Balzam Waller, landing and care in the open soil

Balzam Waller, landing and care in the open soil

Waller Balzamin, in demand in flower growing, plant, referred to as often as "Wet Vanka" or "Lady". Balsamin grown in the open ground, like an annual culture, is becoming increasingly popular not only by landscape designers, but also ordinary lovers of beautiful flowers.

A variety of shades and textures, compactness of forms, unpretentiousness in care, long period of flowering, abundance of buds .... The advantages of Balzamine Waller can be listed for a long time. How to grow in Himself in the flowerbed of the churricacy "Summer"? All stages of landing and care of the Waller Balzamin - in the article.

Balzamin Waller, Plant Description

Balzine Waller is a form of a grassy plant designed for both open and protected soil. Culture is successfully grown as a perennial room flower and often in the house flower looks more "rosy" and tidy. On a flowerbed or in a decorative street pot, a long-term Balzamin is cultivated as an ordinary "annotation", it also looks amazingly effectively and bright.

  • Balzine Waller is a popular floral culture of the balsamine family. And although the homeland plant is considered wet tropical forests, the garden "beauty" perfectly adapted in the climate of medium latitudes. Balzine Waller, rightly, is recognized as one of the best beautiful blooming annuals used in landscape design.
  • A long-term flower is a low lush bush, reaching a height of about 15-20 cm. Due to its size, a compact neat balsam is successfully used as a soil industry.
  • The urine root system has a surface location. Branchy plants stems are fleshy and juicy, so very fragile, even when exposed to strong wind or rain. This feature is important to consider when choosing a place for planting culture.
  • The leaves of different varieties of balsamine can be not only, the usual, green shade, but also brighter or, on the contradiction, contrast tones. In the form, leaf plate Lanzetoid, with small cloths around the edges.

  • Flowers Balzine is irregular shape and, depending on the variety, there may be a variety of color (pink, yellow, white, red) and textures (simple or terry). Single or collected in inflorescences, flowers, differ rather large for the plant with dimensions. Fruit box contains many small seeds.

  • The main feature of Balzamine Waller is a rich and continuous flowering of bright flowers located at the ends of the bush shoots. Waller Balzamin blooms 100 days after the appearance of shoots, blooms from June to the most frosts. Blooming Balzamin resembles a bright "ball", the surface of which is completely covered with "burning asterisks".

Balzam Waller, interesting facts

  • "Balzamina Waller", "Balzam Valler", "Ladrog", "Spark", "Wet Vanka", "Zealous Lisa" - all this name of the same plant. Such a diversity of "nickname" is associated with the morphological characteristics of the plant.
  • So, literally, the name of the flower is translated as "impatient" and denotes the peculiarity of the ripe fruit of balzamine cracking and scattering its seeds with the slightest touch. On the same property of the plant also indicates the name of the "notching". At the same time, Balzamin is able to scatter its ripe seeds at a distance of 2 meters.
  • For prolonged and abundant bloom, the British deservedly refer to the Flower "Hortal (tireless) Lisa." The Austrians compare a perennial with a beautiful girl and refer to his "Beautiful Wreath." Founded, Balzamin was known as a room plant and only recently breeders brought down the lowered and compact garden hybrids of Balzama Waller. "Street" forms of Balzamine are distinguished by unpretentiousness in care and increased resilience.
  • The unusual name "Wet Vanka", Balzamin received for sweet droplets of the liquid, which manifest themselves on the leaves of perennial. These are special sheets of Balzamine highlight sweet juice attracting ants. This adaptation allows the plant to preserve pollen for insect pollinators (bees, bumblebees).

Balsam Waller, varieties of culture

This type of Balsamina is one of the most popular among its "relatives", and every year, breeders are withdrawn by new and new varieties.

Most often, varieties and hybrids are combined in a series of similar signs: the color and shape of flowers, the height of the plant, etc.

To date, the color range of Balzamine has about 17 shades of red, purple, raspberry and even orange.

  • Balzine Waller F1 is one of the most popular, in modern flower growing, hybrid series. Abundant blooming Balzamine bushes are characterized by large flowers reaching about 5 cm in diameter.

The most popular varieties of Balzamina Waller

  • Balzine Waller Carnival Gentle Pink F1.

Compact hybrid variety, up to 20 cm high, with saturated, dark green foliage and large open pink flowers. Blossom is long, suitable for garden beds and suspended porridge.

  • Balzine Waller Carnival Lavender F1.

Compact low (about 20 cm) This annual with a darkest green color foliage and a long period of flowering. Flowers of gently lavender shade, flat-open. The grade is used to land on flowers, in street containers and porridge.

  • Balzam Waller Temptation Orange F1.

Single-shaped annual, reaches a height of up to 30 cm, in diameter - 15 cm. Flowers are large, terry, orange painting.

  • Balsam Waller "Stardast" - Compact neat bushes and flowers with a snow-white core.
  • Balsam Waller "Symphony" - low, up to 20 cm, homogeneous bushes with large flowers of matte shades. The varieties of this series of balsamines are characterized by early blossoms.
  • Balzamin Waller "Futura" - Ampel series with extended (up to 30 cm) and branching hanging shoots. Rannical grades with flowers of bright colors and a diameter of 4-5 cm. The plant is great for landing in suspended porridge or high floor pots.
  • Balsam Waller "Super Elfin" Includes varieties with the 13th variety of collar color. Bushes are low (20-25 cm), compact.
  • Balsam Waller "King Kong" It reaches a height of 30 cm, it is characterized by large flowers, the diameter of which varies in the range of 5-6 cm. The varieties bloom abundantly, long and brightly. Color colors diverse.
  • Balzamin Waller "Nettte" - low-speed compact instances, up to 15 cm high. The varieties are distinguished by a long period of flowering, which is practically the entire growing season, from spring to autumn.
  • Balsam Waller "Duet" - A variety with lush terry flowers.
  • Balsam Waller "Candy" - A series of 17 varieties with simple flowers of a variety of color.
  • Balzamin Waller "Fanwender" It has an unusual shape of gently pink flowers resembling miniature roses.
  • Balsam Waller "Fansiful tropical" - semi-grade varieties of various colors from gently salmon to saturated coral.

In addition to these varieties of Balzamine, such a series should be noted as: "Frost", "Farrflai", "Essain". According to the reviews of flower water from domestic varieties of Balzamine Waller, the most popular are: "Scarlett", "Strawberry with cream", "Metallic Pink", "apple-color", "cherry dream", "Flash", "Sweet Dream". Original and spectacularly look in the garden planting seeds of Balzamine seeds of different colors: "terry mix", "Islands", "Tropical".

Growing Balzama Waller from Seeds

For growing a plant in an open ground, you can buy the seeds of Balzama Waller or already intentional seedlings, ready for landing on the flower. If there is time and desire, you can independently grow seedlings at home.

How to collect the seeds of Balsama Waller?

  • The seeds of Balzamine Waller can be bought or assemble from the existing flowers. They should not collect seed boxes (at the end of August), otherwise they will simply burst with the slightest touch and scatter small seeds to the ground. Once the boxes are yellowed - they can be broken. It is necessary to do it carefully so that they do not reveal ahead of time.
  • The collected seeds store in a dry place to full aging. A sign of the final ripening of fruits is all the same cracking when touched. The blown box indicates the full ripening of seeds. Seed material spill on paper bags and stored in a dry, cool place.
  • The seeds for landing is better to take fresh, although according to the data on the package, you can find out that the seed material of Balzamine retains to 7-8 years. In any case, the rule is true: the fresh seeds are the higher the percentage of their germination.
  • It is important to understand that the seeds collected with the hybrid forms of F1 Balzamine, do not insert parental properties.

How to cook the ground for sowing Balzama Waller?

  • Soil mixture for sowing seeds can be purchased ready or do it yourself. You can buy an ordinary universal substrate for flowering plants or a special soil intended for balsamine crops. In order to prepare a mixture for the landing of Balzamine Waller, it is necessary to take leafy ground, humus, sand and mix all the ingredients in the 2: 1: 1 ratio.
  • Another variant of the nutrient light substrate: a mixture of garden land and peat, with the addition of a small amount of vermiculite and sand.
  • Prepared Substrate must be sterilized and disinfected. For this, the mixture for 15-20 minutes is calcined in the oven or heated in a water bath.
  • Experienced flowers are recommended to shed a soil substrate by any fungicide (for example, phytoosporin) to destroy possible causative agents of diseases and larvae of insect pests.

Features of the sowing of Balzamin Waller

  • Sowing Seeds Balzamine Waller can be carried out immediately into open primer either into a container for pre-cultivating seedlings.
  • The thermo-loving plant, Balzamin, sowed into the open ground no earlier than May-June, when warm weather is finally installed and the threat of return freezers will be established.
  • When landing seeds directly to the flower, Balzine bloom comes significantly later and will not be so heavy, unlike landing with a seaside.

Balsam Waller, growing seedlings

Sowing seeds to seedlings are carried out in winter (in January-February) or early spring (at the beginning of March). Balzamin sown in these dates will delight bloom already at the beginning of summer. Before sowing, seed material is disinfected and stimulated to growth, placing first in a weak solution of mangartages for 15-20 minutes, and then 2-3 hours in the growth stimulator.

Consider the stages of sowing and growing the seedlings of Balsama Waller.

Sowing Seeds Balzamin Waller

  1. In the prepared capacity, the mixture is expanded soilly, it is moisturized, the seeds of balzamine are moisturized and above. Seeds during crops do not plunge, but only slightly pressed and peel the thin layer of sand from above.
  2. Sewing seeds in the ground, they need to be uniformly, without thickening, because for successful germination they need light. If the seeds are planted into individual containers - it is enough to use 1 seed into a cup (or peat tablet).
  3. The container with seeds is closed with glass or film, after which it exposes on a well-lit side concern (but without direct sunlight).
  4. Seed care is to regularly moistening the soil, the ventilation of the "mini-greenhouse", ensuring a constant positive comfortable air temperature (not lower than +20 0C) and sufficient lighting.
  5. Under favorable conditions, shoots appear after 2-2.5 weeks. When balsamine shoots appear, it is likely to be needed. For this morning, in the evening and in cloudy weather over a container with a seedler, a lamp of daylight is included. With a lack of light, the sprouts will develop fine and elongated. At the same time, gear from direct burning sun rays should be protected.
  6. Watering the seedlings to be carried out better with warm water with a fine sprayer. During daily ventilation, condensate from film (or glass) is cleaned. It is not necessary to dramatically remove the shelter, as soon as the first shoots rose. Seedlings are very sensitive to environmental differences and require gradual adaptation to changed temperature and humidity indicators.

Piking of the seedlings of Balzamine Waller

  1. The seedlings picking are carried out in the phase of the development of 2 sheets. Pick seedlings either in individual containers (with a diameter of at least 10 cm), or in a more spacious general container.
  2. When transplanting seedlings, the main root should be disconnected slightly to stimulate the development of the lateral roots of the seedlings.
  3. The grown seedlings are well transferring a transplant, quickly come true and grow. When landing, too stretched copies are plugged before the start of seedlist leaves, the remaining seedlings are planted to the root neck.
  4. At first, after the transplantation, seedlings continue to cover the film, gradually passing to external conditions.
  5. When 6-7 leaves appear in the seedlings - the top of the young plant pinch to stimulate the development of lateral shoots. The more shoots - the greater the flowers on the plant.
  6. Before planting seedlings to open soil, in May, seedlings pass a number of hardening procedures: from 1 hour to 1 day, conducted by plants in the fresh air. On average, the hardening period is 2 weeks.

Growing Balzamin Waller from Chernok

In addition to the seed breeding method, the Waller Balzamin can also be breeding with green cuttings. Balzamine's bustle bustle can be gluable all year round.

Moreover, this method is considered less laborious, cheaper and rapid in time. Balzamin grown from cuttings blooms faster than with a seed breeding method.

How to prepare the cuttings of Balzama Waller?

  • For the workpiece of cuttings, an adult bush is suitable, such as room or acquired Balsamin. Up to 5 cm long shoots are used as cuttings, cut off with a sharp knife or razor. Experienced flowers learned to artificially stimulate the growth of the top shoots for the preparation of high-quality cuttings. For this, the flower put in a darker place so that the shoots stretched out, after which the cuttings are cut.
  • Cut shoots are placed in a glass with clean water, pre-breaking around their lower leaves. In the water you can add a few drops of growth stimulator for root formation. In addition to the water for the root formation of cuttings, it is possible to use wet sand (vermiculite, perlite, peat-sandy mixture), pre-processing sections in rope dissolution.
  • After about 1-2 weeks, the cuttings are "empty" the roots, after which they are planted into the ground. It can be street flower pots or individual cups. For better rooting, first time after landing, plants are covered with a glass jar or a plastic bottle cut.

Balzamin Waller, landing in open ground

You can plant a balm in an open ground in a flowerbed, in decorative vases or suspended porridge.

Time to landing Balzamine Waller to Outdoor Soil

  • The thermal-loving culture, Balzamin, does not tolerate cold weather, so the landing on the street is carried out in the warm season, in May-June, depending on the region and its climatic conditions.
  • Sit down to the outdoor ground every year, at the beginning of the growing season, in spring or summer.
  • By the time of transplanting, some balsamines can even be blooming.

Place for landing Balzama Waller in the ground

  • Place for landing Balzamine Waller in Open Soil should be chosen shaded, without direct falling solar rays, windless.
  • Plants feel perfectly even under the crown of trees, in the zone of the priority circle. Many flower products note that the color of Balzine flowers becomes brighter and rich, it is on the shaded areas than in an open sunny area.
  • As for the windless place, fragile Balzamine stems are easily clouded with a strong rain or a gusty wind. It is for this reason that the loss is not planted into the vases on the balcony or open windy terraces.

Terms of Planting Balzamine Waller in Open Soil

  • The best soil for balsamine landing is fertile, light, loose, with a neutral medium reaction. With an acidic soil reaction, a neutralizer is added to it - a dolomite flour, chalk, peat ash or lime. Alternatively, especially in the case of severe, in composition, soils, mixed in equal proportions of garden land, humid and sand. When the groundwater is close, at the bottom of the flower, they prepare a drainage layer from rubble or clay, after which the soil mixture is already falling asleep.
  • Locking the seedlings of Balzamine, the interval between plants is 20-25 cm. Over time, the Balzamine bushes will grow and form a solid magnificent "floral row", spectacularly released against the background of other plants. From a practical point of view, such a "dense landing" forms additional protection to gentle balsamines from the unwanted effects of rain and wind.
  • The agricultural landing of the seedlings of Balzamine is no different from such manipulations with other plants. In advance, preparing shallow wells, shed them with water, after which the seedlings are translated from the tanks to the ground, while maintaining the earthen com of each seedlings.
  • After landing, the plot is mounted with peat or compost, a layer of about 5 cm.

Balzam Waller, care characteristics

The cultivation of Balzamine Waller in the open soil does not require complex care or knowledge of special agrotechnical events. Watering, loosening, feeding and the struggle with possible diseases, perhaps, is everything you need to "the summer" in the garden. Regular removal of the blurred inflorescences will stimulate the abundant blossom of balzamine.

Watering Balzamina Waller

  • Balzine Waller refers to sufficiently moisture-loving cultures that require regular and moderate irrigation.
  • Moisture stagnation will not allow, since it can provoke the root rotting and the development of fungal infections.
  • Founding in the hot period of the leaves and buds of Balzamine eloquently testify to the lack of life-giving moisture. At the same time, the long-term drought leads to the fallout of buds and, as a result, the absence of flowering. So that the moisture is maintained as long as possible, and the roots did not blur during watering - the site should be closed with sawdust.
  • Watering the plant is best in the evening. At the same time, in a too dry period, you can additionally spray the busta busta cool water.

Up. Balzamina Waller

  • Balzine Waller is not too demanding for feeding, the plant.
  • For full development and abundant flowering, it is enough to water the culture 1 time in 2-3 weeks a weak solution of mineral fertilizer for flowering crops (half the dose specified in the instruction).
  • The fertilizers used for balsamine should contain nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
  • A good organic fertilizer is a solid of wood ash. For this, 300 g of ashes are poured 2 liters of boiling water and allowed. When the mixture cools, it is bred in a bucket of water and used for watering under the root.
  • Conducted feeders are usually combined with watering. By the end of the summer, feeding stops.
  • It is not worth exceeding the installed fertilizer dosage, as this will cause the active building of the green mass of the plant and a decrease in flowering intensity.

Fighting diseases and pests of Balzamin Waller

  • Balzine Waller, especially with adverse weather conditions (dampness, rain, cooling), may be amazed by fungal diseases: flies dew, black leg, gray rot. Systemic fungicides are used to protect landings from fungal infections. Infected specimens are destroyed.
  • From pests, to Balsamin can "attack" the word, trips, ticks or whiteflies. In the struggle against pests, appropriate insecticides ("Klezhevit", Aktara, Omaith, Aktellik, "Certificate") can be used.
  • In order for the plant as little as possible "sore", it is important for it to provide competent care: moderately water, without water stagnation; Periodically inspect the bushes to notice insects in time. To combat the "enemy" who appeared "can be used to use non-chemical origin: a solution of economic (tar) soap, soda soda, calendula, wormwood or garlic.

In the fall, Balzamine's bushes die and in the spring it is planted again into the soil in any convenient of the above methods. Some flowers are trying to transplant Balzamin to the container for the winter and put into the room to extend the growing period of the long-term plant. Unfortunately, the survival rate of the plant is minimal in this case. If I want to leave you liked your favorite specimens of Balsamine - it is better to do this by rooting cuttings. For this, in August, cuttings are harvested, which, by spring, will be formed into a full-fledged plant. Then, in the spring, new cuttings are preparing for rooting and landing already in open ground.

Problems in the cultivation of Balzama Waller

  • Why does not Balsam Waller, Balsama? There may be several reasons. Perhaps the seeds are old and lost to the germination or violated key conditions for sowing sowing material.
  • Why do buds fall? The reason may be dry roast air in the summer. To eliminate the impact of unwanted factors, the plant should be pronounced, to pour and spray the entire bush with water.
  • Why shoots pull out, the leaves are minced, and flowering is delayed? Most likely, the plant lacks nutrients, and it needs to be fed.
  • Why does Balzamine do not bloom? Perhaps the soil is too dry and needs watering. Another reason is an oversupply in nitrogen fertilizers that stimulate the development of green mass.

Balsam Waller in Landscape Design

  • Due to long and abundant flowering, the Waller Balzamin is often used to design diverse landscaped zones, ranging from the household plot and ending with the city park.

  • Unusually and effectively looks vertical containers, with balsamines planted in them. Such a design is prepared in advance, after which the balsamine seedlings are planted on all vertical holes.
  • Most often, the Waller Balsam is used in group landings: with a variety of balsamine varieties or other plants. Best of all in flower arrangements with balsamine combined begonias, bells, violets or samshet.

  • Considering the lowerness and magnificity of the bush, Balzam Waller has found its use and as a decorative blooming soil industry.
  • With the help of compact neat balsamine bushes, it is possible to gorgeously reorganize the most "bold" alpine slide, arrange a mixborror or curb, decorate a floweruba or a seamless zone.
  • "Semids" looks not only on flowerbed, but also in suspended porridge, street flower pots or garden vases.

Thus, the Waller Balzamin is an annual garden beautifully blooming plant that grows quickly, it is easily multiplied and blooms for a long time. Along with these important advantages, Balzamin does not require special care, loves shadow and regular watering. The only flaws of culture can be called low cold resistance and the need for an annual landing in open ground.

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