Sowing and growing of begonias
The best time for sowing seeds of begonias is the middle of December — beginning of January. For planting you will need a shallow boxes filled with nutritious and friable substrate, comprising:
- 2 parts of humus;
- 1 part of leaf;
- 1 part sand.
Begonia seeds are very small, so incorporated into the soil they do not need. The surface of the substrate slightly condense and wisata seeds.
To disinfect the soil by spraying with a solution of fundazol.
Producers for the convenience of growers often make the seeds in the pellets to sow them much easier. Use for planting the peat pill. Put them in a container and water. After pills swell put on the surface of one seed granules and a little push.
Drawer cover with glass and put in a bright and warm place of the house. Sprouting begonias need a temperature of 20-22oC. Need watering daily in the morning with warm water using a spray bottle, with ventilate seedlings in an hour. Periodically wipe your glass with condensation as drops falling on the crops can cause the begonia seedlings to decay. After 2 weeks, when all the seeds germinate, the glass can be completely removed.
Put the container with the seedlings in a Sunny, but cooler place with a temperature of 17-19 ° C, watered as drying of the upper layer in the box. Approximately a month after planting, when there will be 3-4 true leaves, begonia is to dive down in small peat pots. Plants dig and plant very carefully so as not to damage the fragile root system.
When growing seedlings begonias in peat tablets watering plants through pallet.
In early may, the boxes with seedlings take begonias in a greenhouse. On warm Sunny days they need to access, gradually accustom seedlings to outdoor conditions. At the end of may, the shelter can be completely removed for hardening young plants.
How to plant seedlings in open ground
In the open ground seedlings planted begonias after minovanii the threat of the return of frost in early June. A week before planting in open ground to feed the plants with potassium phosphate at the rate of 5 g per 10 liters of water and reduce the dose of irrigation.
When transplanting begonias in a flower bed, the soil surface should be carefully smoothed and moisturize. Make small holes and place plants in them. The roots of the place freely, while the root neck, leave on the soil surface. The distance between the seedlings usually do 10 cm and between the rows 13-15 refer to
If varieties of plants are stunted, the distance between colors can be reduced to 7-8 cm Ampelnoe begonias are best grown in hanging pots and vases.