Georgina is not in vain are considered one of the favorite colors in many gardeners. Firstly, this culture has an unimaginable amount of varieties and shades, secondly, dahlias bloom from mid-summer to late autumn. Decorating your site with these motley buds, you will contemplate their unfavorable beauty for many months. You can multiply the culture in several ways and many gardes it is known that these colors are rather troublesome. Meanwhile, the reproduction of the plant by seeds is much easier. In this article we will talk about the care of dahlias and the cultivation of culture from seeds.
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To date, you can find a huge number of varieties of this culture. Among the main varieties are the following:
- Single-row dahlias are called so because their petals are located in one row. The bud of such a flower is flat and fully opened. The height of the stem ranges from 25 to 50 cm.
- Pionic dahlias have more lush inflorescences. Their petals are located in several rows, the booton diameter can reach 20 cm, and the height of the leg varies between 60 and 120 cm.
- Collar dahlias look quite effectively, because their inflorescences have two rows of petals, which are significantly different in size. External petals, as a rule, much longer than the internal and both rows may have contrasting shades.
- Pomponic dahlias have a spherical shape, they have small buds, about 3-9 cm in diameter.
- Spherical flowers are similar to the previous variety, but buds are slightly larger and can reach 20 cm in diameter.
- The dahlias of the cactus variety are reminded of teching hedgehogs. The petals of their inflorescences are rolled by tubes and look like needles.
- Decorative dahlias have the greatest variety of shades. Lush buds consist of flat rounded petals. The size of the flower ranges from 10 to 25 cm.
- Annual dahlias can have both simple and terry buds of a wide variety of shades. It is this variety most often breed seeds. Low rise plants are suitable not only for disembarking in open ground, but also for growing in pots and vases.
If you decide to purchase Georgian seeds in the store, you will see that a large number of varietal mixtures are presented on sale. As a rule, plants are selected in such a mixture, based on the height of the stems. So, in its area, the varietal mixture, you will get a wide variety of colors, different in size, shape and shade, but approximately the same in height.
I would also like to note that the lowest types of Georgin produce buds earlier than their tall "counterparts". So if you want to get a flowering flower bed as soon as possible, give preference to low varieties.
How to get seeds dahlia
For the first time you can buy seeds of a suitable variety in the store. If you decide and continue to multiply the flowers you like, then the seeds can be collected independently. Looking attentively to the gland buds, you will find a solid seed of a light green shade on polished dahlias. When the seed ripes, it will change the color on the dark beige, in shape it will resemble a small bump. If you see that the "box" dried, and the covering of her scales began to be tracked - it means it was time to collect seeds. Growing dahlia from seeds should be borne in mind that the fruits of cultures are ripening in the fall, in the period of rain and high humidity. In order to seeds, they are not lying and did not start, they should be covered by the rain with waterproof material. In emergency cases, for example, when on the occurrence of frosts, you can cut the color-point plants and put them at home into a water container. At room temperature, the seed can be trim in 2 weeks.
Cried seed boxes should be cut and open up. As a rule, the number of seeds inside is 10-15 pieces. They can be stored 3-4 years in favorable conditions.
Growing dahlia from seeds
Separation of seedlings
When cultivating seedlings from seeds, the first thing is necessary to properly prepare the soil. It is starting to harvest the soil in the fall, for this they take the turf, sand and humus in equal proportions. The components are thoroughly mixed and sifted, removing stones and large lumps. To get rid of diseases and pests, the land is heated at high temperatures and processed by a solution of manganese. Then the soil moisturizes and plant seeds. The planting depth is approximately 1-2 cm, the distance between individual seeds is 3 cm. After this container, the ground is put in a warm room, where the temperature is maintained at 23-25 \u200b\u200b° C. Boxes with seedlings should be covered with a transparent film and provide them with good lighting.
After 7-10 days on the surface of the soil, first sprouts break. At this time, it is necessary to remove the film from the boxes and leave the seedlings in a well-lit place. If the light is not enough, the sprouts can be too stretched.
If you plan to grow dahlia as annuals, then start sowing seeds in early April. But if you plan to breed your best grader, replanting the tubers, then drink seeds in the first days of March. In this case, in the autumn you will get flowers with a fairly strong and developed root system.
Picking seedlings
When Georgina gives the first shoots, do not forget to provide sufficient ventilation and moisturizing. Just keep in mind that water should not be stamped in the ground, otherwise it can lead to development on the colors of various diseases. It is best to moisten seedlings with a spray gun, without eroding the soil.
When seedling will release 3-4 leaf, it can be divened. Prepare for each sprout a separate cup, fill it with the same soil in which seeds sprout. Do not forget to do at the bottom of each glass hole for the flow of extra moisture. Please note that land for landing should be sufficiently loose and nutritious. When you prepare the tanks, carefully dig away from the total box every seedling and transfer it to a separate cup. Blow the sprouts into the soil to the level of the cotyledon. After transplanting, you will definitely moisten the sprout from the sprouter, take the following watering when you see that the soil dried.
Flower landing in open ground
Preparatory stage
In about the second decade of May, Seargy St. Georgy will become quite strong and ready to transplant into open soil. You should not be too hurrying with disembarkation, first, make sure that the last frosts are over, and the new cold weather is not expected. So that the flowers arrive at a new place as soon as possible, the seedlings must be hardening. In the first days of May, take the cups with sprouts on fresh air. First spend such a procedure for 5 minutes a day, every day increasing the time of seedlings on the street for 5 minutes. Do not forget to gradually reduce the temperature of the air in the greenhouse or in another room where the culture germinated.
Choosing a place and preparation of soil for flowers
When growing Georgin, it is important to pay attention to the place where you are going to lay a flowerub with flowers. The territory should be spacious, well lit and draned. Plants do not like cold winds, as well as excessive shadows. Under the crowns of trees, the colors are stretched, and the buds appears extremely small. Pay attention to the fact that water should not be searched in the ground. Try to place the flower beds on a small hill, so flowers will not suffer from early frosts, and the moisture will not be collected from the roots.
Georgins are not very whimsally to the soil, but it is better if the soil is loose and quite fertile. Choose an earth with neutral or weakly acid. In the fall at the place of the alleged flower beds, do not forget to make fertilizers: humus, compost, manure.
Flower landing on flowerbed
Sutting off the shoots from glasses in the open soil, to start sprinkle every plant with plenty of water and leave for 2 hours, so that the Earth is completely soaked in moisture. So you can easily remove the roots of shoots from tanks. In the event that you used peat pots when picking peat pots, plan the flowers into the soil with them.
Summary for plants, fill out each of them with a small amount of ash and humus. Between the seedle, make gaps at least 20 cm. When you see the soil near the stalks, do not forget to climb it. Remove seedlings from tanks carefully, trying not to touch gentle roots. If you do everything right, the flowers will come down in a new place without problems.
Care for dahlias
Georgins belong to drought-resistant cultures and poorly carry the overabundance of water in the soil, so you should not water them too often. In June-July, when the flowers are actively growing, they are moisturized no more than once a week, provided that the weather does not indulge the rain plants. On hot days, the leaves of colors moisturize with the help of a pulverizer, but they do it not under the right sunny rays. Approximately from the second decade of August, dahlias almost do not water or do it extremely rarely. Additional feeding in the soil also do not contribute.
By the middle of summer, the plant produces bright buds, flowering culture continues until the end of October or the beginning of November. The sworded buds are cut off with stalks. At first frosts, plants can be covered with a layer of insulating material, then they will continue flowering for another 15-20 days.
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