Nasturtium – plant which can be met practically on any personal plot. No wonder, it very beautifully blossoms, pleasantly smells, besides, possesses leaves of interesting coloring moreover, in addition, is edible: foliage can be added to salads, to decorate with flowers dishes. As well as it is far better to plant this flower?
Instruction
1. The nasturtium is usually sowed seeds because it badly transfers change. Do it directly to the open ground in the middle or the end of May. At first prepare holes, in them put nasturtium sunflower seeds – on 2-3 in everyone, water. Landing density – 2-3 plants on square meter.
2. Shoots appear in 2 weeks, weak sprouts should be removed, and strong to leave. In 40-50 days the nasturtium already pleases all in the magnificent color which proceeds up to autumn frosts.
3. The best soils for nasturtium – loamy and sandy, not too fertile, moderately humidified. Also the place for landing of this flower has to be solar or be in easy half-shade. In dense shadow the plant will wither and will not give good flowers.
4. Nasturtium it is possible to place in beds to cabbage or tomatoes – it will help to struggle with wreckers: butterflies cabbage white butterflies and whiteflies. The smell of this plant is not transferred by Colorado beetles and various rodents and also plant louse. Therefore gardeners like to land nasturtium around apple-trees, on potato fields and near berry bushes. The flower can protect vegetable cultures from phytophthora, fungal and viral diseases, nematodes. The nasturtium well gets on with bean, radish, and here does not love parsley.
5. It is necessary to fertilize nasturtium 3-4 times a month complex fertilizer. It praises on introduction of phosphorus and potassium, but does not transfer nitrogen and manure, lime, any fresh organic fertilizers.
6. The nasturtium can be put not only on vegetable beds or in separate beds. The curling grades will perfectly look in suspended containers and also on walls of gazebos. Them it is possible to disguise many unattractive places – sheds, garages, etc.