Mirabilis Yalapa And Its Cultivation

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

In the European part of the world, a plant called mirabilis yalapa is very popular. It gained demand among people, first of all, due to the fact that it does not require special conditions for care and attention

Mirabilis perfectly tolerates different atmospheres, and it is not possible to water it very often. Therefore, it is quite possible to grow it in the country, even if it is not possible to come here more often than once a week. At home, mirabilisya yalapa is very simply grown from seeds in the winter season, but during the onset of warm weather, it must be transplanted into the ground in the open air.

Time for sowing mirabilis

It is most convenient and high-quality to propagate miralibis by growing seedlings. As a result of this method, by the time the plant is planted on the Miralibis site, it will already be sufficiently developed. The beginning of planting crops falls on the spring month of April, that is, the middle of spring.

Seed preparation

The seeds of the Miralibis Yalapa plant are large in size, and their surface is presented in the form of a dense shell. For this reason, before planting seeds in the ground, they must be germinated. For a faster process, it is necessary to soak them in advance for a couple of days until the beads begin to form. Even before germination of seeds, a special treatment is required using a manganese solution with a thick pink tint. Then each seed must be washed with an ox and put on slightly damp cotton discs or cloth. After all this, the seeds should be covered with something on top. You need to check the condition of the seeds regularly, because it is very important to ensure that they do not dry out. For the same purpose, you can sometimes moisten them with water using a spray bottle.

Ordinary store containers will become a very convenient container for plant germination. Immediately before use, the surface of the container must be washed on both sides using dishwashing detergent and dried thoroughly. Otherwise, negligence in handling containers can lead to the formation of mold in the future.

Sometimes summer residents, instead of germination, use the procedure of warming up seeds in warm water. This process takes only thirty minutes. Another alternative method is scarification. In this case, the surface of the seeds needs to be rubbed a little with sandpaper or a nail file. The seed coat must be broken, but the seed kernel itself must remain intact.

How are seeds planted for seedlings?

In order to correctly and correctly sow mirabilis, you need to immediately take ready-made soil from the store or create such a soil on your own. To do this, mix two parts of peat and turf, as well as one part of humus and half of the washed sand. Then, dolomite flour in the amount of two spoons and half a glass of wood ash should be placed in the finished mixture. These are proportions that are ideal for five liters of mix. All the soil must be mixed and scattered into pots, there it is compacted to three quarters of the space. In order for the soil to be moist, it is also necessary to add a fungicide solution.

Each pot should contain two seeds. From the top, you need to fill the seeds with soil on a layer one and a half centimeters in size. The moistening solution is poured in a thin stream from the side of the pot. The seeds should never float up. The seedlings are then transferred to a greenhouse or plastic bag. It is important to ensure that the seedlings are in a warm enough place.

How to care for seedlings?

If the air temperature is already quite warm, or rather, about twenty degrees, then the first shoots of miralibis will sprout in six days. Under other conditions, you will have to wait a little longer. When the shoots of the flower appear, you will need to place the pots with them in places accessible to the sun's rays, and after the formation of the first leaves, the weakened shoots should be eliminated so that there is one flower in one pot that develops best).

At the same moment, it is worth doing the first feeding of plants with the help of mineral fertilizers. For this purpose, a solution of water and a sturdy man or fertika is perfect. But you cannot feed this plant with nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. Watering the seedlings should be started when the soil in the pot is completely dry to avoid waterlogging.