Godetia is an annual flower of the Cypriot family. It is attributed to the Clarkia species for its small resemblance to it and its bright color. Today, this plant (native to North and South America) has spread throughout the world, becoming a highlight that adorns flower beds, balconies and street pallets.
Large godetium buds delight the eyes for a long period of time. This is an annual and cold-resistant plant with straight, branched and sprawling branches, decorated with large leaves. The buds look like bells with a diameter of 4 to 8 cm.
Open growing conditions
Many gardeners like Godetsia because of their unpretentiousness in leaving, it is easy to grow it in any conditions. Her ability to quickly adapt allows her to choose loyal growing conditions. Therefore, she is a frequent guest at homestead flower beds.
Godetia
Useful Azalea and Godetium are a little similar to each other - a mixture of these flowers can be found in flower shops.
Choosing a place to land, it is worth giving preference to areas without airing and with a small penumbra. It is not very demanding on soils, but grows best on loam. The unpretentiousness of godetium to heat allows it to quickly recover in the spring after sudden changes in temperature. This ability also allows gardeners to enjoy flowering plants until the first frost in the fall.
Growing godetia
Important! For varieties with abundant flowering, a garter of the bushes is required, since the buds are large enough, the shoots under their weight can strongly bend to the ground, and sometimes break. This will damage not only the flower itself, but the entire plant.
It is worth feeding flower bushes twice a season with ready-made fertilizers for flower crops. It will be better if the dose of top dressing is slightly lower than in the description on the package, since godetium is very responsive to nutrition. Excessive nutrient intake can adversely affect the plant.
Watering should be organized more strictly, since moisture and its stagnation can cause withering of the aerial parts, as well as decay of the root system. To prevent these troubles, it is necessary to arrange a simple drainage system during planting (pour pebbles or expanded clay on the bottom of holes or pots). If the plant nevertheless suffered from waterlogging, the affected flower bush should be completely removed from the flower bed to prevent the spread of putrefactive root disease.
Faded buds must be removed immediately after withering. These actions allow you to preserve the decorativeness of the plant, and also stimulate it to plant new shoots and the abundant formation of new inflorescences.
Useful Godetzia is loved by aphids and fleas. Therefore, she often suffers from these insects indoors and outdoors. To prevent the appearance or destroy the pest, you can use a simple tool - a solution of laundry soap. It must be sprayed upon landing in sunny weather or at least 12 hours before rain.
Ways to Propagate at Home
The main way for it to breed on a site or at home is through the use of goodetsia seed cultivation. Sowing seed can be done on seedlings or directly into the soil. The seeds of this flower culture are quite hardy, therefore, germination can persist for 3-4 years.
Seed cultivation
How to collect and prepare seeds
There are no special measures for preparing seeds for sowing. The only moment is the potassium permanganate treatment. Before sowing, the seed material is placed in a weak solution for 30-40 minutes. Some gardeners after this treatment mix the seeds with sand for better sowing, as they are very small and wet.
Selection and preparation of soil for sowing
Special preparations for the substrate are not required. If it is purchased in a store, you can sow seeds in it and periodically check the emergence of seedlings. If you decide to cook the mixture yourself, you need to maintain only the proportions in the preparation:
- Peat - 1 part;
- Garden land - 1 part;
- Sand - 0.5 parts.
Germination conditions
Growing godetia from seeds at home does not require the creation of an optimal option for germination. All its species germinate well, even when sowing seeds in the winter, the main thing is that the temperature does not fall below 25 degrees below zero, the first seedlings will appear with the melting of snow. In Russian gardens, azalezvetvetova godetia is most often found, its cultivation is due to the fact that its buds are very similar to the lush azalea flowers.
Walkthrough for seed cultivation
In order to get perfect seedlings of godetsia, sowing seeds for seedlings or immediately on a flower bed, several agricultural rules should be considered.
When sowing seed in open ground, you must first select a place that is protected from drafts and direct sunlight. Due to cold resistance, seeds can be sown in an open bed immediately after the snow melts. It is possible to sow in the soil until the beginning of May, performing the following works in stages:
- the soil of the site is dug up before planting with the addition of humus or peat;
- furrows with a depth of 2-3 cm are organized, at a distance of 10 to 15 cm from each other;
- shed each of the grooves with warm water before planting;
- seeds are sown in 1-2 pieces at a distance of 5-6 cm from each other;
- furrows are sprinkled with soil and “slam”;
- Crops are periodically checked, weeded and sprayed.
Growing goodezia at home seedlings
With the seedling method of sowing, godetsia sow seeds in boxes with the calculation of transplanting seedlings into the ground already on the 15th of April. The process of seedling cultivation begins in late February - early March.
Sowing godetia seeds
For seedlings:
- The container for sowing is prepared: it is washed, disinfected.
- Drainage (pebbles, pebbles or expanded clay) is poured at the bottom of the box.
- The soil is poured into the container. For flower seedlings, it is best to use a special ready-made mixture.
- If the container for seedlings is divided into cells, 1-2 seeds are sown in each of them; if not, 1-2 seeds are sown every 1-1.5 cm.
- Slightly sprinkled with the soil mixture sowing and sprayed from the spray.
- The container is covered with film or glass.
Seedlings will appear in 10-14 days. When 3 leaves appear on each stool, seedlings need to be peaked. Godetia seedlings are difficult to transplant, so it is better to choose pots from peat, use ready-made floral substrates for seedlings. If this was not found, or if it was sown into a mixture of its own preparation, carry out the dive procedure carefully, then disembark into the soil slowly, without damaging the root system.
Godetia seedlings
- It is important to set moderate watering without stagnation of moisture after transplants.
- Seedlings love a large amount of light, so it must be put on the windowsill, but the sun should not fall heavily on it.
- Gradually, seedlings need to begin to be taken out onto the balcony, young plants need acclimatization, so they need to be hardened daily, starting from two hours a day.
- Before planting in a permanent place, it is good to dig the earth, prepare the holes at a distance of at least 15 cm from each other and transplant the plant together with a lump of earth, protecting the root. The space between the bushes can be mulched with peat, mowed grass or sawdust.
Humidity
It is very important to prevent stagnation of water on the site or in pots (depends on how it is decided to use the plant in landscaping). Overmoistening of the soil can lead to rotting of the roots and the death of the entire planting.
Temperature
Seeds germinate with the onset of positive temperature, so any positive temperature is optimal for gododecy.
Lighting
For the emergence of friendly shoots requires a lot of light, but it should not be intrusive. The sun's rays harm the adult plant, and especially seedlings, so you need to shade boxes with crops, planting seedlings in a permanent place is also required in partial shade.
These are the simple rules of how you can grow goodezium at home or in the open without difficulty. The main thing is to plant it in a shaded place so that it does not get burns, as well as tie up the shoots so that each flower bud does not sink heavily to the ground.
