Cultivation of petunia from seeds

Petunia refers to perennial plants, butwinter frosts it does not tolerate, therefore in the northern latitudes it is grown as an annual. When buying seeds, be sure to read the inscriptions on the package. This will save you from buying expired seeds. Also, check the integrity of the package and familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the future colors. This will help you decide on the purchase - you will know the size of the flower, the length and height of the plant, whether it is clustered or cascaded, etc.

Petunias from seeds can also be grown inconditions. As a soil, you can use varieties designed for indoor plants, they are sold in flower shops. Such soil does not require additional treatment. Cultivation of petunia can be and with the use of peat tablets, they now are in free sale. Due to such modern inventions, growing flowers is much easier and almost always allows you to grow luxurious flowers.

Sowing is preferable to start at the end of February -beginning of March. This is provided that you have enough lighting in your apartment. These plants love a lot of light, for which the award will please you with large flowers and succulent leaves. Growing petunia (especially at the initial stage) with good lighting in the future will affect favorably.

Seeds of the plant in additional processing beforelanding do not need. There are manufacturers who produce seeds granulated. This is a special kind. Petunia from seeds will grow quickly if the soil is previously moistened well. To make the seeds easier to break through, their shell must be broken. You can do this with a toothpick. Then the seeds should be pressed lightly into the ground, but not deeper than 1 centimeter.

Cultivation of petunia from seeds is a ratherlabour intensive. In order for your plants to appear in the light in even rows, it is desirable to sow each seed separately. In this case, it will be easier for you to adhere to certain distances between future colors. Also, when picking, there will be no problems and plant injuries.

When growing petunia from seeds, sowing it incontainer with an earthen substrate, should not be sprinkled with soil, as the seeds are very small. Liberally sprinkle the ground surface with water from the spray gun, then close it from above with a film (you can use the food).

If the cultivation of petunia occurs with the help oftablets, in this case the seeds do not require additional moistening. We wet the tablet well, letting it swell. We put a seed in it, cover it with a film - our improvised greenhouse is ready. We assign it a place on the windowsill. Warm air coming from the radiators will help to germinate our shoots.

Petunia from seeds appears about the fourthday after sowing. After your shoots sprouted, you need to remove the plants away from the radiators. Periodically remove the film from the greenhouse, the seedlings should breathe. Every time the airing of seedlings should increase. Thus, we prepare a petunia to the street conditions.

After several pairs of leaves appeared,it is possible to carry out picking, that is, to transplant the plants into separate containers. If you grow it in peat tablets, then for stronger stems it is recommended to deeply press the pill into the ground. To do this, we moisturize it well and push the plant into the soil with a rounded stick. In this case, the shoot has the opportunity to grow stronger and more powerful, and on the stalk there will be additional roots.

If you decide to collect your seeds at the end of the season, you should remember that F1 hybrids do not give good offspring. In this case, flowers of a completely different color and shape may even appear.