How to maintain the beauty of the petunias in the winter. Cherenkuem autumn

Petunia refers to perennials. But with the advent of cold weather it is not stored on the street. Alternatively, you can enter in the fall uterine plants are home (they can also be preserved under certain conditions until the spring, but it does not always work) and multiply them by means of propagation.

On cuttings is better to choose the young shoots, because they are well acclimatized and transferred to the winter home or apartment. If you do everything according to the rules, the petunia take root without any problems.

How to cut

The cut needs to be done at an angle of 45 degrees, under the interstices. The handle must be at least 2-3 pairs of leaves (3 internodes). The buds must be cut off to force the plant does not expend their formation, and the power to start up the formation of roots. Lower leaves must be removed from the cutting.

The soil for rooting cuttings

Soil for petunias should be light, airy. Most often use peat as a substrate sand (perlite or vermiculite). The tip of the cuttings can be dusted "Kornevinom" or other stimulants rooting.

You need to moisten the soil before planting. It is necessary to make a hole in the cup with a stick or pencil.

The following zaglubit stalk about 1.5 cm.

After 2-3 weeks in the soil formed roots. Upon reaching the plant 10-12 cm can be of grafted. Thus, one can get a few cuttings of plants in the spring.

After planting the cuttings should be planted to put in shading place, not on the window sill on the sunny side. So, plants take root better. Additional miniteplichek petunia does not need. Optionally, you can cover the top of the cut with a plastic bottle.

How to save the mother plant petunias

Uterine plants petunias often introducing home in pots to keep them until spring. But they are not as well tolerated in the winter, so some items may not hold out until the spring.

During the fall and winter can also be of grafted mother plants that are in the house. But after grafting, they should be fed with fertilizers in small quantities.

An ideal place for the winter - the room temperature + 12- + 16 degrees. The cooler in the room, the less light is needed to plants. It is advisable to keep the petunia away from heating appliances and heaters. This will prevent stretching of shoots.

Of course, petunia in winter will give you lush flowering and beauty. But in the spring, she will wake up and re-bloom beautifully. It is also important to avoid waterlogging and drying pochvosmesi.

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