Petunia seedlings at home

Petunias - a wonderful and bright decoration of any garden, flower garden or balcony. Care of this plant is not complicated, which means that even an inexperienced florist can grow such beauty on its site. To petunias throughout the summer to please the eye, it is necessary to sow seeds correctly.

Time of planting petunias for seedlings

Depending on climatic conditions, it is recommended to sow petunia from mid-February to mid-March. That is, if you want to get a flowering plant in early June and live in a region where it's warm enough in May, you can sow it in February. And vice versa, where it only warms in June, the plant should be sown around the middle of March.

How to sow petunia on seedlings?

The first thing you need is a good nutrient soil with neutral acidity, since the seedlings do not like the acidic environment very much. Since the autumn, you can prepare the land from the front garden, hum and sand in equal parts, or take a purchase of soil with a similar composition and the required level of PH. Immediately before sowing the land must be decontaminated - to be baked in the oven or placed for a couple of days in the freezer, then give a thaw.

Petunia seeds are so tiny that it is not easy to sow them. To facilitate this process, it is necessary to mix them with fine sand, then the seedlings will grow evenly.

Before planting, the soil is placed in any containers with a good drainage layer and drain holes, and then compacted. After that, the soil is moistened from the spray gun. As far as possible, the sowing is carried out evenly over the soil, after which the earth itself with the seeds is moistened with a weak solution of manganese.

The container should be covered with a transparent film or glass and placed on a warm light sill.

Seedlings of petunia in peat tablets

Peat pills are very suitable for growing petunia. They are placed in a container in several rows, moistened with water and with the help of a toothpick, one drained seed is placed in each tablet practically on the surface. Further care is the same as for seeds in containers. Plants in tablets do not need to be piqued, they can be planted directly into the ground after 12 weeks.

How to grow petunia seedlings at home?

Seedlings petunias home conditions quickly goes into growth, but you need to watch so that it does not stretch. To this is prevented, even at the first signs it is necessary to lower the ambient temperature and increase the illumination. The glass needs to be removed only when the stems drop the seed coat.

Watering of young shoots is carried out by spraying water, which is produced every other day. The plant likes high humidity at a time of intense growth. After the first pair of these leaves appears, the picking in separate cups takes place.

Approximately 3 months passes from the first shoots to planting the plant in the ground. In order for petunia to survive the transplant, it is necessary to regularly take out the containers for adaptation to the street.