So, if you are interested in Levka, growing from seeds at home, you want to see a photo of it and make sure that it suits you exactly - our tips will help you. Choose your favorite variety and proceed to planting.
Take a look Lunar sowing calendar for 2016 for Siberia.
How to drop left-handed
Of course, you can, without bothering for a long time, sow the seeds right away in the garden soil, in an open area, but then it will bloom in your place already in August. If you want to get flowering early, around June - then you need to work hard and sow the seeds in advance, in March usually for seedlings. You can do this - grow some seedlings, some immediately in the soil, choose different varieties, and your beds from left-handed people alone will bloom all summer.
Seedlings
Prepare the boxes, in them the turfy soil (2 parts), with sand (1 part) mixed, pour, span with hot potassium permanganate. And so let the soil stand for 2-3 days, dry. Then sow the seeds, sprinkle lightly in a sand, cover, and keep in the heat until germinating. Do not water immediately, wait a bit. And then very neatly, directly by spot irrigation, moisten.
As the sprouts appear, immediately transfer them to the light and into a cooler room. Then the seedlings will be strong and the sudden cold will not frighten her. But - you need to understand that left-handed seedlings are so tender that it will not be easy to transplant into the garden. Therefore, it would be better to immediately drop it into cups separately, for example, in peat moss, or without a bottom in a common container, then immediately transfer it to the ground with a cup.
Also see: eggplant planting for seedlings in 2016.
Diseases
In order for Levka to not hurt, you need to know a little - do not thicken the planting, spill the bed with phytosporin, do not water and loosen heavily, as you spill so that the water does not stagnate. And yet - left-wingers love sunny places, keep this in mind when you choose your place of residence.
Landing
Transplant on cloudy days, by mid-May, approximately, into loose soil, sufficiently saturated with minerals, with moderate moisture, very good super sand. Make holes, spill with warm water, and just transfer the seedlings to this dirty slurry, so it will take root well. Pay attention to the distance between the plants - it should be at least 15 cm for the undersized, 25 already needed for the middle, and tall and branchy ones need at least 35 cm. Otherwise, if you thicken, the plants will not develop well, the flowers will grow small and worthless, yes they’ll also be ill with a black leg.
Species and varieties
• Many Levkoys have been deduced, of which Victoria Violet, representing a group of stunted left-handed people, is popular.
• Rosetta with Rabinrot represent a group of medium-sized left-handed people.
• High beauties include Diana, Carthrosis and another delightful rainweis.
• And of course, matthiola, a permanent resident of the gardens, her unusual aroma, which manifests itself especially in the evening, enchants gardeners, and they willingly settle matthiola in their plots, especially closer to home, to enjoy the wonderful aroma on summer evenings.
And if you take into account how many different color shades of matthiola have now been bred by breeders, it’s worth it to put a fragrant beauty at home for the pleasure of contemplating and inhaling aromas.
Read: when to plant cucumbers for seedlings in 2016.
