How to plant seedlings
It is planted with seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush, but since it is easy to injure the rhizome when dividing, it is correct to cultivate nemesia with seeds, seedlings. Seeds bought in a store or collected in the country are sown. The first shoots can be seen in one and a half to two weeks.
Selection and preparation of seed material
Seedling cultivation is not an easy process. First, the seeds must be sorted and selected of high quality. Can be processed using trace elements. But due to the fact that the seed material of nemesia is too small, many do not prepare it.
Harvested Nemesia Seeds
Selection and preparation of soil
Initially, the soil is prepared. Nothing new, the land should be:
- loose;
- nutritious;
- breathable;
- permeable.
You can cook it yourself, for combine in a ratio of 3: 1: 1:
- soil from the garden;
- sand;
- humus.
Be sure to disinfect the soil mixture. This is important if the land is prepared at home. Treatment eliminates pathogens, pest larvae. It is necessary to ignite in the oven for half an hour at 90 ° C. You can perform steaming (hold in a colander over the steam for an hour and a half).
When disinfection has been consumed, the soil should be spilled with a biofungicide (for example, Fitosporin).
Planting container selection and drainage
It is necessary to prepare the boxes in advance, provide for drainage holes so that water does not accumulate. The most comfortable option is to sow in a wide and low box (small seeds can be poured over a wide soil surface without any problems).
In the role of packaging for planting, you can choose plastic, wooden boxes, ordinary PE containers
Handy containers are also suitable:
- various bowls;
- food trays;
- purchased boxes.
If they are not in the plastic, then it is necessary to cut through, for example:
- with an awl;
- scissors;
- nail.
Drainage material must be prepared, for example:
- perlite,
- expanded clay (small);
- a crumb of brick.
Drainage must not block drainage holes or fall out. A properly organized drainage system is essential for plant health and proper growth.
Sowing directly
In order for all seeds to germinate well at home, it is very important to follow the sowing pattern. Sow like this:
- place a drainage layer on the bottom of the container, 15 mm high;
- fill the container with earth and spray with a spray bottle;
- the seeds are small, therefore, for comfort, they are correctly combined with a small amount of sand;
- evenly distribute the planting material over the soil, press it a little against the ground with your palm;
- pour from a spray bottle;
- cover the container with PE foil or glass sheet, and put it in the light, in a room where + 23-26 ° C.
Convenient method: sow nemesia seeds on the snow cover. Spread some snow over the ground in a container and sow seed (sand is not used). Dark seeds will be clearly visible on a white surface, in a situation of close sowing, you can carefully move them with a match. When the snow cover melts, the seeds will themselves be drawn into the ground to the required depth.
There is a lazy seeding method. But the germination of seeds by this method is lower than the first two. They work in stages:
- take a container, fill it halfway with drainage and soil;
- the remaining soil is mixed with grains and water, the top is closed;
- covered with a film or glass sheet;
- do the same manipulations as in the first sowing method.
The first 14 days, the seedlings are irrigated with water from a sprayer Watering, crops, should not be, as you can wash the seed material to the surface, and germination will suffer.
Summer flower care
Summer care consists in loosening after each watering, removing weeds and feeding.
To get rid of weeds and retain moisture, the areas around the plants are mulched with sawdust and peat.
Loosening is done to a depth of 1.5 centimeters. With this loosening, air easily passes to the roots of the plant. In this case, the roots are not exposed.
Balsam is a moisture-loving flower and the soil for good growth should not dry out, but in turn waterlogging is also unacceptable. The water should be settled, soft.
Top dressing is applied twice a month, from the moment of planting until autumn. Any complex weakly concentrated fertilizer is suitable for feeding.
For the winter, garden balsam can be dug up and planted in a pot, and in the spring it can be planted again in a flower garden. At the same time, the bush will grow and with the help of petioles it can be propagated.
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Balsam: growing from seeds at home can be successful, but for this you need to read this material. A feature of this flower is its variety, it is able to decorate any flower bed. At the same time, it is quite simple to grow at home, and seeds for sowing for next year can be collected from already grown plants.
Compliant character
If a photo of growing balsam from seeds at home is considered, then you can see that the flower has many varieties. This means that it is bright and variegated in color. The pluses of the plant include that it will feel great with minimal maintenance. Read about growing lobularia from seeds at home.
Interesting! People call this flower "touchy", but not at all because it is capricious. The thing is that if you touch a mature box of seeds a little, then a huge amount of seeds will immediately appear from it.
To successfully grow balsam seeds at home, you need to remember that during the growth period after sunrise, a flower needs a lot of light and heat. This herb, like its cousins, loves water. Therefore, you need to constantly monitor so that the earth does not dry out. In the early stages of growth, careful attention should be paid to disease prevention. In particular, this plant can be affected by the black leg (due to over-watering).
You can grow balsam not only for outdoor flower beds, but also at home. You just need to select in advance the seeds of that variety of this plant, which are perfect for a particular cultivation in certain conditions.
We sow on seedlings
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The first shoots after planting the seeds appear within a week. So, you should not rush to planting seeds - take a closer look at how soon spring will come according to the calendar and according to the weather. It is best to plant seeds for seedlings in March. The godetia flower is perfect for growing from seed at home.
Before sowing, the seeds must be additionally processed, hold for 20 minutes in a warm and barely pink solution of potassium permanganate. Choose the land for planting for flowering plants, it is advisable to pre-treat it with a fungicide in order to immediately protect the seedlings from the black leg. For planting, choose plastic containers 7 cm.
During planting, do not plant balsam seeds too deep into the soil; on top you will only need to sprinkle them with earth a little. Then cover the containers with foil, put in a warm place, but ventilate every day until the first sunrises appear. When the sunrises appear, remove the shelter and place the seeds in a bright place on the windowsill.
If the seedlings are stretched
If the room where the balsam seedlings are grown is warm, but there is not enough light, then the seedlings will begin to stretch. In such a situation, emergency measures need to be taken - to harden the plant, and also provide it with additional lighting during the day. Plus to this, the seedlings should be urgently cut open, the seedlings should be deepened when transplanted into the soil to the maximum, the top leaf should be pinched.
Care rules
Planting balsam should take place in a place protected from the elements. The stems of flowers break strong wind and rain, and this must be taken into account when choosing a place for a plant. Sunshine also hurts balsam, therefore, next to these flowers, they arrange backstage that will protect from the wind and give partial shade. The east and west sides are perfect for culture.
When planting seedlings in the ground, the holes are filled at a distance of no more than 30 cm. Leaf humus and sand are added to each hole. Seedlings in pots are well shed before moving, so that it is easier to get an earthen ball, and the root retains its integrity. The plant is carefully transplanted, covered with a nutritious earthen mixture, watered and mulched.
In order for the bush to bloom faster, it is fertilized 1 time in 10 days with a complex dressing intended for garden flowers. An excess of nitrogen is unacceptable, because the bushes will grow, they will be large, but they will not be able to get flowers.
Balsams love moist soils. They need to be watered regularly. With a lack of water, the leaves curl up into a tube, flower buds do not develop and the bush falls asleep. Flowers are watered in the evening, after sunset. In order for the bushes to bloom constantly, seeds should not form on them. For this, faded inflorescences are removed in a timely manner.
Balsam, the cultivation of which is simple, can be preserved if the flower is striking in its extraordinary beauty. Before the cold weather, the most attractive bush can be dug up, planted in a drained pot and brought indoors.
The balsam left for the winter at home will sleep during the cold season. He will lose most of the leaves, but in the spring it will wake up and start growing. Lush flowering balsams delight only in the first year of life, therefore it is recommended to cut cuttings from a two-year-old bush at the end of February, process them in Kornevin and plant them in the ground under a glass shelter so that the plant can take root. Observing this rule, you can save the variety and constantly admire its beautiful flowers. In the water, balsams die, the roots do not start up, because the delicate stems quickly rot.
Lunar calendar for planting seeds
The main thing with which it is necessary to start the growing process is with the selection of the timing of planting a plant culture. This cannot be ignored, since a very late sowing will delay the color, and if sown too early, the plant will outgrow and when transplanted to the site, many specimens will die.
The Earth's companion acts on crops and influences the quality of plants. If you plant seed on dates favorable to the moon, the flowers will be bright, strong and 100% will decorate the flower garden. Recommended days:
- March - 8-14, 17, 23-25;
- April - 7-13, 16, 22-24;
- May - 7-13, 16, 22-24.
However, these days are not a guarantee of a high-quality result, no one has canceled the rules for caring for plant culture.
Unfavorable sowing dates: March 9, 19-21, 24
How and when to dive balsam seedlings
When is the best time to dive balsam seedlings? The right timing can be determined by the plant itself - it should have two real, well-developed leaves. For transplanting, it is necessary to use individual cups (made of peat or plastic), cassettes, in which there should be drainage holes (except for peat pots). But the soil is suitable the same as for sowing seeds.
To properly dissect balsam seedlings at home, you must follow the following scheme:
- At least an hour before the event, you should thoroughly moisten the soil with plants. This will make it easier to remove the seedlings from the ground, and you can avoid dangerous injury to the roots.
- Prepare everything you need: fill the cups or cassettes with soil, make deep holes in the center (so that the roots of the seedling fit exactly).
- Examine the seedlings - discard weak, poorly developed, elongated, sluggish seedlings. Of course, you can transplant them, however, most likely they will be weak throughout the season.
- Now you need to pick up the seedlings separately and transfer them to a new container. This must be done together with a clod of earth, without damaging the root system. It is convenient to use the reverse side of a fork, spoon, wooden stick, nail file in this matter.
- It is necessary to bury the plants in the hole by cotyledonous leaves. Then very carefully cover the hole with earth and lightly tamp this place.
It is necessary to take care of the balsam seedlings after the pick in almost the same way as before the procedure. Plants are also recommended to provide optimal growing conditions at home - lighting, temperature, watering.
However, at this stage, leaving has its own characteristics and tricks:
- If the land has settled after watering, then it is necessary to fill it up to the previous level, that is, to the cotyledon leaves.
- The plant should be shaded for the first two to three days, because they are already under stress and should be minimized.
- After the fifth fox grows up, you can pinch the upper shoot for greater bushiness and lush flowering.
- After about 14 days, complete rooting and adaptation should take place in the new container. At this stage, you can feed the balsam seedlings. This is required to be done by almost any complex mineral or humus fertilizer for seedlings. If the seedlings look healthy, strong, strong, then, in principle, you can not feed, but if its appearance wants to leave the best, then you cannot do without fertilizers.
- A couple of weeks before planting in open ground, it is worth hardening the plants, exposing them to fresh air on the street or balcony and gradually increasing the residence time. Thus, they will better take root and adapt to a new place.
Growing balsam from seeds at home is an interesting and exciting experience, as well as an invaluable experience. Of course, you will have to work a little, because proper planting and subsequent care are extremely important for the successful development of the plant, which may become the main decoration of the garden. But as they say, there is a merchant for every product. So it is with garden flowers, for every grower there is his own ideal flower, which he will love with all his heart and will grow every year. If you haven't found it yet, why not try planting balsam seeds on seedlings, and then planting them in open ground. What if you like it very much?
