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Volumetric multicolored bushes of terry, ampelous, bicolor and monotonous petunias have won the hearts of experienced gardeners and beginners. From mid-spring to the first frost, flowers, amazing in their diversity and decoration, adorn not only the summer cottages, but also the balconies of high-rise buildings, cottage verandas, city flowerbeds, cafes and restaurants. Flowers are unpretentious, do not require professional maintenance and special conditions, but they are grateful for the care of florist.
Necessary conditions for pinching petunias
Proper cultivation and formation is an important condition for obtaining a beautiful and healthy bush. In addition to timely sowing and diving, it is necessary to make the correct pinching of the petunia. This means that at a certain stage of growth it needs to remove the upper shoots. This procedure will ensure the branching of the stems and the formation of a multitude of buds on the bushy crowns.
For this manipulation you will need the following:
- comfortable scissors or pruner;
- grown seedlings with 4 - 5 large leaves at the top;
- capacity for collecting remote cuttings.
How to pin petunia?
Before pinching a petunia, it is advisable to become familiar with the basic requirements for carrying out this procedure.
- Observing the growth of seedlings, it is necessary to choose the period when it is slightly stronger and began to grow up quickly. It can be up to 5 - 6 leaves, but no more. If you miss this moment, the seedlings will stretch. Actually pinching petunias does not take much time. It is necessary to cut the stem over the 5-6 leaf with fingers or pruners.
Thus, a new growth point is formed, from which several shoots will start growing simultaneously. During this period, seedlings can slow down the development, but at the same time get a little stronger. When the side shoots go, the bush will get a more rounded look. - If you plan to plant seedlings in open ground, then pinching is best done after rooting. The sprout will take several days to adapt. In this period, you need to try to create favorable conditions for the plants to take root:
- to plant the seedlings need to be loose, observing the conditions of agricultural engineering;
- to monitor the frequency of irrigation and spraying;
- applied specialized reinforcing fertilizer at the root.
If the development occurs in the greenhouse, you can pinch the petunia after a dive.
- If the trimmed shoots are not very small in size, they can be used as cuttings. To root rooted, it is placed in a container of water. You must first remove the extra leaves, leaving some at the top. When the roots appear - transplanted into the soil. So you can get additional young seedlings.
Useful tips
- try to injure the sprout while nipping, use clean tools;
- one month after the event and the emergence of strong side branches, pinching the tops of the petunias can be repeated;
- for the bookmark of large buds on the new stepchildren, use suitable fertilizers, they will make the flowers brighter and larger.
In order for a shaped ornamental bush to delight with its beautiful view as long as possible, it will need constant care. From the moment of sowing, no replanting, pinching, spraying of sprouts will be required. Do not forget to water and feed well, remove dried flowers and shoots. In place of the cropped old flowers, new branches with buds will appear. Well-groomed colorful petunias, undoubtedly, in gratitude will please you with abundant and long flowering.
