How to sow lobelia

If you want to create a beautiful flower border that will bloom all summer long - then choose lobelia. This beautiful airy blue flower pleases the eyes of many gardeners. Perhaps it will become your favorite, it’s worth a try!

To have lobelia on your balcony or flowerbed, you can buy ready-made seedlings or sow the seeds yourself. The first option is less troublesome, but it is much more pleasant to watch the first-born seedlings gather in bowls and wait for real leaves to transplant these greens into open ground.

Newcomers often have a question: how to sow lobelia. The excitement is mainly caused by too small seed size. They are actually impossible to count, they are so microscopic. Experts recommend collect seeds on a wet toothpick or, scattering them in an even layer on a sheet of paper or other surface, dip the little finger pad and press it to the ground.

The more carefully you sow, the easier it will be to dive and plant later. You can simply sow from a bag (if it is plastic), making a small hole and carefully turning it with your fingers. Very convenient to sow granular lobelia. From each granule a whole bunch of plants then appears.

Watering should also be very careful, better with a spoon or spray bottle (at a safe distance). On cloudy days they may not appear for a long time. For fast germination you need a temperature of +22 and above. And only then, so that the finished seedlings do not die, you need provide them with long, but moderate lighting, relative coolness. Be careful not to over-water your lobelia. This plant needs to be picked and planted in bunches.