Carnation is known to everyone, in our regions it is a fairly popular flower. It is planted in mixborders , alpine hills, along the edge of flower beds. This is due to the peculiarities of growing cloves, which completely does not tolerate lack of light and stagnation of water. The plant is drought-resistant and light-loving. Let's learn about the rules of growing a garden carnation.
How to grow a carnation?
This flower propagates by cuttings and cuttings. In the first case, vegetative shoots of 3 to 10 cm in length are chosen for rooting and cut them under the knot. On the petioles, longitudinal incisions are made along the entire length of the lower internode, and then the shoots are placed in calcined sand or perlite until the roots are formed.
Reproduction by layers is available for tall varieties with long shoots. For this purpose, a long incision is made at the interstice of the selected shoot to the depth of the entire thickness of the stem, and then pins it to the ground, having a cut downward. After a while, the roots will have their roots and new shoots. Then it can be separated from the mother plant and transplanted to a permanent place.
Cultivation of cloves from seeds is suitable for biennials: most often it is sortotypes, where the flowers are of different colors. Seeds are sown in April or May at a temperature of +16-20 ° C, for this purpose it is better to use a pot of sandy soil. When plants acquire 3-4 pairs of leaves, they should be carefully transferred to a more spacious pot or planted in a schoolchild. On a permanent place, carnations are transplanted already next spring or for the winter. Bloom such plants for the second year.
When growing clove Shabo and Chinese one-year varieties use a seedling method, planting flowers in the open ground in early May.
Caring for the carnation is simple. For its good development, only two conditions are necessary: an open site and a lot of sun. In this case, the density of landing depends on the illumination. Watering the carnation should be twice a week, and the wilted inflorescence - in time to remove. Occasionally you can feed the plant with a complex mineral fertilizer.