Turkish carnation is very popular among gardeners. Love for this flower is explained by its unpretentiousness, the duration of flowering and a very bright color. The plant is decorative. To obtain this beauty, the cultivation and care must be competent. Its height is 15-20 cm (undersized carnation) and 60-80 cm (tall). The diameter of the inflorescences in which the flowers are collected is 10-12 cm. The flowers have a wide variety of colors: white, red, pink, burgundy. Carnation can be one-color or two-three-color, with an unusual distribution of color areas. Inflorescences can be simple and double, in the form of large caps. Turkish cloves have a very delicate aroma.
When to plant Turkish carnations
Growing Turkish carnations through seedlings depends on the weather conditions. If you plan to plant seeds for seedlings, then it is best to do this in March-April. If you plan to plant seeds directly in open groundthen best time will be the end of spring - the beginning of summer. It is best to wait until the cold weather sets in, when the sun is just starting to bake, because the Turkish carnation does not like heat. Evening hours are the best time to plant seedlings. Growing is best done in light partial shade.
The seeds of the plant are able to survive the winter, so they can be planted even in autumn. But if the question of when to sow Turkish carnations for seedlings is acute, you can save the plants in indoor pots and transplant them into open ground in early spring. When sowing in autumn, the first shoots will appear only in spring. The first shoots appear in 10 days if sown in spring. 
Sowing Turkish carnation seeds for seedlings
Sowing Turkish carnation seeds is not much different from sowing seeds of other plants. Cloves can also be grown for seedlings at home; for this, the prepared soil must be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate. Sowing is done in March or at the very beginning of April. Take a container of prepared soil and deepen the clove seeds into it. Do not plant too deep, the maximum depth should be one centimeter. Seeds are usually planted in rows, 15 cm apart. If you don't have that much space, then you can group the rows closer friend to a friend, but do not flood them with water. The distance between the seeds should be at least 1.5 cm. 
After sowing, compact the soil over the seeds and spray it lightly with cool water. Cover the seedlings with a piece of any non-woven fabric. When 20 days have passed, you can start picking. When planting a seedling, it is necessary to maintain a distance between the rows of 6-7 cm. The pick is performed in the evening or in cloudy weather. The seedlings are covered again, from time to time allowing them to breathe fresh air. As soon as the seedlings become large enough, it is no longer necessary to cover them.
Planting seedlings of Turkish carnations in the ground
Already at the end of summer, young seedlings can be planted in a prepared area. A distance of 20-30 cm must be observed between them. If a Turkish carnation is grown from seeds in this way, it is possible to achieve flowering in the very first year. Although usually in the first year, the formation of a bush occurs. And already next year it will grow to the mark of 40-50 cm. In mid-June, you can see incredibly beautiful and large inflorescences in the flower bed. Leaves that formed in the first year need to be covered with spruce branches for the winter. There are some varieties of Turkish carnations that can please with re-flowering. The life of the plant is 5-6 years.
Growing Turkish carnations from seeds in the open field
Turkish carnation seeds can be sown outdoors in May or early June. Prepare the soil two weeks before planting. You need to dig up, loosen and water it, and then cover it with a film. It is advisable to choose a place for the plant sunny or semi-shady with fertile soil rich in humus. In cold weather, after removing the film from the prepared soil, you can start planting seeds. It is necessary to make grooves located at a distance of about 15 cm from each other, sow seeds in them and sprinkle them with earth. In this case, the distance between the seeds should be 2 or 3 cm, and the planting depth should be 1 cm.After sowing, the soil should be moistened slightly warm water from the sprayer and cover it with non-woven fabric. As a rule, seedlings appear within 10 days.
18 or 20 days after germination, it is necessary to dive the seedlings to a new place. The recommended spacing between seedlings is about 7 cm and the spacing between rows is 15 cm. The seedlings must be covered again protective material... It is advisable to make a pick in the evening after 18 hours. In August, young carnation bushes should be transplanted to a pre-prepared permanent place. The distance between young plants should be about 30 cm. To protect against severe frosts it is necessary to cover the bed with carnations with spruce branches. Next year, already in June, you can admire the lush inflorescences of Turkish carnations. You can also sow the seeds of the plant in October for the winter, but always in dry ground. The seeds should also be dry. Before frosts, cover the seedbed with peat or humus with a layer of 10 cm. In spring, the emerging seedlings must be protected from the sun's rays.
Turkish Carnation Care
It is important not only to know how to raise a Turkish beauty, but also how to care for her.
Basic rules of care:
- regular weeding;
- loosening the soil;
- timely watering;
- correct feeding.
Turkish carnation flowers should be watered no more than twice a week. On a flower bed of 1 sq.m. 12-15 liters are consumed. water. In the summer heat, watering is carried out more often, but you should not overdo it, otherwise there is a risk of the formation of root rot. The stream of water is directed not to flowering buds, but to the soil itself, to the roots.
As for feeding, it can be organic or chemical in nature. The first feeding is recommended when the plant height is 10-12 cm. The time of the second feeding is the formation of buds. Do not forget about top dressing in the fall, and not only in the spring and summer. Not nutrients - no healthy growth.
Planting Turkish carnations and care are the main points that provide good growth and health. It is important to pay attention to the quality not only of the work itself, but also of the soil in which the seeds are planted. Plants grow well in almost any soil, but it is better to give preference to light loam with a slightly acidic or neutral soil reaction.
Reproduction of Turkish carnations by vegetative methods
The favorite variety of carnations is often propagated by layering in July-August. To do this, you need to bend the shoots to the ground, secure with hairpins and sprinkle with soil. The stem at the top is tied to a peg to maintain a constant upright position. Within two to three weeks, roots appear at the nodes, and after some time, shoots and leaves appear. In autumn, the rooted shoots should be cut off from the mother plant and planted.
Protecting Turkish Cloves Against Pests
These flowers are most often attacked by aphids and spider mite... Such insects can be effectively fought with the help of a freshly prepared infusion of potato tops. To obtain it, you need to take dry tops (0.6-0.8 kg.) Or green tops with leaves (1.2 kg.) For 10 liters. water. All this is infused for 1.5 days. Then add one tablespoon to the composition liquid soap... The optimal time to spray cloves is morning or evening. To combat mice, you need to place bait with poison in their moves near the landings. IN winter time it is imperative to trample and compact the snow near the bushes (especially during thaws). 
IN summer time the gardens are colored with merry hats of Turkish carnations. It spreads on the ground with a colorful carpet, fills an alpine hill, forming original flowering patterns. To be able to enjoy this beauty, you need to take care of it in advance and competently plant, grow and care for these beautiful flowers.
Turkish Carnation is perennial with straight and strong stems, which are crowned with umbrellas of flowers of various colors: white, red, pink, cream. The shape of flowers is also different: simple, terry, semi-double.
The height of the plant depends on the variety and can vary from 20 cm to 60 cm. new variety, turn your attention to the height of the bush to find its proper place in the garden.
Growing from seeds is not difficult. The main thing is to adhere to certain rules for growing and subsequent care for seedlings.
Preparing for landing
The soil can be purchased ready-made in a specialized store for seedlings, it will already have all the necessary elements.
But if necessary you can compose it yourself, taking everything in equal proportions of sand and leafy earth.
The soil is sifted in order to remove everything unnecessary and unnecessary (pebbles, twigs), and is calcined in the oven at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.
Sowing seeds is carried out in early March on the growing moon. and you need the following tools:
- priming;
- container for planting;
- ruler;
- seeds;
- expanded clay;
- manganese.
The capacity can be any - plastic or glass - it doesn't matter. The presence of drainage holes is importantthrough which will flow excess water after watering.
We sow Turkish carnation seeds for seedlings:
How to plant in open ground
In open ground, seeds are sown in early May.... For this purpose, a warm sunny area is selected and dug onto a shovel bayonet. Mineral and organic fertilizers are introduced.
Then they make depressions in the soil and sow Clove seeds. The soil is well moistened from a watering can so as not to wash the seeds and covered with a film to create greenhouse conditions so that the seeds germinate together without loss.
It is important to remove the shelter when the weather is warm., otherwise the seedlings will be able to dry out under it.
How to sow seeds in a container
Expanded clay is poured at the bottom of the container, then nutritious soil, and moisten it with warm water bottom irrigation. Manganese must be diluted in water to color pink, since the soil is disinfected with the help of manganese potassium.
Using a ruler in wet soil, we make shallow depressions and seeds are sown in such rows. In a row, the distance between seeds should be 2 cm.
In order for seedlings to be friendly, the moist soil with the sown seeds is covered with glass and kept at a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius.
When most of seeds will sprout, glass or other shelter is removedand further care for seedlings consists of timely watering and turning in relation to the sun.
By turning the seedlings in different directions towards the sun, the seedlings grow more even and stocky.
Care and requirements for watering, temperature, light, feeding
When friendly shoots appear, a container with seedlings of Turkish Carnations must move to a bright place, but without direct sunlight... Direct sun can burn young seedlings.
The temperature in the room should be at the level of 13 degrees Celsius. Such conditions will make it possible for seedlings to grow not tall and viable.
If in early spring too little sun, then the seedlings should be installed additional lightingso that it does not stretch.
Watering is done as the soil mixture dries with a tablespoon, so as not to wash the seedlings that have not grown from the soil.
When the bulk of the seedlings will two leaf plates, they dive in separate 200 gr. cups.
There is no need to add fertilizing to the purchased land, but if the mixture was made up by ourselves, then the seedlings are fed twice in a half dose with nitrogen fertilizer.
Seedlings are planted on a flower bed, after hardening, and when the threat of return frosts has passed. IN southern regions In Russia, this is the beginning of May, in the Moscow region, the beginning of June.
Vegetative propagation
This Clove has a remarkable vegetative propagation ability. The procedure is carried out in early August..
We bend a healthy shoot of the desired color to the ground and fasten it with a wire bent in the form of a hairpin (you can also use it if the shoot is not vigorous).
In early September, it will no longer be a cutting, but separate from the mother plant. At this point, they are seated in a permanent place where they will grow next year.
When transplanting young bushes, it is good to shed the soil with warm water.
Diseases and pests
Outdoors, Turkish Carnation is very rare. But if it is planted within the boundaries of an industrial city, then some complications may arise.
Fusarium - destroys the plant from the inside. Diseased bushes are urgently removed from the flower bed and destroyed outside the site. The place where it grew is treated with any fungicide twice with an interval of 15 days.
Rust - rusty convex spots on the back of the sheet plate. This disease manifests itself in high humidity and at the same time overfeeding with nitrogen fertilizers.
In this case, the plants are treated with HOM, and diseased leaves are removed mechanically.
Bears are pests for this plant., which, living in the soil, damage the root mass of the plant. But you can fight these insects only by collecting them manually when digging.
Diseases of the Turkish carnation - rust and fusarium, pests - Medvedka Varieties and their features
The Turkish Carnation has many varieties that differ in flower shape and color. The most popular varieties are with double flowers.
Turkish terry cloves
This form has many known varieties, among which:
Macarena F1
A popular mixture with terry flowers of various colors: Fuchsia, White, Burgundy. The flowers are bicolor with a contrasting border. The height of the bush with optimal care is 70 cm.
Dynasty F1
Terry flowers are collected in inflorescences resembling a ball. Various colors of all shades of red. The height of the bushes is not large, only 40 cm. At the same time, the variety has excellent winter hardiness in middle lane Russia.
Moulin rouge
The Moulin Rouge Turkish Carnation variety has an unforgettable aroma reminiscent of the southern shores of the sea. Beautiful flowers of various colors seem to spin in a delightful dance.
Flowering lasts very long time... The bush grows to a height of 20 cm.
How to collect seeds
This vibrant plant looks good when planted near the curb and on alpine coaster... But in order not to buy new bags of seeds from year to year, take care of collecting seeds from your own flowers.
To collect their seeds, they select a healthy flowering sprout, mark it so as not to remove it when cutting dried buds.
When the bud is almost dry, it is cut in dry weather and put to dry on white list paper.
The place for drying is selected so that there is no sun rays and there is good air circulation. In this form, the seeds are dried until completely dry for two weeks.
When you put the seeds in a paper bag for storage, you must sign the year the seeds were harvested.
How to grow seedlings in the garden
Garden seeds can also be sown in October, but this is done with dry seeds and dry ground. For the winter, such crops are covered with slate so that they do not freeze.
When planting carnations for seedlings in the fall, the first shoots will appear only next spring.
Spring planting provides shelter from return frosts with any air-permeable covering material. Grown up strong seedlings seated at a distance of 15 cm from each other.
Further care is timely watering, loosening, removal of weeds.
What is the difference between growing seedlings at home and in the garden
There is no difference in the technology of planting Turkish Carnations for seedlings at home and in the garden. The difference is that, growing seedlings in the garden significantly saves space on the southern windowsills.
In the open field, the seedlings are strong, stocky and do not get sick with the "black leg" and other diseases that arise when growing seedlings at home.
This wonderful delicate flower deserves its attentionto plant it in a flowerbed, creating a unique southern flavor on your personal plot.
When planting it, one must take into account that it can reproduce by self-seeding and therefore the site is selected for a long period of time.
One of better ways beautifully decorate your garden or country cottage area - plant a Turkish carnation on it. These delicate inflorescences collected in corollas have a surprisingly bright color, which will certainly create a festive atmosphere. If this ornamental plant already grows on your site, but you want to increase its number, you can use the cuttings method.
Turkish carnations are available in white, pink, purple, red and burgundy. There are a lot of varieties, they all differ in the color of the petals, the method of cultivation and the length of the stems. It is quite easy to grow a flower at home, even a novice florist can cope with this task. Excellent Turkish carnation is also suitable for decorating bouquets. She looks great in compositions.
There are two main types:
- Undersized;
- Tall.
The undersized ones reach no more than 12-15 cm in length. And the tall ones can grow up to 60-80 cm in length. It also differs in the color of the petals. They can be white, red, burgundy, purple, as well as all shades of pink. Most often, there are two-color or three-color. The inflorescence can be either simple, consisting of a small number of petals, or double and full. Typically, one flower has five petals.
Leaves are light green in color and are located along the length of the entire stem. In addition, they form a root rosette. Another prominent feature of this ornamental plant is its pleasant aroma. It is especially strong in white specimens.
Turkish carnation varieties
The most common varieties of Turkish cloves are:
- Diadem - bushes up to 45 cm high with shoots and leaves of dark green color with a red tint and dark red nodes. Dark carmine flowers with a large white eye and serrated petals along the edge are collected in an inflorescence up to 10 cm in diameter;
- Scarlet Beauty - bushes 45-50 cm high with dark green leaves and shoots and bright red flowers up to 23 mm in diameter with jagged petals along the edge;
- Haymatland - bushes up to 50 cm high with shoots and leaves of dark green color with a dark red tint. The flowers are dark red, up to 2 cm in diameter, with an eye and deeply toothed petals along the edge. Inflorescences of this variety are up to 12 cm in diameter;
- Lakhskenigin is a variety about 45 cm high with large inflorescences from salmon pink flowers;
- Schneebal is a white Turkish carnation up to 40 cm high with green leaves and shoots. Terry flowers with jagged edges of the petals are collected in inflorescences up to 11 cm in diameter;
- Weiss Riesen - bushes up to half a meter high with green leaves and shoots and white flowers up to 25 mm in diameter, collected in inflorescences up to 12 cm in diameter;
- Kupferrot - bushes up to half a meter high with dark green leaves and shoots and copper-red flowers up to 22 mm in diameter with jagged edges. Inflorescences reach 9-10 cm in diameter;
- Egyptian - a variety up to 60 cm high with narrow burgundy leaves and catchy maroon flowers with a white border;
- Undine - this variety has purple flowers with a white center and white border.
Planting Turkish carnation seeds
It's important to stick to correct sequence and with a responsible approach to the execution of each stage. You should start by preparing the soil. Growing Turkish carnations involves two ways:
- seeds are planted directly into the ground between May and June;
- for seedlings between March and April.
Growing Turkish Cloves from Seeds
There is no particular point in growing seedlings of Turkish carnations, since the plant is unpretentious and calmly tolerates frosts. A big plus of the Turkish carnation is that it does not require attention at the most difficult time for gardeners - in the spring. 
You can sow it in the summer, in late June or early July. At this time, everything else is already growing with might and main, and something has even been collected: salad, kohlrabi cabbage, radish, spinach, etc. It is on these vacated places that a growing bed for Turkish carnations is arranged.
This is done simply:
- The bed is cleared of plant residues and loosened up.
- A long bar pushes a groove 1 cm deep and watered well from a watering can.
- Seeds are sown in a groove, covered with soil and watered. From above, the grooves are mulched with peat so that a crust does not form.
Subsequently, you need to keep an eye on the moisture content of the soil. Seedlings appear, as a rule, in a week and a half. Turkish carnations are kept on the distribution bed until the end of summer. During this time, the seedlings are thinned twice so that, as a result, the distance between the seedlings is at least 20 cm. The grown plants are planted in a permanent place in rows or clumps, leaving an interval of 30 to 40 cm between them, depending on the variety.
Fresh articles about garden and vegetable garden
Sowing Turkish carnation
If you decide to grow Turkish carnations seedling method, then sowing is carried out in March or early April in a substrate previously disinfected with a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate. The substrate is prepared from sand and leaf humus in equal parts. Instead of sand, you can take vermiculite. As a container, boxes or containers may be suitable, which must be washed before use. hot water with soda. A drainage layer is placed on the bottom of the container, and a moist substrate is placed on top.
Turkish carnation seeds are sown to a depth of 1 cm, spreading them at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other. The crops are covered with loose white paper and kept at a temperature of 16-18 ºC, from time to time moistening the substrate from a spray bottle with water at room temperature. 
Features of planting a Turkish carnation in open ground
Planting young plants on the site should be carried out with an interval of five to seven centimeters between individual seedlings. After the plants grow up to one and a half months of age, it is worth removing the shelter from them. And in especially intense heat, it is better to get rid of it earlier, but build a canopy of fabric over the plantings to shade them in the very sun. After all, young Turkish carnation plants can die from excessive heat.
That is why many flower growers recommend planting well-grown seedlings in the garden only in August, when the sun is no longer so hot. Sometimes such manipulations are performed even in early September. But in this case, the plant does not need to be excessively moisturized, and if there is a threat of close cold weather, it is worthwhile to thoroughly insulate the soil near the seedlings with leaves and grass, or with special covering materials.
It is best to grow Turkish carnations in those areas of the garden that are in natural shade and are not blown by the winds. Such a plant thrives on tall perennials.
For the winter, young plants need to be mulched with peat or humus ( optimal thickness mulch - eight - ten centimeters), and also cover with spruce branches. In the spring, the shelter must be removed after the start of active growth, but shading should be organized.
The Turkish carnation is not a highly moody plant that can be easily grown from seed. 
Turkish carnation care
Carnation unpretentious flower and care is mainly required by young specimens:
- Watering. The plant does not like abundant watering. The exception is hot weather. The optimal rate for 1 sq. m 12 liters of water. Overflow can trigger the development of root rot. Water should not come into contact with flowering buds. The normal state of the soil is slightly wet, slightly dry. Adult specimens do not require watering.
- Cloves respond well to feeding. It is better to use complex mixtures containing potassium. Excessive nitrogen supplementation can lead to disease development. First feeding mineral fertilizers a seedling with a height of 10 cm is needed. The second fertilization will be required already during the tying of the buds. The last top dressing is the flowering of the bush. All fertilizers must be applied strictly according to the instructions so that the plant does not get burned.
- Diseases. Preventive measures will help prevent infestation of flowers. Treat young specimens with insecticidal preparations. Sometimes, pests called nematodes attack - this roundwormsthat can affect any part of the plant. In the fight against it, use fungicides. Process plants in the evening. Neighbors are carriers of fungal diseases. It is undesirable to plant bushes with siris, hyacinths, gladioli. In case of a viral disease, the flowers are transplanted to another place, and the infected flowers are destroyed.
- Faded buds must be removed to stimulate future flowering.
The Turkish carnation, although easy to maintain, looks amazing on home gardens. Its dignity is lush variegated inflorescences that exude a thin enchanting aroma... The flower is very much loved in Turkey for its beauty. In England it is also called Sweet William, and is used bright inflorescences for food. This herb is often used in landscape design, on lawns and for decoration of curbs, retaining walls. In Russia, many gardeners also fell in love with turkish carnation. Growing from seeds - one of the most common ways of its reproduction, which even a beginner can handle.
Reference. The genus Carnation (Diánthus) from the Carnation family was classified and named by the Swedish scientist K. Linnaeus in honor of one of the deities of the ancient Greek pantheon. The literal translation of the Latin name for a carnation is "flower of Zeus".
Carnation seeds can be obtained independently, borrowed from friends, or purchased through a retail network from professional breeders.
We get the seeds ourselves
Turkish Carnation seeds can only be harvested from biennial or older plants. The flowering of the plant lasts about 30 days, and by the end of August, capsule fruits are formed on the inflorescences. Inside them are flat seeds. At the same time, the ripening period may differ, and depends on the variety and region.
The seed retains its properties for three years after harvest, provided that it has been provided the right conditions saving. The collected and dried seeds are placed in foil, vacuum or simply paper bags and left in a dark place. The optimum storage temperature is 10–12 ° C with a humidity of about 85–90%. Too dry air is harmful, as it reduces the germination of seeds, and excessive moisture in the air provokes fungal infections and premature germination.
Purchased seeds
More reliable way get cloves by sowing with good varietal data - purchase seeds or seed mixtures from professional breeders. Many Russian companies produce such products.
Sowing seedlings
The Turkish carnation is a perennial plant. However, it is also cultivated as a biennial. The advantage of the propagation method from seedlings is that flowers appear in the first year.
Preparing the soil for sowing seedlings
For sowing seeds, a substrate is prepared from the following components:
- peat and sod land - 2 parts each;
- sand - 1 part.
Sand improves gas exchange in the soil, and peat provides seedlings with nutrients. This contributes to the higher germination rate of the Turkish carnation.
The second method of disinfection - steaming... Place a large saucepan or bucket on the stove, add water and bring to a boil. A lattice is placed on top of the container, on which the soil mixture is placed, placed in several layers of gauze. Heat the substrate for 90 minutes. Immediately before sowing seeds, the ground is watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
Growing seedlings
To obtain seedlings, carnations are sown in February. Previously, the container is doused with boiling water or a solution of potassium permanganate to reduce the likelihood of developing fungal infections. A drainage layer is laid out at the bottom, for which they use gravel, expanded clay, fragments of broken ceramic dishes. In extreme cases, crushed foam is used.
Gardening stores sell special drainage materials. In addition to maintaining a certain level of moisture, they also perform another task - they protect the soil from toxic substances and heavy metal salts.
The seeds are placed in the prepared soil to a depth of 1 cm, maintaining a distance of 2-3 cm between them. At the first stage, the container is placed in a room with a temperature of about 17 ° C. The container is covered with paper or foil, periodically ventilating and spraying water on the surface. When shoots appear, the seedlings are moved to a room with a temperature of about 15 ° C, but with good lighting... More high temperatures will provoke rapid growth, which will affect the decorative effect of the bush.
Reference.Planting density for all plants is determined as follows: 2-3-week-old seedlings should not completely shade the ground with foliage.
When 3 leaves have appeared from the soil, the bushes are planted in separate pots filled with a soil mixture, a similar mixture for sowing for seedlings. Before planting in open ground, young plants are first taken out to fresh air for 2-3 hours. Dishes with sprouts are left in the shade, hiding from direct sunlight. The exposure time is increased every day. At night, the pots are left by the window with the window open. This allows the culture to get used to new conditions.
Seedlings are planted in open ground in the third or fourth week of May, when frosts are unlikely and the soil is warmed up enough.
Attention!Turkish carnation does not tolerate the transplant procedure very well. Therefore, when diving, it is better to place the seedlings in pots, with which they are then transferred to open ground.
Video - Pick a Turkish carnation
Sowing in open ground
Growing seedlings is an optional growing process. Seeds are often immediately sown in open ground "before winter" - in October. The soil must be dry. In the garden, 1 cm depressions are made, into which the seeds are placed. A distance of about 15 cm is left between the rows.Above the plot is mulched sawdust or peat. In the spring, the insulation layer is removed. However, when sowing on a garden bed in the first season, only leaves appear on the seedlings, and only in the second year the plant blooms. To get young plants from existing varieties, you do not need to collect ripe bolls until they have opened. The seeds will crumble and self-seeding is formed.
Reference.Seeds can be sown in spring, in the second half of April. After sowing, the flower beds are watered abundantly with water.
The soil
Turkish carnation needs fertile soil. Loam and sandy loam are also suitable, provided there is sufficient feeding. For a flower, areas open to the sun or partial shade are selected. Shortly before sowing or planting seedlings, the earth is dug up to a depth of 30 cm. The bed is leveled and moistened at increased dryness soil. Then the future flower bed is covered with agrofibre for 14 days.
Turkish cloves prefer soils with neutral acidity levels (pH 7). You can check this indicator using a litmus strip. If the soils are acidic, then add wood ash at the rate of 700 grams per 1 sq. m. You can also use lime - 50 kg per 1 hundred square meters. The drug is applied in the fall, distributed in an even layer over the surface of the soil, after which the site is dug up.
Attention!Uneven lime coverage of the soil causes chemical burns to plants.
Watering
This flower culture does not tolerate waterlogging and stagnant water, which provokes rotting of the root system. The optimal frequency of watering is twice a week; in dry weather, watering can be increased. A bucket of water is poured onto a 1x1 bed, in dry weather - a little more, depending on the condition of the soil. The liquid is poured under the root. If drops fall on greens, a burn is formed in the form of ugly brown spotsthat worsen the external data of the plant.
Top dressing
It is especially important to apply fertilizers in the first year of the plant's life. First feeding produced when the sprouts of carnations have reached a height of 12 cm.To do this, dilute 20 grams in a bucket of water nitrophoes and drug Agricola Forward... The mixture is carefully applied to the beds with the plant.
Second feeding carried out during the budding period. For this, a solution is prepared from 10 l of water, potassium sulfateand superphosphate (20 grams each).
Third time fertilizers are applied during flowering. Use the drug Agricola for flowering crops. According to the instructions, 20 grams of the substance is dissolved in 10 liters of water. This portion is enough for 2-3 square meters. m flower beds.
Preparing for winter
Perennial varieties of Turkish carnations are cold-resistant and tolerate winter cold well. But if there is no snow in winter or little has fallen, the bushes are covered with branches conifers or a layer of sawdust. This will protect the plant from freezing. In the spring, when the snow melts, the plants are temporarily shaded with agrofibre. Such a measure will protect the flower from sunburn.
Diseases of the Turkish clove
Table 1. Diseases of the Turkish clove: signs, prevention and treatment
| Name of the disease | Signs | Prevention, treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Mosaic | Long spots on young foliage. In these places, the leaf tissue dies off and holes are formed. Variegation appears on flowers | Prevention - rejection of infected plants and seedlings. |
| Mottling | Not all buds open. Other colors have white stripes, wrinkles. Foliage becomes fragile, traces of chlorosis are visible along the veins | |
| Bushiness | Internodes are shorter than normal, dwarfism occurs. An increased number of lateral shoots is formed from the sleeping sinuses. Flowering does not come | |
| Ring spot | Young foliage is affected by chlorotic ring-shaped spots of gray and yellow shades. On old leaves, the center of such spots dies off. The leaves themselves become small, red in color, deformed | |
| Rust | Stems and bottom part the leaf plate is covered with light brown growths filled with spores. Infected organs die | Prevention - loose thickening of the planting, watering at the root, eliminating milkweed, feeding with saltpeter every 2 weeks. For treatment, drugs Bactofit, Topaz, Bordeaux mixture are used |
Turkish carnations are planted not only in the yards, where the neighborhood is important for the plant. It is planted next to the same light-loving crops as alpine aster, carpathian bell, rudbeckia... These plants have the same requirements for care, including watering, feeding, etc. If the seedlings of Turkish carnations are transplanted into a pot, then this flower will decorate gazebos, terraces and rooms, forming small clubs from several bushes.
Video - Growing Turkish carnations
There are plants that can be grown without even owning any gardening knowledge and special skills. One has only to read the information about such colors, stock up on planting material and some additional inventory. If you follow the recommendations experienced gardeners, then soon you can admire bright colors in your garden plot. Just one of such easy-to-grow plants is Turkish carnation, today we will discuss its cultivation at home from seeds. We will also clarify when it is best to plant Turkish carnations in open ground.
Turkish carnation is quite popular flowering plant, which has very bright and attractive flowers, is characterized by a long flowering period and unpretentiousness. The flowering period of such a culture lasts a little over a month and begins in mid-July. Small flowers reach a diameter of one and a half centimeters. They fold into dense inflorescences, the size of which is ten to twelve centimeters. Flowers can be colored in the most different colors, for example, they are monochromatic - white, red, burgundy or pink. It is also possible two-color or three-color coloring, with different patterns.
In the photo, Turkish carnation
Usually Turkish carnations are grown in the ground as a biennial plant. In the first season, such a culture forms a rosette of leaves, and in the second season, flower stalks arise from them.
How to grow Turkish carnations from seeds at home?
Usually, the seeds of the Turkish carnation are sown directly in the open ground. But some gardeners do seedling method reproduction of this plant. It is worth noting that clove seeds when proper preparation and correct sowing hatch quickly enough, and they should not be kept indoors for a long time. Therefore, you can start growing seedlings closer to mid-late May.
In order for the Turkish carnation to germinate well and quickly at home, the readers of "Popularly About Health" first need to prepare the soil. To do this, connect equal shares garden soil and sand, moisten the resulting mixture, pour into the seedling box, compact a little and tighten with polyethylene. After two or three days, the soil must be loosened, sprayed and covered with foil again. After another two days, the procedure must be repeated. A week later, the film cover should be completely eliminated and the plant's seeds should be sown.
The first step is to outline the entire surface of the soil with grooves so that the interval between them is three to three and a half centimeters. Optimum depth grooves - no more than one and a half centimeters. Spill the grooves with a solution of potassium permanganate, then sprinkle the seeds in them with a thin strip. Dampen them with a small layer of soil or coarse sand... Tighten the seedling boxes with plastic or cover with glass and send to dark, but enough warm place. Optimum temperature for seed germination, the temperature will be twenty-three degrees.
Usually, the first seedlings appear already two weeks after sowing. After that, they must be thinned out (with high seed germination). To avoid the need for thinning, you must initially sow the seeds at intervals of two to three centimeters. But there is no guarantee that they will all rise.
After the fourth week has passed from the moment of sowing, it is worth planting the seedlings in separate containers. If it is stable on the street warm temperature, you can immediately transfer them to open ground. But at the same time, it is still worth covering the ground with polyethylene so that young plants do not suffer from a decrease in temperature at night.
Transplanting seedlings of Turkish carnations into open ground is carried out after the threat of night cold weather has completely passed. This manipulation is performed exclusively in the evening, when the sun is inactive. The soil on the site will also not be superfluous to process with potassium permanganate.
Features of planting in open ground
Planting young plants on the site should be carried out with an interval of five to seven centimeters between individual seedlings. After the plants grow up to one and a half months of age, it is worth removing the shelter from them. And in a particularly intense heat, it is better to get rid of it earlier, but build a canopy of fabric over the plantings to shade them in the very sun. After all, young Turkish carnation plants can die from excessive heat.
That is why many flower growers recommend planting well-grown seedlings in the garden only in August, when the sun is no longer so hot. Sometimes such manipulations are performed even at the beginning of September. But in this case, the plant does not need to be excessively moisturized, and if there is a threat of close cold weather, it is worthwhile to thoroughly insulate the soil near the seedlings with leaves and grass, or with special covering materials.
It is best to grow Turkish carnations in those areas of the garden that are in natural shade and are not blown by the winds. Such a plant thrives on tall perennials.
For the winter, young plants need to be mulched with peat or humus (the optimal mulch thickness is eight to ten centimeters), and also covered with spruce branches. In the spring, the shelter must be removed after the start of active growth, but shading should be organized.
The Turkish carnation is not a highly moody plant that can be easily grown from seed.