Carnation repairing

takes the leading place in greenhouse floriculture. Almost the whole year gives the most beautiful and fragrant flowers.

Propagated by cuttings, the best terms of which are October-November, and also February-May. On the cuttings cut the lower axillary shoots from a flower stalk the size of two internodes, with slightly shortened leaves and planted in drawers or the bottom of the rack. At the bottom pour a four-five-centimeter layer of nutritious soil, and on top washed sand or small gravel mixed with peat, or peat crumb in a layer of 1.5-2 centimeters.

For better rooting cuttings are treated with heteroauxin( 50 mg per 1 liter of water).Plant cuttings at a distance of 3-4 centimeters to a depth of 1-1.5 centimeters. Before and after planting abundantly watered. Prior to rooting, the temperature is maintained at 12-14 ° C, followed by 8-10 ° C.Complete rooting occurs within a month and a half.

Cuttings with a good root system are placed in boxes or on racks at a distance of 6x6 centimeters. The soil mixture is prepared from turf ground and humus, for friability add fine-grained peat. During growth, feed with a solution of mullein or bird droppings. When the plants reach 15 centimeters, they pinch to cause branching.

In May, the clove is planted in the ground or left in the greenhouse provided it is strongly ventilated. A few days before the landing in the ground, boxes with seedlings are taken out of the greenhouse for quenching. Distances at planting - 20-25 centimeters between plants and rows on the ridges.

During the summer, two to three times fed with a solution of mullein or mineral fertilizers. As the growth of the strongest shoots break out the tops to strong axillary shoots. The wreck is repeated until the middle of July.

In August, the carnation is transplanted into the greenhouse into the prepared nutrient soil. The soil layer should be at least 30 centimeters. As a basic fertilizer, humus or rotted peat feces are applied, as well as mineral fertilizers with a predominance of phosphorus and potassium. Plants are planted in the greenhouse soil in a square at a distance of 25-30 centimeters. Carry the carnation carefully, trying not to destroy the coma of the earth. For this purpose, it is well watered. As shoots grow, to give them stability, they are tied up to a grid of thin galvanized wire. It is possible to make a grid from a twine with cells in 15-20 centimeters. Side shoots with buds on each main flower stalk break out. In spring and summer, cloves during a strong growth are regularly fed every three to four weeks with solutions of mullein or mineral fertilizers at a rate of 20-30 grams per bucket of water. Temperatures in winter are maintained at night hours - 6-8 °, in the daytime - 10-12 °.

Mass flowering of a carnation, planted in the greenhouse in autumn, begins in May and ends in the deep autumn. Using additional lighting, you can extend the flowering period. Very important for cloves good ventilation.

To prevent fungal diseases, plants are sprayed with 1% Bordeaux fluid. With thrips and spider mites struggle with carbofos( 0.1-0.3%) and chlorophos( 0.2% OD).

The best industrial varieties of repair carnation are from foreign varieties Red Sim( red), White Sim( white), Pink Sim( pink), from domestic, obtained in the Baltic: Riga Pearl( pink), Spectrum( dark pink), Polis red, Valmer red.