How to choose flower seedlings Bashny.Net

Experienced gardeners begin to take care of her garden when the window is still winter. Well-grown seedlings will quickly achieve a beautiful, lush and early flowering.

This is well illustrated by the annual flowering plants: grown nonseedlings way, they can later bloom and does not leave the seeds. For example say: 2 years trying nonseedlings way to grow carnation Chabot — failed to achieve good flowering and have not received the seeds. When using seedling plant manages not only to bloom but to leave behind the seeds matured.
The subtleties in selection of ready-made seedlings Like vegetable seedlings, flower need to buy in places where you will not be deceived and talk about the interesting plant. The lion's share of the market occupied by households on the landscaping of the streets. I always go there, and never had any problems.

The only drawback, in my opinion, some of the scarcity of choice. Here you can easily find the cineraria, marigolds, Petunia, but innovations such farms you are unlikely to surprise. They have in stock is dominated by a standard set repeatedly studied, adapted and tested varieties and species. As a rule, the share of retail trade, these enterprises account for no more than 10% of all farmed products.

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Enterprise small or medium-sized greenhouse business will entice you with its unusual long-familiar varieties of plants, will offer a large enough range. The bulk of revenues of such firms is retail. But then you need to be more attentive to the purchased planting material.
From what to look for when buying:
1. Substrate should not be dry, otherwise, bringing a plant home, you may find that its root system has suffered badly

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2. Yellowed and falling leaves and drying the tops may talk about chlorosis; plants die while active roots

3. Development of the aerial part and root system. I have heard that some gardeners are not afraid: speak, and then — after landing — with the right care, you can fill in the gaps. But the root system is overgrown flower suffers, he does not have enough space, and development stops. The plant can stretch out after landing, so the risk, in my opinion, not worth it.

4. Pests. You need to carefully inspect the leaves of the acquired plants otherwise you can also bring in your garden of pests. The time you save when buying seedlings, will go to fight this scourge

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5. The causative agents of mushroom diseases:

 

• Real and downy mildew

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6. Mechanical damage and damage by fungus and pests should be absent

7. The leaves are arranged evenly around the plant. The seedlings should be strong and fresh.
How to determine whether seedling planting?

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Different flowering plants different criteria of readiness for the landing. Even an experienced grower did not immediately say how many leaves and what is the height must be one or the other flower seedlings. In this case there are standards for groups of flower crops, where the prescribed number of leaves and plant height, the presence of buds and other important signs, which can determine whether seedlings for planting. I have shared so:

  Undersized

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• at least 4 cm — purslane
• not less than 5 cm iberis, Lobelia, Pansy violet (it also needs to have the buds)
• not less than 6 cm — ageratum, snapdragons, fine-leaved marigold, begonia Vale of eternal blossoms, Turkish, Chinese carnation, Petunia, alyssum, gomfrena.

Medium

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• not less than 7 cm — rejected marigolds, Tagetes erect, tuberous begonia (with 4-5 leaves and buds), annual Aster, matthiola summer, verbena hybrid (4-5 leaves), acroclinium pink, dimorphoteca rain, coreopsis, tsiniya, summer Phlox, chrysanthemum annual (with 3 true leaves), decorative beans (with 3 leaves), celosia (with 2 leaves)

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• not less than 8 cm — sweet peas (3 stems)
• not less than 10 cm — scented tobacco (having 3 true leaves), Salvia, amaranth

When to buy flower seedlings
To buy flower seedlings can and should be directly before planting in the ground. But the advance to do not forbidden.

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A year ago we changed neighbors; new tenants at times has updated its entire flower bed, and all very nicely matched. The hostess shared a secret: all the seedlings she ordered in advance in greenhouses landscaping; paid, however, once 50%, but in the end, all that she chose in the catalogue, settled in her flower garden.
Care for flower seedlings is not Enough to buy seedlings. Absolutely healthy and strong plants can be ruined if not treated properly.

1. Brought from shop plants do not keep long in a dark place; overheating they are also junk, but a good watering will be most welcome.

2. If the landing is planned in early spring, gradually accustom the seedlings to cooler temperatures and street lighting.
How to plant flower seedlings purchased in the Evening before disembarkation well spill the plant to maximum to moisten the root system. Carefully remove seedlings from containers with a clod of earth. Don't put it in the sun before planting. Many gardeners soak for 3 hours and roots of flowering plants in a solution of IAA at a temperature of about 20 degrees.

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