Thyme: Growing from seeds

Among the majority of herbs, thyme is highlighted by its unusual aroma. This plant has several names: this is a tyamyan ordinary or a chamber. The plant is unique, possesses the healing properties. In the old days, people revered thyme and decorated their dwellings with branches to dare evil spirits. Currently, thyme can be found in the wild, grow independently in a pot or on its site.

In nature, there are 2 types of plants: this is a creeping chamber and "Marshal", but the Timyan ordinary is a cultivated plant that can be grown on a summer cottage or a house in a pot.

What a thyme looks like

Thyme is a herbaceous plant, a perennial. In nature, you can find small shrubs that swept the pleasant lemon fragrance - this is a thyme or a chabret. By the way, in the people of this low shrub there are several more names, it is "Shabra" or "The Grass of the Virgin". Since ancient times, people decorated the icon of the Virgin by Saber's sprigs when the day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated. This plant symbolizes good, good luck and well-being.

The wild chamber can be found on the stony slopes and in the steppe. Thyme is growing even in the sands, edges and small pine glades. The shrub is influenced by endurance and unpretentiousness, so if you meet the thyme forest on the edge of the forest and collect this fragrant plant during flowering period, then the next year you can come to this place again to replenish the reserves of the medicinal plant.

By the way, the species of this plant only in Russia can be found up to 150, and all over the world - more than 300 varieties of thyme. These all varieties of the plant were not studied by breeders, so officially in our country have only a few species of thyme.

How to find out that you are a medicinal plant? Stems in thyme reaches a growth of no more than 25 cm, they are branched, they acquire a red-brown color. Leaves on fine stalks are small, oblong, with wrapped edges. Plant blooms from the beginning of May and up to the end of August. Flowers are small, from pale pink to purple shade. There are floral baskets on the tops.

A few centuries ago, the chabral was widely used as a drug, brewed the dry flowers of thyme and drank tea to speed up the recovery process with a cold and get rid of cough. Another thyme was widely used in cooking as spice. Currently, the scope of this plant is quite extensive: it is not only medicine and cooking, but also perfumery. In addition, breeders managed to remove several varieties of a decorative plant, so the thyme can be raised on its household plot and make a live elevation.

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Currently, people rarely use grass as preventive purposes to strengthen the immunity and establish sleep. And in vain, our grandmothers did pillows from mint, Melissa and Cabin. And you too can check if it is so - try to grow thyme from seeds first, and then fill a small pillow with dry fragrant herb. Now you will see, in a few weeks you will feel the tide of strength, and your sleep will improve.

Growing thyme

The best way to reproduction of thyme is shilling. But for this it is necessary to first find the plant itself and wait for a favorable period so that bloom stops and then you can cut several shoots with a sharp knife or scissors. After that, you need to pinch the leaves from the bottom of each escape to plant cuttings into the ground. To do this, choose the appropriate place and make a deepening in the soil, plant the cuttings of the thyme and sprinkle the earth. Do not forget to pour thyme.

Thymian's young sprouts should be watered every day until young shoots be taken on their own leaves. Thyme - the plant is unpretentious, you only need to wait for rooting and then the shrub will go to growth well and will quickly grow.

Over time, you will see that thyme is spreading on the site further and further. To limit growth, you need young shoots to press or "pin" to the ground so that they let the roots. Then new sprouts can be transplanted to another place or share a medicinal plant with neighbors in the country area.

Another acceptable method of breeding Timyan is the cultivation of seedlings from seeds in the open soil. The point is somewhat troublesome, but interesting.

Even a beginner will be able to cope with the task if the recommendations will be followed:

1. Seeding seeds is in early spring or late fall, right in front of frosts.
2. Seeds close in the soil at a depth of only 0.5 cm.
3. Cultivation of seedlings: Seeds need to sow in mid-March in boxes with a nutritional mixture, in order to start marching seedlings to open soil.
4. The soil for the cultivation of thyme from seeds should be easy, you can add a slightly sashed clean sand to the ground (take river), nitrogen and the organic is not needed to add in excess. You can buy ready-made soil, the soil is suitable for growing cacti. Add to the finished mixture of 3 parts of the fertile black soil.
5. What is important for the cultivation of thyme? Of course, the correct lighting. Lights should be enough not only for growing seedlings at home, but also when growing plants on the household plot. Choose a well-lit open place.
6. Since seedlings will grow and fix at home, then do not forget to periodically moisten the soil. Do not allow air drying, try it from time to irrigate the seedlings from the spurizer. Such an invigorating shower challenges tender sprouts.
7. Immediately after sowing seeds, they need to cover them with a film or cover with glass, and put boxes in a dark and warm place at night. You can move the container to the warm window sill, but you cannot remove the film while you can not remove the film. 1 time per day can be opened to the film so that the plants are not sealed and did not die from the overaffect of moisture and lack of oxygen. Such hardware procedures should be done every day, gradually increasing time.
8. When the first shoots appear, the film must be removed, and put boxes with thyme to the windowsill.
9. At the end of May, when the seedlings are strengthened, they can be planted into open ground. For comfortable growth and good survival, you need to land the saplings of the chasty rows with a distance between each nearby should be at least 20 cm.

If the time is missing, and I really want to grow in your site of thyme, you can sow seeds immediately in open ground. You need to do this at the beginning of March or a little later, as soon as you have the first opportunity to explode the earth.

For landing plot 1m ² You will need only 1 g of seeds. Seeds are placed in the soil to the depth of half acetimeter, sprinkle with a thin layer of the earth and watered. After 3 weeks or a little more, you can expect the emergence of the first germs. It is important to correctly proper the piglery, so that the plant goes well into growth.

Cultivation of thyme from seeds

For those who do not want to wait for the heat, we recommend growing spice on the windowsill. Salmon with growing thyme is not much, but you can always admire the beautiful shrub, inhale spicy aroma and use spicy grass in cooking, cosmetology and medicine.

How to grow thyme from seeds:

• it will take a small pot (height up to 5 cm);
• at the bottom of the pot you need to put drainage, sufficiently layer 2 cm;
• finished soil Mix with vermiculitis and perlit (these substances take over the excess moisture);
• pour the soil into the pot, compact;
• we prepare the seeds: they are very small, you need to put in the soil of the seeds and on top to pour out a thin layer of land (up to 1 cm);
• it is necessary to moisten the ground (it is possible from the pulverizer) and make sure that the soil is always wet until the first shoots appear.

If you have left the pot with seeds on the windowsill, then in the daytime it is better to make a plant shadow that young sprouts are not registered from the bright rays of the winter sun.

The germination of seeds is excellent, almost all seeds planted in a pot germinate, but it makes no sense, then the bush will be weak. A couple of months after landing, the creation needs to be frown. Carefully pull the weak sprouts along with the root and transfer into separate containers (disposable dishes). They can be handed over to neighbors or give friends, even if they will try to grow thyme from seeds on their own.

Watering the plants during the growth period should be moderate. Watch out for the earth if she started to sweat, it is necessary to moisten the soil. It is undesirable to allow complete drying of the soil, why still faster bushes suffer from lack of nutrients.

During the first year, you can admire the plant blossom, collect harvest (tear flowers, leaves can be assembled constantly, but it is undesirable to plug completely). For the second year of life, Timyan must be filing and transplant. As soon as you see that the plant has broken some young shoots, it's time to work for work. Young shoots need to be separated and transplanting into separate containers. Do not forget to feed an adult plant with mineral fertilizers.

General Recommendations for Growing

To cope with the cultivation of a useful plant and admire the bloom of thyme during the cold time of the day, it is necessary to follow all the rules.

What you need to take into account when growing a thastry:

• the soil for growing plants should not be severe and well to skip moisture. Perfect mixture: this is sand with peat in equal amounts;
• seeds are better not to dry out randomly, but streamline: Prepare the rows (2 cm distance) and plant seeds to depth no more than 1 cm;
• the first shoots expect on the 10th day;
• the room temperature and humidity should be at the proper level, the humidity is not higher than 70% and not lower than 40%, the temperature in the room from +20 to the maximum mark + 35 ^oWITH;
• if you sow seeds into open ground, then you can expect germs in a month;
• after sowing Timyan seeds at home, move the pot to the cool, but well-lit place;
• watering is moderate when the upper layer of the Earth begins to push. If moisture is much, then the seeds will die quickly;
• seedlings need to cut forward or move in separate containers (dive);
• 2 months after seeding, you can get a neat bush Timyan, which you need to transplant to a permanent place (in a pot of more or in an open soil in the country area);
• optimal time for transplantation - before the onset of cold weather, that is, before November;
• be prepared for the fact that bloom will appear only in a year or, provided that you are seeding the seeds in early spring. Then at the end of the autumn you can admire the first fragrant flowers of thyme;
• in winter, it is better to move an adult plant from the window sill in a cool place. A glazed loggia or a balcony is suitable, provided that the temperature will not drop to +5 ^oC. It is necessary to monitor the temperature regime and if frost are expected, it is better to put a pot with a plant home;
• with year-round pasture of thyme, it is necessary to provide all conditions: the temperature in the room so that the windowsill is always "warm", additional lighting and feeding;
• if you want to transplant your bush into an open ground or sow seeds immediately at the cottage, then cook the soil in advance. The Earth must be swapped by 30 cm and fence to prevent the propagation of weed grass and evaporation of moisture. It is useful to make fertilizers, organic fertilizers (compost, manure) are suitable.

When can I collect a harvest?

Traditionally collect thyme or a chamber on the trinity. This day is considered a special and plant assembled on the holiday, possesses healing properties. Collect thymes needed during flowering. Arm yourself with sharp scissors or knife, cut off twigs with leaves and flowers. It is not necessary to cut off and peeling the plant, so you can destroy the thyme. The sprouts are pulled out of the soil easily, not only come true, do not forget about it.

Sew the collected raw material is needed in the shade so that there are no direct sun rays on the grass. You can decompose the grass on the cut of the fabric or assemble into the bundles, tie and hang under the ceiling. The best place to dry grass is an attic.