Growing balsam from seed at home. Balsam

Nowadays, balsam is a very popular indoor flower, not only in our country, but also in many parts of the world. It is often called caprice and Roly wet. These names were given to him because of the droplets of liquid that protrude along the edges of the leaves. It is also called impatiens, due to the fact that its seeds scatter as soon as you touch them. And in England, the balsam is called the zealous Lisa, as it blooms very long and abundantly. The flower is quite unpretentious, it’s quite simple to grow balsamines from seeds, it can be done by almost any grower.
  The plant grows from 25 centimeters to 1 meter in height. Some annual varieties grow to 2 meters, they need to be grown only in the garden. Balsam stalks are fleshy, have a light green color. The leaves are dark green, their edges are smooth or jagged. Balsam flowers are very beautiful, depending on the type of plant they can be ordinary, double or rose-like, camellia and carnation. Flower petals are red, pink, lilac, snow white, and two-color. Although balsam is considered by some to be a houseplant, in summer it feels great in the garden, so many growers grow it in pots and in flowerbeds.
  With proper care, and if the growing conditions are correct, the balsam will bloom all year round. Although the flower is light-loving, you can not allow prolonged exposure to sunlight on it, which can damage the plant. It is better to plant balsam in the penumbra, on the western or eastern windowsill, here cultivation takes place without problems.

Selection of seed

Now there are so many different species and hybrids of this flower, usually in stores a huge assortment of seeds, from which it is sometimes difficult to choose one particular species. When choosing seeds, you need to remember some simple rules:

• in order to decorate a flower bed or a balcony in the summertime, it is better to purchase a one-year balsam, and to grow a indoor flower, it is better to choose a perennial plant;
• if in the future you plan to grow balsam from your own seeds, it is better not to purchase hybrid species;
• you do not need to buy a mixture of species, if you need to get a balsam with flowers of the desired shade and shape
• during the acquisition you need to be interested in the time of collecting the seeds. Although each seed can sprout for about seven to eight years, it is desirable to grow balsam from fresh seeds.

Preparing for sowing

Many people ask how to grow balsam from seeds, when is it best to plant balsam? When growing balsam from seeds at home, the planting time has almost no meaning. When to plant balsam to grow it from seeds? Answer: at any convenient time. However, if it is planned to decorate the balcony with flowers in the summer, then the seed should be planted in February. Before planting the seeds, they need to be disinfected, this is done in a manganese solution of a small concentration, in which you need to hold the seeds for 10-15 minutes. The solution is drained, and the seeds after that need to be filled with clean water, in which they have to spend about a day, this is a necessary procedure for proper reproduction.
  After that you need to take care of the soil in which the seed will be grown. Seeds need to be planted in a light, nutritious soil. Balsam young seedlings are very sensitive to the composition of the soil, it will grow well in loose soil with a low acidity index. Land for balsam sold in any flower shop, although some growers prefer to do the soil with their own hands. For this you need to mix:

• one piece of vermiculite;
• one piece of garden soil;
• two parts of peat;
• one piece of river sand.

If there is no garden soil, then it can be replaced with vermiculite and peat. In such a mixture, balsam multiplication will be carried out as quickly as possible, balsam seedlings in this substrate will feel excellent. Before planting the seeds, the soil must be heated in the oven for half an hour, and more can be done to kill all the pathogens. Store soil can also be sanitized in the oven, before adding river sand to the soil was loose. After disinfection, Fitosporin is added to the substrate, thanks to which the microflora of the soil is improved, and the seedlings will not hurt with a black leg, cultivation takes place without problems.

Planting seed

1. To multiply balsam with seeds, you need to take a wide pot or a wooden box, which is about 7 centimeters high. At the bottom you need to pour pebbles or expanded clay, which will play the role of drainage. The thickness of this layer should be approximately 2-3 centimeters. Then, the prepared substrate is poured into the container.
2. How to balsam properly? Soaked in water, swollen seeds razlazhivayutsya on the surface of the soil, do not need to plant very often. Each seed is quite small, reproduction in this way is a very time-consuming task, it is more convenient to take the seed with the tip of a toothpick. The seed can not be immersed deep in the substrate, you just need to lightly press it to the ground, this is the right option for planting, so experienced flower growers grow.
3. From the sprayer the surface of the soil with the seeds is thoroughly moistened, then the container is covered with glass or a plastic bag. It is desirable for proper cultivation not to cover too tight, it is better that the air in small quantities could penetrate into the mini-greenhouse.
4. After planting balsam, wetting the ground and covering it, it is necessary to put it on the window sill so that the container is sufficiently illuminated, but direct sunlight and the seedlings should not be allowed to fall. The temperature in the room should be about 22-25 degrees. If it is cooler, the growth of seedlings will be slowed down.

Aftercare

After about 2-3 weeks, the first shoots will appear if the temperature and humidity were suitable. When they appeared, the mini-greenhouse needs to be opened and ventilated, the condensate must be shaken off in such a way that moisture does not get on the young plants. Airing and removal of condensate should be carried out every day, morning and evening. If the greenhouse is too humid, the balsams planted will infect the fungus.
  When each seed comes up, you need to completely remove the bag or glass from the container, then moisten the soil with a spray bottle. The subsequent cultivation of balsam involves the illumination of seedlings with phytolamp, especially in cloudy weather, and when the days are short. If the roots seem from the soil, then they need to fall asleep substrate. It is advisable to carry out watering through a pallet in order not to wet the root necks of the sprouts, otherwise they may rot.

Transplant of young plants

Balsam picks are performed when the bores have reached a height of 1.5 centimeters. By this time, they should form two true leaves. At this time, balsam transplantation is carried out in separate cups of small size. How to root young plants correctly? Soil for transplanting should be used the same as when planting seeds. At the bottom of the glass should be poured drainage material. Long sprouts to dig into the ground need a little more than short ones. After transplantation, planting seedlings grown from seeds, they begin to grow rapidly if they have enough moisture, heat and light.

Top removal

Do I need to pinch the balsam? Yes, the pinching procedure is necessary for the formation of lateral shoots, in the future the balsam bush will be more lush and attractive. How to pinch a balsam? Pinching is done by removing the tops of the young plant. It is necessary to remove over a pair of leaflets.

When to transplant in permanent pots?

Planting or planting young plants from cups into pots for permanent cultivation is necessary only when the roots braid the whole earth, and a real bush forms above the ground. The transplant procedure is performed after picking and pinching.
  Pots must be taken spacious, so that the plants have room to grow for several years. You need to grow in the same soil, which was carried out planting seeds. Drainage layer should be 3-5 centimeters. After that, you must regularly spray the plants and water them.

When can be planted in the garden

Some planted balsam seedlings in open ground, so that the flowers were in the garden. Landing balsam in the open ground is performed only when it is warm enough outside and there are no night frost. It is best to carry out planting balsam in open ground in late May or mid June, and closer to the end of June or in July, the plant will begin to bloom.

Planting stems in the ground

In addition to seed propagation, this plant is also grown from stems, or cuttings. Balsam propagation by cuttings is a very simple, convenient and fast method of flower reproduction. Cutting balsam - cutting the upper stems, the length of which is 5-6 centimeters. First, these stems are placed in the water and are there until the roots appear on them. After this, the cuttings are transplanted into pots with soil and grown as ordinary plants.
So, balsam is quite popular, unpretentious plant that blooms very long and magnificently. It is possible to propagate and grow this flower from seeds, or from cuttings. Subject to the advice of this article, you can easily reproduce this plant.

By its beauty, balsam (it is also called Roly wet and touchy) can compete with many garden flowers. You can grow it in a room in pots, hanging pots and vases on the street and just in the beds. Gardeners practice cultivating garden balsam both through seedlings and sowing seeds in open ground. As you can see, the plant is beautiful, versatile and care is not complicated at all.

It looks like garden balsam.

Of course there are a lot of varieties of this plant and they are very different from each other, but in this article we will not talk about varieties, but about how to grow balsam at home.

2 ways to grow a garden balsam from seed.

To grow this plant from seed in two ways:

1. Cultivation
2. Sowing seeds in open ground.

This heat-loving flower is afraid of frost, so it is most often grown through seedlings. Some growers consider balsam a capricious plant that is difficult to grow at home. Others argue that it is a flower, like a flower and they have no problems with it. So what is the reason for failures when growing impatiens from seeds?

1 way. Growing through seedlings

As always, failures await newbies at the initial stage of cultivation. If your seedlings survived the picking, you can assume that the most difficult thing behind and further no problems should arise.

The fact is that young seedlings are easily affected by fungal infections, such as. This disease is usually the cause of the death of balsam seedlings. In order to exclude the possibility of infection, it is necessary to carefully select the soil in which the seeds will germinate. Namely, recommendations related to the quality of the soil are most often passed by the ears and are considered trifles that do not deserve attention (the earth - it is the earth).

Another reason for failure is poor quality, expired seeds. Admittedly, imported seeds often turn out to be better than domestic ones.

  What should be the ground?The easiest and perhaps the most correct way out is to buy peat-based primer in a store and add perlite or vermiculite there. If you nevertheless decided to prepare the soil mixture yourself, then in no case do not add either compost or humus there. Take the usual garden soil, mix it with sand and be sure to sterilize.

It is convenient to grow balsam in peat tablets.

Another good option is to use peat tablets.

When to start landing?  From seed germination to flowering, on average, three months pass. Considering that the balsam is planted in an exhaust gas at the end of May or at the beginning of June (in different regions in different ways), it is best to start landing at the beginning or in the middle of March.

If you really want to see the balsam bloom at the beginning of May or you grow up seedlings for sale, then you should start sowing at the end of January.

But to care for early seedlings will have much more. Balsam seedling is prone to pulling, so you can not do without lighting + maintaining the optimum temperature. When landing in the garden in May, it is necessary to prepare a shelter in case of night frosts. So from the beginning, think carefully if you need such additional efforts.

Seeds germinate in the light.

Smooth, moisten and evenly spread the seeds before sowing the ground in a container. They germinate in the light, so do not need to sprinkle them, just enough to press lightly to the ground. Who had to grow petunia from seeds, he knows how to do it. Sprinkle dew drops on your crops, place the container in a plastic bag and place it in a bright, warm place. Shoots appear in 5 - 15 days

Put the container in the package.

How to care for balsam seedlings.After the emergence of seedlings do not rush to remove the film, let the seedlings get a little stronger. But it is necessary to air the shoots every day several times. When the stretch stretches a little, stretch out a bit of ground to cover the bare roots.

Gradually accustom the seedlings to fresh air and eventually remove the film completely. Watch for moisture, the soil should always be wet, but not flooded.

Grown up seedlings need to pour.

Temperature for growing seedlings.  To create favorable conditions for growing seedlings, the temperature must be maintained within the following limits:

• With the germination of seeds 22 - 24 degrees
• After picking 18 - 20 degrees

Picked up seedlings. About three to four weeks after germination, when the seedlings will be cramped in the container, they should be laid out in a larger bowl. Too large containers are not needed for this, small plastic cups will fit perfectly.

At home, it is difficult to create ideal conditions for growth of seedlings of balsamine. Seedlings are often obtained very elongated, it is certainly bad, but not fatal.

When picking, bury them to the cotyledon leaves, sometimes you have to twist the plants slightly.

The pick was successful.

The plant tolerates picking well, but still keep cups in the shade for several days, do not expose directly to the sun.

Pinching a balsam. After the picking, the young plants begin to grow rapidly, but unfortunately just as quickly they begin to stretch again. At this time they have to pinch the top. As a result, the stretching is restrained and side shoots are formed, and the bushy, blooming ball is always better than a solitary, long shoot. Therefore, always pinch the shoots of balsamines, form a bush.

  Tick \u200b\u200bon the embalm.  While the seedlings are in the house, from time to time, inspect it if the tick on the leaves has appeared. Spider mites just love balsam and almost always appear. As soon as this pest is found, immediately treat the whole seedlings with "Fitoverm"

  Landing in open ground. It is possible to plant seedlings in the ground only when the real summer comes and the threat of frost has passed. Planted plants in 25 cm from each other. With such a scheme of planting, overgrown bushes form a solid carpet. Pick a place for planting in the partial shade, although the balsam loves warmth, but the scorching, midday sunshine is not for him.

2 way. Planting balsam seeds in the ground

Not everyone has the opportunity, and the desire, to grow garden balsam in a seedling way on a windowsill. Of course, you can sow the seeds immediately in the ground, but in this case flowering will come much later, but balsam care will be required significantly less.

The plant is quite whimsical, therefore seeds are sown in greenhouses only in early May. If there is no shelter, it is best to plant at the end of May or even the beginning of June.

How to care for balsamine in the garden

  Where to plant.This sissy does not like drafts, does not like heat, does not like when something too much (water, fertilizer). He needs to be quiet, warm and cozy. It will be good to grow in a place protected from the wind, so that the sun shines on it for several hours a day, but only in the morning or in the evening. He feels great in tree trunks, near the wall of a house or fence (just not on the south side).

Roly wet in the garden.

Cultivation in flowerpots, pots.This plant is like no other suitable for growing in hanging baskets and vases. Its root system is easily tolerated with cramped pots and a lack of land. The main thing is that the soil would be fertile and always wet, for this it is necessary to add a hydrogel. To care for balsamic vinegar in the vases, even easier than for petunia.

Top dressing.Fertilizing is carried out three times a month, phosphate-potassium fertilizers. You can recommend potassium monophosphate (5 grams per bucket of water) to irrigate 0.5 liters under a bush, but any other will fit.

Watering.Do not forget to water, but water moderately. Excess moisture can cause root rot.

Keep an eye on your plants, they give signals themselves if you don’t like the way you care for them:

• The balsam leaves drooped - it means too hot and not enough moisture.
•   - cold, excess moisture, check for pests.
• The bases of the stems rot - excessive moisture, low temperature, lack of lighting.
• Little or no buds are formed - a long drought.
• The leaves are pale, the stems are drawn out - not enough nutrients in the soil, lack of lighting.
• Cessation of flowering, flowering of flowers - a sharp cooling, transplanting into too large a pot, a strong overdrying of the soil.

Care for garden balsamic.

In general, the care of balsam is not much different from the care of other garden flowers.

For this purpose it is better to use cutting of balsam, it takes root perfectly.

Balsam reproduction

The balsam is surprisingly easy to cut, and this ability is used by flower growers to preserve the varieties they like in winter. To do this, in the fall cut off a few shoots and put in water or immediately stick into the pot with the ground for grafting. Cuttings root equally well in the water and in the ground.

Rooting cuttings in water.

For breeding it is not necessary to take large cuttings, cut into 6-8 cm. Remove the lower leaves and place them in water. To keep the cuttings in an environment with high humidity, put everything in a plastic bag and leave it for a week or two. When the roots appear, transplant the seedlings into pots of earth and place them on a window sill.

Rooted cutting.

At this time, the most important enemy of the balsam is the spider mite, inspect the plants and at the first sign of the appearance of a pest spray with a flyoverm. If the tick is still not enough, then one treatment should be enough, but if it has already managed to breed, then it is necessary to poison it according to this scheme: fitoverm - aktar - fitoverm with weekly interruptions.

Rooted plants.

In February - March, you can do cuttings again. Why do you need it? In most cases, the balsam shoots over the winter are strongly drawn out and by the spring the plant has a completely non-decorative appearance. And then there are two ways, either a very short pruning, or re-grafting. If you choose the second, then by June you will have neat, pretty bushes.

How to collect balsam seeds

After the balsam blooms, the seed box remains on the peduncle, in which there are seeds. At first it is green, which means that the seeds have not yet ripened and cannot be collected. It is necessary to wait until the seed box turns white and only then proceed to the collection of seeds.

Everything would be fine, but when touched, these boxes immediately crack and the seeds fly almost two meters. You have to work with great caution, or first put some kind of small bag on the box and only then tear it off. With this method, though the seeds are shot, they don’t scatter anywhere, but remain in the bag.

Balsam: growing from seeds at home can be carried out successfully, but for this you need to read this material. A feature of this flower is its diversity, it is able to decorate any flower bed. At the same time, it is grown quite simply at home, and the seeds for sowing next year can be collected from already grown plants.

Good-natured

If you consider a photo of growing balsam from seeds at home, then you can see that the flower has many varieties. It means that it is bright and colorful in color. The advantages of the plant can be attributed, it will be great to feel with minimal care. Read about growing lobularia from seed at home.

Interesting!In the people, this flower is called “touchy”, but not at all because it is capricious. The thing is that if you touch a mature seed box a little, then a huge amount of seeds will immediately appear from it.

  In order to successfully grow balsam seeds at home, you need to remember that during the period of growth after sunrise the flower needs a lot of light and heat. This herb, like its brethren, loves water. Therefore, you need to constantly monitor that the earth does not dry out.

Garden Balsam - growing from seed at home

In the early stages of growth should be attentive to the prevention of diseases. In particular, this plant can strike a black leg (due to excessive watering).

Growing balsam is possible not only for flower beds in the open air, but also at home. Just need to pick up the seeds of the varieties of this plant, which are perfect for a particular cultivation in certain conditions.

Sowing seedlings

Video, balsam: growing from seed at home, will draw attention to the main points. But still I want to spell out something. The first shoots after planting seeds appear within a week. So, there is no need to hurry with the planting of seeds - take a closer look, as soon as the calendar and the weather come spring. It is best to plant seeds for seedlings in March. The Godetia flower is perfect for growing from seed at home.

Before sowing, the seeds need to be further processed; hold for 20 minutes in a warm and barely pink solution of potassium permanganate. The land for planting should be chosen for flowering plants; it is advisable to process it in advance with a fungicide in order to immediately protect the seedlings from the black leg. For planting choose plastic containers of 7 cm.

In the process of planting it is not necessary to lay balsam seeds too deep into the soil, you will only need to sprinkle them on top of them with earth. Then cover the containers with foil, put in a warm place, but air every day until the first sunrises appear. When the sunrises appear, remove the shelter and put the seeds in a bright place on the windowsill.

If seedlings stretched

If the room where the balsam seedlings are grown is warm, but not enough light, then the seedlings will begin to stretch. In such a situation, you need to take emergency measures - harden the plant, as well as provide him with additional lighting during the day. Plus, the seedlings urgently pick out, deepen the seedlings when transplanting to the ground to the maximum, pinch the top leaf. Read how to stimulate the blooming of violets at home.

A lot of other topical information on how to grow balsam from seeds at home can be found on the florist forums. But, once again we emphasize that the plant is unpretentious and it is important to grow the seedlings correctly, and there already for the flower requires minimal care. If you already have any observations or tips about growing this plant at home or in flowerbeds, you can share them in the comments directly under this material.

Balsam Waller: sowing and cultivation

Balsamine is now rightfully included in the list of the most popular, attractive and long-flowering plants, successfully growing in the house and in the garden.

Among several types of balsam, which are often used in indoor floriculture and landscape design, the balsam of Waller, or Waller (Impatiens walleriana), is a great love for gardeners. By its nature, it is a very thermophilic perennial, and in regions with cold winters it is grown as an annual.

Modern selection of balsamines demanded by florists creates wonders - a great many varieties and hybrids of Waller's balsam with various color of flowers (simple, semi-double or terry) are created. This encourages fans of this plant to collect an extensive collection of balsamines.

Dwarf varieties and hybrids of balsam Waller about 15-20cm in height, and in the middle height is 30-35 cm. Compact plants have a lush bush with rich green leaves and succulent shoots, the tops of which are abundantly covered with charming flowers of one-color or two-color coloring.

I will share with readers of the Gardenia.ru website the experience of growing Waller's balsam from seeds and using this plant to decorate a garden.

On seed propagation of Waller's balsam

Often there is the opinion that it is quite difficult to grow seedlings of Waller's balsam from seed independently. I do not share it. Although, indeed, many growers say with chagrin that they did not manage to get the seedlings of the balsam Waller.
However, many years of experience (mine and many other lovers of balsam) shows: with proper sowing of high-quality, non-expired seeds, balsamines sprout well and develop remarkably.
  For an assumption about the possible germination of purchased balsam seeds, it is especially important when the bag does not indicate the deadline for their sale (as many Russian companies now indicate), but the year of harvest of the seeds. It is the date of production of seeds in combination with the date of expiration of their validity most often indicated on bags with imported seeds, which is very convenient for the florist.

I really liked the new Waller balsams with large flowers (up to 5 cm in diameter) that I grew from seeds last year (2013) - a variety of varieties from a famous German company. Particularly impressed were the beautiful plants of the Advantage variety, with very bright flowers, and the Tempo Butterfly variety, with flowers of delicate pastel colors and with a contrasting eye. These wonderful balsams flowered for several months in our garden - in hanging pots, in a long flower box and in the open field. Some balsamines from the listed varieties are presented in the photo in this article. For spectacular varieties of various colors that are included in these varieties, there is a lush dense bush and fairly rapid growth - it takes about 8-10 weeks from the emergence of shoots to the beginning of flowering.
  Although prices are high for imported seeds of Waller balsam and unique hybrid plants, the seedlings grown from them are much cheaper compared to expensive purchased seedlings.

In order to have Waller's blooming balsams in the garden at the beginning of summer, sowing of seeds for seedlings must be made no later than mid-March.

In the photo: Waller's blooming balsams in the open ground.

Sowing seeds balsam Waller and care for seedlings

Waller's balsam seeds are sown in a dish on the surface of a moist, leveled substrate.

In some floricultural literature it is advised to sprinkle sown balsam seeds with a thin layer of sand. From my practice, I concluded that this should not be done: it is difficult to control the degree of soil moisture under the layer of sand (after all, the sand on the surface dries quickly even with fairly moist soil), and the seedlings with this method of sowing have always turned out worse. Therefore, now I prefer to add sand directly to the seed substrate, which should be light and nutritious when growing balsams.

For sowing the seeds of Waller's balsam, in advance, I make a mixture of harvested garden soil and purchased ready-made soil on the basis of peat (I take these parts approximately equally in volume), adding vermiculite and sand.
  I spill the mixture obtained with a solution of Fitosporin for the prevention of the "black leg", which often happens when sowing small seeds of balsam and other plants. Then I dry the substrate until the normal moisture content required for the sowing is achieved.

When sowing, I try to place the balsam seeds more spaciously, at equal distances from each other - this will ensure uniform seedling coverage. Gently press the seeds, without immersing them in the soil, so that they receive the light necessary for their germination.
  I put the pot with crops in a transparent bag, filling it with air, and put it in a very bright (but without access to the sun's rays) warm place.

I regularly air the balsam crops, shaking the condensate from the bag. I moisten a substrate from a spray as required.
  At normal room temperature (about 22 degrees), Waller balsam seedlings appear after about 3 weeks. After seed seeding, when shoots appear, I gently pour the moist soil on the bare roots, to the root neck of seedlings.
I finish the seedlings on the window with phytolamp in the mornings and evenings, as well as on cloudy days.

The main task in the development of Waller balsam seedlings is a uniform and sufficient watering so as not to pour and overdry the soil.
  I continue to keep a bowl with small seedlings in a “greenhouse” bag, since they are very sensitive to changes in humidity and air temperature. They can also be attacked and quickly destroyed by a spider mite, which is imperceptible, a very dangerous pest for a balsam.

Often I air the balsam seedlings so that there is no prolonged air stagnation in the “hothouse”, otherwise it can lead to the appearance of a fungal infection.

Waller balsam seedlings under favorable conditions develop relatively quickly. Soon, the neighboring plants in the flatland bring their leaves together - it's time to start picking them.
  I dive the balsamines one by one into the smallest plastic cups (I always make drainage holes at the bottom) with the same light and fertile substrate as when seeding. Balsam seedlings are well tolerated pick.

With enough light and nutrition, the seedlings develop strong, stocky, early start to bush.
If Waller's balsam seedlings are stretched out (this can happen due to lack of lighting), then when picking, the bottom of long stalks should be buried in the soil.

After picking, I keep cups with balsams for some time in the “greenhouse”. After rooting, I begin to gradually train the seedlings to fresh air and then open them completely.

Soon the young plants start growing faster; then I put them on a cool glazed loggia of north-west orientation.
  If the balsam seedlings do not bush themselves, then you need to pinch the top of them to form side shoots.

We grow balsam from seeds

The more branches there are - the bush will be more magnificent, the more flowers will be on it.

Regular spraying of Waller's balsamines with distilled water, especially in the heat, helps to maintain the decorativeness of plants and protects them (but not always successfully) from the attack of a spider mite. Unfortunately, these harmful mites love to settle on the tender tips of the shoots and succulent balsam leaves, which causes great damage to the ornamental and health of the plant. Therefore, many florist begin to make periodic prophylactic spraying of balsams (“Fitoverm”, other chemical preparations) in case of hot weather, in order to prevent the occurrence of ticks.

When Waller's balsam seedlings grow noticeably, and their roots are woven over with an earthen ball, I cross the plants into larger cups.

Growing balsam Waller in the garden

In open ground, balsamines are planted after the disappearance of the threat of recurrent frosts, with the establishment of stable heat; for the middle band it is about the middle of June. By this time, many plants have already formed a good bush and bloom.

Waller's continuously flowering balsams remarkably decorate the half-shaded (without the direct sun in the midday hours) areas of the garden with light nutrient soil, where each flower lasts longer and its color is more saturated.
  It is better to plant balsams in a sheltered garden, where there is no strong wind - it can break the succulent stems.

When planting Waller balsam seedlings in open ground, pay attention to the recommended distance between plants (usually 25 cm), which must be maintained for a particular variety, depending on the intended size of the plant. It is good if adult bushes close together slightly - this is important for their better joint resistance to winds and heavy rainfall, to preserve moisture in the soil, and to achieve a better decorative effect.

In the photo: Waller's balsams in a hanging pots and flower box

Waller's balsams look great in hanging pots and flower boxes. Unlike petunia seedlings, who love a large amount of fertile substrate when grown in containers, Waller's balsams are more unpretentious. They put up with even a small amount of light nutrient soil in medium-sized pots: if only they had enough water (this is facilitated by the hydrogel contained in the soil), and periodic fertilizing for flowering plants was carried out.
  In hot and dry summers, mulching is very useful for balsam bushes; a layer of mulch also helps retain moisture in the soil.

In the absence of rain, the balsamines need regular watering so that the soil does not dry out (then the leaves of the dehydrated plants hang). But one should not allow excessive watering, otherwise the plants will get sick: dark spots will appear on the leaves, the bases of the shoots will start to rot.

It is advisable to remove the flowering large flowers from Walter's balsamines, as they often cover the numerous buds under their petals. However, with a large number of plants, I do not always have time to perform this operation. But this must also be done so that unnecessary seed pods are not tied; in the garden, this often happens when insects pollinate flowers.

Before the coming autumn frosts can bring container balsam into the house or on the veranda. A balsam growing in a flower garden can be temporarily covered with a thick covering material, because often after a cold snap, the weather is set again.

If you want to keep Waller's balsams growing in the open ground for further cultivation, then they need to be drafted in advance (even in summer) so that the cuttings will root quickly and have time to grow to winter.
  At the end of the garden season, transplanting large balsam bushes from a flower garden into pots is very problematic and impractical - as a result, such bushes often die. Therefore, for the new season it is better to have young promising plants obtained from cuttings or from seeds.

Be sure to try to grow balsam Waller seedlings, if you have not yet become his fan. After all, the beautiful balsams abundantly blooming for many months is a real holiday, very bright and joyful!

I wish gardeners.ru gardeners success in growing seedlings and many beautiful flowers!

Elena Y. Ziborova
Gardenia.ru Floriculture: Pleasure and Benefit

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How I learned to grow balsam from seeds.

Today I will tell you how to grow balsam from seeds. Make it pretty simple. If you want to see the balsam bloom in May, then the seeds should be planted in January or February. Pour the landless substrate into the pot.

The substrate should consist of perlite and peat (1: 2) and be free of pests and diseases. Balsam seeds are very small, so they need to be sprinkled on top of the substrate and sprinkled with a spray bottle. To create moisture, it is better to cover the pot with film or glass, otherwise the seeds will not germinate. The optimum temperature for balsam seed germination is +25 degrees or slightly lower, but not less than +20.

If you did everything correctly, then in 10 days the first shoots will appear that need to be watered and sprayed. It is important to observe that the water does not stagnate in the pan, otherwise not yet grown balsamines may die.

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Flower description

Delicate flowers of pink and red are located in the axils of the leaves. On the basis of balsam, many interesting hybrids have been bred that have double flowers of the most varied color, with the exception of blue and yellow. After the end of the flowering period, the plant has a fruit in the form of an elongated juicy multi-seed box.

It contains five drop-down flaps. So, in one gram can contain up to 100 seeds. Vanka wet quite easily tolerates dry climatic conditions, is not picky about heat, grows well and blooms even in rooms on the north side.

It is grown in living rooms, on a balcony, on a terrace, and even on a garden plot in large-sized planting tanks.

Types and grades of balsam

As mentioned above, today there are about 550 species of this beautiful flower. The following varieties are the most popular in cultivation at home. Walser or Waller's balsam was taken as the basis for creating new hybrids.

Balsam Sultanovid and Balsam Holst also belong to this species. This is mainly perennial plants, reaching 60 cm in height. This variety grows very quickly and successfully. The first shoots appear within 16 days after sowing the seeds.

Seeds can remain viable for 8 years. Balsam Waller has bare and well-branched stems. Egg-shaped and broadly oval leaves with a pointed tip have a broad base of about 6 cm.

Flowers are located on the tips of the stems and may have a very different color. Peters Balsam. For the first time this species appeared in the tropics of West Africa.

This plant is very similar to the previous species, only has some differences: larger sizes, as well as the characteristic bronze color of the leaves and stems. Flowers have a bright red tint. Thanks to the crossing of these two species, many dwarf as well as tall varieties have been bred with the most varied color of flowers.

Iron balsam received this name because of the presence of glands at the base of the leaf plate. This annual can reach a height of 2 m. White, pink and wine-red flowers are located on long peduncles.

They are assembled in umbrella-shaped brushes. This species is used to decorate fences, planted in groups on lawns. Niamey Balsam is a rather capricious variety that grows in the wild in Africa.

It requires a warm climate and protection from winds and drafts. Plant height is 1 m. This perennial plant is grown in Europe as an annual crop, as it dies during the first frost.

New Guinea balsamic hybrid is a perennial plant originally from Indonesia. As an annual, New Guinea balsam is grown in countries with a temperate climate.

This variety has a high growth. White, red, purple flowers bloom throughout the year. Large leaves have yellow, bronze and bright green color in the middle.

The New Guinean hybrid loves warm air and good lighting. This variety grows well in living rooms and winter gardens.

Caring for this plant includes regular watering, the introduction of fertilizing and the creation of warm conditions of maintenance. The annual annual is very popular - garden balsam, which has a pyramidal and spherical shape. The height of the bush reaches 70 cm. Large flowers of various shapes have white and purple color.

Basic care for balsamine includes the following rules.

Lighting and temperature

Since all its varieties are light-loving plants, they need to provide good lighting. Balsamine is contraindicated in direct sunlight. Window sills on the west and east side will suit this flower perfectly.

In the summer, plants can be put on the street in a shady place. Practice planting flowers in open ground in the summer, but not earlier than mid-June.

For planting it is better to choose a shaded area. Since a balsam does not have a rest period, in the winter period he needs additional artificial lighting. If you provide him with the right care at this time of year, you can achieve flowering.

Balsam tolerates heat well, so it grows well at 20-25 degrees and above. In winter, the plant needs a lower temperature, but not below 12 degrees. What is important is the proper and timely care for balsamine.

Watering and humidity

Water in the warm season should be regularly and often, as the drying of the soil.

It is very important to take into account the fact that the substrate can not be too dry, as this will lead to abscission of buds, just as it can not be over-moistened. In the second case, root decay may begin. Air humidity for a balsam is not very significant. If the air is too dry, the flowers should be sprayed more often.

Top dressing

To feed the plants need a half dose of complex fertilizers. The period of dressings lasts from spring until autumn. It is necessary to make 1 time in two weeks. If the balsam is given the right care, then it will delight with its flowering all year round.

Transplant and pruning

Usually, a flower transplant is made in spring, but if necessary it can be done in summer. As soon as the plant becomes crowded in the pot, it can be safely transplanted.

Mature plants can be either transplanted or renewed by rooting the apical cuttings. This plant is to be pruned every year in order to create a decorative look. Pruning rejuvenates it and stimulates the growth of young shoots.

How can multiply balsam

Balsam in the home is propagated in two ways: by sowing seeds and apical cuttings. Seeds are propagated in spring. If you want your plant to bloom in late spring, seeds are sown at the beginning of winter in a moist substrate of peat and sand.

Before sowing, seeds are soaked in warm water for 10 minutes. After the seedlings proklyutsya, after 14-16 days, and they will have a few leaves, they pinch to enhance bushiness. Propagation by cuttings is quite successful.

Cut cuttings 5-6 cm long, rooted in the water, as well as in the sand. They take root very easily and quickly. The rooting process is best carried out in the spring during the pruning period.

In order to enhance bushiness during growth, the cuttings should be pinched.

Pests and diseases

There are problems during the cultivation of this plant. It can affect pests and diseases.

• Excess moisture can lead to fungal diseases and rot. Spider mite is another malicious pest that occurs when air humidity is low. In the fight against it using modern drugs. The plants may have diseases due to lack of fertilizers or, conversely, their excess. Falling or yellowing of the leaves may also indicate the appearance of some disease. This is usually due to hypothermia or a flower being infected with aphids or whitefly. Black spots on the leaves are a disease of bacteriosis. In this case, spraying with Alirin is very effective.

Roly wet - although unpretentious plant, but still requires competent and timely care.

Balsam home care at home

March 26th, 2015 admin

With the onset of cold weather, plants in the garden fall asleep, as well as many indoor plants rest. Almost all housewives want to see something new, bright and warm in their home. In this case, balsam cultivation will be an excellent solution.

This flower will be a special decoration of every home. Recently, more modern plant species have begun to crowd out it, but due to the breeders' activity, indoor balsam has again begun to gain the status of a female pet. The flower gives a smile with its bright and unusual flowers, which are able to improve mood at one moment. Nowadays, we managed to bring out a large number of new balsam varieties that have different colors.

Excellent in combination with emerald home greens will look like purple, white, red, pink, purple balsam flowers. In addition, when flowering, this plant is covered with small flowers with spurs.

After that, the flowers begin to move away, and green fruits appear instead. When touched, they burst and discard the seeds. Balsam - mostly undemanding plant resistant to dry air.

Impatiens how to water

Balsamines are very moisture-loving, so it is important to provide them with the necessary volume of water, which must be sedimented and soft. If on the ground in which the flower grows, white bloom appears, and the flower has acquired a painful appearance, then most likely alkali is present in the soil due to the hardness of the water.

In this case, it is recommended to replace the top layer of soil. It is also possible to pour water into the pan to solve this problem, in this situation there will be no lime deposits in the upper part of the ground. In winter, in order for the room balsam to bloom luxuriantly, it must be kept on the window with a bright light falling.

If possible, it is recommended to add artificial lighting. Soil for such flowers should be nutritious and loose. In the process of flowering balsam recommended fertilize with mullein tincture. Balsamine is in contact with other plants.

This flower with bright leaves and flowers will harmoniously harmonize with white-flowering plants. Evergreen boxwood will look good in the neighborhood with balsam.

Balsam Flower Room Care

In order to provide quality care for balsam, it is recommended to grow it on the windows facing south or west. In the summer, balsam is preferable to put up in the open air, or transplanted into the garden.

In this case, you need to plant no earlier than July, since in this case the flower may not have time to get used to the environment. Balsam may be in the garden before the arrival of the first frosts. In the care of balsam, there are "pitfalls".

As soon as the leaves of the flower begin to fall off, you should pay attention to the pests. If the leaves of the flower wither, then the reason lies in the lack of watering. If the balsam does not bloom well, then there may be a lack or excess of plant nutrition.

It may also be a lack of heat and light. If the room is poorly lit or too hot, the plant begins to stretch. In these situations, you need to immediately treat the plant, and then the balsam will begin to enchant again with its special flowering.

Balsam  - a beautiful and bright flower that many gardeners appreciate. In the people it is called "Roly wet" for the droplets formed on the cloves of the leaves. This plant is unpretentious, so ideal for novice gardeners.

Balsam easily tolerates weather changesthat allows you to use the plant for decoration flower beds. Balsam leaves - saturated green color. The color of the flower can vary from white to red.

There are hybrids in which the color of flowers can be absolutely anything.

How to grow balsam from seed?

• To grow balsam from seed, you need to wait until the flowering period. At this time, the plant produces green fruit. When the fruits ripen, dry seed boxes will appear. Experienced gardeners are advised to start a balsam in a flower pot, after planting the plant in open ground. If you need a balsam of seeds grown in the summer, the plant should be planted in the spring. Before planting, treat the seeds with potassium permanganate, then soak them in cool water. Balsam non-tough to the soil - the main thing that the soil was nutritious. The substrate is made from sand, humus, leaf earth and turf. Pour the prepared substrate into a flower pot and plant balsam seeds. When you plant the seeds, cover them with plastic and maintain the temperature within 20 degrees Celsius. Seeds will germinate 5 days after soaking. When the plant leaves appear, give them the shape of a bush. If it does not matter to you when the balsamine grows, plant the plant in mid-June in open ground. A semi-shady spot is ideal for him. Impatiens bloom from early June to mid-October. In summer, balsam needs plenty of watering. The first watering is done when the top layer of the substrate dries out. Balsam recommended water at room temperature. Ensure that the soil under the flower is not too dry or too wet. Balsam, grown from seeds, needs fertilizer during the flowering period - just from the beginning of spring to late autumn. Feeding is done 1 time in 2 weeks with complex fertilizers.
• If you grow a balsam from seed for the first time, in spring it must be cut to half the length and pinch the tops. Pruning balsam will ensure the formation of new shoots and better flowering plants. The more balsam shoots have, the better the flowering will be. Do not forget to cut the flaccid and yellowed balsam leaves.

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Garden balsam: cultivation

In a different way balsam garden is called impatiens balsamic. Garden balsam can reach a height of 73 cm, and the flowers are about 4 cm in circumference. The plant has a pyramidal shape. Features of growing balsam garden  these are:

1. Before planting balsam soil necessarily treated with a fungicide. Seeds remain viable for 8 years. If there is no frost, balsam garden planted in open ground. Seeds are planted at a distance of 30 cm from each other. At a temperature of 21 - 27 degrees, they will rise in two weeks. After seed germination, it is necessary to maintain a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, provide ventilation and additional lighting to the plant, and avoid over-wetting the soil. When the first buds appear, it is necessary to maintain the temperature of the plant to 18 degrees.

Balsam Garden Reproduction

The reproduction of a garden balsam can be done by cutting. To do this, from the uterine bush break off the top of the plant. Planted in a permanent place after 1 month the plant grows and begins to bloom.

When the balsam garden ends to bloom, it forms a fruit in the form of a juicy oblong box with a large number of seeds. When you touch the box, it cracks, and seeds fly out of it. Here is the magic!

Problems of growing balsam garden: diseases and pests

• Garden Balsam prefers shadow. During a strong heat the balsam fades. Garden balsam requires regular feedings, which are carried out only on the leaves. The leaves of the garden balsam are very fragile, therefore they break off at the nodes. Like any other plant, balsam is susceptible to insects. Symptoms of the disease: gray bloom and rot on balsam leaves, loss of color, yellowness, stalk falling off. Causes of disease: waterlogging, lack of fertilizers, harmful insects, aphid and bait floe.

In order for a balsam to be healthy, it is necessary to monitor it and provide the plant with the necessary conditions. See also:

Growing balsam at home

Hello dear lovers of flowers. Today you will learn about growing balsam at homeIt is this widely known flower that will become a hero for us. He is “Vanka wet”, he is “Spark”, and he is “Touchy”.

As well as the widely loved geranium, balsam became an attribute of petty bourgeois life. Such a love for the plant is not accidental. A variety of varieties, color options, flower sizes, structure of inflorescences all this “warms” the interest in growing balsam growers.

The richness of color, not only flowers but also leaves, does not leave flower growers indifferent. The leaves of balsamines may be green, red, and purple-black.

Foliage with light streaks occurs. The tropics of East Africa, Ceylon, New Guinea and some areas of Asia are considered the home country of balsam. In Europe, this plant domesticated and bred new varieties of balsam. The plant has many varieties.

Each variety, in turn, is divided into many unique series. Terry balsam varieties can resemble rose bushes and even compete with them in beauty! A rather popular variety of balsam Waller has about 20 episodes.

For the cultivation of balsam in the conditions of the house mainly used varieties of New Guinea hybrids. This variety of balsam has larger inflorescences than the variety of Waller. There are both indoor sorts of balsamine and garden sorts.

In general, the care of the plant is about the same. Gardeners and summer residents should only consider that balsam is a very fragile and thermophilic plant. Therefore, it is better to plant it only after the threat of frost and in a place protected from the wind.

The flower blooms for quite a long time and begins to bloom in June and occurs until the very first frost. In home conditions, the balsam can bloom all year round. Timely removal of faded flowers will prolong the flowering period.

Technology balsam growing home.

For lush flowering and active growth of balsam, the plant must create a comfortable environment:

• First of all, the lighting.

  Garden Balsam: growing from seed

  Balsam is a light-loving plant, but tolerates penumbra. It can grow even with artificial light.

• Balsam loves heat, but during the winter period the temperature drops to 17 degrees.
• Watering the plants should be abundant in summer and more stingy - in winter. Water for irrigation is better to use soft and warm enough.
• Balsamine prefers a light substrate for flowering houseplants. In order for the plant to bloom, the soil should not be much. In a large pot, beautiful lush leaves are obtained, but flowering suffers.
• Once in two weeks balsam needs additional fertilizing with mineral fertilizers. During flowering, it is better to limit fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers, and instead use products containing potassium and phosphorus.
• Balsam propagates by cuttings and seeds. For cuttings select the most beautiful twigs. Cut with a sharp knife and put in the water. Roots appear pretty quickly.

Seeds are sown in moist soil, constructing a mini-greenhouse, put in a warm place. As soon as two true leaves appear, the plant can be transplanted into a pot.

• Balsamine transplanted in the spring. After transplantation the plant will grow new shoots, and flowering will be more magnificent.
• The most delicate balsam leaves are a delicacy for pests. The main one is the spider mite. Timely spraying on the leaves will save the plant from uninvited guests. If the plant is sick, it is necessary to spray it with the drug "Antiklesch."

Home greenhouse video - Balsam. Balsam looks great not only on the windowsill. It will not go unnoticed in the flowerbed, it looks wonderful in single landings and is simply irresistible in containers!

Plant and grow balsams in their summer cottages and in homes. The pleasure will be double: from plentiful and early blossoming and simplicity of care of balsam.

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Balsam. Growing from seed at home

Balsam Tom Samba

How to grow a balsam garden on your site?

Garden balsam flower, traditionally grown in flower beds, came from India. These plants were added species brought from Africa and Asia. Manufacturers offer to buy both hybrids and balsam seeds of different varieties. To get planting material, balsams are grown first as a pot plant, and in the summer they are planted on flowerbeds.

Rare varieties are best propagated by cutting. This makes it possible to obtain a plant with all the remaining characteristics of the variety. Fans prefer bright cultures with unusual colors. The Niamiami Congo Kakadu variety attracts the attention of flower growers with its unusual yellow-red buds that look like bright tropical birds. To preserve the originality of the culture, it is bred only by cuttings.

A mixture of seeds of balsamine varieties Safari will delight lovers of these plants with many colors and abundant flowering. Representatives of this species are bushy, reaching a height of 20 cm. The color of the petals can be white, pink, red, lilac. Inflorescence in diameter reaches 3 cm. In the garden, this variety blooms until the frost. If it is landed on the south side in light partial shade, in a place protected from the winds, it will delight with long flowering until the end of autumn.

Walter's balsam pleases flower growers with its inflorescences in the form of roses. This variety is quite capricious, it likes moist air, diffused sunlight. It can be planted in partial shade on a hill, so that the water does not stagnate in the roots. Seed producers often offer a hybrid blend from which you can get a variety of flowering plants.

Balsam Tom Tamb, or Samba, is a one-year short, but strongly tapered plant, reaching 25 cm. It has lance-shaped sawtooth leaves. If you buy a mixture of balsam Tom Samb, you can get numerous bright double flowers of white, red, purple or pink hue.

The variety Camellia has tall, branching bushes reaching 60 cm. They bloom long and abundantly. Buds terry, lush and large white, purple and bright pink flowers. If you plant on the site a mixture of plants of this variety, you get a corner that blooms beautifully all summer.

For those who do not have much space in the garden, you can grow undersized crops that tolerate penumbra well and bloom beautifully in pots. This may be balsam Pikoti, resembling geranium flowers. Breeders brought an unusual salmon flower with large buds. The plant blooms profusely, forming a low bush, suitable for decoration of balconies, loggias and growing in pots.

Balsam Baby forms a compact spherical shrub with a large number of shoots and buds. Flowers in this variety have a variety of colors. Most often it is red, orange and pink.

Balsam Sweetheart - another unpretentious variety that has large flowers and is characterized by low growth. This variety can be used as curb culture.

Balsam ampelny Apple Blossom forms a compact powerful bush, covered with small pink buds, like Chinese rose flowers. It is more suitable for pot growing. Its grown branches, decorated with flowers, by the end of the summer form a cascade.

Balsamine can try to grow from seeds collected from plants.

Balsam growing from seeds at home

They remain viable for up to 8 years, but the best result can be obtained only when sowing fresh material. Varietal balsam seeds form in large quantities, unlike hybrids. A balsam grown from seeds collected in a flower bed will turn out to be of a different kind and can be very different from the mother plant. It is impossible to predict the result, because planting flower seeds is always a fascinating experiment. After using them, you can grow balsam and not see seedlings at all.

Seeds are harvested after the boxes become translucent and dark balls become visible through the walls. Tear down the boxes in the morning when they are wet. The collected material is folded in a paper envelope, signed and placed in a well-ventilated room for storage. There they will dry out and survive until spring.

On sale you can buy a bag of balsam seeds and sow them in the ground to get seedlings by early summer. On the packaging manufacturer provides information on how to plant a plant. The instruction must be read, and the bag left to use all the useful recommendations.

Growing from seed at home is a simple task. Germination of fresh seeds is 90%. Plants hatch quickly if they are sown on the surface of a wet mixture of coarse sand, peat, black soil, leafy ground and mulch with sand. Then the container should be covered with foil and left in a warm dark place until germination.

In some cases, the seeds sprout within a week, old grains may not germinate at all.

If the seedlings are not detected within 3 weeks, then the seeds turned out to be unusable.

After the emergence of seedlings, the pot with seedlings is placed on the window sill of the window facing west. The film is removed for the day. When the soil dries, seedlings sprinkle with warm water.

After there are 3 true leaves, it is desirable to plant the plants in a permanent place. If this is not possible, then you need to leave them to wait for disembarking in open ground, putting them in the most lighted place so that they do not stretch. With the active growth of seedlings with 6 leaves pinch the crown, so they began to form the lateral buds. Plant balsam in a flower bed at a time when the threat of frost is completely gone. The plant must be hardened before transfer to the ground.

Landing balsam should take place in a place protected from the weather. Stalks of flowers break the strong wind and rain, and this must be taken into account when choosing a place for a plant. Sun balsamine also harms, so next to these flowers arrange backstage, which will protect from the wind and give partial shade. The east and west sides are ideal for culture.

Planting seedlings in the ground, fill the wells at a distance of no more than 30 cm. Add leaf humus and sand to each hole. Seedlings in pots before moving are well spilled, so that it is easier to get an earthy ball, and the root has retained its integrity. The plant is carefully transplanted, filled with nutrient earthen mixture, watered and mulched.

To bloom faster bush, it is fertilized 1 time in 10 days of complex feeding, intended for garden flowers. An excess of nitrogen is unacceptable, because the bushes will go to growth, they will be large, but they will not be able to get flowers.

Balsamines love moist soils. They need to be watered regularly. With a lack of water, the leaves curl up into a tube, flower buds do not develop and the bush falls asleep. Water the flowers in the evening, after sunset. To shrubs constantly bloomed, they should not form seeds. To do this, bloomed inflorescences in a timely manner clean.

Balsam, the cultivation of which is simple, can be saved if the flower is striking in its extraordinary beauty. Before the cold, the most attractive bush can be dug, planted in a drained pot and brought it into the room.

The balsam left for the winter at home will sleep during the cold season. He will lose most of the leaves, but in the spring he wakes up and starts to grow. Balsams please with lush flowering only in the first year of life, therefore it is recommended to cut the cuttings from a two-year bush at the end of February, process them in Kornevin and plant them in the ground under a glass shelter so that the plant can take root. Observing this rule, you can save the variety and constantly admire its beautiful flowers. In the water, the balsamines perish, the roots are not allowed, because the tender stems quickly rot.

Flower Balsam Tom Samb pink (terry) 0.1 gr.

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Balsam seeds - terry, flowering variety. Bush height to 20 centimeters. The leaves are juicy, large, green. It blooms from June to September. Flowers terry, pale pink color. The plant is unpretentious, thermophilic, grows well both in open sunny places and in partial shade. Watering regularly, the soil should be moderately wet. Perfectly tolerates a haircut. Sowing of seeds produced in March-April. For planting use fertile, light soil, the seeds lightly sprinkled with earth and cover the container with glass. The first shoots appear in 15-20 days. Seedlings dive into pots of one plant. Balsam propagated by cuttings and seeds. Suitable for growing in flower beds, seedlings planted in the ground at the end of frosts.

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Balsam: cultivation, varieties

Balsam, touchy, or Vanka wet - an annual or biennial herb of the balsamic family. Homeland balsam - the mountainous regions of Africa and the island of Zanzibar. Balsam stalks are fleshy, juicy. The leaves, painted in different shades of green, without stipules, have a lanceolate form, the edges of the leaf plates are whole or toothed. On the stem, the leaves are arranged oppositely or whorled. The flowers are irregular, simple or terry, solitary or collected in loose inflorescences. The color is white, yellow, red or two-tone. It blooms from June to August. In nature, there are about 400 species of balsam, common in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. In the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including Russia, there are only 8 species.

Balsamines are planted in beds, borders and other types of flower garden. Low-growing species and varieties can be grown in containers, pots on the windows, boxes on the balconies, outdoor vases. In addition, balsams are suitable for cutting, they are very long in the water.

Most often in gardening the following types are used: - balsam balsam, or garden balsam - an annual with strongly branchy upright stem up to 70 cm. The leaves are petioled, hairless, lancet-like or pointed, alternate. Flowers are large, irregular, simple or terry, white, pink, red, bright red, purple, violet. In gardening the most popular are bunch-bush balsams, dwarf (up to 25 cm high) or sredneroslye (up to 40 cm high); - balsam iron-bearing - annual with strongly branched succulent stems 80–200 cm high. The leaves are bright green, 5–15 cm long, forming whorls in the upper part of the plant. Inflorescences are brushes consisting of 15 flowers of white, pink or red color. It blooms from the second half of the summer to the first frost; - New Guinea balsam - a hybrid perennial with very large colors of bright colors. It can be grown not only in flower beds, but also in pots as a houseplant;

Balsam Weller - perennial, grown as an annual. Branched Stems

up to 20 cm high form a spherical bush. The flowers are large, solitary, simple or terry, white, pink, red or crimson.

Varieties: Camellia, Strawberry and Cream, Tom Samb, Tom Tamb.

Growing conditions: balsamines prefer open sunny areas or partial shade. It is advisable to choose a place for planting balsam, which would be shaded from 12 to 15 h. In addition, for a balsam suitable areas under the trees with a loose crown, the northwestern or northeastern sides of the buildings. Balsamines are not too demanding on the soil, but they grow best on light, fertile, moderately moist, sandy or loamy soils with neutral acidity. Care: balsam requires uniform moderate watering. Excess moisture is no less damaging to the plant than drought. It is also necessary to loosen the soil and weed the flower garden. Balsam leaves should be regularly sprayed, otherwise the plant will become easy prey for spider mites. As required in the soil make feeding. Balsam does not tolerate cold at all, even at a temperature of + 5 ° C, it begins to lag behind in growth. Balsam may be affected by rot, fungal diseases, spider mites, therefore it is necessary to take timely preventive measures against these diseases.

Reproduction: balsam propagated by seeds that are sown in greenhouses in February - early March. Dive into pots of one plant. In the open ground at a permanent place seedlings are planted in late April, when the threat of frost has passed. Between the balsam bushes leave a distance of 25-30 cm.

Toxic: a balsam is not poisonous.

Garden balsam, is an annual or perennial herb of the Balsamic family. The flower is native to the tropics and subtropics of Africa, India, and Asia. It also grows in New Guinea, in Ceylon. Some species can be found in Central Asia, Europe, America. He was brought to Europe at the end of the 16th century. Today it is one of the most popular plants in flower growers.

Balsam refers to the long-flowering plants of spherical or pyramidal shape. The height of the plants go from 20 to 70 centimeters (wild varieties reach 2 meters). The bush is upright. Stems brittle in nodes, branched, smooth and juicy.

The plant is leafy. Leaf length from 8 to 12 centimeters. Oval or lanceolate form. Alternate location. The leaves are fleshy, the edges are pointed, jagged. Color from purple-bronze to green.

Flowers of irregular shape, large, sessile, placed in the axils of the leaves. Color red, white, pink, purple. Hybrid plants have multi-colored leaves and double flowers of various colors (13 shades), except for yellow, blue.

Balsam blooms from the beginning of summer (late spring) to mid-autumn.

After flowering green fruits are formed. The fruit is an oblong multi-seedling with 5 chambers. When the fruit ripens, a dry elongated box with small seeds is formed. In one gram, there are about 100 brown-brown seeds. Germination of planting material lasts for 8 years.

When touched, the fruits open up sharply, 5 leaves open and twist. Seeds scatter two meters around. Because of this peculiarity, the plant is known in the people as Touchy, besides other names are also known, for example, Vanya is wet, Spark.

In nature, there are more than 500 species of balsam. About 15 species are used in floriculture.

There are 3 main groups:

1. Traditional species with pink, white, red flowers, green foliage, succulent sprawling stems.
2. Compact medium hybrids (F1) with a mass of white, red, purple, pink, orange colors.
3. New Guinea variegated hybrids.

Among the types of balsam are variegated, terry, monochromatic plants. Terry flowers are divided into clove-colored, pinkish, camellid.
  The growth form of balsam is divided into bush, ampelous, upright species.

There are low branching plants up to 40 centimeters (bunch-bush). Flowers rise above the leaves and form a peculiar bouquet.
  Dwarf (low branching) form grows up to 25 centimeters.

For cultivation in the garden the best types of balsam are: Waller's Balsam, Ampelny, Tom tamba, Camelia, Novogvinei, Terry, Room.

This is a medium-sized, perennial plant. It includes a large number of hybrids. In the garden, the flower is grown as an annual.

The bush is compact, grows up to 30 centimeters (in room conditions up to 60 centimeters). Bush with a spherical, lush crown. Stems strongly branched, naked, juicy.

The leaves are thin, bright, shiny, reddish-bronze or dark green. The scape is long, seizes the plate. The plate is wide oval or ovate-rhombic in shape with a wide-wedge base (about 5 centimeters long) and a pointed tip. Edge dull-walled.

Flowers are distributed at the ends of the stems, rather large, terry or simple, single. Coloring from white to purple flowers, there are two-tone. The plant is adapted for growing in the shade.

Amplone balsam

It is a ground cover plant. Height reaches 80 centimeters. A bush with a large number of shoots, compact. Flowers are large, diameter is 6 centimeters, numerous, the color is varied. Grown on rabatkah, under the trees in the penumbra, in flowerbeds, borders. In room conditions it blooms all year round.

It has a highly expanding bush. Plant height is 25 centimeters. The leaves are tender, a lot of them on the bush. Flowers are large, with a diameter of up to 5 centimeters, terry. Suitable for decoration of flowerbeds, lawns, flower beds, street vases.

Differs terry, large flowers. In favorable conditions, the plant grows up to 1 meter. Often planted in mixborders or back of the beds. It is grown in rassadny way. Fears of frost.

One-year hybrid, at home growing as a perennial. The species includes simple or semi-double tall varieties (up to 1 meter) with large flowers of white, red, purple, and pink flowers.

Bushes are compact. Stems are fleshy, strong, up to 30 centimeters long. Leaves from bright green green to bronze flowers. The middle of the plate is yellow. Sometimes the leaves are variegated. Flowers of various colors, large, with a diameter of up to 8 centimeters.
  These hybrids are heat and light-requiring, drought-resistant. Flowers have the property of continuous flowering.

Terry view reaches 25 centimeters in height. Flowers with a diameter of 4 centimeters, two-tone (red and white). Flowers are decorative. Propagated by seeds and cuttings.

Indoor balsam is grown on the windowsill, in the greenhouse, in a flower bed. Bloom year-round. Height up to 60 centimeters. The flowers are bright. Shrub when planted in the ground grows into a lush bush.

Popular varieties:

Kin Kong  - a low profusely flowering variety, reaching 30 centimeters in height, with large bright and colorful flowers with a diameter of 6 centimeters;

Super Elfin  grows up to 25 centimeters in height. The color scheme includes 13 shades;

Has terry, semi-double flowers;

Sort Symphony  uniform, compact, no more than 20 centimeters high. Flowers large, bright, various shades;

Fiesta  - These are perennial plants with decorative double flowers in different colors, there are variegated varieties;

Group Kandy includes 17 varieties with simple and semi-double flowers.
  You can also note: variety Baby Bush, Java, Harmony, Mini Gini, Tango.

Balsam blooms from early summer to mid-autumn, but with a sharp decrease in temperature dies.

Seeds are sown in late March - early April (depending on the region).

When sowing from mid-February - in early March, seedlings are additionally highlighted and planted in the garden in greenhouses, greenhouses. After warming the air cover is removed.

Ampel varieties are planted in late March - early April.

In the greenhouse and greenhouse, seeds are sown in mid-April.

In the spring, to speed up flower growth and early flowering, balsam is cultivated at home.

For growing seedlings taken a wide tank with drainage holes at the bottom. You can use planting cassettes or pots with a diameter of 7 centimeters. The bottom in any container is filled with a layer of fine vermiculite or expanded clay.

Seeds after distribution on the surface are covered with earth or buried a few millimeters. Deeper planting can lead to a complete lack of germination.

Land and Seed Preparation

The soil for growing balsam seedlings should be slightly acidic, nutritious and moderately loose. The substrate can be purchased in finished form or made from turf soil, peat, sand, perlite. All components are taken in equal parts. The mixture is mixed and treated with a fungicide against any fungal diseases.

Seeds before sowing are further processed. They need to be placed for 20 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Then the seeds are soaked for several hours in warm water with the addition of a growth stimulator. After that they are washed and dried on a napkin.

Seeds are sown on the surface of a moistened soil with an interval of 3 centimeters from each other. For ease of sowing, a moistened toothpick is used.
  When sowing in cassettes, one seed goes into each container.

Seeds are sprinkled with a thin layer of earth, everything is sprayed from a spray bottle. Capacity covered with film or glass. The temperature under the glass should be at around 22-24 degrees.

Capacity with seeds is exposed on a window sill.

Direct sunlight when grown should be excluded!

Shoots appear in 1.5-2.5 weeks. Some varieties can climb faster. After seed seeding, the temperature of the content is reduced by 2 degrees.

For better growth for seeds, additional lighting is provided with a fluorescent lamp. Light day should be at least 12 hours a day.

For seedlings provides good ventilation. Twice a day the film (glass) is removed for 10 minutes. As the seedlings grow, the interval between the removal of the shelter is reduced to a complete removal of the film (glass).

Watering is made in the pan, it allows to avoid overwetting the earth. Excess water drains from the pan. When watering in the tank, water should be poured along the edges of the tank.

After the appearance of 5-7 main leaves, the plants are seated in separate pots. For the pomp of the bush, you can pinch the top.

Before transplanting into the soil, potted plants are brought to the fresh air for acclimatization. When warming the soil and the absence of frost plants can be transplanted.

Planted balsam in open ground after the passage of spring frosts.

Balsam loves well-lit areas. In the afternoon light penumbra should be created for the flower. The leaves of the plant are tender and may suffer from the heat. In the shade the flowers become smaller, the bush is drawn out.

Pits are prepared for planting. The gap between the bushes should be from 20 to 60 centimeters (depending on the size of an adult plant). Complex fertilizers are added to the hole along with the soil.

For better extraction from the pot, the plants are watered. Open roots finish. In the presence of earthen coma, the soil is not shake off.

Seedlings are deepened to the seedbed leaves. The remaining space in the hole is filled with substrate and crushed. After planting, the plants are watered. The land around the seedlings is mulched.

Summer care is loosening after each watering, removal of weeds and fertilizing.

To get rid of weeds and preserve moisture, the areas around the plants are mulched with sawdust and peat.

Loosening is done at a depth of 1.5 centimeters. With such loosening the air easily passes to the roots of the plant. The roots do not bare.

Balsam is a moisture-loving flower and the soil for good growth should not dry out, but in turn, waterlogging is also unacceptable. Water must be defended, soft.

Top dressing is made twice a month, starting from the moment of planting until autumn. For feeding, any complex weakly concentrated fertilizer is suitable.

During flowering, nitrogen-containing fertilizers can not be applied! It is best to take potash-phosphorus supplements during this period.

In winter, the garden balsam can be dug up and planted in a pot, and in the spring it can be planted again in a flower garden. At the same time the bush will grow and with the help of petioles it can be multiplied.

Balsam is susceptible to aphids, whitefly and spider mites.

Spider mite appears at elevated air temperatures and dry air. Pinkish spots appear on the leaves. With a small lesion plants can be sprayed with a solution of soap. Insecticides are used to combat any pests.

With the defeat of aphids, you can use tobacco dust. Plant and soil around priprashivayutsya.

For the whitefly additionally, you can cook sticky traps. Spraying protective drugs in this case is done once a week.

Plant with high humidity and low temperature may be affected by gray rot. Gray spots appear on the surface, leaves fall, inflorescences are covered with bloom, a characteristic putrid odor appears.

When rot appears, the plant or affected area is removed. The cut is processed with crushed charcoal. After that, spraying of copper sulfate, Barrier, Barrier or other fungicidal preparations is performed.

In addition to gray rot, a mosaic virus, bacteriosis, and powdery mildew may appear on the plant. For the prevention of the disease are used insecticides. To fight used Bordeaux liquid.

To prevent damage by insects, diseases during planting, it is necessary not to thicken the plants and monitor the purity of the flower garden.

To collect the seeds, you must first prepare and bring the bag to the box and only after that touch the seed.

Instead of this method, you can collect seeds together with ripe boxes early in the morning. This procedure requires accuracy and skill. The boxes are gently clamped with your fingers and detached from the pedicle. Plucked seeds pound between the fingers, and the contents are poured to dry.

Seeds are dried on a saucer and scattered on paper bags. With proper storage germination is maintained up to 8 years.

Balsam: growing and care: video

The balsam when planting by the seedling method blooms throughout the summer and half of autumn and delights with its beautiful, velvet flowers.

  Each gardener wants the flower bed in front of his house to be the most beautiful. Growing garden balsam from seed and then planting it in the soil will help make the flower bed elegant and unique.

General information

Balsam garden - a tropical African plant, which in our time is widely distributed throughout the world. In different countries, flower cultivation occurs everywhere, because it blooms for a very long time and does not require scrupulous care.

When in place of bright buds appear boxes with a lot of seeds, you need to carefully treat a sensitive plant. The slightest touch to it leads to the opening of the box and the spread of seeds throughout the garden.

Balsam garden has more than one hundred species. Among them are not only annuals, but also perennials.

Growing this small shrub is possible in different conditions:

• in open ground;
• in pots on the terrace;
• on the balcony and on the windowsill.

The flower adapts well and grows quickly. The shoots reach 0.5 m, and long cuttings with oval-shaped green leaves depart from them. Balsam produces a lot of velvet to the touch buds, which are most often yellow, red or white shades. Due to the fact that small particles of moisture accumulate on the flowers, in the people the plant is called Vanka wet.

Balsam reproduction

Growing strong seedlings from seeds at home can be done by the most inexperienced beginner growers. The best time for sowing is the last month of winter, but you can do it a little later, in March.

Prepare low, about 7 cm in diameter pots for seedlings. Soil intended for flowering plants, buy or prepare a mixture for planting at home.

1. Mix in equal proportions peat and sand, pour in pots and moisten.
2. Make a light pink solution of manganese and spend in it soaking the seeds for 15 minutes.
3. Drain the rose water, deepen the seeds into the ground by 2 mm and cover the pot with a can of glass.

In order for sprouts to sprout from the seeds, it is necessary to maintain the temperature in the room at about 20 ° C and systematically water the soil. Do not forget to periodically lift the can for airing.

Sprouts begin to hatch after 2-3 weeks after planting. When 3 leaves form on them, each seedling is transferred to a separate pot and continue to be watered regularly. An adult plant pinch the top to the adult bush turned fluffy.

After the night frosts have stopped, the seedlings grown from the seeds are removed from the pots along with the soil and the tips of the roots are pinched. Small pits are dug in the open ground, compost is placed there, seedlings are planted, they are watered and covered with earth.

Growing a flower from seeds at home can be done in another way. You will need a natural white fabric. Wrap the prepared seeds in it, put it on a wide flat pan, moisten it with water and constantly moisten it until you notice small sprouts inside the cloth. They appear after 4-5 days, and they can be planted in pots immediately.

Many gardeners successfully grow garden balsam, practicing sowing seeds directly into the soil. This should be done in mid-April. On the infield, they break up a bed, water it and spread the seeds at a distance of 25 cm from each other. From above the flowerbed is covered with polyethylene. If the temperature rises outdoors to 24-26 ° C, the film is removed. Seed shoots appear after 3 weeks.

Sometimes growing plants at home is produced by cuttings.

1. In the shrub that overwintered on the windowsill, shoots of 7 cm are cut off.
2. Tear off the lower leaves and planted in fertile soil.
3. Water, carefully compact the ground and cover with a plastic transparent glass to create the greenhouse effect.

After a week, the appendix will have roots, and it will fully take root in the soil.

Balsam care

To balsam garden well developed, the earth must be soft and have low acidity. The ideal option is a soil consisting of equal parts of humus, sod, compost and perlite. Before planting seedlings or seeds, it is desirable to treat it with a fungicide.

Growing a flower will be successful if the bed is correctly positioned. Garden balsam loves heat and light, but does not tolerate the scorching rays of the sun. From them, he begins to dry and wither. Therefore, seedlings can be planted along the fence or near small trees. Scattered light will be sufficient for flowering and growth.

Balsamine needs moist soil, but it should not be overfilled with water to avoid falling flowers and rotting roots. In hot weather, watering should be carried out early in the morning or in the evenings, 2 times a week. If the soil begins to dry out earlier, then the number of waterings should be increased. Periodically spray the leaves with water. This beneficial effect on the plant, and the flower will delight you with a huge number of buds.

Growing balsam includes regular weeding the beds. Loose earth is enriched with oxygen, which greatly increases the flowering time of the shrub.

Top dressing and fertilizers

After 3 weeks after planting the seedlings on the garden you need to start to apply top dressing to the soil. This is done throughout the growing season.

Fertilizer should be saturated with phosphorus and potassium. Avoid nitrogen-containing compounds. From them, the flower quickly grow shoots and leaves, but the number of buds is much reduced.

Successful cultivation of balsam at home is guaranteed by Fertika Lux fertilizer. Its small mineral crystals are excellent for feeding flowering plants in pots and in open ground.

The substance increases the number of flowers on the shrub, makes them brighter and causes longer bloom. "Fertika Lux" is available in bags of 20 and 100 g. According to the instructions, 20 g of the drug should be diluted in 10 liters of water and water each shrub early in the morning. For fertilizing balsam recommended to reduce the dose by half and use 10 g of the tool. This is necessary in order not to burn tender plants.

You can also use liquid fertilizer "Cheerful flower girl", designed for begonias and violets. It consists of important trace elements:

• magnesium and calcium;
• boron and iron;
• manganese and molybdenum;
• copper, zinc and cobalt.

They provide nutritional balsam. For root feeding, you need to dissolve 2 caps of the product in 10 liters of water and pour it over the plants.

Diseases and pests

Most flower diseases come from abundant watering. Over-wetted soil leads to the formation of gray mold and other fungal infections. From them, the flower quickly fades and loses leaves. If you notice such signs, stop flooding the plant. Wait until the soil is completely dry, fluff the soil well and pour it with a little water.

Sometimes garden balsam is affected by spider mites. A small insect lives on the inner side of the leaves and contributes to the appearance of dry light spots on them.

1. To get rid of the pest, remove all affected leaves.
2. Dilute a large spoonful of soap shavings in 1 liter of water, soak a cloth in it and wipe the green shoots.

If the spider mite strongly struck the flowers, process the flower bed with special preparations. For example, "Akarinom", "Lightning" or "Fitoverm".

In the open field, the plant often attacks the whitefly. Its larvae accumulate on the leaves and secrete a sticky liquid. The pest can be destroyed at home by “Malbofos” or “Iskra”.

Multi-claw mites are microscopic insects. Settling on the balsam, they lead to the fact that the leaves on it cease to grow, curl up into a tube and harden. The diseased flower is treated with "Akarin" or "Lightning".

If a balsam is infected with thrips, the sheets are twisted and spots appear on it. It is urgent to remove the deformed leaflets and spray the plant with “Aktar” or “Fufanon”.

Preparations from pests should be applied according to the instructions and carried out processing 2-3 times with an interval of 5 days.

What to do in the fall?

With proper care, the balsam blooms wildly during the summer and early autumn. When it gets colder outside, in place of buds, fruits resembling a box full of seeds appear. They need to collect, dry and put in a bag of cloth. They will be needed in the spring for growing new seedlings at home.

The balsam growing on the garden is an annual plant, so in October it should be removed from the flower bed and carefully loosened the ground.

As you can see, with proper care, growing a garden balsam from seeds is not difficult. That is why the plant is widely used in landscape design. From it the fine decor for beds and borders turns out.

Balsam can be combined with other colors. The bed where Roly soaked is planted together with violets or begonia looks stylish and unusual.