Care for seedlings of pansies. How to plant pansies with seeds

Growing flowers with such a poetic name is widespread in our gardens, both in flower beds and in flower pots and containers.

In ancient times, pansies (another name - viola) were attributed a magical property - to charm love. It was believed that only the juice of this plant should be sprayed onto the eyelids of a sleeping person, then wait for his awakening and the one he sees first and will become the subject of his adoration.

The French and Poles usually present these flowers to their loved ones during the upcoming long separation.

These are perennials that are often grown as biennials or annuals.

Together with other annuals, such as Nasturtium or they perfectly decorate any garden, terrace, balcony.

Perennials or annuals?

Pansies can be grown both annual and perennial flowers. It all depends on the climatic conditions in which plants are grown and the labor that you are willing to invest.
  These flowers are quite hardy, but even in central Russia they are not always able to survive the cold winter. Especially vulnerable are plants that were planted late, unfurled little and left weakened before winter.

Viola does not tolerate wintering poorly in snowy winters, spring thaws with subsequent night frosts are especially dangerous for flowers.

In order for the viola not to freeze, you need to avoid low damp places for planting, cover the flowers with covering material for the winter, and snow retention in the flowerbed with pansies in winter.

In order for the viola to bloom earlier, in early spring it is better to close the flowerbed with a film.
  Growing an annual viola is a more predictable process.

Varieties of viola

Numerous varieties of these flowers are hybrids of several types of violets. All varieties are widely used in floriculture to create borders, flowering carpets, flower beds, discounts, as well as for the design of windows and balconies.

Viola can be compact or sprawling bushes.
  Violas are spread all over the globe. The most common groups among our growers are as follows:

•   Erfurt early
•   winter himalis,
•   Swiss large-flowered (Roggli),
•   Trimardo is abundantly blooming.

Pansies have an incredible variety of colors and colors, the most popular is the tricolor viola - the top of the petals is purple, the middle petals are yellow and the lower petals are light yellow or white.

Landing conditions

Pansies are thermophilic plants. They should be grown in sunny areas, or in slightly shaded places. In partial shade, their flowers become small, the plant itself grows for a long time.

But in a sunny place, the plant has large, bright flowers. Plants do not tolerate lowlands and damp places, spring stagnation of water. Loamy, fertile, moist, neutral soils are suitable for pansies.

Cultivation methods

You can grow these flowers from seeds, planting immediately in open ground or grow seedlings from seeds.

In addition, it is possible to grow pansies in the spring by self-sowing in the place where they were planted last year.

In this case, the flowers become pollinated, their species differences are lost, the color and size of the flower change.

These flowers are cross-pollinated plants, when planting, different varieties need to be planted at a distance from each other to maintain the purity of the variety.

To collect seeds from your flowers in the country, you need to select strong specimens, wait until the seed boxes turn yellow and collect the seeds before the boxes crack and the seeds spill out onto the ground.

At the same time, it is possible to prepare seeds of exactly those varieties of flowers and colors that you liked. Seeds are very small - in one gram almost a thousand pieces.

Growing from seeds in open ground

Planting seeds in open ground is carried out in June - July, and this year pansies will not bloom. Flowers will bloom profusely next year in early spring.

Seeds are sown in rows in a nursery - a special bed with well-prepared soil. After emergence, dive, i.e., transplanted with pinching the central root by one third for better root formation.

Make in the presence of two true leaves and transplanted to a permanent place within 25 to 25 centimeters. The plant should develop well over the summer, but not bloom.

Growing seedlings

Sowing of seeds is carried out in early March in small containers with a drainage hole. The earth for seedlings is shed with potassium permanganate per day. Seeds are laid out, moistened with a sprayer, covered with glass or placed boxes with seedlings in a plastic bag and placed in a warm, darkened place.

When the sprouts appear, transfer to the windowsill, make sure not to steam under the film or glass. Next, we act the same way as with sprouts in the open ground - we dive and then transplant into separate cups.

At the end of April you need to harden - take out the seedlings on the street or balcony. Depending on the weather in April - early May, seedlings are planted in open ground, and a month later the viola will delight you with abundant flowering.

Propagation by cuttings

Alongside the seeds, pansies are also propagated by green cuttings.
  When the bushes grow for more than two years, they can grow greatly, flowering becomes less plentiful.

In order to rejuvenate the plant and propagate it, cuttings are used.

From May to July, in several stages, they select the most beautiful specimens, remove the buds, cut the young end shoots with 2-3 knots and plant them tightly against each other in the shade in moist soil.

Top with a jar or paper dipped in water. Cuttings grow well if planted under the crown of a tree. In autumn, after the cuttings grow well, you can transplant them to their permanent place.
  Plant care. For winter, plants are mulched. Standard care: weeding, watering, loosening, top dressing. For long flowering, faded flowers are harvested.

Bloom

Flowering begins in April and continues until frost.

Because of the love of the sun, pansies on the sunny side are always larger and brighter in color, but will bloom faster.
  Pansies grown as biennials are recommended to be cut.

Plants grown from summer crops in the previous year, or grown from cuttings bloom more abundantly and have larger flower sizes than annual flowers.

Watering. Watered under the root, abundantly and regularly.
Fertilizers, top dressing. These flowers love fertilizers containing potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen, as well as trace elements. The first top dressing is carried out at the beginning of butanization.
Diseases, pests. The following diseases and pests affect the plant: powdery mildew, leaf spot, gall nematode, black leg, aphid.

Growing in areas with a cold climate requires one important procedure - it is worth digging up plants for the winter, moving it to the greenhouse. For the rest of the regions, it is quite good to cover the plants with sawdust and covering material. Pansies can be combined with other biennials and with perennials, such as reseda.

Good luck to you, gardeners!

The solution to the “Pansies: Growing from Seeds” task should begin by examining the information on this subject. Fulfillment of the recommendations of experienced gardeners will help to decorate a garden flower bed, vase, walkway, border or balcony, get aesthetic pleasure and please home with colorful plants.

The ancestor of the “anniversaries” in the wild was the tricolor violet - a perennial plant common in Europe, Siberia, the Caucasus, and North America. In Russia it is known as Ivan da Marya and was used in folk medicine as a treatment for furunculosis, diathesis, bronchitis. The first pansies, hybrids from crossing a three-colored violet with a horned one, were obtained in England. Swedish professor of botany Veit Wittrock devoted many years to the study of this plant and wrote a book about it. In his honor, pansies got a second name - Wittrock violet.

Beloved by gardeners, the plant is a grassy, \u200b\u200bslightly sprawling bush 15-35 cm high. The roots go 15-20 cm deep. Five flower petals are fan-shaped; have a diameter of 5-6 to 11 cm, different colors and shades. A speck stands out in the center of the flower, this makes the flower look like an eye with a pupil. Fruit - a box with small seeds (width - about 1 mm).

Viola and the language of flowers

Flowers were brought to Russia at the beginning of the 18th century. Mini-bouquets complemented the dresses of ladies of high society. A garland of pansies adorned Anna Karenina’s black ball gown hairstyle and belt. In the language of flowers, this meant the beginning of falling in love and thinking about one person. Butterfly-like flowers quickly settled on ladies' hats and umbrellas.

Lilac-yellow pansies look at us from napkins, tablecloths and curtains, embroidered in the 50-60s of the last century.

Gardeners appreciated this fragile-looking, but unpretentious plant. Pansies have become popular in the design of city parks and gardens. Their combination with early bulbous flowers is successful: the viola replaces hyacinths and daffodils that have finished flowering.

The choice of method of cultivation

Pansies belong to perennials, but after the 2nd year, the flowers on the bushes become smaller, almost no buds are formed. When grown for two years during the 1st year of life, a bush forms, in the next season flowers appear. This period can be shifted to earlier dates, depending on the methods of growing the plant. The choice of method for breeding viola depends on climatic conditions and the preferred flowering period.

Table. Planting methods for pansies.

The best is to grow plants from seeds with sowing at the end of winter in a container. In this case, you can admire the flowers for 2 seasons, even in the middle band. For regions with cold winters, this method is also suitable, but the viola must be grown as an annual or very reliable cover before the onset of cold weather. The most popular varieties of pansies: Dynamite, Freedom, Aurora, Strawberries with cream.

Growing pansies from seeds can be implemented according to two schemes:

• sowing in containers - picking - transplanting to the site;
• sowing in the soil - replanting to a permanent place.

Note! Seeds give good germination if stored no more than 2 years.

How to grow pansies from seeds in a container

To obtain viable seedlings in a given period, you need:

• quality seeds;
• tweezers (manicure);
• container for sowing seeds;
• priming;
• glass or film;
• lamp for additional illumination - LED lamp or phytolamp;
• a room whose temperature is not higher than 23ºС (best of all is 18-20ºС);
• dive containers (pots with a diameter of 10 cm or boxes, if there are a lot of seedlings);
• capacity for sedimentation of water;
• spray gun;
• watering can with a capacity of about 1 liter.

Important! It is better to use a LED lamp: in its spectrum there are blue and red colors necessary for plants; They are economical and safe to operate.

Video - Pansies: profuse flowering in the year of planting

Sowing seeds in a container

To implement this stage, do the following:

Important! The solution should not contain undissolved potassium permanganate crystals.

Sowing seeds is carried out according to the principle:

1. seeds are taken by hand or tweezers and laid on the surface of the soil at a distance from each other;
2. count the required number of seeds, pour into a container and distribute tweezers in it.

Seeds can:

Sowing seeds in peat tablets

This method is becoming popular, as the process of picking plants is facilitated.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

• tablets (for example, BiTi) are exempted from the plastic bag and placed tightly in a container, warm water is poured in portions in portions;
• when the tablets swell, collect the remaining moisture with an absorbent cloth or sponge;
• put 1 seed in the recess in the center of the tablet; if there is no confidence in the quality of the seed, then two;
• sprinkle the seeds with soil a little;
• cover the container with a slotted ventilation holes;
• put on a window with adequate lighting.

Important! This method is preferably used by experienced growers. Growing seedlings in tablets has many advantages, but requires attention and skill.

Crop Care

Crop care includes:

• short-term ventilation since condensation begins to form on the walls of the container;
• timely and moderate watering: do not fill and do not allow drying out;
• temperature mode: 18-22ºС, 25 is allowed;
• if the window faces south, obscure the crop;
• care for seedlings of flowers.

Creation of favorable conditions for sprouts

When sprouts appear, it follows:

Picking seedlings

It occurs around the beginning of April and includes the stages:

• if space permits, prepare containers according to the number of sprouts, otherwise part of the sprouts can be transplanted into a box;
• tanks are filled with soil. It is desirable that this be the same type of soil in which the viola is to grow in open air;
• thoroughly pour the soil in new containers and make a deepening in it;
• pour soil from a watering can in a container with sprouts.
• for better extraction of sprouts, you can use convenient objects: a spoon handle or spatula;
• if seedlings are grown in peat tablets, the dive stage is not needed - the viola continues to grow until it is planted in open ground.

Note! Small damage to the roots is not dangerous for the plant. This will be a plus: it will launch a root system growth program.

The next month is devoted to such seedling care, in which it will take root more quickly and continue to grow:

Landing pansies in open ground

In early May, buds appear on the bushes. This is a sign that the viola can be sent to the flowerbed. A possible drop in temperature, even slight frosts, will not harm the plants.

Preliminarily follows:

Plant care during the summer

• periodic watering as needed;
• mandatory loosening after watering;
• mulching the soil around the bush with sawdust;
• weed control that weakens the plant;
• timely removal of wilted flowers will stimulate the formation of new buds;
• removal of reddened leaves, they will be if frost has occurred;
• fertilizing with mineral fertilizers.

Note! If the plant is planted on a flower bed, it should be fed 1-2 times per season. When grown in decorative pots - every two weeks.

Video - Pansies: care and reproduction

Growing pansies with seeds in open ground

Growing seedlings can be organized by sowing seeds directly into the open ground. The crucial moment is determining the sowing date. If you sow too early, then the violet will begin to bloom, not having received enough root mass. By winter, the plant will weaken and may not tolerate frost. With a late landing, the viola will not be able to take root and grow strong enough for wintering after a dive. The optimal period depends on the region - in the Leningrad Region this is the second half of July, in the middle lane - the second half - the end of May.

To do this, perform the following work:

• choose a well-drained place; in the lowland the violet will freeze out;
• the best option is loamy or sandy loam soil with acidity not higher than 8рН;
• carefully prepare a place for future crops - dig up beds, chart rows;
• sow seeds to a depth of 1 cm at a distance of 15-20 cm from each other;
• sprinkle lightly on top with earth and mulch;
• form each variety in a separate row.

Shoots will appear on the 10-14 day.

Crop care:

After 2 weeks, the plants are planted in a permanent place, the distance between the sprouts and rows is 20 cm. In order for the viola to grow stronger and well rooted in winter, it is necessary to ensure:

• thorough weeding and loosening;
• dressing for plants in the open ground - with ammonium nitrate and superphosphate or Kemir's preparation;
• if the soil is poor, fertilizing with humus with compost, otherwise the plant will turn into small-flowered or cease to please with flowers.

The next spring, the plants will begin to grow early and bloom in April.

Pansies are flowering, cultivated plants. In another way they are called tricolor violets or viols. These beautiful plants have been known to everyone since childhood. They occupy one of the leading places in the world of gardeners.

They have a variety of varieties (up to 400) and color shades. Bloom profusely from spring to frost. Many gardeners are sure to allocate a plot in the garden for these beautiful flowers.

Why so called Pansies

The true origin of the name of the flower is not known. There are only legends and myths. One of these legends tells that once lived a girl named Anyuta. Once she met a young man and fell in love with him. After some time, the young man decided to leave, but he swore that he would return to his chosen one.

Annie many times took to the road along which her lover had gone. I peered into the distance, hoping to see him. She waited a long time, but the young man never returned. Gradually fading from loneliness and longing, Anyuta died.

After the burial, flowers resembling eyes that grew tirelessly somewhere in the distance grew on her grave. So there was a popular name for pansies.

Pansy varieties photos and names

  - the variety has pure white flowers with wavy edges. The size of the opened bud varies from six to eight centimeters. The total height of the bush reaches thirty-five centimeters.

  - This variety has white flowers with yellow spots. The size of the opened buds reaches seven centimeters. The peduncle length varies from eight to twelve centimeters.

  - the flowers of this variety are painted in blue and purple. Petals have smooth edges and a smooth surface. The size of the flowers varies from six to seven centimeters in diameter. The length of the shoot is about eleven centimeters.

  - flowers of this variety have a cherry and red hue with brown spots. Petals are smooth with ribbed edges. The size of the flowers in diameter is eight centimeters.

  - From the name of the variety it is clear that the flowers have a golden hue. The size of the opened buds reaches seven centimeters in diameter. The length of the shoot does not exceed ten centimeters.

Varieties with large flowers

  - flowers of this grade are brown and red. The lower petals have brown spots. The size of the flowers varies from five to six centimeters.

  - the flowers have a bluish tint. The size of the opened buds is not more than five centimeters in diameter. The total height of the bush reaches thirty centimeters.

  - the flowers of this variety at the base have a purple and violet hue, and closer to the edges they acquire a white tone. The lower petals are completely white. The size of the opened buds reaches five centimeters. The shoot length is small, about seven centimeters.

  - flowers are bright yellowish with crimson splashes. All petals have ribbed edges. The length of the stems reaches nine centimeters, and the diameter of the flowers is five centimeters.

- This variety has flowers that appear with a dark purple color, but after two days acquire a black tone. The petals have a velvet surface and smooth edges. Flowers grow up to five centimeters in diameter. The length of the shoots is ten centimeters.

  - the flowers of this variety appear with a blue color, but after two days the petals begin to lighten, acquiring a light bluish tint. The size of the flowers reaches a diameter of five centimeters. The length of the shoots is about nine centimeters.

  - the flowers of this plant have a white color with long, purple blotches. There are varieties with petals that have white, yellow, purple and green hues. The height of the bush reaches twenty centimeters, and the diameter of the flowers is five centimeters.

Varieties with small flowers

  - flowers with a dark red hue with a black base. The lower petals are painted in yellow. Flowers have a diameter of four centimeters. The total height of the bush is twenty centimeters.

  - the variety was named in honor of a girl from a folk tale who had a red cap. Also, the flowers of the plant at the edges have a light or dark shade of red, and in the center of the petals is black. The size of the flowers is small, only three centimeters.

  - flowers with velvet petals of a pure white tone. The size of flowers can reach four centimeters in diameter.

  - This variety has delicate petals with a blue and light blue tint. Flowers grow up to four centimeters in diameter.

Pansy seed growing

To please yourself with flowers already in the first year, you need to know how to plant this plant correctly. It all starts with sowing seeds at the end of February. To do this, use any plastic boxes filled with slightly acidic soil.

Seeds must be planted to a depth of 5 mm. Then put the drawers in a dark and warm place. Five days later, the seedlings will germinate. Having noticed the first seedlings, transfer the seedlings to a bright place where the temperature does not exceed + 17 ° C. Watch for moderate soil moisture, feed the seedlings with soluble fertilizer containing potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus.

When the seedlings sprout well and two leaves appear on each stalk, proceed to planting in cassettes. After transplanting, put the boxes in a cool place, where not more than + 13 ° C. During this period, continue to monitor the soil moisture and fertilize.

Violet is a very beautiful flower that can be grown when leaving at home, the main thing is to follow the rules of care and you will not have problems with it. You can find all the necessary recommendations in this article.

Viola Primer

For tricolor violets, you need to choose a nutritious soil. In poor soils, such as sandy or clayey, flowers grow poorly, becoming nondescript dwarfs.

To improve bad soil, you need to mix it with fertilizer. Add 5 kg of vegetable compost or last year's manure per square meter.

Pansies landing

Three-colored violet is not whimsical when grown in open ground. The only thing she needs is a vast place and warmth. To land, select an open, sunny area. When you start planting seedlings, observe the distance between the seedlings (15-20 cm). Plants take root in 3-4 days.

Important!  Plant seedlings in open ground two months after the dive. The number of leaves in a seedling should be at least 4 pieces.

Watering the viola

You need to water the flowers three times a week, and if the weather turned out to be hot, then every day. Try not to flood the seedlings, but to maintain moderate soil moisture. Pour water under the very root.

Important! Do not allow stagnation of water in the ground, this can cause decay of the flowers. Loosen the soil after watering.

Fertilizer for tricolor violets

The first feeding of flowers should be done two weeks after transplanting into the open ground. As a fertilizer, any complexes of minerals (phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium) are suitable. The following feeding should be done during the appearance of buds and before flowering.

Important!  You can not fertilize this plant with fresh manure.

Pansy cropping

Violets multiply rapidly by throwing seeds into the soil. If you do not want the flowers to grow strongly in one place, then you need to remove the seed boxes in time. You need to cut flowers at a distance of five centimeters from the ground.

After three weeks, you will have new inflorescences. Circumcision is also done if the bushes begin to turn yellow and dry out, and the flowers grow dull and diminish. In two weeks, the shrub will give new shoots.

Important!  Leave two sheets on each stem of the crop field.

Pansies flowering period

Violets give abundant flowering from May to frost, that is, 4-5 months a year. Such a long flowering occurs due to the constant change of flowers, which occurs imperceptibly.

Old flowers fall after 3-4 days, and new ones appear in their places. If you want the flowers to start appearing in early spring, then sow the seeds in the open ground in the second half of summer.

Three-colored violet in the winter

Three-colored violets easily survive the cold season. But they need help getting ready for the winter.

After the onset of stable frosts, cut the bushes. Then cover the plants with dry leaves. In the early spring, remove the leaves so that the flowers do not trap.

Pansy growing from seed when planted

This is the main way to propagate violets. Seeds can be purchased at a flower shop or collected independently from bushes that have faded. They are planted in drawers for seedlings or immediately in open ground.

The timing of sowing seeds for seedlings can be different. To get early flowering specimens, you can sow in January and February. But for this it will be necessary to provide seedlings with additional lighting. The first flower buds will appear in late spring and early summer.

Sowing seeds in open ground is carried out in early summer and autumn. In the first case, the plants will show abundant flowering in August and September. And in the second case, sowing will provide flowering in the early spring of next year.

Pansy propagation by cuttings

For example, large-flowered varieties degenerate over time and begin to produce small flowers. The propagation method can save and propagate such a rare specimen.

To do this, cut a small shoot from the plant with two leaves and plant it in a glass with soil. Such a stalk itself will take root without additional stimulants.

Important!  Use soil from the area where you plan to plant flowers. This will help the plant immediately adapt to the characteristics of your soil.

Propagation of a three-colored violet by dividing a bush

This method is used to propagate perennial varieties. Violets should not grow in one place for more than four years. They degenerate and disappear.

To prevent this, a large shrub is divided into small parts. You need to separate the plant in early spring before flowering.

Diseases and Pests

Powdery mildew   - This is a fungal disease that appears on the leaves and stems in the form of white plaque. If the plant has small spots, you need to treat the surface of the leaves with fungicides, such as Chistotsvet or Topaz. With a stronger spread of the fungus, the plant must be pulled out of the garden so as not to infect the remaining flowers.

Gray rot Is a disease of fungal origin. It manifests itself in the form of a grayish mold, which covers the affected areas of leaves and stems. To stop the spread of infection, you need to remove the leaves. Sprinkle the remaining affected areas with wood ash or chalk. If the fungus has spread very much over the flower, you need to spray it with a fungicidal preparation (fundozol, pure color, rake, scor).

Bacterial spotting   - The cause of this disease is phytopathogenic bacteria. It appears in the form of brown or black spots that affect the leaves. To stop the spread of the disease, you need to pull out the affected plant, and spray nearby bushes with a medium toxicity fungicide, such as copper oxychloride.

Pansies healing properties

Three-colored violet is a unique medicinal plant that contains many useful substances: vitamin C, karatinoydy, rutin, salicylic acid, trace elements, etc. Thanks to its chemicals, the plant helps to cope with cough, bronchitis, stomach and intestinal diseases, urinary infection bladder, neurosis and insomnia.

There are contraindications in the use of viola. You can not use the plant for liver inflammation (hepatitis) and kidney disease (glomerulonephritis). Frequent use of a decoction of tricolor violets can cause stomach irritation.

Flu decoction : Pour one cup of hot water into the container. Add one tablespoon of dried, ground grass. Put the container on the fire and boil for 15 minutes. Wait until the broth has cooled and strain. Take one teaspoon three times a day after meals.

Cough syrup : Add five tablespoons of dried, ground grass to the bowl. Pour five glasses of boiling water. Leave the solution for twelve hours, and then strain. Add five tablespoons of sugar and set on fire. Boil the composition until the syrup is thick. Five minutes before the end of cooking, add lemon juice. Drink hot tea syrup - one tablespoon of syrup per glass of tea.

No one will be indifferent to pansies, growing from seeds, when to plant - this information is useful to gardeners who like this delicate flower. The plant is grassy, \u200b\u200battracts with a variety of colors. The most famous is the three-colored viola, the top of its petals is purple, the middle is amber, the bottom is white or yellowish.

Pansies - seed growing

It is easy to grow pansies, they are capricious. The flower is planted with seeds, it is recommended to plant them in an open area or in seedlings. To collect the seeds, you need to pick up a powerful specimen and wait until the boxes with grains turn yellow. It is important to stock up on seeds until they wake up on the soil when opening the pods. At the same time, there is a chance to prepare seed from crops of your favorite coloring and variety. Pansies grow normally in the shade and in the sun. Viola is best planted where bright light illuminates it for only part of the day.

How to grow pansies from seeds in an open area:

1. When immersed in the ground, furrows with a width of 0.5 cm are made with a distance between rows of 2 cm, they are shed with water.
2. Seeds should be planted every 2 cm (it is best done with a small sheet of paper), they are covered with a moistened substrate and the soil is slightly crushed.
3. Sowing protect with a film, periodically ventilate.
4. When seedlings appear and a first pair of true leaves is biting, the seedlings dive, shortening the main root by a third, and plant them according to the 25x25 cm pattern.
5. Subsequent care consists in loosening the soil and watering.
6. Before budding, it is better to fertilize the flower - pour it with dissolved nitrophos - on a bucket of 1 tbsp. a spoonful of composition.
7. For winter, seedlings are covered with fir branches.

When to sow pansies for seedlings?

Sowing pansies when growing from seeds, when to plant - the solution to these issues is due to when you want to see the first flowers. Experts recommend cultivating violet as an annual or biennial - so it has the most attractive appearance and lush flowering. Sowing pansies for seedlings - how to calculate the timing:

1. I want flowering in the same year in June-July - it is recommended to plant seeds in January-February for seedlings.
2. Pansies - growing from seeds when planted for early spring blooming in the second year: planting should be performed in open ground in June. They winter and in early spring in April begin to bloom.
3. If planted in the ground earlier - in May, then the buds will open in the fall.

Germination of pansy seeds

To enhance the germination energy, the seeds of pansy flowers are soaked for a day before hatching in a solution of the growth biostimulator "". The tool gives sprouts energy and performs at the same time disinfecting functions. Additional resistance to ailments will help to give a 20-minute placement of seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate burgundy tone. It is useful to soak them in a solution of wood ash: 1 tbsp. dilute a spoonful of the product in a liter of water and leave the grains in the composition for 2 hours. You do not need to germinate seeds before sowing - they are very small and well rooted in the ground.

Seedlings of pansies at home

When cultivating pansies, growing seedlings from seeds will speed up the start of budding. For sowing, they select shallow boxes and acquire purchased soil for violets. You can independently prepare a substrate from 1 share of garden soil, 1 share of sand and 0.5 parts of humus or peat. The soil is steamed before planting in a water bath and shed with fungicide to destroy pathogens and weeds. In the form of a disinfectant, a dark solution of magenta is suitable.

How to plant pansies on seedlings?

Planting pansies on seedlings:

1. The easiest option is to lay seeds on top of the soil in containers and put in a dark place at a temperature of + 20-22 ° С.
2. Seedlings are covered with foil and aired every day for 10 minutes. Water the crops with a fine spray.

After how many days do pansy seeds emerge?

When asked how many seeds of pansies germinate, experienced flower growers answer - if the sowing is done with high-quality material, then after 1-2 weeks the seedlings will sprout. Sometimes (depending on the variety and quality of the seeds), germination can take 3-4 weeks. Before that, it is better to cover them with a dark dense garbage bag - seeds like to emerge in the dark.

Pick of pansies

Boxes with green shoots are placed on a lighted window. When grown for the first 7 days, seedlings are taught to air. To do this, increase the cycle of its open finding from 10 minutes to 5-6 hours every day, then you can remove it from the seedlings. Watering is done when the top layer dries. When to dive pansies after germination:

1. When 2-3 real leaves appear, seedlings are in separate containers or in a common box according to a 5x5 cm pattern.
2. When picking, young plantlets are buried to the cotyledons.
3. When growing a viola, when there are 6 leaves on young sprouts, pinch the top of the central stem so that the violets form a lush bush.
4. Viola is fed every 2 weeks with fertilizer for seedlings, and the substrate is monitored for moisture in pots.

With quality care, after a month (by the end of May), the viola blooms and is ready for planting in the garden. Before transplanting the sprouts to an open area, they are hardened. To do this, seedlings are placed under the sun's rays, start from hour to day and increase the time daily by an hour. The scheme for planting pansies in the flower garden is 20x20 cm. Care for pansies:

1. For generous flowering, the plant needs frequent watering, especially in the heat. After moistening, the bush is better.
2. Fertilizing mineral fertilizers, such as nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, has a beneficial effect on the development of viola. It is advisable to start fertilizing the flowers 2 weeks after planting with a solution of ammonium nitrate or superphosphate at the rate of 20-40 g per 1 m 2.
3. Dried flowers and viola leaves must be removed. If you implement these simple requirements, then a bright carpet will delight the eye to frost.