To petunia growing "ball", you need to take a few steps. The positive experience of many gardeners demonstrates the high efficiency of this method.
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The basis of the method - the timely topping
Inexperienced growers rarely grow flowers from seed. Bedded they buy already grown seedlings. Young bushes very little stalks - from 4 to 6, so as soon as the purchase is carried out for the first time topping. For this purpose, the branches are cut into 3-4 cm from the top. If you remove only the tip, the side shoots will form on a thin part of the stem, and during strong winds break off.
If we make a topping process correctly and in an optimal location, the side branches grow strong and resistant to a variety of mechanical damage.
Manipulation is performed several times per season. After the side branches reach a length of 10-14 cm, pinch them too. Repeat the procedure as required, and is stopped only after the bush will acquire the desired shape.
timely dressing
At constant topping and intense growth of petunia need to make regular fertilizer. If this is not done, the number of lateral stems will be negligible, and they will grow thinner and viable. Abundant flowering petunias on soils with a lack of nutrients, too, should not wait.
In addition to the bushes form a nice round balls, need time to loosen the soil, remove the weeds and keep track of the humidity parameters. The drought plantings need periodic watering. For this purpose, spaced or rainwater.
To crown to constantly form new buds, and she was fully covered with petals, need continually to remove the withered flower buds. If you do not, they form seed pods, and all the power plants will be directed to the maturation of the seed rather than the formation of new shoots and flowers.
Fertilize begin with the appearance of the first true leaf seedlings. In this alternate root and foliar feeding. The first is watering plants nutrient solution directly under the root. When foliar spraying with mineral compositions.
Root fertilizer application method applies only to moist soil. 30-40 minutes before the procedure must be abundantly watered soil or to start feeding only after the rain. For petunias gardeners recommend the use of liquid forms of drugs or instant. When calculating the amount of nutrients necessary to strictly adhere to the dosage. These flowers do not tolerate excessive mineralization of the ground. On fatty soils they cease to form buds and begin actively build green mass. As a result, growers can get a green rounded bushes without inflorescences.
During the formation of the crown all the nutrients funds should contain nitrogen in sufficient quantity. This element is responsible for the build-up of green mass. Once the first flower bloom, the composition must be changed. At this time, petunias needed potassium and phosphorus.
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