Every girl is familiar with this delicate flower. It is his petals, pasted on the nails, are an alternative to the "adult" manicure. Despite the seeming fragility, while caressing - the plant is unpretentious. The most popular varieties are sulfur yellow and bicarbonate.
The cultivation of cosmea, which is now popular in urban flower beds, began in Mexico. Due to the ease of planting, care and reproduction, this herb annual plant requires minimum effort and cost. The stems of the cosmoses are strongly branched, the inflorescences are large, and the color range is wide - from white, pink to purple. There are non-standard, semi-double and double varieties. The leaves are threadlike, and the inflorescences resemble baskets, like chamomile.
Reproduction of Cosmos
Cultivation of kosmeja from seeds is the most effective and more often found way of reproduction of the given plant. Seeds store germination quite long - up to five years. To plant the cosmeus, it is suitable for both spring and winter, but the main thing is that the soil is already warmed up. If the sowing of the cosmea is done in a frozen cold soil, then the shoots should not wait - the seeds will die. Remember that the distance between two seedlings should not be less than 30 centimeters. The larger the variety, the greater the distance. When two leaves grow on the seedlings, the second seedling should be removed so that only one remains in the nest.
Another way to grow a cosme is planting seedlings. This method is better used for heterotic hybrids or low-growing varieties. Transplant seedlings are carried out in well-lit areas, where there are no drafts and wind.
Caring for the cosme
Cosmos (also called cosme) is unpretentious, and its cold resistance is quite high. The most resistant to colds are such cosmetic varieties as picotti, double-pinnate and perennial. Such plants love light, and a short drought is tolerated well. The most important thing in caring for a cosmonaut after landing is not to fill it with water. It needs moisture only at the first stages of growth and when the soil dries up. Apparently, landing and caring for the cosmeus is easy. With organic fertilizers, you can significantly accelerate the growth of plants, but do not forget that the greater height of the cosmos requires support. In addition, discolored baskets must be cut in time. This will not only give the flowerbed or flower garden a more neat and aesthetic appearance, but will also free the way for the growth of new flowers.
Mineral fertilizing
Kosmeja blooms from the first summer days and until the first frost. If you want to prolong flowering, then transplant the plants into a quality substrate and place on a balcony or in a greenhouse. It is the soil, rich in mineral elements and nutrients, that is what is needed more cosmetically for the abundant formation of buds. Plants can also be fed artificially. Mineral fertilizing and periodic loosening will contribute to
But remember that the excessive amount of fertilizers on the development and growth of cosmeus affects negatively. Overdoing with supplements, you eventually get a luxurious thick bushes and scanty flowering. A single fertilizing with complex fertilizers every two weeks will be enough. But with regard to pests and diseases of cosmea, you can not worry - they practically do not bother her. Exceptions are extremely rare.
Charming tenderness, the duration of flowering, ease of care, unpretentiousness and resistance to diseases and low temperatures - that's what gardeners and gardeners love these beautiful flowers for.