In the middle of winter most of summer residents buy seeds on landing for new garden season. And it is correct, assortment of seeds in trade seed departments very different at this time. Eyes there is a wish to buy everything. How to refrain from unreasoned purchases of bags of seeds then not to tell itself: ""Money to burn"" or ""Has not ascended"".
As skilled summer residents advise, it is necessary to go to seed shops with in advance written list of cultures which have decided to seed and which are valid are necessary. Then it is possible to buy seeds of the advertized novelties, from temptation it is difficult to keep and it is necessary to correspond to mode, let and seed. One more important criterion upon purchase about which it is worth to remember is opportunity to place future seedling from seeds on the limited seasonal dacha, it is necessary to leave excess bags of seeds the next year.
Storage life of seeds and their viability are interdependent, and it is not reasonable to buy many seeds in stock as they later short time, 1-2 years, sharply lose viability. Both vegetable, and flower cultures belong to such seeds.
The vegetable seeds having storage life 1-2 years:
- anise;
- spiny dogfish;
- parsnip;
- celery;
- onions slizun, onion;
Also you should not buy seeds of carrots, parsley, fennel for the future. Seeds of these vegetables keep biological viability 2-3 years. But, if initially seeds had weak viability, then in year of storage they will give uneven shoots on beds. Skilled summer residents buy such seeds on smell. If the bag of carrots (parsley, celery, fennel) smells, radiates aroma, means seeds fresh. This method badly works at the import processed seeds.
Seeds of many aromatic and medicinal cultures have good viability within 2-3 years:
- hyssop;
- marjoram;
- chervil;
- lyubistok;
- caraway seeds;
- tarragon;
- fennel;
- sage;
- marjoram;
- kotovnik;
- melissa lemon and peppermint.
It is not necessary to buy in stock seeds of sorrel, mustard salad, borago (cucumber grass), asparaguses. At storage more than 2 years, such seeds sharply lose viability.
Flower seeds, with the high sowing qualities remaining 1-2 years:
- annual aster;
- reservoir;
- primrose;
- phlox of drummond;
- chrysanthemum;
It does not make sense to stock up with seeds of verbena, gatsaniya, kosmea, nivyanik (camomile). As the petunia, eustoma, geranium, delphinium is also best of all to sow seeds of the most fashionable flowers fresh.