Petunia deservedly bears the title of Queen of the Flowerbeds. This beautifully flowering plant enjoys great love and popularity among flower growers. It is grown on balconies, in gardens, in flowerbeds, in hanging pots and large flowerpots. A large selection of varieties and shades allows you to create fabulously beautiful compositions. Flowers are sown on seedlings in late January and early February, but when to plant petunia in open ground?
Ready seedlings can be planted in flower beds in the second half of May. Then the sun will warm up the earth well, and the plants will not freeze from night frosts. Of course, flowers can withstand low plus temperatures and even a slight minus, but still they are thermophilic, so for normal growth and flowering, sunlight and warmth really need petunia.
Sowing seedlings to many beginner growers seems too complicated a process. Petunia is really very capricious, to grow it from seeds, you need to try hard. It requires proper care, good lighting, compliance with the temperature regime. Without all this, petunia simply will not rise . Planting and care in the open ground consists in frequent watering, fertilizing with fertilizer and breaking off withered inflorescences.
Since growing flowers from seeds is a very complicated procedure, many are trying to get around this process. To do this, buy ready-made seedlings when it is time to plant petunia in open ground. Of course, it will cost more, but such bushes will bloom earlier and are guaranteed to grow large and healthy. Before landing, you need to prepare a place, it must be open and sunny. If this is a flower bed, then it is better to plant flowers at the edges, since the petunia is stunted, and plant something higher in the middle.
When it is already possible to plant petunia in open ground, the earth needs to be dug up, and organic fertilizers applied. The soil should be sufficiently loose and drained, this will help to avoid stagnation of water. If you plan to plant petunia in garden pots, you should prepare a nutrient substrate so that it does not need useful substances. It can be ordinary land taken from the garden, peat and humus, the soil will turn out not only nutritious, but also loose.
When to plant petunia in open ground depends entirely on the climatic features of the region, if it is already warm in April and there are no frosts, then you can plant it then. Flowering begins in mid-June and lasts until October.
To maintain an attractive appearance, it remains only in time to pick off dry flowers and periodically make mineral dressings. To get an attractive dense bush, you need to pinch in time. To do this, cut off the top of the highest stem. Such a manipulation will allow the lateral shoots to grow and improve flowering.
To become the owner of a blooming flower bed, you need to make a lot of effort, take care of your wards, water them and make dressings. But all the work will be rewarded with a beautiful motley flowering, which will delight the eyes the whole summer and even half of the autumn.