Propagated coniferous plants using seeds

If you want to grow from the seeds of coniferous plant, you need to stock up on autumn cones, which must be brought home from the woods. In a warm room will listenable potreskovanie a couple of days. This leaf cones open and the seeds get enough sleep.

What to do next?

We need to find a container to which you will sow the seeds. It takes place each seed in a separate container filled with nutrient soil. Soil mixture made from one piece of turf land and one part of sand, with the addition of fertile soil. By the way, is now on sale in gardening stores and online stores have special cassettes for conifers, plants can carry them a long time without changing.

You can, of course, to sow and total capacity, but in this case will have no time to dive, and the root system of seedlings Softwood very delicate and vulnerable, however survival is poor, and most of the landing material can perish. And further. Sow need a lot, because not all of the seeds are germinating.

Every sown seed is sprinkled with a thin layer of Peat mixture. And water is sprayed from a spray for wetting.

stratification process

Further, the seeds need to undergo a process of stratification (cold test). And in this state (cold and moisture), they must be up to 3 months. For example, planted in late November, the process ends at the end of February. That is, after the seeds are planted in a container, you must place them in a cool place (between 0 and 4 degrees) and constantly monitor it all the time for the moisture of the soil. Capacity is covered with a plastic bag. The best option - a refrigerator, of course, if there is too much space. In mid-March already the first shoots appear.

Illness and care

Seedlings can be subjected to various diseases. The most common - a blackleg. Therefore, the soil and the seeds themselves before boarding a better process in potassium permanganate or by using the drug "Maxim". Earth can not be much pereuvlazhnyat and shoots should grow approximately at a temperature of 20-24 degrees and be on a light windowsill.

Conifers - a very useful plant. Needles has healing properties, highlighting the volatile, which fight harmful bacteria. Therefore it is recommended to grow these crops in their area. In this case, conifers adorn our garden.

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