One of the most attractive flowers on any personal plot is the godetion. How it is correct to put it and to look after it to achieve magnificent and beautiful blossoming?
Godetion treats annual plants. It is ideal for cultivation on beds and also for creation of bouquets. Godetion at the correct leaving grows to 60 cm the size of its flowers 5-8 cm have diameter depending on look and grade. They can be white, pink, lilac and red color. The godetion begins to blossom, as a rule, amicably and there is it since the end of June to the middle of September. Especially beautifully these flowers when at the same time most part of plants blossoms look. Besides cultivation in the open ground on the site, the godetion is put on the balcony. Also it can be cut off for creation of excellent bouquets.
Types of godetion
Flower growers and gardeners grow up several species of this flower: azaliyetsvetkovy, charming and large-flowered godetion. The last two views are grown up everywhere enjoy special popularity.
Godetion charming grows to 60 cm in height and has beautiful terry flowers of various coloring.
The Azaliyetsvetkovy godetion is called still terry. It grows in height no more than 30-35 cm and has beautiful pink shades of flowers.
The most widespread species of this plant is the large-flowered godetion. It grows in height to 40 cm and has flowers of funnel-shaped form. It is chosen by many gardeners for the beds for long and abundant blossoming.
Landing of godetion
It is possible to grow up godetion in two ways, as well as all annual plants. She can be put on seedling in house conditions in advance and also at once to seed to the open ground.
At seedling way of cultivation, the godetion is sowed at the end of March – the beginning of April in separate tanks. It is caused by the fact that it badly transfers change and it needs to be passed together with earth lump. Further through certain time when on the street the warm weather is established, the godetion is landed to the open ground. Usually it occurs in the middle of May. This flower perfectly transfers small returnable frosts. The godetion begins to blossom in 30-40 days after landing of seedling to the open ground.
Also the godetion can be seeded seeds on the constant place at once. It is done at the beginning of May. In one and a half weeks of plant sprout. The distance between flowers has to be not less than 20 cm.
Correctly to put godetion, it needs to choose the perfect place. It well grows on open solar spaces. Among soils the godetion gives preference to fertile loamy sites with the rich content of nutrients. It is dug over in advance and introduce necessary fertilizers. For this purpose mix from humus will approach, 1 tablespoons to nitrophoska and 150 g of wood ashes on 1 sq.m. after landing of plant are abundant water.
Care for godetion
As the plant is one-year, some special rules on care for it do not exist. The main thing to make watering of flowers when drying the soil in time. If on the street there are constant rains, it can negatively affect blossoming of godetion. She badly transfers excess of moisture. After each watering the soil under plants is loosened. At the same time it is not necessary to go deep strongly, otherwise it is possible to damage the root system of flowers.
During all growth godetion feed up twice. For this purpose the mineral fertilizers containing large amount of nitrogen are ideal. Feed up godetion the first every two weeks after landing, and the second with interval in ten days. The nitrophoska will be suitable for both cases (1 tablespoon on 10 l of water). Such fertilizing will help godetion to develop and be gained correctly necessary strength for beautiful blossoming.
It is quite difficult to carry out reproduction of godetion in house conditions. Therefore it annually is got again in specialized shops for further landing. But some flower growers nevertheless can collect seeds from the plants. They grow ripe in the last days of blossoming of godetion. At this moment the seed boxes begin to darken. They are cut off and dried. Only after that it is possible to open and collect boxes seeds which keep before the following landing at the room temperature, having turned in some matter.
Cultivation of godetion on the site allows to decorate any corner and to give it the decorative finished look.