Balsam is a very beautiful and unpretentious flower that will delight every lover of bright colors with its long and plentiful flowering. After all, the bright color of this flower is its highlight. It is especially nice to see this floral picture in the winter, when grayness reigns around and not enough colors.
However, in order to get all this, you need to know how to properly grow balsam from seeds at home (photo and video).
We grow balsam at home
Growing Balsam of seeds at home is simple, but requires minimal effort. The advantage of this flower, and at the same time its zest, is that the seeds of the plant can give buds of a completely unexpected color, so in this matter you can safely take on the experiments.
If peat tablets are used for planting seeds, then balsam will grow faster. To get this result, you need to put one seed of balsam in each peat tablet. To further reduce the period of growing balsam from seeds at home, according to the recommendations of the forum, it is necessary to provide the plant with a lot of light.
For this, you can simply place the seeds on the surface of the earth, without sprinkling, and place the peat in a plastic box with a lid. Thus, you get a homemade perfect miniature greenhouse for a plant. The greenhouse should be placed in a bright place where it will be warm enough. After 10-15 days from the moment of seed planting, balsam will give the first seedlings. As soon as they become noticeable, they can be transplanted into small pots and not forget about watering, so that the flower continues to grow actively and bloom abundantly.
When summer comes, the plant can be transferred to fresh air, using the space of the balcony for this. Thanks to this measure, balsam will receive more air and light, which will positively affect its growth and flowering.
Interesting! From the moment of purchase, balsam seeds can be stored for 8 years, while maintaining their germination capacity. But experienced gardeners still recommend using fresh plant seeds in order to avoid additional problems.
Another way to grow balsam at home
As mentioned, growing seed balsam at home, the process is simple. One of the methods of propagation of this plant is cuttings. Due to this, the flower can be propagated throughout the year. For this, you need to take the cuttings of the flower, take care of the removal of all buds and flowers, put in some water. After a week and a half, it will be possible to see that small roots appeared in the water. This is a signal that the balsam is ready for planting in a pot.
Pots must be filled with loose earth mixture. When the cuttings begin to grow, it is necessary to pinch the tops to accelerate the flowering period. Having planted balsamine in this way, you can observe a positive result after 2 months.
Useful Tips
A few simple tips for caring for the plant will help to achieve only the most positive results and beautiful bright flowers all year round!
- When the flower grows, it will require feeding. You can take fertilizer for flowering plants, which will go to garden stores. If balsam is suddenly addictive with flowering, this means that a pot too large was chosen for it.
- Other few needs of a flower include its love of moisture.
- To achieve lush flowering in the winter, you should put a flower pot in the brightest place, and preferably.Add also artificial lighting. Pay attention to fertile zodiac signs at sowing 2016.
Currently, there are a lot of varieties of balsam, so growing from seeds at home should not be difficult for beginners, and even more so for experienced gardeners.
