Clarkia graceful is an ornamental annual plant that blooms for a long time and luxuriantly. Flowers have an extensive range of colors, there are two-tone with splashes and dots.
How to grow clarkia graceful
The flower can be propagated by seeds, use seedling and seedless methods. The second involves planting seeds directly into the ground. Sowing is carried out in the last days of April. 15 days before the procedure, the site is dug up, distributing mineral fertilizers.
Sowing for seedlings
Sowing seedlings is carried out in March. The flower will bloom around June. Planting material is soaked in a weak manganese solution 3 hours before sowing. The seeds are dipped into the solution, wrapping them in gauze, a bandage or a piece of thin cloth. Moisture from the seeds then needs to be removed. To do this, lay out the material on a napkin.
Container selection
Containers for growing shrubs for seedlings should be taken shallow. If there is no suitable container, then use cups. You can take peat tablets. The soil mixture must first be disinfected with alcohol, boiling water or hydrogen peroxide.
Sowing
When the containers are filled with slightly acidic soil, the seeds need to be decomposed. They are not deepened. It is enough to tamp with a plank and pour from a spray bottle. Further, all this is covered with a film and put in a warm place.
seedling care
The flower needs to be watered in a timely manner, providing a sufficient amount of ultraviolet radiation. Picking occurs when the first pair of leaves appears.
The shrub is photophilous, but feels fine in partial shade. Clarkia the Graceful loves fertile, loose soil.
Plants are transplanted not one at a time, but in "bundles" with an earthy clod. It is necessary to lower the root into the hole and sprinkle with soil. Next, watering is carried out. Nearby you need to put a support for the garter. After planting, the plant needs to be pinched for bushiness.
Care
Clarkia is watered about twice a week. Water should go into the ground, and not accumulate around the bushes. After watering the next day, the soil must be loosened.
During the growing season, top dressing is performed twice. The first top dressing is carried out during budding, the second time - when the shrub is flowering. Mineral fertilizers are used.
How to care for a plant after flowering
The flower reproduces by self-sowing. The following year, most likely, the culture will grow again. The beds need to be prepared. After the plant has finished flowering, in the fall you need to cut off the aerial part under the root. You should also remove all weeds. Then the earth is dug up.
Diseases and pests
The flower has good immunity, but if agricultural standards are violated, then it can be affected by fungus and pests. Rust appears on the plant if it is planted on loamy soil. The disease is characterized by the appearance of brown-yellow spots on the leaves. The fungus appears with an excess of water or with excessive nitrogen-containing top dressing.
Downy mildew is characterized by the appearance of dark spots at the bottom of the leaf blades. If there are signs of illness on the flower, then the affected areas should be removed and burned. Landings should be treated with Fitosporin-M or Olirnaya.
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