Petunia: sowing seeds for seedlings, picking and leaving
Petunia Is a very beautiful flower that will look harmonious not only on the balcony, but also in the garden. This type of plant is characterized by a wide variety of shapes and colors, which allows the gardener to diversify the landscape design of any site. Growing petunias can cause certain difficulties for flower growers. They need to know that the abundance of flowering directly depends on the characteristics of planting. Most often the flower is grown from seed.
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Sowing seeds
To petunia fully grown and developed, it is necessary to sow it on time. The time of planting the petunia is determined depending on when the florist wants to have bloom... In order for the plant to bloom in May, it is necessary to plant the plant in February.
At the early stages of sowing, the plant is supplemented with illumination.
To obtain fast shoots of petunia, it is necessary to carry out the correct selection of the soil:
- In this case, it would be best to give preference to alkaline or highly acidic soils.
- The soil mixture should be not only loose, but also nutritious, which will ensure the fastest possible plant emergence.
- A flower grower can purchase a ready-made soil mixture in a specialized store or prepare it yourself.
To prepare the soil, it is necessary to take peat, rotted humus and turf mixture in equal quantities and mix thoroughly. Sand should be added to the soil. Its amount is half of one of the components taken. Crushed expanded clay is poured onto the bottom of the containers used for planting. Initially, a large screening is poured, and a small one is poured on top. Next, the soil must be covered with prepared soil mixture.
The next step in planting seeds is to moisten the soil.
Next, you need to lay out on the moistened soil as carefully as possible the seeds petunias. They must be sprinkled with water. It is best to use a pulverizer for this purpose. It is strictly forbidden to sprinkle the seeds on top with earth, since they require a lot of light for germination. After that, you need to cover the container with a lid. If there is no cover, then plastic wrap will be the ideal option. In order to avoid the accumulation of condensate, the seedlings are periodically ventilated. Further, the florist can only wait for the shoots petunias.
Features of caring for seedlings
To ensure the emergence of strong plants, seedlings need to provide appropriate care, which consists in:
- Ensuring optimal temperature
- Airing
- Watering
- Maintaining the correct light conditions
In order to ensure quality seedlings petunias growers provide the room with optimal humidity and temperature. If the plant is covered with plastic wrap or glass before germination, then it needs regular ventilation. When using non-woven material to cover petunias, it is not necessary to ventilate the seedlings.
The optimum temperature for plant germination is 24 degrees.
This temperature dries out the air very quickly, so the florist needs to ensure a high level of humidity in the room.If the temperature and humidity are not maintained, the petunia will not germinate.
Watering:
- The seedlings are most often sprayed to ensure an optimal indoor humidity level.
- For this purpose, ordinary water is used, to which potassium permanganate is added in small quantities.
- Spraying must be done several times a day.
Providing the maximum conditions for the petunia, its germination will be a maximum one week after planting. When the first shoots of this plant appear, the cover must be removed immediately. This must be done gradually. On the first day, the cover is removed for only 10-15 minutes. In the following days, the time must be increased. It is necessary to completely remove the glass when the first leaves appear on the seedlings. This approach will allow the seedlings to be adapted as painlessly as possible.
Seedling picking
Seedlings of petunia, which have grown a little, are subject to diving. For this purpose, their disembarkation is carried out in separate containers. Plastic cups are most commonly used for this. Petunia is characterized by a fairly developed root system... But its cultivation at home should be carried out until it is fully warm outside.
In order to obtain high-quality seedlings of petunias, they are provided with a large volume of soil.
Otherwise, the nutrition of the cornet will be inadequate, which will negatively affect the quality seedlings... Most often, flower growers immediately produce dive seedlings in large containers. You can also initially use small peat glasses, which are planted a little later in larger containers. In some cases, the petunia is transplanted several times before it is planted in a permanent place. This procedure obtains full-fledged seedlings with a developed root system.
This plant is very fond of light. With a lack of it, the seedlings will be weak, elongated and excessively high. When growing seedlings of petunia, it is provided with a temperature regime of 18-20 degrees. The seedlings of this plant are very much in need of ventilation. Petunia is a moisture-loving plant, so it needs to provide moderate watering... Lack and excess of moisture can negatively affect this plant. Watering it is necessary to do it as carefully as possible so that water does not get on the petunia leaves.
During the cultivation of seedlings, it is also necessary to produce it. feeding.
For this purpose, the most commonly used complex flower fertilizer... To obtain a neat bush, shoots that grow strongly are removed. With proper care of petunias, you can get a branched and full-fledged plant.
Growing tips
Top tips for growing flowers:
- To ensure the full growth and development of petunia, its regular and accurate watering... If the soil dries up, this will lead to the death of the flower. With excessive watering, rotting of this plant can be observed.
- In order for petunia to withstand a variety of weather conditions, it must be hardened. To do this, in the second week after the emergence of seedlings in the room, a window opens for 5 minutes. The time is gradually increasing. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to allow drafts in the room.
- After 14 days after picking the petunia, it is necessary to make feeding... Initially, the leaves of the plant are sprayed with fertilizers, which must include nitrogen.
- To ensure correct and fast growth seedlings it is necessary that the room has light almost around the clock. That is why at night a dim light is left in the place where the plant is grown.
- If a clod of earth in a container is completely filled with roots, then this requires immediate transplants petunias.When pulling the seedlings into the pot, the soil mixture is added to the maximum.
If all these rules for growing petunias are followed, then the florist will have very good results. Petunia is a rather gentle and whimsical plant. But if there is a desire, even an inexperienced florist can grow it. In this case, the most important thing is to ensure optimal conditions for the petunia.
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