When to plant petunias for seedlings: favorable days according to the lunar calendar, terms for regions

As you know, petunias have a fairly long seedling growing season (from sowing to flowering), and the seeds themselves are very small (they also say "fine dust") and germinate relatively reluctantly (for a long time). Therefore, they should be planted slightly earlier than most flower and garden crops.

Next, let's talk about the approximate timing of planting petunias for different regions, depending on the climate, as well as specific favorable days for sowing in 2021. year, according to the lunar calendar.

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1 When to plant petunias for seedlings: optimal timing
2 How to grow petunia seedlings: planting and seedling care rules

When to plant petunias for seedlings: optimal timing

So, it is obvious that the timing of sowing petunias for seedlings will depend on the following key factors that you should rely on:

Duration of the seedling period (from sowing to the beginning of flowering), namely the recommended seedling age by the time of her landing on a flower bed in the ground.
Your region of residence and his climatic features, namely when you have the opportunity to plant seedlings on a flower bed, in other words, there are returnable spring frosts.
Favorable and unfavorable days for sowing according to the lunar calendar.

By the way! And you can always find the approximate sowing dates on the back of the seed package.

Self-calculation of sowing dates based on the duration of the seedling period

The growing season of petunia from the moment of sowing to flowering is about 75-105 days. Accordingly, if you want petunia to start blooming in May-June, then sowing seeds for seedlings should be done on average. 3 months before planting in the ground, i.e. in the month of February and March.

Advice! In order not to bother too much with backlighting, it is still better to sow seeds in March, picking up early varieties.

Select more accurate landing dates depending on the climatic characteristics of your region, namely, when the threat of return frost passes and the soil warms up to +10 degrees.

Approximate planting dates depending on the climate of the region

The main and fundamental recommendation: to land after return frosts.

Thus, the approximate dates for sowing petunia seeds for seedlings, depending on the region and its climate, are as follows:

So if you are a residentSouth of Russia, then petunia can be sown for seedlings in early February, to be planted in the second half of April.
In the middle lane (Moscow region) - late February-early March, to disembark in the second half of May.
In the Urals and Siberia petunia is sown for seedlings in the second half of March to plant in the first half of June. At about the same time, petunias are sown on North-West (in the Leningrad region).

According to the lunar calendar for 2021

Choose a specific date for sowing petunia seeds for seedlings can help you moon calendar.

So, most favorable days for sowing petunias for seedlings in 2021, according to the lunar calendar, are:

in January - 27-29;
in February - 1-8, 10-20, 25-29;
in March - 2-8, 10-14, 29-31;
in April - 1, 2, 5-7, 9, 17-20, 24, 25;
in May - 2-6, 15-17, 20, 21, 25-31;
in June - 2-4, 7-9, 11-14, 16-19.

Important! If for some reason you are unable to sow on favorable days, then you should consider New Moon days and Full Moon, when planting any crops (flower, vegetable, berry, fruit) is highly undesirable. And also the period when the Moon is in Aquarius, because it is a barren and dry sign -in italics.

Unfavorable days, according to the lunar calendar, for 2021 for planting petunias are the following dates:

in January - 13, 14-15, 28;
in February - 10-11, 27;
in March - 9-10, 13, 28;
in April - 5-6, 12, 27;
in May - 2-4, 11, 26, 30-31;
in June - 10, 24, 26-27.

Each gardener must independently determine for himself when it is better for him to sow petunia seeds for seedlings. Of course, for the sake of experiment, you can plant on an ordinary day (or specially unfavorable), and on a favorable lunar calendar.

As recommended by the manufacturer on the seed package

Usually, on the back of the seed package there are always advice from the manufacturer for its cultivation, as well as recommendations on the timing of sowing this variety (or series). Accordingly, you can easily get the information you need.

By the way! As a rule, the terms are indicated for the Central strip (Moscow region).

Example of instructions for planting and timing on the packaging of ampelous petunias "Mix of colors" from the company "Aelita":

Or here is the instruction for the multi-flowered petunia F1 Wonderful evening:

By the way! First, ampel varieties are sown, and then the rest (bush) - large-flowered, multi-flowered, terry.

P.S. ampelous can also be multi-flowered.

How to grow petunia seedlings: planting and seedling care rules

So, we got the seeds, decide on the timing, and now it's time to plant petunias for seedlings.

Note! The site already has detailed materialon how to properly sow petunia seeds for seedlings.

You can also plant petunias in peat tablets.

In how to grow strong petunia seedlings, the following articles will help you:

Well, we really hope that now you figured out when it is better to plant petunias for seedlings. Take your time, but don't be late either!

Advice! Perhaps it will not be superfluous to repeat that, in addition to the fact that you must choose the optimal time, it is also important sowing the seeds correctly, and then competently take care of seedlings up to planting them in a flower garden.

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