When to sow gazania? Let me show you how to easily grow it into a full pot

Gazania is native to southern Africa and is widely cultivated around the world. It is a common potted flower and flowerbed flower in gardens, with unusual flower shapes and rich colors. Its flower center has dark eye spots and resembles a medal, so it is called gazania.When to sow gazania? How to easily grow it into a full pot?

1. Growth habits of gazania

1. Light and temperature

Gazania likes an environment with sufficient light, is not tolerant of shade, and tolerates sun slightly. In summer, when temperatures are high, it should be properly shaded; in other seasons, it can be kept outdoors in bright light. It likes warmth, tolerates high temperatures slightly, and is not cold-tolerant. The most suitable growth temperature is 15-25 degrees, and it can overwinter safely above 5 degrees. Above 35 degrees, growth is restricted.

2. Water and humidity

Gazania likes slightly moist conditions, fears waterlogging, and tolerates drought slightly. Spring, summer, and autumn are the entire growing season. Keep the potting soil slightly moist to moist, and be careful to adjust according to temperature. When the temperature is low and evaporation is low, water less frequently, and water thoroughly each time the soil dries. In winter, control water. On cloudy and rainy days, pay attention to water control and drainage. Do not let water accumulate in any season.

3. Soil and fertilizer

Gazania likes fertile, loose, and well-drained sandy loam. It does not like heavy fertilizer and tolerates poor soil. Before transplanting, apply sufficient organic fertilizer at the bottom of the pot, and basically no fertilization is needed for one growing season. If growth is weak, topdress during the growing season, applying a ternary compound fertilizer once every 15-30 days. Do not apply too much nitrogen fertilizer. After flower buds appear, apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, or spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate on the leaves, which helps the flowers be large and colorful. Do not fertilize in hot summer and winter.

2. When to sow gazania?

Generally speaking, gazania can be sown in spring and autumn, that is, around March and around September. In northern regions, spring sowing can be appropriately delayed and autumn sowing can be appropriately advanced; in southern regions, the opposite can be done, with spring sowing earlier and autumn sowing later. The best temperature for sowing gazania is about 18℃-20℃. After sowing, cover with about 0.5 cm of soil. Generally speaking, it will germinate in 3-7 days.

3. How to easily grow gazania into a full pot when planting?

1. Sufficient light

Sufficient light is basically a standard requirement for all herbaceous flowers, so friends who want to grow herbaceous flowers should first check whether the light in your home is sufficient.

2. Prefer dry over wet

Gazania has a certain drought tolerance, but is not tolerant of waterlogging. This is also why Lanyao says to change pots several times before potting up as much as possible, and not to put small seedlings into large pots.

3. Topdress once every half month

In spring, gazania has very strong fertilizer retention, grows very quickly, and blooms continuously. This requires sufficient fertilizer and water. In addition to adding base fertilizer when potting up, also pay attention to topdressing in normal times.

4. In winter, do not let it stay below 0℃ for a long time

Gazania is cold-tolerant when watered and is not afraid of frost. In the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region, overwintering outdoors in winter is generally no problem. Although various sources show that it can only tolerate 0℃ for a period of time, Lanyao found during cultivation that gazania can actually withstand short periods of -5℃. Of course, the premise is that your potting soil must not have too high a water content.