Why does my Petunia bloom very early and bloom with a lush Hat. Telling My Grooming Tricks

The beauty of petunia is seen by many as an unpretentious flower, but in fact, colorful, lush and long flowering from it cannot be achieved without careful care. And I decided that such knowledge should be shared!

Plant formation

It is necessary to pinch the top of the bush three times per season:

1. After the formation of 5-7 leaves.

2. When the shoots grow to 12-15 cm.

3. 1-1.5 weeks after the second procedure.

I am also used to removing faded flowers and wilted leaves, moreover, you can do this with your hands, and not with a garden tool. Such care not only maintains petunia in a decorative form, but also protects from the waste of vitality into parts that, in fact, are already losing their vitality.

Fertilizers

I want to emphasize right away that I trust many folk recipes, but petunia, like many other capricious flowers, for example - orchids and hyacinths, should be fed only with ready-made store preparations containing mineral elements in pure form.

In total, fertilizers need to be applied 4 times during the season:

1. Complex - after transplanting.

2. Nitrogen - before flowering, when the green mass of the bushes thickens well.

3. Phosphorus and potassium - during the budding period.

4. Potassium - after flowering.

Watering

Freshly planted in the open ground, petunia is a large waterloaf! Watering is necessary every 1-2 days, and in case of heat - in the morning and evening of every day. So keeping the soil moistened to a depth of 6-8 cm.

In addition, during the period of active growth before the formation of buds, petunia reacts positively to evening spraying.

When the plants have bloomed, watering is reduced, petunia is watered only as the soil dries up.

Loosening

Despite the fact that the root system of petunia lies deep enough, a hard crust should not form on the ground for its full "respiration" and healthy soil microflora.

Therefore, I regularly and after each watering loosen the ground near the petunias. And to keep the result longer, I mulch.

Personally, I like to use colored sawdust for this - this makes the flower bed more attractive than if you take ordinary grass or straw.

In conclusion of the topic, I want to dispel the myth - petunias perfectly coexist with any kinds of flowers, nobody without suppressing and also nothing in the flower garden can inhibit their development, hinder the luxurious flowering.