When choosing plants in the first place, you need to take into account the temperature and microclimate that you can create on the balcony, it is worth taking attention on which side of the world your balcony is located. The southern sunshine will give you the opportunity to plant long flowering plants that will receive a good light. Bright dahlias and asters, pride and daisies, long-flowered verbena and petunia, as well as balsamins will be a magnificent decoration of your balcony and a joy for the soul.
If your balcony is not heated, and you plant flowers only for a warm season until autumn, then plant flowers in the very beginning of May, first you can plant violas, daisies and begonias, they will blossom earlier. And then they will be maintained and held until late autumn by lanthans, asters, begonias tuberous and petunia, this will be a magnificent color and flower combination.
In the case of the northern location of the balcony, it is necessary to choose plants that are neutral to light, for example, the same petunia, reseda, lobelia, pelargonium, fuchsia and viola, nasturtium and begonia. If you have a balcony shaded, for example, growing trees, it is best to plant only daisies and begonium tuber. Select plants that will bloom as long as possible, for example, as a nasturtium, it blossoms to frost.
How to make the right composition of flowers
It is very important not just to plant everything in a row, but to properly pick plants to each other and make a harmonious composition. As a rule, flowers are planted in spacious boxes, it is important not to overdo it with color variety, otherwise instead of beauty there will be a flash of sight. The correct composition consists of several close by a combination of colors, 3-4 colors are recommended. For harmony, plant an unusual fuchsia with the bright colors of pelargonium or salvia, white daisies and slightly pink petunia will also look good together. Especially it effectively flashes into the eyes of visiting friends, and random passers-by, if the balkon is not very high.
One should be able to recognize plants that are good only if they are to be planted individually, such as horticulture and portulacus, erica and gacanias, chrysanthemums and dahlias, dimorphoteca or asters, they have enough saturated colors, and they do not require a close company.
It is very important to choose the right pots, pots or pots for planting, do not take too variegated, it will be optimal to use the same and inconspicuous ones so that they do not distract the sight from the flowers. If you have a fairly large balcony, which is covered with greens and on the floor and on the walls, then it is better to use long boxes made with braid, as well as pots, there are inconspicuous and at the same time quality boxes with stone decoration.
However, today you can go to the flower shop and choose from a great variety of liked and suitable flowerpots and boxes. Pay attention to interesting boxes and flowerpots lechuza, they are made specially for fastening to the railing, but this is not their main advantage, more precisely not just that. These pots are interesting in that they have an automatic watering system, this is probably a convenient system that will save you from watering a lot of plants.
Try at least one such box of lechuza, buy plants that require constant moisture, put them in such a pot and make sure in convenience and efficiency. Sometimes on closed loggias and balconies, excessive dryness in the air is felt, in this case it is worthwhile to buy the humidifier, before turning it on, close the windows and do it better in the evening.
Soil for balcony plants
Another serious moment is the soil for plants in the balconies, not all is good that chernozem and it is necessary to choose the right ground. As a rule, a compost is ideal for seasonal large flower gardens, to add some fine peat about 10-20%, as well as eggshell or a little slaked lime.
An extremely important property of such soil is the moisture permeability, i.e. it should not be compacted, but it is good to let the moisture in, and to achieve this, you need to add a little river sand, and for better absorption you need to use peat. But peat must be properly processed, fresh peat is peeled from any parasites. Most importantly, when planting flowers and laying the soil, do not expect that it will plant flowers even for the next year, it should only be used for a year.
Also it is impossible and not recommended to plant balcony flowers of the mixture, which are labeled for home planting, they are both unsuitable for composition and quality, and also do not have the necessary amount of nutritional value. If you take for example a balcony of medium size, it will take about 30 kg of soil.
In the sale there is peat in the form of briquettes, in addition to peat uzhenapitan a lot of mineral and nutrients, throughout the season, the peat will carefully take care of your plants. In addition, it distributes moisture evenly and keeps it, plus absolutely pure painless bacteria. If you plant perennial flowers and plants in large pots and pots, then it is worth paying attention to the quality soil with sparingly. Because perennials are planted in another soil on average once every 3 years, then humic soil will ideally serve all these years, and agapanthus does not require transplantation and can constantly grow in the same soil with top dressing.
Top dressing for balconies and home colors
No matter how large the pot, it will not replace the open land, and therefore the soil is rapidly depleted and necessarily requires regular feeding of minerals and nutrients. Although today it is a problem, there are a lot of fertilizers in the stores with complex contents, everything is necessary, especially boron, manganese and molybdenum. Any soil requires a diet, do not forget to feed it once every 10 days, after planting it is possible to not use top dressing for the first five weeks, and then for ten ten day schedule until the end of August.
How to protect plants from external influences
Having done this beauty, I really do not want her to bend, it takes a lot of effort, time and money, but there is nothing to kill, for example, from multiple bacteria and diseases. Here a lot depends on how correctly planted plants and the place chosen for them, but in the darker, no one is immune from error, and from such pests. The main thing is to recognize that the plants are sick and it is quite possible to do it.
If the plants are browning and the edges dry, then this is not a parasite, an abortion caused by mild watering or lack of top dressing, pour plants and podkodormite.
If the leaves on the edge turn yellow or blush, then, most likely, there is a lot of moisture, although it may be a symptom of severe drying.
If the flowers are very weakly blooming, then it is possible in the soil of the multi-nitrogen, and if the foliage turns yellow, then it's time to pay attention to the snorkeling.
Many are stockpiled with different poisons to destroy everything, but the best way is to conduct good prophylaxis. Observe some rules of the minisade:
- watch out for the moisture of the ground, do not overdo the arch;
- do not plant pots too densely;
- choose soil, do not use rotting species;
- soil replacement should be done every year.
In addition to poor quality soil and excessive watering, there are still numerous pests. If the young shoots bend at the edges and excrete, then it's aphids.
It is transferred so quickly from the plant to the plant that any delay can ruin your garden. Make an infusion of water with garlic or seaweed and sprinkle plants, sometimes make a solution with laundry soap is sprayed. Caterpillars leave from spicy herbs and minisade.