Flower seedlings - the rules for selecting conifers and fruit plants in nurseries (110 photos)

What a seedling is, every schoolchild knows, but only an experienced gardener can choose the right healthy sprout, transport, store and plant it in the ground. Properly selected seedlings are the key to a rich harvest and a lush garden, therefore, such a question as the purchase of seedlings of flowers should be approached as seriously and responsibly as possible.

Why seedlings?

Despite the vivid pictures, inexpensive price, flower seeds in bags - this is a lottery, which is not easy to win, because growing a full-fledged plant from a seed is far from easy in practice.

Therefore, more and more people are turning to buying seedlings, as this option promises a guaranteed result and fast flowering.

Where to get it?

Spring is the most favorable time for buying seedlings, as it is not far from planting, and the catalog is full of all kinds of offers and vivid pictures. And if it is not so difficult to determine the assortment, then it can be difficult to choose a place to buy. Most often, the main options are an online store, a market or a specialized nursery:

An online store attracts with low cost and an abundance of goods, but no one gives quality guarantees, especially if a plant has to cross almost the whole country before it reaches a new home.

Even if you pay for the goods by mail, it is not known how the seedlings in the land will behave and whether the promised fruits will bring. The main drawback is the familiarity with the future acquisition through the image.

The market is a favorite place for gardeners and gardeners, where you can evaluate the offered range with your own eyes and hands. The choice is large, and the price does not repel sky-high sums.

The ideal option, of course, is a good friend or trusted supplier. In other cases, no one will give guarantees for a rich harvest, and it will be problematic to look for a negligent seller after six months.

Experienced gardening and gardening experts advise one thing - go to specialized nurseries, where really healthy and fruitful seedlings are hiding behind overpriced. This option attracts with a higher guarantee for fruits and buds, but repels possible obstacles.

Unlike local markets and bazaars, such places are located far from settlements, which requires transport and time. True, the "advantages" outweigh: advisory support, assistance in choosing a product and a wide range.

How to choose a healthy one?

Unfortunately, the seedlings of its future and current state of health are not written on the seedlings, so you will have to determine the quality of the seedling yourself and without outside help. Several recommendations will help in this difficult matter:

• Assessment of appearance, since the presence of dryness, rottenness or infection is usually noticeable;
• No damage, extraneous growths;
• The development of the root system, as evidenced by its branching and the presence at the ends of small root nodules;
• Refusal to purchase shriveled plants with slimy spots, rotten areas;
• The roots should be clean and elastic;
• Unblown buds indicate a good condition of the plant. To make sure of this, tear off the kidney and reveal its contents: the emptiness speaks of old age and necrosis, and the hidden greens - of youth and freshness;
• Information about the growing place is important, since it must be borne in mind that the flower takes root only in the usual conditions and climate;
• The choice of goods in special containers.

Remember about the growth characteristics of individual plants.For example, gladiolus tubers are bought only young and round, dahlia stems must have a root neck and a few firmly held bud tubers, and living buds are an accurate testimony of the life of astilbe, host, peonies, phlox, monarda and dahlia.

Quality rose

Rose bushes are a favorite decoration of any garden, however, choosing rose seedlings is almost the most difficult thing.

First, pay attention to age: a one- or two-year-old sprout is considered to be of high quality.

Secondly, we study the plant, where a good indicator is the presence of several lignified marsh stems with buds and a branched root.

Thirdly, you should not save money and immediately buy a seedling in a container, minimizing the risk of damage to the flower.

Transportation and storage

Having chosen a healthy plant, it is necessary to safely and safely bring it to your home or cottage. So, immediately after the purchase, several actions should be taken: wrap the root in matter moistened with clean water and hide it in the shade from direct sunlight.

Then, after transportation, the seedling is placed in a darkened and ventilated space, dry branches are cut and the rhizome is treated with a special solution with fertilizers (Skor, Topaz).

It is advisable to additionally leave the seedlings in a special solution that stimulates the growth of the root system, which can be purchased at any flower shop.

You should also consider some features of individual varieties:

• The roots of flowers such as frankincense, lyatris, brunner, rogers, astrantia, are prone to rapid decay;
• Do not require special conditions host, meadowsweet and astilbe;
• Buying phlox in the spring is undesirable, as these plants are very moody. To keep them until May (time of planting), one must not allow overheating by storing them in a cool place such as a refrigerator, basement or cellar;
• Seedlings of perennial flowers, for example, aconite, heicher, coneflower, hellebore, geranium and delphinium, are also kept in cool;
• Yarrow, mallow and bluehead are thermophilic, which are temporarily placed in indoor pots on the windowsill before landing in the ground;

How to plant

It is better to transfer the seedling into the soil 2-3 days after the purchase, having performed several priority actions immediately after the purchase. In order not to get confused in the numerous varieties, it is proposed to attach photographs of future flowers to the seedlings.

Then the standard rules apply: prepare the soil, fertilize the soil, moisten the plant abundantly.

Buying seedlings may stop becoming risky if certain rules are followed during the inspection and selection of plants. The flower always "speaks" of its health and youth, the main thing is to hear it and not to damage it during further storage and planting.

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