Titonium seeds "Red Torch", 0.1 gr.

A bright grassy annual 100-150 cm high. Growing up, forms a bush up to 50 cm in diameter and more, very powerful, requiring support. The weakly pubescent shoots, having a reddish tint, are crowned with amazing orange-red inflorescences with a yellow center. The diameter of the inflorescences is up to 8 cm. It looks great in group plantings in mixborders, high flower beds among summer, perfectly suitable for creating flowering hedges, is used for cutting. A photophilous and thermophilic plant prefers loose fertile soils. Sowing for seedlings is carried out in March-April, having previously soaked the seeds for a day. Groding should be carried out in a fertile and loose substrate, without deepening the seeds, but only pressing them into the soil and slightly covering them with a sifted thin layer of the substrate. After sowing Titonia, it is necessary to carry out abundant watering, put containers into light and heat. Prior to the release of 3-4, watering sheets should be regular, frequent, they are necessarily carried out with warm water. The planting of seedlings in open ground - in late May - early June, when the threat of spring frost passes. Planting interval-30-40 cm. It is possible to grow straight sowing seeds in open ground in May (under the film), the depth of seeds-0.5 cm. On heavy soils, it grows poorly. It is required to make complex mineral fertilizers about 1 time in 3 weeks. Flowering lasts from late July to frost.