Petunia - the favourite at flower growers. She can be seen in each garden. Many flower growers have adapted to its character and with success grow up seedling. The one who sows for the first time petunia seeds faces many problems. One of which - how many days it is worth waiting for shoots before telling: ""has not ascended"".
At petunia very small seeds therefore often such seeds drazhirut producers. This method facilitates crops and promotes the best observation of them in the course of expectation of shoots. But there are also ""reefs"".
Simple seeds of petunia are capable to keep good viability within 2-3 years. And here granulated, covered with special solutions, in 2 years of storage ascend worse. Here a lot of things depend on sowing qualities, energy of germination, maturity of seeds. Important factor get prettier viabilities observance of temperature and humidity of storage of seeds is. Choosing seeds for crops, it is necessary to look at effective life. Fresh seeds have more chances of success.
Simple loose seeds can give sprouts for 3-5 day at air temperature in room 23-25oC. At the lowered temperatures, 18-20os, seeds can ascend slightly longer, for 10-12 day. On average on emergence of shoots 7-10 days are required.
In granules it is necessary to treat seeds more responsibly. They should create favorable conditions.Here, along with usual conditions of crops (qualitative seeds, sound soil, prorashchivaniye on light, temperature of the soil and room), it is necessary to observe the correct soil moisture. The cover at seeds is not dissolved, it bursts. The board in which, as in cradle, the seed sprouts is created. Further the granulated capsule is dissolved.
It is better to do watering of the pellety seeds of petunia seeded on the surface of the soil by method of small spraying. Respect for the necessary humidity - guarantee of amicable shoots. Here it is important to observe golden mean: there will be no required moisture - seeds will not ascend, at moisture surplus - seeds will decay. It is possible to wait for shoots of seeds of petunia in granules within 12-15 days. Some producers are insured and specify on bags terms of emergence of shoots of petunias up to 20 days. In practice if the seeded petunias have not given shoots in two weeks, then further you should not wait. It is necessary to pereseivat.The first as experienced flower growers notice, the grades having violet, blue and white coloring ascend later there are petunias painted in red color.