When to plant lobelia (seeds for seedlings)
Growing sprouts of lobelia
Prompt please when to plant seeds of a lobelia for seedlings?
Churyumova.N Togliatti (in the comments)
I grow the seedlings of the annual lobelia myself.
The process is simple, but quite painstaking. Seeds are small, like specks of dust. Therefore, when buying it is better to choose coated with a special shell (granular) or mix them with dry sand (1: 5).
To flowering came as early as possible, it is necessary to sow seeds in January, but it is necessary to lighten it. If there is no such possibility, it is better to postpone the sowing at the end of February, so that the seedlings do not stretch and do not perish.
The ground is prepared loose, light.
I spill it with either boiling water or with a violet solution of potassium permanganate and let it dry a little. I also really like the coco-ground (coconut shavings) pressed into large pills.
It can be used both in pure form, and as an additive to the main soil.
I select the tanks in such a way as to pour a layer of soil approximately in 5 cm, slightly compacted, and also so that the same amount of space remained on top.
If the seeds are in a shell, with a moist toothpick, I touch the pellets and spread them on the soil surface. In each granule there are several seeds, therefore the distance between them is left in 3-4 cm. It is impossible to deepen the seeds! They germinate only in the light.
I cover the top with glass and put it in a warm, bright place.
Shoots appear in 1,5-2 weeks.
I remove the glass and place the dish in a plastic bag.
I inflate it, tie it up and put it in a warm place with highlights.
It is necessary to constantly ventilate and inspect the seedlings for the presence of mold. When the seedling grows up, I dive it with tweezers. Picking up several plants with a lump of soil, I transplanted into small containers. I pour carefully so that the soil is wet, but not wet.
I put the glasses in a plastic box from under the vegetables and cover with a large plastic bag - a mini-greenhouse is ready.
When the seedlings grow to such an extent that the root system completely fly through the earthen lump, I pass more into the pots and pinch it for better tillering (ampel varieties do not need to be pinched). By this time the plant can already be taken to the greenhouse in the garden.
Reference by topic: How to grow petunia at home
The place for planting a lobelia I choose solar, without stagnation of water, with loose soil. I landed when the freezing frosts pass. Distance between plants to form a continuous carpet, curb-10-15, see.
Further care: weeding, loosening, the main thing is not to allow the soil to dry out.
I try to water so that the water does not fall on the flowers. I feed with any liquid fertilizer for flowering plants (1 tbsp per 10 L of water) every 10 days.
My blue rugs bloom from June to autumn.
And after transplanting a blooming bush in the pots on the eve of frosts and hanging on the wall in the house, they can be admired even longer.
© I.YUSHCHENKO, the city of Vitebsk.
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