Geicher is a beautiful perennial with decorative leaves, which is suitable not only for vegetative reproduction, but also for planting with seeds.
What are the features and advantages of this process, we will look further.
- Botanical description
- Pros and cons of the seed method
- How to grow geykher from seed
- Landing time
- Selection of planting material
- Substrate and Capacity Preparation
- Landing pattern
- Rules for the care of seedlings: conditions for growing
- Features transplant flower to a permanent place
Botanical description
Geicher - herbaceous perennial of low growth, which is able to endure the winter in the open field. Belongs to the family Kamenelomkovye. In the wild form grows in the mountains of North America.
Leathery dense leaves of a plant have different variations of forms. Grow on long petioles, which are collected in the rosette. Growing up, such a bush can reach 60 cm in diameter. 
Perennial blooms in mid-summer, maintaining decorative almost the entire warm season. The flowers are on peduncles up to a meter in length (average length is 60 cm). Located at the top of the arrows in the form of openwork inflorescence, which is formed by numerous bells of various shades, mostly red.
Pros and cons of the seed method
Before deciding how to grow geykher from seed, it is necessary to weigh all the advantages and disadvantages of this method of reproduction. Among pros can be called such:
- minimum labor costs, easy way;
- since the seed protects the embryo, transmission of viral infections is excluded;
- the seed can be stored for a long time, experiencing any adverse conditions.
However, this method has its own limitations. Among them:- few varietal and specific signs remain: there are no beautiful inflorescences, the decorativeness of leaves is lost;
- large losses of planting material during germination;
- limited reserves of nutrients in the seed.
How to grow geykher from seed
Sometimes geykher needed in large quantities, then it will be justified its cultivation from seed at home. Moreover, it is not very inconvenient to take care of tiny seedlings of a plant in a garden, therefore it is better to do it in special containers at home.
Landing time
The sowing of planting material, depending on the climate zone, begins in March or april.
Selection of planting material
When choosing a seed, it is only important to pay attention to their shelf life. Germination, they retain a maximum of six months. But if they are packaged in foil bags, this period may be a year and a half. 
Substrate and Capacity Preparation
Under the seedlings you need to choose a wide tank height not less than 5 cm with good drainage holes. The soil will suit any loose. The main thing is that it is not too sour. Soil must first be calcined in the oven for about 5-7 minutes or pour over boiling water. Sowing should be carried out in the dried and cooled soil.
Landing pattern
Geicher reproduction with seeds does not require a special seeding scheme - planting material evenly distribute over the ground surface.
Since the seeds of the plant are very small, in order to scatter them as evenly as possible, they take a folded sheet of paper, planting material is poured into the middle and shake it on the surface of a container filled with soil. It is not necessary to deepen them, it is enough that the soil is slightly wet.
Additionally, it is necessary to pour it, gently pouring water on the walls of the tank. Then the surface is covered with a transparent film or glass. 
Rules for the care of seedlings: conditions for growing
For the normal development of seedlings need enough sunlight. To do this, the dishes with seedlings should be put in a bright place. But it is important that there is no draft. Periodically, the ground should be aired, raising the glass or film for no more than half an hour. This will prevent the formation of fungal diseases. The ideal temperature for germination and seedling development - 20-22 ° C.
In 2-3 weeks shoots should appear. Cleaning the film at this time is still early. It is necessary to make small holes in it or slightly lift the glass.
When the plants appear on three leaves, their dive so that the distance between the plants was 4-6 cm. All the time it is necessary to monitor the soil moisture: do not allow it to dry, but not too much to flood. While the sprouts are young and tender, it is enough to spray them with a spray bottle.
In mid-May, plants gradually begin to harden, bringing them to the open air. Then capacity is added in a garden for a couple of weeks. Planted plants in a permanent place can be already in early June. 
Features transplant flower to a permanent place
As a rule, the plant is planted in open ground at the end of spring, but planting is also acceptable in the fall if the weather is warm enough.
It is necessary to choose a place for planting, based on the characteristics of a plant variety. But as a general rule, they can not be planted in places where a lot of water accumulates - plant does not like excess moisture. Most varieties should be planted in well-lit areas, but without direct sunlight at noon.Otherwise, the decorativeness of the leaf will suffer: it will change shape, lose color. The ideal place is where in the evening or in the morning a lot of sunshine, and in the afternoon - a shadow.
However, this does not apply to varieties that have burgundy or red leaf color. With a lack of lighting, they lose this color and become unsightly green.
Planting the plant in a permanent place, maintain a distance of 20-25 cm between seedlings. 
The soil should be loose, well drained. By winter, these plants will form a dense outlet. In general, they are able to survive the winter without shelter, but in the first year of life it is better to cover them with fir branches.
Growing geyhery from seed is not difficult. True, in this case one must be prepared for the loss of some specific features. But the procedure itself of sowing and growing seedlings is no different from the usual cultivation of plants from seeds.
