Many gardeners have now become interested in, gatsaniya - is growing from seeds so difficult at home? Let's say right away - this process is very simple, and you can settle in the southern beauty for many years, following only some of the tips experienced in the cultivation of gatsaniya summer residents.
Seedlings
If you are going to grow a southern beauty in the open ground, you initially need to grow seedlings from seeds. Prepare boxes of the appropriate size (take more, seeds will need to be planted individually). Fill the crates with appropriate soil (light, gravel and sand, nutritious). On a loosened and fluffy surface spilled with weak potassium permanganate, manually lay the seeds, each at a distance of about 3 cm from the other in a checkerboard pattern, sprinkle lightly with zemstvo. Further, such a nuance - for good seedlings you will need continuous lighting, up to 14 hours. Therefore, it is necessary to illuminate the seedlings with daytime lamps.
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When to plant gatsaniya
The best time is March-April, in time for warming at the end of May, you will have good seedlings. It will be necessary to transplant into the garden a raspberry very carefully, with a good moist lump of earth. Therefore, the best option is to immediately plant the seeds in separate cardboard cups, in which you then transfer them to the garden by digging holes. The distance you stand between individuals is 20 cm.
Another good option is to sow the seeds in a large container, then take them out to the garden, and bring them into the room when winter arrives. First, in a cool temperature, and when they get used to it, it’s already in the house to relocate.
The best place in the garden for her is an open sunny area. The plant does not suffer from winds and temperature extremes, it does not require much moisture - rare watering or rainfall is enough to feel great, it is friends with all plants in the garden, beautifully shades any foliage, and its seeds remain viable for a long time.
Also, African chamomile feels great and looks luxurious in a cache-pot. in flowerpots exposed on balconies, decorating them and creating a cosiness. In the garden, gatsaniya pleases with bright flowers, from June to September, and even later in the southern regions.
Diseases and Pests
There are several options when you have to protect your plant:
- It can be attacked by aphids - to protect the camomile, plant onions and garlic next to it.
- Gray rot can damage foliage - treat with Bordeaux fluid.
- Spider mite attacked - treat with insecticides.
- Snails and slugs decided your beauty to feast on - to manually remove, and in order to prevent sage and onions, parsley, planted near gatsanii will help.
Winter cultivation
As we already said above, gatsaniya can also please bloom after the onset of cold weather if it is moved to flowerpots and brought into a house, or immediately dropped into containers of suitable size and transferred to a room with cooling. Rare watering and the sunny side are all that a southern daisy needs for winter flowering.
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