Delphinium: growing from seed, planting and care
Delphinium: growing from seed, planting and care
Delphinium is a herbaceous plant from the family of buttercups. One of the few plants that blooms once in the summer and the second time in autumn.
Delphinium can be grown from seeds, kidneys, fission of rhizomes and cuttings. The seeds of delphinium must be sown at the end of February.
Before growing you need seedsdecontaminate, for this it is necessary to make a dense solution of potassium permanganate and lower the seeds for 20 minutes, then rinse with cold water and put them into the epine solution for 1 day, then dry it down a little.
Prepare the soil, for this purpose, take an equal amount of peat, compost, earth from the garden and mix everything thoroughly.
Cultivation:
- Prepare the containers for planting, put the soil in them.
- Spread the seeds in containers.
- Sprinkle with a thin layer of soil and lightly crush it.
- It is good to pour the soil and sprinkle with boiled water from above.
- Cover the seeds with a dark packet.
- Maintain a temperature of 15 ° C, sometimes spray the seeds and open the container for ventilation.
Landing.
The resulting seedlings must be planted in open ground. The place is better to choose sunny and not wet.
- Dig holes in 40 cm in diameter, 50 cm in depth and at a distance of 60 cm.
- In the hole add humus, ash and complex fertilizer.
- Place the seedlings of the dolphinium and sprinkle with earth.
- Abundantly water.
- Cover the seedlings until rooting.
Care.
When the plants reach 10-15 cm in height, theirIt is necessary to feed the manure, diluted with water. At the planting sites, weeds must be removed and the soil mulched with peat and humus. Also, the bushes should be thinned, leaving 5 stems on them. The stems of the delphinium must be tied to the supports. Requires abundant watering and subsequent loosening of the soil. After flowering it is necessary to cut off the inflorescence.
