Slowing down Turkish cloves
These flowers can be propagated mainly by seed, but can also be propagated by dividing the bush and green cuttings.
Reproduction by seeds. With the seed method, planting goes directly into open ground or seedlings are grown. For those who want to get flowering in the year of planting, the seedling method is suitable.
Seeds must be scattered over the surface and sprinkled with sand. Then pour over and cover with foil or glass. The optimum temperature for growing is + 18 ° C. After two real leaves appear, the seedlings should be cut into separate containers.
With the onset of stable heat, we plant the hardened seedlings in open ground. The planting pattern is 30x30 cm, taking into account the fact that the plant grows strongly, filling the entire area.
Important! When propagated by seeds in varieties of Turkish carnations with double flowers, most of the plants are obtained with ordinary flowers, therefore, in order to obtain a homogeneous material, it is better to propagate valuable varieties with green cuttings. Cuttings
Reproduction by cuttings is carried out in early June. They are taken about 5-7 cm long from those stems that do not bloom. They should have 2-3 nodes. Cuttings must be buried in a container with loose soil until roots are formed. In the future, they are carefully transplanted into the soil.
Cuttings. Reproduction by cuttings is carried out in early June. They are taken about 5-7 cm long from those stems that do not bloom. They should have 2-3 nodes. Cuttings must be buried in a container with loose soil until roots are formed. In the future, they are carefully transplanted into the soil.
By early August, young plants develop small, dense rosettes of leaves. They dive to a permanent place in August at a distance of 20-30 cm from each other. It is better to make a pick in the evening, after 6 pm, or in cloudy weather. After a dive, the seedlings are again protected with a covering material.
Reproduction by division. We divide the bushes every spring. Since the plantings thicken in the summer, they need to be planted. Dig out a bush, carefully cut into several divisions and plant according to a 30x30 cm scheme.
Reproduction by layering. The favorite variety of carnations is often propagated by layering in July-August. To do this, you need to bend the shoots to the ground, secure with hairpins, tie them to a peg and sprinkle with soil. Within 2-3 weeks, roots appear in the nodes, and after some time, shoots and leaves appear. In autumn, the rooted shoots must be cut off from the mother plant and planted.
Healing properties
Despite the fact that clove has been used as a medicine for a long time, the full range of medicinal properties of the plant has not been studied by scientists until now.
Beneficial features
To date, it is known that the plant has hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, astringent, soothing properties.
Cloves are excellent absorbents. Herbal preparations, which include cloves, are widely used in detox treatments.
Clinical studies have confirmed the effectiveness of the use of preparations based on the wild-growing field carnation in the field of gynecology and obstetrics. Infusions and decoctions of cloves increase the tone of the uterus, help eliminate intrauterine bleeding, and normalize heavy and painful menstruation.
In folk medicine, all parts of the field carnation are used.
Cloves are a good antiseptic. Wounds on the skin are washed with decoctions of cloves. Taking infusions for colds helps to lower the temperature, fights coughing and promotes the discharge of sputum.
Clove preparations have a mild sedative and analgesic effect:
are prescribed for increased excitability, headache, certain diseases of the nervous system;
in the treatment of the cardiovascular system, to normalize the heart rate and blood circulation;
with hypertension - with caution.
For hypotonic people, taking folk remedies based on cloves is categorically contraindicated.
Collection of wild-growing cloves for medicinal purposes:
- the cloves are carefully cut at the root;
- leave to dry in a shaded, well-ventilated area;
- raw materials should be turned over and slightly shaken every day so that drying occurs more evenly;
- after a few days, dried cloves can be laid out in cloth bags and put away for long-term storage (no more than 2 years) in a kitchen cabinet.
Carnation is harvested during the flowering period of the plant, on a dry, calm day.
Diseases and pests
A resistant plant is rarely affected by fungal diseases, but weak seedlings when grown in high damp greenhouses can be exposed to alternaria and rust. In the open ground, pests damage the carnation - caterpillars and slugs eat up young leaves, the root system is susceptible to attack by nematodes, in hot August, the bushes are inhabited by a spider mite.
Alternaria is characterized by the appearance on the leaves and stems of oblong grayish-brown spots with a dirty bloom. Small brick-red or orange bumps on the leaves indicate infection of the clove with a dangerous fungal infection - rust.
Leaves and twigs in Alternaria spots are destroyed; in case of severe damage, the entire plant is removed. Bushes with signs of rust are dug up and burned, plantings and soil in both cases are treated with fungicides (copper oxychloride, Fundazol, Maxim, Fitosporin-M).
Young shoots of carnations eat up caterpillars of cabbage scoops, slugs, wood lice. Caterpillars are harvested by hand, treated with infusions of onions, garlic, wormwood or insecticides (Decis, Arrivo, Fitoverm). The same drugs will help with the defeat of aphids and thrips.
When soil is infected with nematodes and wood lice, Agrozin or systemic insecticides are used to water the ground under the bushes. Slugs are destroyed with the help of Mesurol, in addition, these pests cannot tolerate copper-containing preparations, therefore, treatment with copper oxychloride against fungi will help ward off slugs.
The hot summer is a fertile time for the development of the spider mite, which envelops the leaves with the thinnest cobwebs, sucks out the juice and causes wilting and death of the bushes. Cloves are treated with infusions of garlic, sulfur, or the drug Aldicarb is added to the soil.
Carnation herb is a stunningly effective decorative perennial. Few species are able to compete with this plant in unpretentiousness, resistance to frost and drought, brightness and duration of flowering, wealth of lush, flower-strewn bushes.
The herb is indispensable for creating colored spots on alpine slides, decorating paths, reservoirs, planting mixborders or lawns in the foreground. Wherever this charming little maid of honor of the flower garden grows, she invariably attracts the eyes, causing genuine admiration.
Video about growing herb carnation.
Growing features
A characteristic feature of this flower is that it can self-seed. During the winter, the fallen seeds stratify, and with the arrival of the first heat, they begin to germinate. The gardener can only transplant the plants to the desired location.
In dedicated stores, you can see seeds of a wide variety of varieties. Sowing can be carried out directly into the ground or into tanks. The second method is considered optimal, since, in a similar way, you can provide the seedlings with the necessary care and the plantings will grow strong and strong.
Sowing seeds in a container
Planting Chinese carnation seeds: planting carnation seeds in a container is allowed as early as April. For sowing, you need to take fertile land, if there is none, then you can prepare the appropriate composition yourself. For this you will need: sand, soil and perlite. It is perlite that traps all excess moisture and guarantees the flow of air to the plant's root system.
Please note that a drainage layer must be laid out on the bottom of the tank. You can germinate seeds at room temperature, do not forget to regularly air the seedlings
When the first shoots are formed, the glass should be removed from the tank, otherwise the rudiments may burn out. If it is rainy outside, then you need to create an additional light source for seedlings. For this, you can use ordinary fluorescent lamps.
Dive seedlings
When there are three leaves on the rudiments, it is allowed to start planting them in different pots.
This operation must be done very carefully so as not to hurt the roots of the planting. At the end of the pick, the Chinese cloves need to be well moistened.
What place to choose on the site
For planting Chinese perennial carnations, we find only warm, optimally lit areas. It forms well and blooms well even in light partial shade. The soil should be fertile, light, well-drained. This plant does not tolerate stagnant water. Before planting flowers, we enrich the soil with organic matter and mineral fertilizers. Liming of the soil is also required.
Planting seeds in open ground
Sowing seeds should be carried out immediately after the snow melts and the soil warms up a little. The optimal period for planting is early May.
Please note that this plant does not withstand low temperatures, which means that planting should be done at a time when it will no longer freeze at night, otherwise it will be necessary to cover the carnation with a film
Before sowing, the seeds are moistened in succinic acid for 20 minutes. After the end of soaking, they must be left for a while, however, they must not be overdried.
On the eve of planting in the ground, it is necessary to prepare. Remove weeds, loosen the soil and make small grooves where the seed will be planted
Please note that when planting, you should not place the seeds close enough to each other, because of this, the stems that have broken through will become very stunted. Seeds germinate well at an air temperature of + 20C during the day and + 15C at night.
To protect the plantings from freezing, you can build a small greenhouse.
The first shoots will begin to appear within 3 weeks after the end of planting. In case the plantings are quite dense, it is necessary to remove all weak shoots, thereby thinning the bed.
Planting seedlings in open ground
It is allowed to transplant Chinese carnations to a flower bed already at the beginning of June.
Choose a sunny area for transplantation, it is recommended that there is no open sunlight on the site at lunchtime. Sometimes, by the time of planting in open ground, flowering may form on certain plants. This factor does not in any way affect the adaptation of the terry Chinese carnation to new conditions.
Planting and leaving
Campanula disembarkation is carried out in the spring in a well-warmed ground. For this you need to prepare a sunny place. It should be in an elevated area, without drafts. Avoid planting bells among large trees and bushes. To grow a good root system, you need free space, and the roots of these plantings can harm this.
The soil must be fertile and well-drained. Place the seedling or shrub cut into the indentation in the ground. Pour well, sprinkle with sand. The plant loves constant loosening of the soil, removal of weeds and good watering, without stagnant moisture.
Watering during budding should be abundant. Flowering begins in late July and lasts until September. After flowering, the plant enters a dormant state and sheds all foliage. Therefore, it is recommended to plant it among the ground cover. The plant requires root division every 4 years.
Fertilize the shrub in early spring when the snow melts. Nitrogen fertilizer is added. During the rapid formation of buds, a second feeding is introduced.For abundant flowering, remove faded inflorescences. In October, when the plant has already bloomed and shed its leaves, ripe seeds are harvested, and the shoots are cut off. Frost resistant species. If the winter has little snow, then it is better to insulate the plant.
Carnation grenadine photo
Of particular note is the grenadine clove. This is a herbaceous plant, forming a well-developed bush 40-60 cm high, covered with a silvery-bluish bloom. Leaves are bluish-gray, narrow-linear, located at the base of the bush. Stems are tall, straight, thin, rod-shaped. At the ends of the flowering shoots there are flowers, several pieces on each; they bloom gradually. Flowers come in a variety of colors: red, white, pink, yellow, pure tones and striped with a marginal border. There are double, semi-double and simple flowers.
Recently, by selection and hybridization, varieties have been obtained in which 80 percent are double flowers. The diameter of the flower is 3 - 6 cm. The flowering is very extended, from June to September. Mass flowering lasts 30 -40 days, from about June 1 to July 10, depending on the timing of sowing: its beginning usually coincides with the end of flowering of Turkish carnation, and the end of mass flowering - with the beginning of flowering of annuals. In addition to the usual high-stemmed carnation of grenadines, there are its dwarf forms with a bush 20-ZO cm high. The most famous varieties of carnations are Mont Blanc Grenadines - with white flowers, Rosa Kenigen - with pink flowers and Othello, which are dark red flowers.
Very popular and valuable varieties of Dutch carnations are: Viennese, Prague, Teichera and some new groups of carnations, which are also cultivated as biennials, for their biological properties they are similar to the grenadine carnation and differ from it only in varietal characteristics and flowering period.
