He does not like petunia: 5 important, "No."

Hello all, florists!

I noticed that the fans dig the beds or to decorate living plants summer balcony are divided into 2 groups. The first sees no special beauty in petunias and prefers other, more "simple" flowers. Second - it puts every year.

At first I could not manage to strike up a strong friendship with petunias. And now I have no problems grow your own seedlings. This, incidentally, is the most difficult stage.

But in the summer, when the plants are actively branching and spreading bright gramophones, errors in care could prevent petunias show itself in all its glory, lead to frustration and even the death of the bushes. I'll tell you how to avoid embarrassing gaffes!

A matter of taste - for planting container

The first point - is purely my personal opinion and experience. I think petunia "container" plant and does not advise to put it on a bed. Note that this is in the container (hanging planters, pots and boxes) flowering bushes look bulky and aesthetically.

I have 2 times a petunia plant seedlings in open ground in the flower bed at the cottage. So, like other annual flowers. The result I did not like: the bushes looked flabby and branches spreading across the ground whips, despite topping. Two big differences!

Small house - not the best home for petunias bush

Recently I came across a lively discussion on the social network. Grain of contention was the information that every bush petunia need a large volume of soil: 5-8 l. Outraged readers rushed vying upload photos of your petunias in small pots with a luxurious flowering, pronouncing the verdict "Author fool."

Is it true that one bush petunia need to put in a minimum of 5 liters? Not. Have a professional florist other figures, which differ considerably in different varieties. For example, 1 petunias cascade of giant series of "Tornado" requires 40 liters of soil! It looks like this:

The small dimensions of the May seedling grower introduced misleading. Petunia soon become a massive bush with a large root system, growing deeper.

Therefore, a small balcony box - not the best option for a number of plants. Better a deep pot or hanging pots sufficient. "Minimum wage" for the easiest varieties of petunias - 3 liters.

If you already have planted flowers in a small bowl, with an emphasis on feeding and frequent watering. But I noticed that actively starting, petunia close to home "tired" by the middle of the summer, while growing in a large pot still bright marathon until the autumn. He also has cascades and Ampelio shoots much shorter if the plant is planted in small containers.

"Needless to fall"

Be sure to break off withered flowers, because:

• They look unsightly. Florist novice it is important not to mix colors, for which the period has passed, with the half-tubes reveal buds.
• Petunias can start to build up seed pods that will go on valuable nutrients.
• Petunia - an ornamental plant, aimed at the magnificent and uninterrupted flowering. Removing the faded, as if we are talking about a flower: "Something went wrong" and he begins to work on the creation of new buds.

The procedure takes me every night just one minute. So I just got back from the balcony:

Do not make petunia starve

Petunias - flowers that love to eat, and that's a fact. A profusion of flowering is directly proportional to the stock in the soil minerals. When the soil resource ends, the flowers need to be fed!

I put emphasis on minerals - namely, phosphorus and potassium:

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• vermicompost liquid (organic) only 1-2 times per month;
• mineral supplements in the minimum dose (1/10 of the recommended) every day or every other day with the planned watering;
• 1 time per week top-dressing liquid fertilizer for flowering;
• 2-3 times over the summer fertilizing cheap, but miraculous "flowering fuse" - potassium monophosphate. The root or leaf.

You can choose what you like fertilizer, feed at a convenient time and form. But please do not leave petunia without additional power.

Thirst - the main enemy of petunias

If the lack of fertilizing petunia can still forgive and give "average" bloom, the neglect of irrigation will not tolerate. The plant likes to drink, especially when planted in a sunny spot. Otherwise, our heroine dry leaves and opened flowers, and even that dangerous throws knotted buds. So you can stay with a bare bush!

I water petunia as soon as the ground dries out at 1-2 cm. I have a south-west balcony with no shading. Therefore, heat is necessary to use a watering can in the morning and evening. In cloudy and cool weather watering 1 time in 2 days. How watering petunia you?

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