How to sow petunia?

If you want to grow a healthy and beautiful petunia in your garden, you should know about growing petunia everything, from when and how to sow petunia on seedlings.

Planting petunia

On growth from a seed to a petunia flower, twoand a half to three months, therefore, it is necessary to sow petunia on seedlings in February-March. For seedlings, a plastic container with a lid is most suitable.

Petunia grows on different soil mixtures, onlyDo not dispose of it in alkaline and very acidic soil. If you have no other soil other than sour, add lime to it. The soil must be loose and retain moisture well. Seeds should be laid on wet ground in small groups (petunia seeds are less than poppy seed) and in no case should they be buryed. The less often you plant seeds on seedlings, the less they will interfere with each other with growth. Deployed seedlings should be sprinkled with water and covered with a lid. If you sow the seedlings in an open dish, cover it with film or glass to create the necessary moisture level.

Cultivation of petunia: tips

Before the end of spring frosts, when it's time to transplant your seedlings into the ground, they were healthy and ready for transplantation, they need to be properly germinated.

To start, put a container with seeds next to it.battery: petunias need heat and high humidity for growth. You can put it on the battery, but only with a rolled up towel. From too high a temperature, the seeds can die.

Regularly check your seedlings. In the first week, spray it once or twice every day. It will be nice if you lightly water the irrigation water with potassium permanganate. A week after the appearance of sprouts, it's time to start feeding.

At first it is better to use foliar top dressing- spray seedlings with water soluble mineral fertilizers. Use fertilizer is not more than three times (ie every three weeks). If the sprouts are stretched too fast, they may not have enough sunlight. This needs to be corrected. It should also refrain from the use of nitrogenous fertilizers.

Always keep the humidity in the container atproper level, but do not overdo it. If the seedlings become ill from excessive moisture, the soil can be moistened only along the walls of the container, so as not to pour water on the seedlings.

When the first one or two appear on the stemssheet, they will need to be seeded in separate containers with a diameter of 6-8 cm in diameter, poured and covered with paper. After a couple of days of such overexposure, the seedlings will be ready for planting in the open ground, if weather permits.