4 commandments for strong seedlings asters, ready-to-early flowering

Annual aster (the official name of the color - callistephus Chinese) —Russian popular colors among gardeners. Bush to look decorative, buds blossomed as early as possible, having pleased caring grower splendor and brilliance of the flowers need to be concerned about the correct cultivation of seedlings asters.

When to plant aster: "It's too late, or not?"

Aster - ornamental plant with long vegetative period: after germination to flowering extends from 3 (early variety) to 4 (late varieties) months.

The inhabitants of regions with warmer climates have a happy opportunity to plant asters, bypassing the seedling stage, at once in the open ground around April. For annuals important that the thermometer does not fall below 10 ° C. Rest gardeners sow recommended aster seedlings in March and April. If you put a flower in open ground in May, flowering occurs only in the month of September. And I would like early!

Important! Always pay attention to the "precocity" varieties of asters. For more information read on the package with your seeds or plants finding a description on the Internet.

swordplay asters

Typically, aster seeds are sown in the total capacity of a fertile soil. But in it all the seedlings will be little space. Young plants, ready to soon become the beautiful flowers and decorate the garden, competing with each other for land, light and moisture. Neighbors interwoven roots, which is why later florist will be difficult to seat everyone in your pot without injury.

Therefore, when the seedlings emerged 2-4 aster these leaf (carving, not rounded cotyledon), it planted in separate containers. For example, in plastic cups of 200 ml volume.

Council! I recommend dive seedlings asters and of peat pellets. They closely the root system, which is rapidly evolving and breaking new ground. In addition to peat pellets few nutrients for "teens".

Fertilizing seedlings asters

Aster growing in the fertile soil, can do without fertilization. But in order to enhance the development of the plants, growers 1-2 times over the spring fertilizing seedlings do. The main thing is not to overdo it: the best - enemy of the good!

Suitable embodiments:

• Complex mineral fertilizer with NPK-complex in liquid form with equal parts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. We use the instructions. Manufacturers usually specify the dosage for seedlings. If there is no specification, the fertilizer should be diluted in 2-3 times less.
• The solution of vermicompost. I began to use this organic fertilizing and is very happy. Product vital worms containing organic cocktail for plants with pinches of mineral elements and microorganisms, improving soil structure.

Or maybe you have your preferences fertilizing seedlings?

When asters can be planted to a permanent place in the open ground

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Astra is readybecome an inmate of an open-air beds when three conditions are met:

• 7 cm above the stem;
• it is more than 5 leaves;
• air temperature drops below 10 ° C - it will be safer.

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