcony (area) for almost nothing.

Viola of different shades

General information

Viola belongs to the Violet family, the main habitats of which are concentrated in mountainous regions, as well as in those places that are characterized by a temperate climate.

Viola in balcony boxes

To date, experts distinguish from 400 to 700 species of the Fialkov family. If it seems to you that you do not know a plant called "viola", then you are very mistaken, because each of us, if not grown at home this flower, then, in any case, saw and smelled it. And all because the second, common name for viola, sounds like pansies.

Viola Wittrock - garden pansies

The charming simplicity and low-key attractiveness of the flower attracted connoisseurs of beauty for a long time - two and a half thousand years ago, ancient European peoples used the plant to weave festive garlands and wreaths, as well as to decorate the premises where celebrations were traditionally held. The peremptory popularity of the viola has survived to this day: now the garden viola is one of the most sought-after plants among lovers of green "decorations". The variety of varieties allows you not to limit yourself in imagination.

Viola white

Viola is a plant with a life span of one year to long years of prosperity. Viola has a fibrous root system and an erect shoot. The leaves of the plant are equipped with stipules and can be either collected in a root rosette or grow along the stem one by one. Viola's flowers are amazing, they are striking in their diversity: they can be monochromatic, two-colored, three-colored, double, wavy. The diameter of single flowers reaches 7 centimeters.

Viola terry

Viola vitrocca "ROCOCO"

Growing conditions

Gardeners and summer residents love viola for its abundant and frequent flowering. If the choice of a person fell on a hybrid of a plant, then he will delight the eye with bright colors for three summer months or twice a season. The flowering time depends on when the viola was planted: either from March to the last month of spring, or from August to the first frost.

Blooming ampelous viola

A characteristic feature of viola is its resistance to cold weather, as well as shade tolerance, that is, the conditions in which it can exist can be quite harsh. The only thing to remember for viola lovers is that in the shade the plant will not produce as many flowers as when exposed to direct sunlight. Loamy moist soil is ideal for the growth of viola. Dry sandy soil is also fine, but in such conditions, the size of the flowers will decrease.

Viola Vitrocca "Inspire White Visa Red Bloch"

By and large, this is all the information that should be armed by someone who is going to plant a viola. Since ready-made seedlings can empty your wallet, it makes sense to grow them on your own, especially since it is not at all difficult.

Popular varieties of viola

Seedling preparation

So you've bought a few bags of pansy seeds. The most common mistake of inexperienced florists is sowing viola in the spring with the expectation that in the summer the plant will delight the eye with lush flowering. But this is not so, because this is a two-year-old flower. In fact, seedlings of pansies should be planted in the summer, in July.

To begin with, you should treat the seeds with fertilizer that accelerates growth. Finished seeds are placed in a half-centimeter groove and sprinkled with earth. The next step is to water the seedlings. The soil should be shed completely, but very carefully so as not to erode the ground.

In the photo, watering seeds planted in a cassette

Experts advise mulching the planting with small sawdust to keep the soil moist.

Ten to fifteen days will pass, and small shoots will appear, which should be slightly hidden from the sun's rays using a dark film, and after fifteen days, remove it. Around August, the pansies will be ready to land on their "permanent residence".

Viola shoots

If you do everything according to this scheme, bushes with lush, rich and long flowering will sprout. This cannot be achieved from pansies planted by a simple seedling method, because this is how we give the sprouts a strong and confident start.

Viola, planted in the ground, needs to be sheltered for the winter with straw or spruce branches. This kind of air cushion will keep your plant safe and sound during the winter and keep the roots from freezing. At the onset of spring, the flowers must be fed with complex fertilizer twice - even before the formation of buds and at the very start of flowering.

Where is the best place to plant viola

Growing viola from seeds

In regions with a cold climate, growing pansies is quite possible, but in only one way - seedlings in containers at home. In this case, it will not be very difficult to grow a beautiful plant, but there are three factors that directly affect the successful emergence of a flower: lighting, temperature and soil. And in this situation, it will be necessary to take it seriously enough.

To get seedlings, you need to sow viola in February-March at home, in small glasses. To begin with, the seeds should be soaked in a solution that accelerates the growth. It can be Epin, Zircon or EM-1. You can buy these substances at any specialty store. This fertilizer will greatly simplify the cultivation: the germination process will accelerate and the resistance to diseases and fungi will increase.

Soaking the seeds

It is advisable to select the soil for seedlings very carefully. The best option would be peat with an approximate acidity of 5.5. It is too early to apply fertilizer, feeding will be just during the phase of full-fledged leaves formation. The first time fertilization is applied at about three weeks of age.

Soil for growing seedlings

The main thing is to avoid stagnant water in containers. This can cause various diseases, the plant will start to rot and die. To avoid this, you need to buy cups with holes in the bottom, or lay drainage. In extreme cases, you can make holes in the bottom with your own hands.

Seedling cups, drainage holes at the bottom

When the soil is ready and the seeds are saturated with the growth accelerator, you can start sowing. For this, viola seeds are spread over the ground, sprinkled with a thin layer of vermiculite. Before the sprouts emerge, the container with the planting must be covered with polyethylene, glass or any transparent material. Such a "greenhouse" will give our seeds an impetus to growth. But we must not forget to periodically remove the “cape” to ventilate the soil.This will prevent the formation of fungi and prevent the soil from withering away.

Sowing viola in cups

For best results, plant several seeds in each glass. When they sprout, you can remove excess shoots, except for the most "healthy" ones.

With this method of breeding viola, the plants must be dived twice. By the formation of two full-fledged leaves, pansies are sorted and seated for the first time. The next pick will occur only at the age of five weeks, already in enlarged containers, with a diameter of no more than ten centimeters.

Viola: seedlings in cups after picking

If you decide to plant viola in large boxes, you must observe the minimum distance between plants - five centimeters. At this age, pansies will grow quietly in a greenhouse at your summer cottage, even in an unheated one.

It is best to water the viola at the root.

For good growth in a greenhouse, it is imperative to water the plants with mineral fertilizers, right at the root. It is necessary to repeat feeding about once a month. During the flowering period - twice a month. When watering pansies, you should be very careful and direct the stream of water under the stem, without getting on the leaves. In the first months of spring, there is a real danger of return frosts, so there is no need to experiment with planting. It is possible to plant seedlings in open ground only in mid-May.

Self seeding

The soil should first be drained - pour a handful of sand into a hole, the depth of which should be about five centimeters. In order for the viola to take root, a plant with a clod of earth must be planted in the recess. The optimal distance between the planted flowers is ten to fifteen centimeters, if the plants are large, then it should be increased to twenty centimeters.

Planting viola in the ground

Plant viola bushes at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other, crowding has a bad effect on the condition of the plants

At the time of planting, the seedlings are generously watered - thanks to the sand, the water will quickly go into the soil without stagnating in it. This simple method will help prevent the development of "black leg" - a common disease among plants. Also, the plant needs to be shaded for several days.

The nuances of growing viola in containers

Growing viola on the balcony

The first thing that novice gardeners should remember is the need for additional illumination of seedlings using phytolamps or ordinary fluorescent lamps, which are sold in any store. Pansies are very photophilous: ideally, the daylight hours for a flower should be from fourteen to sixteen hours.

Growing viola in pots

To prevent the seedlings from stretching out in the container to an unimaginable scale, it is necessary to use the Alar Growth Regulator.

Temperature

It is very important to choose the right temperature for seed germination. Ideally, if it is between 18 and 30 degrees. Even minor deviations from the norm can lead to the fact that the seeds will germinate much more slowly. However, already at the moment the sprouts appear above the soil, the temperature can be reduced to 15 degrees, since the grown seedlings calmly tolerate the cold (but not frost). If you do everything right, then soon you will be pleased with the delicate, beautiful flowering of pansies.

Growing viola

Video - How to grow viola from seeds

Viola or pansies are very common garden flowers that can be found in almost every garden plot, and they also decorate the balconies of city dwellers. Growing viola is not difficult, and seed is cheap, so after reading the recommendations given in this article, you can diversify your garden collection with the wonderful flowering of pansies.

Viola flowers: types and varieties

And although the garden violet, as the viola is also called, unites about 300 different species under its name, the following varieties are usually chosen for home and garden cultivation:

1. Viola tricolor. This species is found as wild, and it can also be used as a background plant for flower beds with ground cover flowers. The height of the bush is 12 - 15 cm, the flower itself shimmers with white, yellow and purple hues. Blooms from April to September, perennial.
2. Viola Wittrock. This variety is found everywhere and is distinguished by its large flowers of various shades. To create such a hybrid, breeders used about six different violets. The bush reaches a height of about 25 - 35 cm, the buds can reach 11 cm in diameter. This variety is grown both as an ampelous plant and as a ground cover.
3. Horned viola. This variety has been growing in one place for many years in a row without losing its decorative effect. The buds are more modest in diameter than Viola Wittrock, only 3-4 cm, but at the same time the variety pleases with a variety of colors and resistance to diseases.
4. Viola Sororia. This species is also called the moth violet, because against the background of a compactly formed green bush, the bluish small flowers look like moths sitting down to rest. This type looks good in the composition of alpine slides, it can be used in the design of paths and ridges.
5. Viola Williams. The species originated from the crossing of a horned violet and a Wittrock viola. The color of the species is bright, the flowers are small, perfect for ampel cultivation.
6. Fragrant violet. Although this variety is not as decorative as the rest, it is grown mainly for its aroma, as these violets spread a thick honey scent. But since the flower was originally wild, sometimes it runs wild without proper supervision, and the flowering becomes smaller.

Did you know that the extract from the buds of scented viola is used to create perfumes.

Growing viola from seeds

The simplest thing is to grow violets from seeds. If you take perennial varieties, then it is worthwhile to devote time once to obtaining the first green spaces, and then violets will multiply in large quantities on their own, of course, with good care.

Sowing viola seeds for seedlings

Before planting seeds, it is worth disinfecting them in a solution of biofungicides, because otherwise you can not only get seedlings with a bunch of diseases, but also infect the soil and other garden plants. Despite the fact that the seed is small and does not imply preliminary soaking, it is worth doing the following procedure.

1. Seeds are laid out on a piece of dense fabric and the fabric is tied in a knot so that a pouch is formed.
2. After that, the seeds can be immersed in a disinfecting solution and after 10 - 12 hours you can get such a device. In this case, you do not have to catch seeds throughout the container.

Planting viola seeds for seedlings will be successful if the following conditions are met:

• planting containers must be in sufficient quantities, otherwise there will not be enough space for future sprouts. Seeds are planted at a distance of 1 - 2 cm from each other, this must be taken into account when preparing containers;
• the ambient temperature for the germination of violets should be at least 20 C and not higher than 25 C;
• violets sprout in the dark, so before the first shoots appear, the boxes with seedlings are covered with a dark film. But 2 times a day you need to arrange air procedures for future shoots, that is, remove the protective film for half an hour.

Landing technology:

1. Place the drainage in the seed boxes.
2. Pour soil on top.
3. The seeding depth is 0.5 mm.
4. After planting, the seeds need to be watered.
5. Then sprinkle with dry soil on top.

It is important that the soil for planting is loose, and it is also useful to add moisture-absorbing granules to it, because viola does not tolerate overdried soil.

Disembarkation dates

In order for the violets to please the eye with their flowering at the very beginning of the summer season, seedlings must be dealt with from the beginning of March.

Such an early landing is also due to the fact that the planting material can sometimes "sit up" in the ground for up to one month, this happens when the following circumstances occur:

• too deep seeding;
• heavy soil;
• old or damaged seeds.

Seedling care

In a week, the first shoots will peck at the ground, after which the viola must be immediately rearranged to sunlight or under phytolamps.

1. After transferring the seedlings to the window, it is not recommended to remove the film immediately. First, you need to increase the airing intervals, gradually increasing them, and then remove the film altogether. If the material used is dark in color, but it is changed with a transparent cloth.
2. On sunny warm days, it will be useful after the seedlings get stronger to take them outside, so the flowers adapt faster to transplanting into open ground.
3. Water the flowers when the soil dries.

It is important to make sure the drain tray is empty when watering, because otherwise, root rot may occur. Viola loves moisture, but does not tolerate stagnant water.

Pick and pinch

Viola tolerates moving well. Still, the first pick should be done when two leaves appear.

If the root system is damaged during the pick, then this is not fatal for the plant, the viola will straighten out on its own. In this case, the plant will lag slightly in development.

Pinching violets is needed so that they bush better. It is produced when the plant has 3 pairs of leaves.

Planting pansies in a permanent place

The timing of the transplant depends on where the viola will live next:

• if on the balcony, then the seedlings can be transplanted in April;
• it is best to transport seedlings to a personal plot in May, after the weather becomes stably warm, otherwise night frosts will destroy young plants.

When choosing a permanent place, it should be borne in mind that violets bloom better in the cool, but with a large amount of diffused light.

1. Prepare the soil for planting in advance. The place allocated for the flower garden must be carefully dug up, ventilated and sorted out, and organic fertilizers must be applied. Compost or rotted manure at the rate of a 10-liter bucket per 1 sq. m of land.
2. After preparing the soil and before planting the plants, at least a few days must pass before planting can begin. This is necessary for the soil to mature. The optimal period is a week.
3. Since viols do not like to keep their feet damp, it is best to pour a little drainage into the planting holes; expanded clay or ASG (sand and gravel mixture) is suitable for this.
4. Before the very transplant, spill the earth with a solution of biofungicides.
5. After that, viola bushes are planted at a distance of 12 - 15 cm from each other.
6. It is better to mulch the top layer of soil, or sprinkle with ASG.
7. If violets are planted on the balcony, 1 bush needs 2 liters of land.
8. It is better to plant viola flowers in the evening.

It is important to remember that the flowering of violets begins quite early and almost always flowering plants are transferred to the garden.

Further care of the viola outdoors

In order to admire beautiful pansies all season, you should know how to care for them.

1. Water the plant in moderation, but if the weather is dry, then watering should be increased.
2. Violets do not like weeds, therefore they require regular weeding.
3. It is imperative to loosen the top layer so that oxygen can flow to the roots.
4. Constant flowering takes a lot of energy, so regular feeding is a must. Fertilizers should be applied at least once a month. And you need to alternate organics and minerals. It is better to buy a ready-made complex fertilizer for violets.
5. For preventive protection against pests, the plant can be treated with special solutions several times per season.

Growing problems

Usually, with proper care, violets do not cause special problems, but there are some difficulties that a gardener may encounter:

• if a place not protected from direct sunlight is chosen, then the violets may stop blooming in June;
• in a too shaded area, viola flowers will be pale and small;
• buds will shrink if planted too densely;
• on depleted soils, the plant will be stunted;
• insufficient watering is bad for growth and disease resistance.

Violets, satisfied with their care, will always delight you with a rich scattering of lush flowering.

Good afternoon, dear readers!

An invariable inhabitant of all summer cottages, viola conquers with its variety of colors, collected in one flower. And this makes it a favorite of many gardeners. Pansies, garden violet, Vittrock violet are the names of the same flower.

And, undoubtedly, every gardener wants to have this charm in his flower garden.

When to plant seeds for seedlings?

Having decided to grow a viola for the first time to decorate a garden plot, work should begin at the end of February. The sowing period can last until mid-March. This will give you the opportunity to see the blooming pansies in early summer.

This option is also the most common because bright colors of flowers are simply necessary during this period to create the mood and attractiveness of the garden.

If the sowing date was missed in early spring, then doing this work in May will give the gardener the pleasure of flowering in August, and it will last until the very cold.

Planting viola seeds - seedlings of pansies

First, prepare a potting soil suitable for sowing. Required:

• 3 pieces of leafy land
• 2 parts river sand
• 1 part turf land

The soil must be moisture-permeable (viola does not like waterlogging). To improve the structure of the soil, charcoal is best suited, which can be added to the mixture.

Seedling containers can be small cups, peat tablets or general boxes. The containers are filled with soil in advance, giving the soil an opportunity to settle. A manganese solution is used to disinfect the soil. After a day, seeds are laid out on the surface, which have been pretreated with growth stimulants. It can be "Epin", "Zircon", etc.

You need to put 2-3 grains in separate cups. In the boxes, a distance of 1-2 cm is left between the seeds, and the rows of 0.5 cm should be at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other.

Close up seeds shallow. The minimum layer of soil, which is moistened, strictly, from a spray bottle, so that the seeds do not become exposed.

On a note! The greater the distance between the seeds, and later between the individual shoots, the later it will be possible to start diving of the viola seedlings.

To protect crops from drying out, they are covered with glass, film. For the emergence of seedlings, a temperature of 15-20 ° C is sufficient. Do not forget about daily ventilation. Seedlings will appear in 7-10 days. The shelter is removed and conditions are created for the normal development of seedlings. The best option would be t = 10 ° C, a bright place and watering, without waterlogging.

From the boxes, the grown plants dive into a more voluminous container. Deepening is carried out to the cotyledonous leaves. The containers are shaded until the flowers take root.

Weaker sprouts should be removed from cups and tablets from peat, leaving one. They also need to be provided with a larger area of ​​food. It is most convenient to work with peat containers. Enough for the bottom of a 250 ml glass. pour a small layer of fertile soil, put a tablet with a sprout on it, cover it with earth and water.

Choosing a site for planting

The garden violet is not a capricious plant. Compliance with the minimum comfortable conditions will allow you to create magnificent flower arrangements.

A favorite place to grow is sunny areas, but sunshine is not desirable. If at noon, planting pansies will be covered with diffused shadow from garden trees and shrubs, then she will gratefully sway with colorful, purple and yellow flowers, not drooping from the heat.

Soil requirements are also low. Loose, sufficiently nutritious, with good drainage properties, moderately humid lands will be a good option for arranging flower beds with violets.

The addition of charcoal, when crushed, does a good job of drainage.In addition, having the properties of absorbing water, it will absorb its excess, and, as needed, give water to the roots of the plant. Having created such a content, in the future it will be enough to weed the weeds, loosen the ground, and combine irrigation with rare fertilizing with mineral fertilizers.

It should also be remembered that viola can grow in the shade. But in this case, the flowers will be smaller, and their color will be paler than shown on the package with the seeds.

Growing viola in a biennial culture

Summer crops in June determine the original purpose of the viola - growing in a biennial culture. In this case, flowering will occur in the spring following the sowing year.

In a garden bed, with light fertile soil, shallow grooves are cut, and seeds are sown. You can use the scatter method.

In both cases, sprinkle on top with a very thin layer of soil. Moistening is not required if the soil was well moistened before sowing. The bed is shaded to prevent rapid evaporation of moisture from the top layer of the soil. Violet sprouts will appear in 10-14 days.

Care consists in gentle watering and accurate hilling, which ensures the resistance of tiny plants. You can simply add fertile soil to the base of the stem.

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Fortified seedlings dive to another bed, when they have at least five leaves, observing an interval of 5-7 cm.In August or September, a second transplant is carried out, using seedlings as bordering flower beds with perennials, or planting flowers in separate groups. Diluting monophonic dark varieties with bright and variegated violet flowers.

The distance for mature seedlings should be at least 15 cm.

By the end of September, the viola will have compact bushes with 5-6 leaves. Such plants will leave green in winter, and in spring their flowering will be early and abundant.

If the violet seeds were sown earlier than the specified time, or during a prolonged autumn, flowering is possible in the autumn period. But this disadvantage will lead to the worst wintering of the flower.

In the spring, the viola is in danger of getting wet, therefore, the removal of melt water from the site is required. The possibility of flooding should be excluded when choosing a place for planting in the autumn.

Flowering will come in mid-May. One flower retains its decorative effect for a week and withers. If you remove them in a timely manner, then the flowering period of the viola will significantly last.

Bellflower - growing from seed

Pansies - outdoor care

Feeding with full mineral fertilizers (nitrophoska - 50g / m2), in combination with watering, will also help to extend the flowering period. Bright islands of violets will adorn the garden for a month, then there will be a sharp decline in flowering, and it will resume in the second half of summer.

In the shaded corners of the summer cottage, pansies can bloom all season, with timely watering and feeding. The removal of wilted flowers and seed pods must also be carried out in a timely manner so that the plant does not have to spend energy on ripening the seeds.

The main work is weeding and loosening. Watering and feeding has already been discussed.

Stock-rose - growing from seed

Viola propagation

In addition to seed growing of violets, it is acceptable for her to divide the bush at all stages of its development. Even a flowering bush will not suffer significantly if disturbed by division. This is the advantage of the plant when it is necessary to fill in empty areas in any corner of the garden.

Layers

Mention should be made of the propagation of pansies by layering.

• For this, the selected plants are shaded, creating conditions under which the flower, striving for light, stretches the stems.
• It is more convenient to bend it to the ground, pin it down and fill it with fertile soil.
• For the winter, it is desirable to cover with dry garden plant residues.
• This work is carried out in the second decade of July. The flower should have enough time to root.
• In the spring, young bushes are separated and planted in a flower bed or flower garden.

Self-seeding

The reproduction of the garden violet by self-sowing is not bad. If for some reason the wilted flower was not removed, then the seed pod will ripen soon. It will open, and small seeds will fall in bulk near the plant. Under the shade of the mother bush, they quickly germinate and become a new planting material.

If the gardener does not need them for planting on the site, they should be removed from the flower garden. Thickened plantings are less decorative, it is more difficult to care for them. In the competition for nutrients, they lose in flower size and brightness.

How to grow Pansies: video