By growing flowers should be approached very responsibly. Since to some extent this is the birth of a new life. In order for the flower to bloom, you need to care for it and put all your soul into it.
Pansies, or viola is a very beautiful plant that blooms in spring. It is able to even endure the spring frosts and bloom much brighter than other flowers. In order to understand how to grow it in the home, you need to know a few subtleties.
Features of landing with their own hands
In order for these flowers to please the eye in the first year of disembarkation, it is necessary to plant already formed seedlings. Begin landing should be at the end of February, or in early March.
Key recommendations for better results
Suitable containers with a weak acid reaction of the soil should be prepared. Land for planting should be moist, but moderately. Seeds should be sprinkled with a layer of soil of 4-5 mm, thus, the first shoots can be noticed very quickly.
It is important to observe the optimum temperature for favorable growth of flowers. The seedling should be planted in a room with a temperature of 17-18 degrees. After the first shoots appear, you need to reduce the temperature to 13 degrees.
Need to adhere to a certain distance between the seedlings, namely 10-20 cm. If the distance between the seedlings is not observed, the roots of the plant may rot.
How to do it at home?
Growing viola at home or in greenhouses will be more fruitful, as the shoots will be provided with sufficient attention and care. Usually, people who have acquired an expensive plant appearance and want to get the most beautiful flowerbed with many bright flowers grow pansies at home.
Pot selection, soil composition, fertilizer
Soil can be bought in specialized stores, and add a little sand to it, this is what will allow the roots to grow better. You can also independently prepare the soil by mixing peat with garden soil, humus and sand. In this mixture should be planted seeds of pansies and pour a little water.
For the best effect, it is better to put the seed boxes in a dark place, thus the growth process will accelerate. After the first leaflets sprout, the pots can be taken out in a bright room.
Care should be taken to ensure that the soil is always wet.
After planting the seeds, you should wait for the first leaves to grow.. Then you need to transplant the seedlings into separate pots. Viola usually tolerates transplant. Experts advise to allocate for each sprout a separate pot, and put them on the window sill.
The soil for seedlings will be the same as for the seeds, but it is necessary to add mineral fertilizer. These actions will restore the roots that are damaged during transplantation.
When to plant?
In order to answer the question when to plant pansies, you need to know what exactly this plant is for. If seedlings are needed for sale, the seeds are planted in December-January. By early spring, seedlings can already be sold. If the viola is needed to decorate your own flower bed, then the ideal time to plant pansies is early spring. At this time, the most favorable climate for plant germination.
There is no particular seed preparation for planting.. Due to this, many gardeners prefer pansies. The only prerequisite will be a successful purchase of seeds in proven places, so that further work is not empty.
What are the conditions?
Seeds should germinate at a low temperature, between 17-20 degrees. The lighting should be dark, but as soon as the leaves appear, the flowers should be moved to a bright place. The soil must always be kept wet.
Growing from seed
Planting time will be different from what the gardener wants to achieve.. If he is going to receive flowers that will decorate the flowerbed for two years, then the seeds should be planted in June, if he is more interested in flowering for one year, then planting is possible in February-March.
From seedlings
For seedlings, it is necessary to prepare the perfect soil, which will consist of peat, sand, garden soil, humus.
Seeds should be planted in boxes and stored in a greenhouse or other warm place. Thus, for the planting season, enough seedlings will sprout to create a luxurious flower bed.
What should be the soil?
It is imperative that the soil is not loose. Soil can be bought at any specialty store, and for better results, experts recommend adding sand. Mineral fertilizer is perfect for growing pansies.
Training
If the gardener has decided to be content with the flowering of pansies soon, he needs to start growing seedlings. One of the important stages in this activity is picking leaves.
Pick up a plant should be done very carefully, as the leaves of the flower are quite fragile., and any wrong movement can ruin the whole plant. It is necessary to remove the seedlings from the box together with a piece of soil, so the shoots will remain intact. Since this type of work is quite difficult, you can accidentally damage the roots, this does not mean that the plant will die, just its growth will slow down slightly.
After the plant is planted in the hole, it must be covered with a layer of fertilized soil, and then watered.
How to put in the ground?
Most often, the more optimal weather occurs in May, when there is no chance that snow will fall or the air temperature will drop too low.
The choice of location should be treated with a special approach. Seedlings should be planted in a bright place.so that the sun's rays fall on the flowers.
At the same time, the territory should not be open, as in this case, the flowers will simply burn. The most ideal place will be a plot where there are several trees.
Special attention should be paid to the ground. It should be loose and airy. It is under these conditions, pansies bloom pretty quickly and will delight those around them with their beauty. The distance between the seedlings should be 20 cm.
Aftercare
After the seedlings are planted in the ground, the following actions should be carried out:
- Regular feeding with mineral fertilizer. The most suitable are those that contain nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. Viola in no case be fertilized with fresh manure.
- Loosening. Pansies will grow well only on a well-loosened area. This process will help get rid of unwanted weeds and allow air to enter the soil.
- Watering. Like any other plant, the viola must be watered. But do not overdo it, because too wet flower can quickly deteriorate.
Process performance at different times of the year.
Pansies are quite unpretentious plant, usually seeds or seedlings are planted in late winter-early autumn, but in addition, gardeners who have greenhouses can plant flower seeds in summer-autumn.
Biennial flowers in the flower beds should be covered with straw or spruce in the period of frost.
Flowering and possible diseases
When does it bloom? Viola begins to bloom in late spring and pleases others with its brightness throughout the summer. Despite the fact that the gardener can carefully care for the plant, pansies are extremely difficult to avoid various diseases that can destroy the flowers, or make their color more dull.
The most common disease in viola is root or stem rot.. If the disease appears in an adult plant, it is likely that it will disappear during the winter.
In the summer, weak plants can get sick if the soil is not dug and too heavy, so it is extremely important to comply with all the conditions for the maintenance of flowers.
Diseases like rust or powdery mildew are less common.. But, they are also very dangerous for the life of the plant.
They appear as white bloom on the sheets, and if the gardener noticed this, he needs to treat them with 1% Bordeaux liquid.
It can be concluded that pansies rather unpretentious plants, but to admire their beauty the whole season it is necessary to perform a number of procedures. When creating optimal conditions for growth, the viola will thank everyone around with its brightness.
