When planting petunia seedlings
Today is a very fashionable petunia plant on the site. It is decorated not only curb beds, but also housing. In the market of seeds found a huge variety of colors, you can also buy ready-made planting material in nurseries.
The best option of course is to put the plant on their own. Such sprouts less prone to pests and diseases.
It is important to know when to plant petunia seedlings? If properly taken into account all the terms, then you'll have a high-quality seedlings, which will bloom to the desired time.
planting dates, depending on climate and region
planting time depends on when you plan to plant flowers ready in the open ground, set the boxes on the balcony or hang pots.
You should also take into account the region where you live and varietal identity.
Depending on the region and climatic conditions as possible seeding petunia seeds are as follows:
1. From the Urals to Siberia
The optimum period is considered the last two weeks of March.
If the seedlings before sowing the young shoots will be extended from the lack of light in the future for the transplant into the ground hurt badly;
2. Volga
In this area, you must already be engaged in sowing from mid-February to mid-March, the sun's rays at this time is enough to transplant the seedlings to become stronger.
3. In Moscow and Central Russia
The best period is considered the first half of February.
Some growers adhere to the lunar calendar, but not necessarily.
To distribute flowering until late autumn, plant seedlings petunias need from January to April.
If you have a greenhouse, then planted early is not worth it, you can do it in late March, mid-April.
planting dates of different varieties of petunias
Selected varieties also influence the timing of sowing seedlings. For example, petunia ampelnye should sow a couple of weeks before the optimal timing, since its germination is slower than normal.
But the cascade sow within the time specified on the package, and they coincide with the climate.
In order to obtain flowering in late May - early June balcony varieties were grown from 10 to 15 February. To balcony varieties should include cascading petunia, which are hung in kokovito (braided pots).
Ampelnye varieties for flower boxes are thrown about 1 to 5 of February. But petunias for open ground is best to sow with 5 to 15 March.
During this period, the young shoots of flowers will gain power and strength, and to the drop-off time will become stronger.
In observing the seedlings is noticeable that the sprouts appear rather quickly, in about a week, but further development is slowing down a little bit and is about two - three months, so knowing these details, you will be able to calculate the required sowing period of petunia seedlings at home.