How to plant egg flower seeds

Egg flower has more colors, and the flowers also have a charming fragrance, which is loved by many flower friends. But some people will sow with egg flower seeds, so how to plant egg flower seeds?

How to plant egg blossom seeds

The seeds can be soaked in clean water for eight hours, then prepare some moist paper towels, put the seeds on top and put them in a box to keep the paper towels wet. After putting it in a wet tissue for a day or two, the seeds are taken out and sown in the moist sandy soil. The soil can choose peat and perlite to mix at 3:2, so that the soil will have good water retention capacity, good air permeability and good drainage.

You can choose some smaller plastic pots to sow and breed, with larger drainage holes at the bottom, and three seeds in each small basin is enough. It is best to choose to cultivate in the spring and autumn season, which is more conducive to germination.

II. Maintenance

Before sowing, the soil should be completely moist, and the seeds should be laid flat on the soil surface and covered with a layer of 2 cm thick soil. in the process of conservation, the soil should be kept moist, the temperature should be kept at about 20 degrees, and the surrounding air humidity should be kept high.

You can put it in a large box, put a lid on the top and put it in a warm and ventilated place from the sun, so you can stay hydrated, you can spray water regularly, and occasionally open the cover to ventilate. When sowing, the cover is to maintain high air humidity and warm environment, forming Greenhouse Effect.

It takes about seven to thirty days for egg flower seeds to germinate, depending on the freshness of the seeds. The fresher the seeds are, the faster they germinate. Generally, small buds can be seen to germinate in about two weeks.

Egg flower seeds just germinated, there will be some shell, as the leaves grow, to gradually reduce watering, the maintenance of the environment to maintain ventilation, otherwise it is easy to breed mold.

After the seedlings of egg blossoms grow, the top leaves will bear a shell. To let it fall off naturally, if it does not fall off naturally, you need to take it off, otherwise the seedlings will rot and die easily.

Later maintenance of egg flower seedlings should keep the soil moist, slowly increase the light, and have appropriate scattered light every day. When the seedlings grow to about seven centimeters, they can be transplanted into larger flowerpots. The newly transplanted egg flower seedlings should not bask in the sun, but can be kept in a ventilated and shaded place for two weeks, and then slowly see the light and gradually reduce watering.

After two weeks, egg flowers should be given enough light, with more than six hours of direct light every day, so that egg flowers can grow well and promote the growth of roots.

Egg blossoms do not often bear fruit, so generally do not use the way of sowing and reproduction, most of them are cuttings.