To properly care for asters, you need to know some tricks. Their use will grow flowers, with compact dimensions. Plants will not hurt and will enjoy a long flowering.
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Useful tips on caring
Seeds are sown before winter. The ideal time is the late autumn. The soil should be open. You can sow in the spring and asters. Then in the autumn it is necessary to allocate a new plot for the seedlings. The optimum height of the beds is at least 20 cm. As a result, in the spring the soil warms up faster.
Pre recommended to add ripe humus. Then make a "foppish" and dig. If the snow does not come down in April, sprinkle bed of ashes. After 14 days it will be ready for planting. Hoe to loosen the earth, align and form a skirting around the edges. They prevent runoff water during watering.
Fungicide seed treatment is mandatory. Otherwise, they will be susceptible to fungal diseases. Good help tempering seeds variable low temperatures.
The seeds for the winter landing stored in the refrigerator. Ideal his door. A week before sowing the seeds should be:
- get to warm them;
- hold in a concentrated solution of potassium permanganate;
- put in the "Appin";
- then wash and dry on paper.
Sow stands on the next day. Prepared seeds can not be stored for long periods.
Flowers grow on fine loamy soils. Not tolerate fresh humus and fungi start to hurt.
For abundant and long flowering requires regular feeding: first carried out after the start of active growth, the following 2 - is carried out in June and July.
Flowers do not like the dry ground, and need frequent watering. They determine the development of flowers. If enough water, the plants in bloom longer.
Do not neglect the loosening of the soil. There is an important rule: the land loosened the day after watering.
Bushes will look beautiful if pinch the tops of the stems. Asters form will be more compact.
The sick asters
Care asters requires special attention. You need to know the most common disease of colors. Then it will be time to take the necessary measures. After all, if you do not remove the affected flower soon spoil everyone else:
- Fusarium. The first alarming symptoms are drooping leaves and blossoms. Diseased plants can not handle anything. It needs to be ripped out and burned. Healthy aster desirable to irrigate fungicide.
- Septoria Leaf Spot. Stains appear on the leaves. Usually they are brown. Then the leaves turn yellow. Plants should be processed preparations containing copper. Well-proven conventional Zelenka.
- Blackleg. Stem base darkens and thickens. The disease is considered to be very characteristic of asters. Therefore strongly recommend seedlings sow closer to winter. Greenhouse conditions are very harmful to the flowers. They often suffer from asters. This happens due to violation of the rules of farming cultivation. Blackleg good prevention is the treatment with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. It can be replaced with ash or special tools. Popular drug is a "fundazol".
Longer-lasting bouquet of asters in a vase of flowers is necessary to add 1 hour. l. sugar in 2 L of water. The lower leaves should break. They do not give any beauty, and contribute to the deterioration of asters. If flower stalks withered, they need to be removed.
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