Tips for the gardener: when to plant petunia

Petunia is an ornamental plant that is often used to decorate plots by gardeners. In addition, it is called the city beauty, as these flowers are very often seen on urban lawns. However, when you plant petunia on seedlings, not everyone knows.

Sowing

Sowing is perhaps the most important event in the cultivation of petunia. The fact is that its seeds are very small, so it is rather difficult to distribute them evenly. To do this, use different methods. You can mix seeds with sand and sow this way. You can make very shallow grooves, lay them with strips of napkins, and then use a glass rod with a wet tip to gently apply the seeds along the grooves. Very interesting way - landing on the snow. The snow is 1-1.5 cm thick on the surface of the soil. The seeds are carefully laid out on it. Taya, the snow slightly compacts the soil, thus deepening the seeds. When to plant petunia, the question is rather important. It is best to start sowing at the end of winter, 12-13 weeks before landing in the ground. In this case, the plants will have time to grow stronger and even blossom, which greatly increases their chances of rooting.

Further Care

So, with the question of how and when to sow petunia on seedlings, we decided. What next? The box with crops should be closed with a film (to avoid drying the soil). After the first leaf appears (10-20 days), the film is removed and the box is transferred to a well-ventilated place. An important condition for growing petunia seedlings are sun and heat. If the light is not enough, the plants will simply perish. It is best even to leave the lamp on above the seedlings for the night.

Landing in the ground

Many gardeners are also interested in the question of when to plant petunia in the open ground. Ideally, you need to do this in the middle of June, but many gardeners planted it at the beginning of this month. In this case, it is also growing well. Before planting seedlings need to be prepared. The grown plants are dived and transplanted into plastic cups, in the bottoms of which holes are preliminarily made in order to avoid stagnation of water. Waiting for the petunias to bloom, they are transferred to the open ground. After making a small hole, the cup is mashed slightly, after which the plant (together with the soil on the roots) can be easily reached. It must be carefully lowered into the hole and prikopat.

Care of adult plants

So, to the question of when to plant petunia in the ground, we answered. Now all you need is to water it at least once every two days. Petunia has a good tolerance of drought, but with a prolonged absence of water it still dies. When planting, you need to consider the love of this plant for the sun. Growing petunia in the shade, you will not get abundant flowering. Flowers will be rare, and growth and branching will be slow. If your beauty grows in a pot or a large pot, it will be best to remove wilted flowers from time to time, otherwise they will spoil the beauty of the flower garden. In large areas, discolored drooping heads are not so noticeable.

We hope that our article has been useful to you, and now you know when to plant petunia on seedlings or in the ground.