May Chrysanthemum Transplant

A perennial flower - chrysanthemum - does not like to sit in one place for a long time: at least once every three years, it requires a transplant. The best time for such works is the end of May and the beginning of June. At the same time, young seedlings are also planted, which will allow the bushes to take root well before the autumn frosts, stock up on forces for winter.

Choosing a place

Chrysanthemum does not like shadows - the light-loving plant will grow and will bloom only on a plot lit at least 5 hours a day. If the bushes do not get enough light, the stems will be thinned, become brittle. The inflorescences will also be smaller. But for flower bushes, places where moisture stagnates will not work either.

Choose a well-lit area with light, wet soil for planting.. Without adequate ventilation, chrysanthemums may die in winter.

Attention! For the spring transplanting of flower bushes, prepare the soil in the autumn - dig a bed, adding humus or phosphate-potassium fertilizer.

Chrysanthemum Transplant

If you kept potted flowers in the winter, about a week before planting in open ground you need to get them and put them in heat. When planting follow the rules:

  • the distance between tall bushes is not less than 0.5 m, between short-growing ones - up to 25 cm;
  • lay sand or drainage in a trench;
  • Do not deepen too shrub into the soil;
  • next to tall plants, install a support to support the stems.

Attention! If frost is possible in the first days after transplantation, cover the young plants for the night with non-woven material.

Features of dividing the bush

The division of chrysanthemums produced in the fall or spring. To do this, dig a bush, with a sharp knife or manually divide the rhizome, so that one or two developed buds are left on the young plants. After planting, watering is required. For quick rooting is best to support chrysanthemum "root".

If you got the cuttings

For cutting from the bush with a sharp knife cut off the shoot. The stalk should have one or two internodes. Place the shoots in a container with fertile soil, deepening 2.5-3 cm into the soil. Water and spray them. When the first roots appear, the seedlings can be transplanted into the open ground. And these works are usually carried out in May.

If you are engaged in seeds

To grow chrysanthemum from seeds is more difficult. Typically, this method of reproduction is used for small-flowered varieties. Seeds are sown in February, in shallow boxes filled with fertile soil. Spread them on the surface of the soil and slightly deepen - no more than 1 cm. Cover the boxes with film and place in a warm place.

Until the shoots appear (after 7-10 days), the film must be periodically opened to ventilate and spray the soil. Dive chrysanthemum is necessary when the first real leaves appear. After that, young shoots are moved to a dark and cooler (less than 23 degrees) place.

Prior to transplantation into open ground, seedlings should be hardened, periodically carrying out to the air - first by 15 minutes, gradually increasing the time. By the end of May, young bushes are sent to a permanent place. The first week requires protection from night temperature drops.

Garden chrysanthemum adorns many flower beds and adjoining plots. Caring for her is simple, but bright flowers delight the eye until late autumn. For this, they call the chrysanthemum the autumn queen of the garden.

Watch the video: Chrysanthemum Tran - "Transplant" CUPSI 2016 (March 2024).

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