How to improve the germination of seeds of flowers tugovskhozhih

You may have heard that this stratification. Who does not know or has forgotten what it is, we recall. Stratification - the creation of an artificial low temperatures, due to which increases the germination of seeds and their germination.

Some seeds contain substances that inhibit germination. If the seed is the so-called stress test - from cold to warm, as is often the case in terms of nature, when sowing seeds for winter shoots appear in spring in a natural way.

stratification of Conduct

One seeds need stratification big time, others less.

Stratification of seeds required the following plants: lavender, primrose, delphinium, feverweed, Heuchera, Aquilegia, clematis and others.

warm stratification

Certain seeds of some plants (eg, sleep-grass) are not stratified at lower temperatures and in warm conditions. The seeds should be placed in a moist cotton discs, placed in a polyethylene film and left to warm light at + 25- + 28 degrees until the germs (2-4 weeks).

combined stratification

Let us talk about the combination of stratification.

This method consists of several steps: seeds subjected warm stratification further cold or vice versa. Used for flower crops, seeds that germinated long.

How to carry out this procedure? Sow seeds (usually surfactants, mixed with sand, if the seeds are very small or sprinkled vermiculite if seeds not need light for germination) into the container with the ground.

Then sprayed with pulvelizatora, cover with a plastic bag or wrap, keep warm couple of days and put in the refrigerator crops from 1 week to 3 months, depending on the plant species. A week later, you need to check for germination. As soon as the shoots, immediately put the container on a windowsill.

The capacity should be selected small to comfortably it can be placed in the refrigerator. For example, put a bowl on a narrow door.

Seeds may be germinated in moist cotton discs or cloth, wrapped in film, to keep in the fridge until roots.

If someone lives in a private home, you can put the container with crops in the snow or just to sow flowers in a nursery boxes. Can be directly buried in the bed of the tray where the snow does not melt even during the thaw. Snow layer ideally should be at least 30 cm.

Now that you know how to conduct combined with a warm stratification of seeds. There is nothing difficult.

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