Black ball seeds "Black ball", 0.5 gr.

A decorative-flowering annual, creating the mood of a real Russian summer in the garden. The plant is tall, up to 80 cm, branched, carrying at the ends of the shoots there are many terry inflorescences by bewitching dark-beard, almost black color, up to 5 cm with diameter. The peculiarity of the variety is a characteristic spherical form of inflorescences. Flowering lasts from June to August, the wilted baskets are removed to extend flowering. Perfect for high curbs, flower beds in a landscape style, cuts. A photophilous, cold -resistant, drought -resistant plant, does not endure waterlogging. He prefers open sunny areas on loose loamy, rich in nutrient soils with neutral acidity. They grow sowing seeds in open ground in late April - early May, as soon as the soil warms up to +3-5 ° C. The plants are not afraid of cold and short night frosts. Planting is also possible in October at a temperature close to zero. Pyatnia sowing allows you to achieve earlier flowering. Before sowing, the soil is dug on the bayonet shovels and feeding at the rate of 1 m2: 2 kg of humus, 100 g of wood ash and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of nitrofoski. Seeds are sown in grooves with a depth of 1.5-2 cm, previously spilled with water. Sow with a step of 5-7 cm, mulched a soil layer of 0.3-0.5 cm and watered. To accelerate the appearance of seedlings, to avoid drying the soil and the formation of crusts on the surface, the ridges are covered with agriculture. Watering is performed on top 1 time in 3-4 days. The required time for seed germination is 7-14 days. After 2-3 weeks, shoots are thinned out with an interval of 35-40 cm between plants.