Outdoor Lavender Seed
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Growing Lavender - MY TIPS
Among the many flowers in my garden, the freedom-loving foreigner lavender takes pride of place. To plant a whole field of it, as in Provence, is my old dream, which I will certainly fulfill. But for now, I rejoice at several dozen fragrant bushes on the site.
It all started with one handle that I got from the godmother Tamara Saperskaya. Since then, I have successfully propagated the plant in this way. I cut off (in June-early July, it is possible in the fall, in September) the tops of shoots about 6 cm long, remove all leaves from the stem, except those collected in the upper Beam. Cuttings can be planted both in a container and immediately in open ground to a depth of 5-8 cm at a distance of 5 cm from each other. Before planting, I process the lower part of the shoots with the growth stimulator Epin or Kornevin (according to the instructions).
Seed Lavender
I collect lavender seeds in August and early September. In November, I prepare a high bed with sides and sow them. And sometimes all January I keep the seeds on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator (for stratification) and in February I sow it in a container with a substrate. A month later I dive, and in May-June I planted it in open ground.
Growing Lavender - MY TIPS
Lavender seeds cannot be buried. In addition, you need to keep them wet. To do this, I make a mini-greenhouse - I cover the container with film or glass. Constantly airing. I water from a spray.
If you want to buy lavender seeds or seedlings in a specialized store, then study all the characteristics of the variety you have chosen in advance and make sure that it is frost-resistant enough.
STONE SOIL? Lavender loves it
Lavender loves constancy, so I choose a place for planting bushes in advance and try to avoid further transplants.
This flower grows well on rocky and poor soils. Also, but it is worth spending money on organic fertilizers: their excessive use leads to acidification of the soil and the fragrant bush will die. But if you really want to feed lavender, sprinkle some chalk, ash or lime around the bushes.
CUTTING RULES
I spend the formative haircut in mid-April, when severe frosts have passed, and in July, after flowering. This allows you to keep the bush compact, dense and protect it from falling apart and heating in the winter. I cut about 1/3 of the bush, including all damaged and frozen branches.
Lavender roots love warmth. And in order to imitate the most natural conditions of flower growth, where rock stones warmed by the sun give their heat to the roots, mulch the soil under the pebble plants.
For bouquets and sachets. To decorate the house in an original way, fill it with an enchanting aroma, put a bunch of lavender. Such a floral arrangement will not lose its beauty even after drying. You can also make sachets. In the shade of a poorly ventilated place, spread the fabric and spread the flowers and lavender leaves on it. Then fill the fabric bags with this raw material. You can put one or two in a wardrobe - the smell of lavender repels the mole. Sasha, hidden under a pillow, will relieve fatigue, nervous tension and give a deep, good sleep.
GROWING LAVENDER - PLANTING AND CARE, ADVICE AND FEEDBACK
LAVENDER: GROWING FROM SEEDS
I buy narrow-leaved (English) lavender seeds from a catalog or collect them myself, cutting off fully bloomed inflorescences and hanging them in the house. After drying, small seeds are poured out of fragrant bunches-bouquets. For sowing, I choose wide bowls or a container up to 7 cm deep. I sow the seeds in the second half of February: I spread them on the surface of the universal soil for seedlings at a distance of 2 cm from each other, since the seedlings first of all grow roots, which are easy to damage during dense sowing. I press lightly with my palm and moisten with a spray bottle. I cover with a film and send it to the refrigerator for a month for stratification.
After successful germination of lavender seeds, two main factors must be provided:
- bright lighting;
- temperature in the range from + 15 to + 21 degrees.
Before germination, I regularly spray the soil in the morning and ventilate the "greenhouses". Overwatering is very dangerous. Shoots appear within two to four weeks, after which I remove the film.
If there is not enough sunlight on the windowsill, I illuminate the lavender with a phytolamp, increasing the daylight hours to 10 hours.
I dive seedlings when they form one pair of true leaves and begin to develop a third or fourth leaf. I transplant carefully, trying not to destroy the earthen clod, into individual pots or cups with a diameter of 5-6 cm. I use a peat-sand mixture with the addition of 1/5 part of perlite. You can also apply long-acting fertilizers (according to the instructions).
A week or two before planting in open ground, I harden the seedlings - I take them out into the street, first for one hour, then for one and a half or two, increasing the time spent in the fresh air every day. In early June, I move the lavender to the garden in the warmest and sunniest place.
In the first year, plants adapt to new conditions, build up the root system and shoots. And already on the second they delight with their fragrant "spikelets" of flowers.
© Author: Irina PUZANOVA, St. Petersburg
TIP: LAVENDER FOR RELATED SLEEP
I tie cut lavender flower stalks into bunches and dry in a well-ventilated dark room. And I use it like this.
I pour 1 tsp. dried flowers 1 tbsp. boiling water and insist 15 minutes. This drink helps to get rid of a mild headache, soothes and improves sleep.
Sometimes I flavor ordinary black or green tea by adding a sprig of the plant to the cup.
© Author: Anastasia ILYINA Photo by Tatyana Sanchuk
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For many years I suffered from recurrent headaches, I tried different methods - massage, baths, and exercises, there was no particular long-term effect. I was completely desperate, because I am an opponent of pills, but then, as is usually the case, help came quite unexpectedly.
My husband's friends came to visit us - a married couple from Feodosia. And I just had a migraine attack. And the guest, seeing my condition, said that in such cases she is treated with fragrant herbs, and lavender, which she grows herself, helps her best of all.
To begin with, she gave me lavender oil to breathe, and then we bought lavender in a flower shop and made syrup: we poured 0,5 liters of boiling water over it, insisted, then strained it a day later, squeezed out the rest.
Then 0,5 kg of granulated sugar was added, stirred until completely dissolved and boiled over low heat until a thick syrup, stirring occasionally. I began to take it like this: 1 tsp, washed down with water, 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals. And I must say that since then the headache attacks first became weaker, and then completely disappeared.
And in order not to depend on the shops, I began to grow lavender in my garden. This plant is not very whimsical, the main thing for her is as much sun as possible and hilling in spring and autumn. But for drying I collect during flowering, as soon as the inflorescences are fully opened, at this moment the color and aroma are the most intense.
I dry lavender, like other plants, in a warm, well-ventilated area, away from direct sunlight.
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I have been noticing for a long time that especially large and clean potatoes grow next to horseradish, which, from nowhere, was once taken on the site. How many times I tried to fight him, but he stubbornly appears again. In short, I waved my hand: grow, if you have such a love for potatoes! Here he is the Colorado beetles and scares away in gratitude.
I also noticed that growing bush beans with potatoes is effective, since beans, like horseradish, repel the Colorado potato beetle, and potatoes, in turn, protect the beans from the ladybug.
And potatoes get along well with beets (I usually plant them along the edge of the field), cabbage, garlic, onions, parsley, lettuce, radish. But with horseradish - the best.
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Lavender soothes the heart
From the age of 20, she suffered from attacks of strong palpitations during any excitement. I tried valerian, motherwort, etc. - helped, but after a few years they stopped working. And then a friend advised me to take lavender. It grows at my friend's dacha, so at first I asked her for a little. I tried it - it helps, and I decided to grow it in my small garden too.
Since it is quite difficult to grow lavender from seeds, I took cuttings from the same friend (they must be taken in the spring from non-flowering shoots).
The plants took root well with me, and as soon as the flowers fully opened and a persistent aroma appeared, I collected them and dried them in the yard, where we always have a shadow (you can’t in the sun - they will lose their medicinal properties).
In winter, at the first need, I made a tincture.
For this, I took 3 tsp. dry plant in 2 cups boiling water. I insisted for 10 minutes, filtered and drank throughout the day.
Since then, I no longer use any other means, lavender helps perfectly.
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As you know, lavender seeds need to be stratified. Once I sowed them in plastic bowls and left them in the refrigerator for about a month, then took them out and put them on the windowsill. Silence ... Nothing came up at all! Although it was already March on the calendar. Out of frustration, she took the containers out into the street, deciding to throw them away a little later. Imagine my surprise when I opened the film a week later and saw a thick brush of lavender shoots. Sometimes plants need to be given a second chance too.
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Lavender is a real miracle of nature. Gardeners, bees, herbalists, artists, poets, perfumers love her. So I fell in love with lavender when I visited the Crimea and saw the fields of this plant blooming and fragrant like a sea like the sea. Then I decided that I would definitely plant lavender in my country house.
I bought a young bush at the fair. Over the summer, he grew up well and even bloomed. Lavender does not like excessive watering, as roots can rot. In the spring after planting, she fed it with urea (1 tbsp. Per bucket of water). To feed one bush, 5 l of solution is enough. In the first year, I did not trim. And now, when my plant is 5 years old, annually I cut the stems with blossoming flowers. I dry them. These branches can be put in a vase, can be put in a cupboard from a moth, or can be brewed like tea. I make 1 tbsp. l dried raw materials with a glass of boiling water, I insist 15 minutes. and drink under reduced pressure.
Now I have 4 lavender bushes. I propagated them with cuttings. I cut them from the middle part of the stem with a sharp knife close to the kidney, removed leaves and flowers. The end of the handle was dipped in a root growth stimulator and placed in a sand pot. She made sure that the sand was moist, and also sprayed the stalk with water. Two months later, the cuttings took root, and I planted them in the open ground. She covered her well with spruce branches for the winter (leaves cannot be covered, since the roots will rot). Plant lavender in your country house and you will fall in love with the scent of its flowers forever!