Annual dahlia is a real highlight of the autumn garden. They are easy to care and enable gardeners a little rest from painstaking work with perennials. Therefore, a rare plot remains without these amazing colors, affecting its variety of bright colors.
Georgina Annual, landing varieties in open ground
All dahlias are perennials, therefore the concept of "annual Georgina" is very contradictory. Why then they are considered annuals?
A distinctive feature of this group of colors is the ease of cultivation by a seed basis, which completely eliminates the need for painstaking leaving after flowering. In addition, annual dahlias form small, but abundantly flowing bushes with simple, terry, collar inflorescences of different colors.
Most recently, only one grade of Georgin annuals was known - "merry guys". It quickly grows up to 70 cm without frequency fertilizers, forming a strong trunk with large green leaves. The color of the inflorescence can be different - white, raspberry, purple, bugs. The diameter of the colors is about 9-10 cm.
Among the gardeners are popular with other varieties of annual dahlias:
- "Bambino" - a dwarf annual height of up to 25 cm. The inflorescences of terry, medium diameter up to 8 cm. It blooms abundantly from July to the end of October. The variety is suitable for potted growing, gardening of borders, group landing.
- "Dandy" is a terry border dahlia. Most different colors of inflorescences with a gentle "collar" around the middle. The variety is low, so it is often found in the Rabata, is used to framing small flower, can be grown in pots.
- "Pomponny" Georgina - bushes reach up to 90 cm in height. Flowers at annual lush, with tightly pressed to each other petals in the shape of a tube of different colors. Flowers before the onset of freezing. The variety looks great in group landings.
- "Cactus" Georgina is tall dahlias (up to 1 m high) with interesting inflorescences, which consist of bright shelter petals. The variety looks beautiful in the cut, is often used to create flower compositions.
Georgina Annual, cultivation and care of seedlings
On the unique features of annual dahlias know, probably, only a very experienced gardener. It turns out that annuals grown from seeds form tubers, which can be saved until the next season. But this is not so easy to do, because during the "wintering" pests can be traveled in them or to develop a disease.
If you do not have a desire to spend time on digging and subsequent care for the tubers of dahlias, you can update your flower beds annually, which you can buy or grow yourself from seeds.
Georgina Annual, growing seedlings from seeds
The growing method must be taken in advance. The optimal temperature conditions for this are created at the end of March and the first days of April. The process begins with seeding seeds and goes like this:
- Containers for seedlings are given in the proper form: dust residues are removed, the entire inner surface is washed with hot water, drainage holes are made if there are no.
- So that the shoots rather appear, the seeds of annual dahlias are lowered at a warm solution of the root growth stimulator.
- The substrate for seeds is taken by loose, with a neutral pH, disinfection is carried out before use (evaporation in the oven or impregnation with a solution of manganese).
- The prepared soil is poured into the container, slightly moistened and then evenly on the ground is embanked by the sowing material. The seeds are large, so this process is very light, on top of them you need to sprinkle the earth a little.
- Capacity with sown seeds is covered with film and remove into a bright place. Shoots appear for the fifth day. The temperature of the extension should be about 27 ° C.
- When most of the seeds rose, the film shelter dismantle.
Further, the departure is regular soil irrigation. In compliance with all the rules, seedlings of dahlian annual develops perfectly and worries a transplant safely.
After the appearance of two strong leaves, seedlings are peeling into spacious individual containers. If this is not done, the plants will be broken up instead of forming a bush.
For dive need universal soil with loose structure. Immerse seedlings to the ground up to the border of the seedlist leaves. After 14 days, the time of first feeding comes. Any mineral tools for flowering plants are suitable. After feeding, the seedlings are actively growing, so the purchase is needed for the formation of a strong bush.
Georgina Annual, creating conditions for landing in the ground
Before planting seedlings of flowers in open ground, you need to choose and prepare for it a suitable place. All dahlias, including annuals, need sufficient light to abundantly blossom. Therefore, choose spacious and solar fate.
Georgina's soil fertility is not very demanding, the main thing is that it is neutral, easy and with good aeration. Before boarding the garden prepare in advance. In autumn, it is diligently drunk with the addition of sand and humus.
It is also necessary to carry out acclimatization of seedlings before transfer. For this, the pot with seedlings briefly exhibit into the street, every time increasing their stay.
Annual dahlias are landing in the ground after the threat of frosts passed. If, after landing, the risk of freezing seedlings remains better to hide them with geotextiles.
Georgina Annual, planting seedlings on flowerbed
In the late spring, when the temperature on the street stabilizes, seedlings are planted in the wells. First, the surveillance of the garden is aligned, then make a deepening. The distance between the seedlings will depend on the varietal features - from 40 to 60 cm.
Transplanting annuals on the flower leament is carried out by transshipment. A few hours before the landing work, all seedlings watered so that they could easily move the transplant.
If the flowers are planted in peat pots, you can jumped them together with dahlias. If the seedlings need to be extracted from plastic containers, you need to be very careful not to injure the thin roots of dahlia.
On the bottom of the prepared holes can be added 1 tsp. Nitroposki and ash. The planting depth of the plant should be on the root neck, but also a deeper immersion is also permissible if the soil is loose enough.
At the end of the plant heavily watered and mulched with a roasting area with sawdust. The first few days landed dahlia correspond to the sun to prevent their rooting. Then the shelter is taken.
Sowing seeds annual dahlias in open ground
Growing dahlias is used to get earlier flowering. If the blossom can be closed, the seeds of annuals are sown immediately into open ground.
Suitable time for sowing seeds - the end of May, when the weather is warm and the frost threats are no longer. Seed seeds can be immediately at a permanent place. If seedlings go too thick, it can be easily seeding.
Georgina Annual, landing and gardening
The correct development of annual dahlias and the duration of their flowering depends not only on varietal features, but also from the quality of care. Special requirements of dahlia do not exhibit, and need only in a planned watering and fertilizer.
Organization of watering and orphans annual dahlias
Georgina has to watered often, but in small quantities. The main rule of watering is the moisturizing of the soil by 24-28 cm deep. Excess water can cause the development of root rot, and dahlia will die. This moment is important to take into account if the groundwater is highlighted on the site. In this case, you have to either make a removal, or before boarding the hole to lay sufficient drainage.
Georgina can grow without additional fertilizer, but their bloom will be small and neurkim. To achieve lush flowering, you will need some comprehensive fertilizers. What to pretend annual dahlias? The choice depends on the phase of plant development:
- The first feeding is made 14 days after landing. Using a weak infusion of a cowboy: 1 bucket of manure on 3.5 buckets of water. Then a solution of a cowboat with water is prepared (3: 7) and in the amount of two liters, it flows under each bush. Not a divorced korovyan cannot be made - it will burn young roots of seedlings.
- The second feeding is done during the formation of buds. At this stage, the plant is watered with mineral fertilizer for blooming crops with an elevated content of potassium and phosphorus.
- The third feeding is carried out if the tubers plan to dig up for the winter. For the rising roots, diluted potassium sulfate is introduced.
Pests and diseases of Georgin
The flowers of dahlia annuals sick extremely rarely, and pest lesions are also reluctant. Nevertheless, it is often necessary to inspect the bushes to notice the presence of diseases or insects in time.
Practice shows that these annuals may appear such diseases:
- Fusariosis is a fungal disease that causes rapid reproduction of conidium fungi. They are striking dahlias with the subsequent intimidation of the aboveground part. The first signs of the disease are the dumped tops and the brown color of the lower leaves. At the initial stage of the disease, the bush is treated with "Bental", "Fundazole" or "Preview". The solution is divorced at the rate of 2 g of the preparation on 1 liter of water.
- Gray rot - manifests itself with brown stains with a gray raid on foliage and buds. The affected areas are quickly growing, and the leaflets begin to die. Without treatment, all the above-ground part is gradually ill. The main cause of gray rot - excessive soil moisture. The treatment provides for the processing of dahlias by Fungicide (copper sulphate, "Fundazol", "Topcin-M").
- White rot - caused by the fungus Botritis and manifests itself with brown stains, wet to the touch. The plant quickly swept and throws the inflorescences. The source of the causative agent may be soil or residues of other plants. Treatment is carried out by fungicide.
- Viral mosaic - poorly treatable, so the struck bush is better to destroy immediately. The disease can be recognized by yellow drips along the veins on the sheets, slowing the growth of shoots and the general deformation of the bush.
Their pests damage dahlias can slugs. Wave insects will help the decoction of medicinal herbs. It is necessary to make a strong decoction of wormwood and celandine and irrigate them dahlia once in 7-10 days. If the invasion of the slugs does not stop, will help "thunderstorm", which must be scattered around the bush.
If you notice the rapid yellowing of the leaves and the appearance of sticky plaque on them is a word. You can use confident insecticide to destroy. The same means can withdraw the caterpillars that are able to completely destroy all the greens.
Paging of dahlian annual, seed harvesting and other tricks
If the planted annual you really liked, save his tuber and put it next season. In fact, there is nothing hard.
- With the arrival of frosts, you need to dig tubers, carefully remove dried stems and leave dahlia in a cool place for a couple of days so that they can dry. It is not necessary to shake the earth: as it grows, it will create a solid shell that will protect the tuber from drying out.
- Distened dahlias need to be put in a boardwheel shaped with paper.
- Spring tubers inspect if there are rotten areas, cut and treated with coal. Landing is carried out in May.
Another way to keep the plants that loved you is to collect ripened seeds. Choose a big healthy flower, give it completely blowing, wait until the seed box is raised, and collect seeds. You need to do it only in dry weather. Then dry the seeds slightly and fold into a paper bag.
Sometimes gardeners with annoyance are observed by the scarce bloom of annual Georgin, despite the care of them. What could the cause of such a problem be hidden?
The fact is that annuals are spending a lot of strength to build shoots and leaves. This is not very well affected by bootonization. With perennials, such a problem is often solved by pinching, but is it pinching annual dahlias?
If the bush approaches the bootonization phase, but you do not observe their education, you need to compress. Therefore, as soon as the first full-fledged bud appears on the top, you need to tear it off. It stimulates the numerous appearance of buds on lateral shoots.
Adhering to such elementary techniques of agricultural equipment, you will fully enjoy the whole season with the flowering of annual dahlias.