Gatsaniya will decorate any flower bed. The flower was imported from Africa, belongs to the family Asteraceae. The color of the plant resembles small suns that will delight with their appearance throughout the summer. Use flower culture to create original compositions in landscape design.
The height of the flower does not exceed 20-30 centimeters, the bushes look neat. In the diameter of the inflorescence of African chamomile grow 12-15 centimeters. The most common varieties are: long shoot, harsh, peacock, one-flowered, snowy white, cirrus. In total, there are 40 species of Gatzania. On one bush, 35 buds can be tied.
Gatsaniya does not like very moist soil, so watering it is not necessary often. In Russia, a flower is grown as an annual plant, since it does not tolerate cold. To Gatzania bloomed by summer, in the spring they sow seeds for seedlings.
Gatsania Landing
Gatzania is gaining its color 2.5-3 months after germination. To plant seedlings of flower culture in open ground, it is necessary to determine the time of planting seeds. When do you need to plant seeds for seedlings? First of all, focus on the climatic conditions of the region.
Young sprouts are absolutely not resistant to low temperatures, so they only grow crops in seedlings, so that the inflorescences have time to please their appearance longer. Consider when you need to sow the seeds of Gatsaniya in various regions of Russia:
- The southern region is characterized by a warm climate, which allows sowing seeds from mid-February to early March. You can plant seedlings of flowers in May.
- The central strip and Siberia are characterized by unstable and cool weather conditions throughout the spring. Gatsaniya should be planted in open ground not earlier than June. Seeds are sown in March-April. The only way to get the plant's lush color in the North or in the middle lane is to plant a flower culture through seedlings. If you sow flowers in the open ground in May, when the earth more or less warms up, then the plant will bloom only in August, when a temperature drop is already possible.
It is best to grow seedlings in separate pots so that the plants are stronger and more stable. The soil must necessarily be loose and nutritious, you can use ready-made soil mixture, which consists of turf land, peat and other nutrients. The normal temperature for hatching seeds is + 21-23 ° C.
Favorable days for landing Gatsaniya on the lunar calendar 2018
Our ancestors also noticed that the moon affects plants. To plant seeds in a positive period, lunar calendars began to be drawn up. They painted favorable days for planting various vegetable and flower crops. Gatsania sowing begins in February and ends in April. After April, sowing a flower culture is not advisable, since the plant will bloom only in the fall, when in some regions there will be frosts, the flower culture will die.
Favorable days for sowing Gatsaniya in 2018
| February | March | April | |
| Auspicious days | 21-27 | 5-9, 20-25 | 4-8 |
There are not so many favorable periods for sowing seeds for seedlings, so you should hurry up to have time to plant if you have not already done so.
It is also worth remembering that it is not worth it to overexposure seedlings in pots, it will begin to weaken, since it will not have enough pot space for further development of the root system.Plants are planted at a distance of 20 centimeters from each other so that they have room to grow. A very tight fit will not allow flower crops to fully develop. Disembark in time to Gatsaniya, and then she will delight with her view throughout the summer period.
