Growing seedlings of asters: advance care for beautiful flowerbed

Spring - a time to take care of seedlings of annuals in the flowerbeds in the garden of the future. In March and April at the florist season begins asters growing seedlings from seed at home. The process is simple and even interesting! Details - in our article 👍

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The content of the article:

1. What good asters in the garden
2. What is needed for growing seedlings of aster seeds at home
3. planting seeds
4. Care of seedlings
5. When the seedlings are planted in open ground

What good asters in the garden

asters - charming annualsDefining a celebratory tone in the garden. Large inflorescences adorn a summer to late autumn. Garden plants are very unpretentious: asters care does not take much time.

Asters - universal plants for the garden. They are good in the single crop, perfectly coexist with other colors and varieties. A diversity of varieties of asters pleasantly surprised. There are plants with flowers for all tastes: from the modest size of the balls to the fluffy terry and giants.

And yet in the Aster good vase life. Bouquets with them - a great gift for a teacher on September 1st!

What is needed for growing seedlings of aster seeds at home

Growing seeds of asters - the procedure is simple, easy to perform at home. Plants are unpretentious, although in the first few weeks the seedlings will need special care.

To grow your own seedlings asters are needed:

⭕ Seeds of varieties of asters liked. Carefully read the information on the label: they write particular varieties and planting dates. Try to follow the recommendations of the planting material producer.

⭕ Containers for seedlings. Any suitable shallow and wide container of plastic. I, for example, halved plastic bottles. Do not want to be bothered? Buy in economic, flower or garden shop special pots or boxes.

⭕ Priming. Personally, I try not to complicate their lives florist and buy ready-made soil mix. Suitable "Universal", "seedling", "for flowering plants."

⭕ Glass or film. Needed to cover the container with the seeds planted asters. This creates a greenhouse effect.

⭕ A spoon to work with the soil.

planting seeds

Planting the seeds of asters no different from similar planting of ornamental plants:

1. At the bottom of the tank make drainage holes. Through them pour out of a container of excess water, so the roots of the seedlings do not rot. With 90% probability measure prevents disease small asters "Black leg" that is rotten.

2. Tanks are filled with soil. The optimal layer thickness - 3.2 cm. For small seedlings hatched from seeds, that is enough.

3. aster seeds are distributed evenly over the soil surface, trying to make sure that it was not less than 1 cm between plants. Otherwise, sprouts will interfere with each other, and transplant them will be difficult.

4. Seeds covered with soil. So as to form a layer of about 0.5 cm.

capacity is served film and put on a light box. After 7-10 days the first shoots appear. Sometimes you have to wait a little longer - it depends on the seed and microclimate. When the green rostochku asters hatch remains properly care for them!

Care of seedlings

So, our seedlings are teplichke and grow with each passing day. Care is:

⭕ Daily ventilation teplichke. If the moisture will accumulate too much, it will lead to rotting of sprouts and they soon die. Better to do it in the morning or in the evening (the day on the window very hot, and the soil is completely dry, it is dangerous for small asters).

⭕ Timely spraying the ground with an atomizer. Watering seedlings dangerous: a stream of water washes away the soil with seeds and weak (yet!) Sprouts. Sprayed with primer, when it dries out.

In asters emerged 2-3 pairs of true leaves? Be sure to picks: This procedure many times increases the garden asters! Do not forget to sit seedlings: each should have its own container.

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When the seedlings are planted in open ground

In the middle zone aster planted in the garden in June. We need to focus on the weather and the absence of the threat of night frosts, which will destroy young plants.