How to dive balsam, growing from seeds, when planting plants in the ground - these topics always bother lovers of green plantations with the advent of spring. Problems can arise when buying a planting material because of the large selection of interesting varieties and hybrids of this beautiful flower for rooms or an open area.
Balsam - growing from seeds
Planning to grow balsam from seeds at home, you need to correctly choose varieties or hybrids of this culture, based on specific conditions. In the garden or in the flowerbed, you can plant any species of this plant, but in an apartment to look after a 1-2 m high pot will be problematic. For small enclosed spaces garden balsam is not suitable, it is better to grow compact forms in a room up to 25-30 cm in height.
Popular types of balsam:
- Garden balsam is a strongly branched annual plant with leaves of lanceolate form from 25 cm to 1 m in height. Popular varieties Tom Tumb, Baby Bush, Camellia Flowered.
- Balsamin Waller - dwarf or sredneroslie plants with sprawling stems and simple or double flowers in height of 20-35 cm, which can be safely planted in the room. Popular varieties - Tempo F1 Hybrid, Symphony, Bruno FT, Fiesta FT, Stardust.
- New Guinea balsam is a multi-year-old hybrid up to 50 cm high. Common varieties are Java, Divaro, Firefly, Macarena, Mini Jini, Tempo F1 Hybrid, Fiesta FT.
- Fertilized balsamin ( glandular touch) - a plant up to 2 m high with leaves up to 12 cm long, its flowers up to 3.5 cm long have a delicate aroma and are collected in umbellate brushes. This type of balsam is best planted outdoors, it is recommended that it be grown as hedges or for group plantings.
When to plant balsam for seedlings?
For the cultivation of quality seedlings of this culture from the seeds with subsequent transplantation into the open ground, it takes up to 3.5-4 months. Proceeding from this, it is easy to calculate that the optimal time for sowing balsam for seedlings in most regions falls on the middle of February or the first days of March. Seeds are planted in peat cups or in a common container.
How to plant balsamin seeds?
If you want to get your own healthy seedlings, you need to first study the advice of experienced gardeners, how to dilute at home balsam, growing from seeds, when planting a beautiful flower in unprotected soil. It is not necessary to purchase ready-made soil in stores, a nutritious substrate is easy to prepare yourself. It is necessary to mix 1 part of vermiculite, 1 part of sand, 1 part of leaf land and 2 parts of low peat.
Planting balsamin seeds on seedlings:
- Etching 10 minutes of balsam seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate.
- Then soak the material for a day in warm water.
- It is desirable to choose a container for sowing with a height of 8 cm.
- In the bottom of the box, make holes for the drain of liquid.
- At the bottom lay drainage from expanded clay up to 2 cm high.
- Pour the soil into the container.
- For decontamination, the soil can be heated in the oven 24 hours before sowing or treated with "Phytosporin".
- Soaked seeds should be planted in the ground without penetration, gently pressing them to the surface with the tip of the toothpick.
- The substrate is moistened using a spray gun and covered with a packet until emergence, leaving a clearance for air to enter.
Balsam - growing from seeds in peat tablets
When working with a small amount of planting material it is more convenient to grow balsamin in peat tablets . Sprouts in this case are strong, dirt is formed less, and the container is easy to place on the windowsill. The tablets are moistened with water before swelling. Then, from above, without sprinkling the earth, plant one seed, gently pressing them to the ground. It is desirable to cover the container with a film and install it in a warm and bright place, but not under direct sunlight.
How many days does balsam come up?
In optimal conditions, shoots of balsam appear in a week. Often, sprouts gnaw poorly, but do not despair. Planting material in stores is realized in different quality and shelf life. We must wait until 2 weeks, during this time, all the live shifts will germinate. It is obligatory after the emergence of shoots, the lid or bag is removed and the container is transported to a bright place, the cultivation is performed at a temperature within 17-20 ° C.
Why does not balsam come on?
Often the flower growers of amateurs are killed by young sprouts or a poor percentage of healthy seedlings are observed. This occurs in inexperienced novices who do not comply with the temperature regime, incorrectly water the balsam, carrying out the cultivation of the seeds, when planted, do not comply with the timing. There are several reasons that significantly affect the sizing of planting material, some depend on the horticulturist himself, and others - on the weather factors.
Why balsam seeds do not germinate:
- Bad soil warmed up - the optimum temperature for the development of balsam is from 18 ° C.
- If the box with crops is installed under the scorching sun and the soil warms up above 25 ° C, the shoots will die in the embryos.
- Seeds during planting are not soaked.
- Too dense structure of soil - soil for a given crop when grown from seeds, choose loose and soft.
- Use of overdue seeds - for a balsam the shelf life is 7 years.
- When grown in acidic medium the germination decreases, the soil for seedlings is prepared with a neutral reaction (about 6.2-6.5 pH).
Balsam sprouts were stretched out, what should I do?
Often there is an unpleasant stretching of the shoots, which makes it difficult to care, picks, leads to lodging plants on the soil. The reason lies in the early stages of seeding, poor lighting in the early spring, high temperature in the room. If the balsam sprout is very stretched, then the seedlings can be saved by pouring soils to the level of the cotyledonous leaves. When grown in deep containers or boxes, it is more convenient to do this, otherwise you will have to increase the sides to the desired height using a waterproof material.
Pilling balsam from seeds
Timely picking of balsam is carried out not earlier than the young plant will develop two real leaves. Before this operation, water the ground with seedlings to reduce the risk of traumatizing rootlets and a thin stalk. Spoon a spade or a scoop weap the seedling and take it out of the common box. Deepen the shoots to the cotyledonous leaves. Picks can be made in polyethylene bags, glasses, cassettes. In advance, we make an opening in the individual container for draining excess water.