The geranium is grown up both as houseplant and as garden. Today the wide choice of seeds of this plant is offered by country shops. But the one who grows up it for the first time can face some questions of agrotechnology, one of them - as long it is necessary to wait for shoots?
From seeds grow up, generally two species of geranium. It is geranium zone and geranium plyushchelistny (ampelous). The agrotechnology of crops of seeds of geranium zone and plyushchelistny a little in what differs from each other. It is necessary for guarantee viability:
- To buy qualitative seeds.
- To choose soft moisture capacious soil which should not contain mushroom pathogenic microflora seedlings of geranium are very susceptible to ""black leg"".
- Soil is watered the day before moderately and a little it condenses.
- For the best viability the seeds can be processed in stimulators, for example, to the epena, zircon, humate, the fitosporena or NV-101, using one of them. The seeds painted, processed by the producer sow at once.
- Seeds display on the surface of the soil, slightly pressing them, but do not fill up with the soil.
- Temperature optimum for germination of seeds of geranium +20-25os. The temperature is lower, the seeds will longer ascend.
- Prorashchivaniye of seeds occurs on light.
- For creation of optimal conditions of capacity cover with transparent material, doing openings in 2-3 mm for air exchange.
The viability of seeds depends on terms and conditions of their storage. Fresh-gathered, full seeds actively ascend. The seeds stored at the increased humidity or at high temperatures ascend disjointedly. Therefore, choosing geranium grades in shop, pay attention to effective lives, giving preference to fresh seeds. Seeds of geranium keep good viability several years, 2-3 years. Every year storages seeds grow old and lose the force to germination.
Considering various energy of germination of seeds at zone geranium, seedlings waken unevenly. The most ripened and full seeds jump out for 3-4 day. Other seeds are tightened 7-10 days later.
Seeds of plyushchelistny geranium have smaller size and ascend longer. They need about two weeks. And if seeds old, then and time leaves longer. Seeds of ampelous grades do not differ in excellent viability. From 5 seeds only 2-3 usually ascends. It is necessary to sow on seedling plyushchelistny geraniums a little earlier, than zone. They need more time for shoots and for cultivation to the blossoming state.
To receive the blossoming kultivara for garden, crops of seeds of geranium is carried out, since December. Growing up geranium seedling in winter time, it is necessary to apply dosvechivaniye of seedlings lamps. For the best kushcheniye at seedling prishchipyvat tops, since emergence 4-5 leaves.