Bidens: care and cultivation, soil selection and watering

Bidens - a small green flower with small stars of yellowish color. His homeland is the Latin American region. One-year-old loves the sun and suffers a bad drought. He has one more name - a decorative sequence. Bidens on the flower bed is able to decorate any site.

In translation from Latin, the name of the plant means "bidentate". The flower was named so because of its seeds resembling setae-denticles. They firmly cling to animal hair, feathers of birds, shoes and man's clothing. In this unusual way the seeds spread to new territories.

Bendence ampel is a plant that begins to blossom at the end of May and continues until the winter itself. Some forms of the annual are used for containers and pots. Tall species, reaching one meter in height, are more suitable for curb or group plantings in the garden.

Description of the plant

The root of the sequence penetrates exclusively into the upper layers of the earth and then rapidly grows horizontally. The height of the plant is from 30 cm to one meter. The bush is cylindrical or tetrahedral in shape, 30-80 cm in diameter. It has straight, strongly branching stems, which are covered from the top to the top with ordinary or cicatrical leaflets of bright green color. As the bush grows, the width and height are practically compared.

In late May on the stems begin to appear inflorescences, which resemble small, but very bright baskets. During flowering the ampel bident is all covered with yellowish baskets. Inflorescence in diameter reaches four centimeters. Each basket blossoms a few days. Then, in place of the old, a new one immediately appears, and continues until the arrival of colds. In the basket there is a huge amount of seeds, so once you notice that the tubular flowers have darkened, you can start collecting. The best time for this is the first half of the day. And also the sequence multiplies by self-sowing, therefore next spring new bushes appear. Diseases and pests biodiesel is not affected. During the flowering period, the plant looks very beautiful, thanks to its lush flowers, located throughout the surface of the bush.

Kinds

Approximately 250 species of plants are included in the genus Bidens, belonging to the family Srednotsvetnye. The most part is represented by herbaceous annuals. Semishrubs and perennials are much less common. There are several varieties of plants, each of which has individual parameters:

• Bendence (string) A golden ball in diameter can reach 50 cm, has a huge number of yellowish flowers;
• Goldie - a small shrub with wide leaves;
• White is a huge bush with white flowers;
• Golden aura is a small plant with beautiful golden flowers;
• The golden goddess has the largest flowers from this kind of plant.

Selecting a landing site

The sequence is a very unpretentious plant. For him, a sunny place with sandy soil is perfect. However, biodense can grow on any land and even in a small penumbra. The bushes are resistant to drought and carry well lower temperatures. Specific requirements for temperature, soil, lighting and watering in the plant are not available. Considering the considerable resistance to diseases and pests, it can be said that growing and maintaining care of bodense does not require much effort. He belongs to the category of plants that plant and forget about them.

Features of care

In order for the bushes to have a beautiful appearance, you should regularly pinch the side shoots. Thanks to this, they will look like fireballs of bright yellow color. Despite the fact that the series is unpretentious, it is necessary to feed it. If you make a phosphate-potash mixture every two weeks, then it will please the flowers until the frost. Despite the fact that the series does not suffer a bad drought, it should be constantly and moderately watered. If you grow a bender in a pot, then drainage should be installed to prevent rotting of the root system.

Seed Breeding

In the event that the flowering period does not matter, the seeds of bends can be sown immediately into the open ground. After you have chosen a place for planting a new plant, the soil needs to be digged as soon as it recoils. This occurs in the middle of spring. Next, the seeds are planted in small indentations, in one pit for three to five pieces. The sprouts appear about ten days later.

Fourteen days after the seeds have risen, they are fed. Bidens bloom in the middle of summer. And with proper care, the blooming can continue until the frost.

Bidens: Care and Growth

If you already grow on the site of the turn, then it can be multiplied by dividing the bush or cuttings. If the flower is divorced for the first time, it is recommended to buy seeds for planting, but not older than two years.

It is best to plant a flower in the spring. The optimal method is seeding on seedlings. If you want the plant to blossom in early summer, then plant the seeds for sowing should be no later than the first week of March.

For a turn any ready-mixed soil, mixed one to one with sand, will do. In addition, you can pre-prepare the land. To do this, mix it with sand before planting. The prepared mixture is covered in seedlings. Before sowing the land is watered. Seeds are planted to a depth of one centimeter. It is recommended to cover containers with them with a transparent film or glass.

After about seven or fourteen days, the first shoots will appear. If the seeds are planted sparingly, then you do not need to dive. In the case of frequent planting, after four to five weeks they are transplanted. Growing bide and caring for seedlings is watering and feeding. After the sprouts have risen and 14 days have passed, the first dose should be made. For this purpose, any phosphorus-potassium fertilizer is suitable. At the end of spring, transplants are transplanted to a permanent place. If there is heavy soil on the site, then before sanding it, sand should be added to the ground at a rate of 1 sq. Km. Meter one or two buckets.

With mass plantings, the distances between the bushes should be about 30 cm. Once the seedlings are strengthened, you can make fertilizer again. This procedure is recommended to be carried out two weeks after planting.

Problems

Sometimes in the middle of the period of flowering the number of inflorescences shrinks and comes to naught. If this happens, you need to radically cut off the shoots. After this procedure there is an intensive growth of new peduncles and the plant sequence is restored in a short period of time. If the stems are strongly stretched, then it is enough to trim them neatly - and in a few days the bush will again be pleased with its attractive appearance. In order to avoid uncontrolled spreading of seeds, it is necessary to trim off the buds that are budding in time.

The flower can be called the champion of unpretentiousness in care and cultivation. Bidens like florists for a long period of flowering and a pleasant aroma, which envelops the space near the bush, as well as for the ornamentality among the garden plantings.