Primrose from seeds - growing, tips and tricks

Growing primula from seeds is a troublesome and not always successful business. You have to work hard to get the desired result. Experienced gardeners manage to grow gorgeous flowers.

Advantages and disadvantages of growing primrose from seeds

In flower shops all year round you can buy any kind of primrose. Mostly annual flowers are on sale. To grow a perennial plant on the site, use the seed method. He is long and painstaking. The advantage is getting strong healthy seedlings. Disadvantages:

• seeds under impeccable conditions of maintenance lose the ability to germinate by 45%;
• a stratification procedure is needed;
• it takes time until an adult flowering plant grows.

Growing primrose at home

How to collect and select seed

High-quality seed material is the key to successful cultivation. When buying analyze frost resistance of colors. Pay attention to the implementation period. Preference is given to copies of the current year. Purchased material needs stratification. How to plant a primrose from freshly picked seeds:

1. As soon as the plants bloom, choose a strong peduncle and leave until the seeds fully ripen.
2. Depending on the type of primrose, the seeds are suitable for planting by mid or late summer. They are dried by sprinkling on a white sheet or napkin.
3. The collected seeds are immediately planted in the winter directly on the flowerbed.

Storage of collected or purchased seeds

The seed breeding method is difficult to implement. Before spring, germination is halved even when stored perfectly, and the germination time is increased. Seeds are stored in a cool place. Room temperature +20 ℃ - too high.

Primrose from seeds, cultivation, advice of experienced gardeners suggest the acquisition of only fresh material. Winter sowing is required. If the opportunity is missed, the seed is scattered on paper bags, put on the shelf of the refrigerator or freezer.

When to sow primrose seeds

Seeds rarely germinate until spring. For this reason, they are sown in winter, in February or the first decade of March. It is permissible to grow seedlings in late autumn (October-November). In this case, the seedlings bloom earlier.

Planting Primrose Seeds

Primrose, landing on a flower bed is carried out immediately, as soon as the snow melts. First sown in a pot or container, which is sprinkled with earth. Regular care is needed, as drying the soil can harm seedlings. Plants will bloom by next spring.

Features of summer sowing

Summer sowing is carried out immediately after seed ripening. Many summer seedlings perfectly tolerate wintering. After the snow melts, sprouts with 2-3 leaves emerge, from which strong, viable plants grow.

Late autumn sowing on a flowerbed is possible with freezing of the earth. Florists use this method for plants whose seeds require cold stratification. Coarse-seed material of such varieties is sown before winter:

• stemless;
• polyanthus;
• high primrose hybrids.

Preparation for landing

Primrose is called primrose, since they are one of the first to bloom on the site. Terry and serratus primrose petals appear with the beginning of spring. Preparing for landing involves:

• proper seed selection based on local weather conditions;
• timely sowing;
• selection of containers for sowing;
• soil preparation.

To grow strong seedlings, you will need to carefully carry out preparatory measures.

Container selection and decontamination

Shallow containers are suitable for sowing:

• tablets;
• plastic glasses;
• peat pots;
• wooden crates.

The main thing is the presence of drainage holes in containers so that moisture does not stagnate. It provokes rotting of the roots and contributes to the development of fungal diseases. Before sowing, the containers are disinfected: they are washed with rose water with potassium permanganate or a fungicidal solution.

Peat tablets are convenient because seedlings do not need to be dived

Soil preparation

You can buy land for flower crops or prepare the soil mixture yourself. Soil purchased from well-known manufacturers is already disinfected. When using garden soil, a decontamination procedure is required. How to grow a primrose?

Primulas need a light substrate, consisting of:

• garden land;
• humus or peat;
• fine sand.

Disinfect the soil by:

• scalding with boiling water with potassium permanganate or phytosporin;
• baking on a baking sheet;
• steam treatment;
• exposure in the cold for a week.

Seed disinfection

Seeds are treated before sowing. Maintain in a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide for no more than 3 minutes, having previously wrapped in a cloth. Disinfection is carried out in order to protect seedlings from diseases and increase immunity.

Step-by-step process of sowing primrose seeds for seedlings at home

Before sowing, read the instructions on the packaging. On it, as a rule, it is indicated how to sow a primrose with seeds:

1. The prepared soil is spilled abundantly with water so that the excess liquid glass through the drainage punctures.
2. The seed is poured onto a thin napkin. Bend it in half and sprinkle on top of the ground.
3. They moisten the seeds with a spray with the addition of fungicidal agents: Vitaros or Maxim. Drugs relieve the plant of mold spores.
4. Cover crops with cellophane or glass.

How to plant primrose in peat tablets? They do not disinfect. Spread the seeds in a shallow container with water. The tablets will get wet, increase in size and will be ready for sowing.

Primrose plant whose seeds are too small

Primrose seed stratification

Florists say that most seeds need stratification (cold hardening). Exceptions are fine-toothed and common primrose, as well as hybrid varieties.

Frosty stratification

Seeds are stratified in freezing temperatures:

1. In this case, the seeds are laid only in dry soil along the upper layer, without falling asleep with anything, even light sand. They are lightly pressed into the soil with a toothpick or tweezers.
2. Seeds are not sprayed, cover the container with cellophane or glass and take out in the cold. It is advisable to hide in a snowdrift.
3. If not possible, put in the freezer for a month (minimum 2 weeks).

Cold stratification with and without preliminary seed soaking

This method of hardening seeds speeds up germination, but the chances of success are lower than with freezing. There are 2 ways:

• seeds pre-swell out of the ground;
• sown directly into the soil; first kept warm, subsequently transferring to the cold.

With soaking

Pre-seed is soaked in water on an ordinary sponge for washing dishes:

1. The sponge is lowered into the liquid, squeezed slightly, the seed is scattered, cover with a sponge of the same size on top.
2. They wrap it in cellophane, send it to the shelf of the refrigerator and keep it there for 7 days.
3. Before sending it to the cold, place a sponge with seeds in a warm place for three days and only then in the cold.

Wet seeds are laid out on moist soil without pressing them down. Cover with clear cellophane.

Without soaking

The seed material is laid out on a moist substrate superficially, covered with a film, kept warm for 5 days until the seeds swell. Without waiting for the sprouts to appear, they are placed in the refrigerator and stored until the first shoots. Subsequently transferred to room conditions.

Sowing without soaking

Seedling care

A suitable germination temperature is 16-18 ℃ above zero. Lighting should be selected based on the varieties of primroses. In the light sprout:

• hybrids;
• common primrose, Japanese;
• pink, florinda;
• pubescent.

Direct sunlight has a negative effect. Siebold, toothed and tall, emerge in the dark. They are covered with a black film. Shoots form in 18-20 days. At the same time, they carefully monitor the state of the soil:

• Drying, as well as waterlogging, is fatal.
• Glass or film is opened slightly so that the first shoots get used to the air. Open containers after 2 weeks.
• Seedlings grow slowly. When strong shoots rise, you will need a lot of bright, diffused light. Under direct sunlight, the seedlings will die.

Scheme and terms of picking primrose seedlings

One of the most important conditions for growing healthy seedlings is picking. Since the root system is fibrous, it is useful for the exchange of air, which the roots receive during a dive. Flowers easily tolerate transplanting. In the phase of the appearance of the 1st leaf, strong seedlings dive for the first time. Plants are carefully planted in small containers, preferably cassettes.

Primrose dive twice

After a dive, seedlings grow rapidly. Growing seedlings lasts so long that by the time of the second dive on the street, stable warm weather is established, without a difference in night and day temperatures. Seedlings are taken out onto the street. In a permanent place, flowers are planted in the second year.

Transplanting primrose seedlings in open ground

Young plants are planted on the site with minimal risk of night frost. Daytime temperature should not fall below +10 ℃. How to plant a primrose?

If young seedlings were kept on the street, they do not need hardening, unlike seedlings growing at home. Young plants are gradually accustomed to street conditions, taking to the air a week before planting on the site. Plants need light clay soil and shade.

They dig a hole, together with an earthen lump, they pull out a plant from a container and transplant

Tips and tricks for growing primrose from seeds

Growing primrose from seeds at home allows proper agricultural technology. When sowing, it is advisable to use purchased soil for seedlings. It contains all the necessary trace elements.

For the seeds to germinate, the roots need a lot of air. An environment that is too nutrient rich in organic fertilizers will destroy delicate roots:

• To prevent this from happening, experienced growers add perlite, vermiculite to the purchased soil. With agroperlite, the roots breathe easily. Vermiculite prevents the formation of a crust on the surface of the earth, facilitates the access of air to the roots.
• When sowing primrose seeds for seedlings, a trick is used: the soil is covered with snow, the seed is laid on top. With water from melted snow, seeds penetrate the soil.
• When watering young seedlings, it is difficult not to break them with water, even from a spray bottle. It is recommended to water the sprouts from a syringe without a needle.

Compliance with agricultural technology helps to grow primrose from seeds in the shortest possible time. The culture is developing rapidly and stands out for its lush flowering. To get a healthy plant, observe the regime of watering and making nutrients.