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Kochia: How to Grow
18.01.2024 18:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:21
Flowering occurs in summer, producing round inflorescences.
This plant is known for its ability to change color depending on environmental conditions.
It is recommended to plant Kochia in open ground in early spring, when the threat of frost has passed.
Is it possible to grow kochia in a pot
If possible, choose well-lit areas for kochia, although it tolerates partial shade quite well.
Kochia is also successfully grown in containers or large pots, which are convenient due to their mobility - if desired, the containers can be moved around the site, creating various compositions.
How Kochia sprouts
Kochia seeds germinate only in the light, so they are evenly distributed over the surface of moist soil and only slightly pressed into the ground.
The crops are covered with a transparent film, regularly ventilating and removing condensation.
After the emergence of seedlings, the shelter is removed. Grown seedlings dive into separate cups.
How to collect seeds from kochia
You don’t even need to collect kochia seeds in the fall.
You need to cut or break off the branches with seeds and simply put them where the kochia itself will grow from seeds in the spring: in a greenhouse, in a greenhouse, in a “school” in the garden.
If you know where you need kochia for next year and you won’t dig up this place, then put the branches with seeds there.
Previously, we talked about which flowers should not be planted next to each other.
