Wie sät man die Cosmea am besten aus?

Wie sät man die Cosmea am besten aus?

Verwenden Sie Samen, die Sie von Altpflanzen gesammelt haben, dann arbeiten Sie sozusagen mit einer “Wundertüte”, denn Sie wissen nicht, welche Erbeigenschaften der Elternpflanzen sich bei Ihren Jungpflanzen durchsetzen werden.

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Aussaat im Haus

In March or April the time has come to sow the Cosmea on the windowsill or in a warm greenhouse. Fill a vessel with nutrient-poor growing substrate (9.05 € at Amazon *) or soil mixed with sand. Then sprinkle the small seeds on top and some soil over them.

Moisten the whole thing carefully and regularly with a water sprayer and place the cultivation vessel in a warm place, preferably on the windowsill. At around 20 ° C, the first seedlings will be visible after around 14-21 days.

Sow in the field

If you would like to sow the jewelry basket directly in the field, then you have to wait until mid or late May. Ideally, you should only sow after the ice saints so that your seedlings do not freeze. Here, too, the soil should be poor in nutrients and kept evenly moist. However, the beginning of the flowering period is postponed by a few weeks because the plants have to grow up first.

Unwanted propagation through self-sowing

In contrast to the plants, the seeds of the Cosmea are hardy. They tolerate frost and germinate without any problems in the next spring. New cosmeen often grow unplanned at the old location, even if this bed is now intended for other plants. Weeding can sometimes be a nuisance. However, you can also simply relocate the unwanted plants to another location.

The essentials in brief:

  • very small seeds
  • Self-sowing often
  • Seeds can be collected and dried
  • Sow indoors from the end of February
  • Outdoor sowing from mid-May
  • cover only thinly with soil or substrate
  • Germination temperature: approx. 20 ° C
  • Germination time: 14 - 21 days

Tips

If you want your Cosmea to flower early, then you should prefer the young plants indoors rather than sowing them outdoors.