Marigolds on seedlings
Marigolds or tagetes (blackbricks, lights) -beautiful and bright flowers that do not require complex grooming or special growing technologies. They amaze with a variety of colors: from white to orange and red, as well as various sizes and shapes of flowers. Today we will teach you how to properly plant flowers for seedlings and get luxurious lush bushes that will become a worthy decoration of the site or balcony.
We select seeds for seedlings of marigolds
When buying seeds, pay attention to the periodThe material for sowing does not lose its properties for 2 years. If you take dried seeds or you want to mute them, to increase the yield, leave the seeds in a damp cloth for 2-3 days. It can be wrapped with polyethylene, so that the liquid does not evaporate.
Cooking Soil
As containers, you can useplastic containers with lids or cups, special boxes, greenhouses, as well as peat pots. In the store it is easy to purchase a special soil mix for flowers with neutral Ph. Note that it is better to pre-sift and calcine in a CB-oven in order to get rid of pathogens. Another way is to shed the substrate with a solution of Phytosporin or a dark red solution of potassium permanganate. If you decide to prepare the soil yourself, mix the peat, humus and sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 0.5 (do not forget to undergo antifungal treatment).
Fill the boxes with ¾ earth. Make sure that the soil is wet and friable. Excess moisture should be drained by means of special drainage holes or a drainage mixture on the bottom of the pot. Large swollen grains are immersed to a depth of 1 cm, then they are slightly covered with earth. Distance between seedlings is 1.5 - 2 cm from each other. Before the first shoots appear, the seedlings must be sheltered and kept at a temperature of about 20 °. Do not let the soil dry up, water (not too abundantly) once a day.
If you still have questions, how to grow seedlings, then we recommend to look at the step-by-step video:
After 5 days, the first shoots should appear. Now the film can be removed, and the boxes with seedlings can be rearranged to a bright place where the temperature is maintained at 20 °.
Tip: young seedlings are often ill with a "black leg". To ensure that this does not happen with your flowers, make sure that the soil is not too wet, regularly air it, remove sick shoots in a timely manner.
A week before the landing of marigold seedlings in the opensoil, begin to temper it - put in a cool and well ventilated place. But remember that the Tagetes are heat-loving plants, they die with a sharp drop in temperature.
In early May (in warm areas before), whento establish a plus temperature, flowers can be planted in the ground. Sowing seeds for seedlings is necessary in March-April, then by the end of May - June you will get a lush bloom.
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