Gazania Star Light mix seed pack of 25-30 seeds Open Pollinated

Gazania Star Light  seeds can be bought from garden supply stores. You should enquire about the gazania variety (flowering pattern) and the self-seeding quality from the retailer. Though gazania planters can be started indoors, the norm is to directly, sow the seeds in the garden soil. Gazania roots are sturdy and transplanting them to garden soil is not needed. The best time for sowing the seeds is the early, spring season. You can also sow the seeds after the frosting winter season. However, sowing seeds during the warmer, spring season helps the plant to bloom early.

Gazania Star Light Preparing Soil

Gazania Star Light mix need minimal soil nutrition. They grow well in fast-draining, sandy soils. Unless you have a particularly under-nourished soil bed, fertilizers are not needed. However, feeding the soil bed, once before sowing the seeds is advisable. Light dose of an organic fertilizer to the planned, sowing site is sufficient. After this, you need to fertilize the soil just once, every year. You should use slow-release fertilizers. Don’t use fertilizers that have heavy concentration of nitrogen.

Sowing Gazanias

Water the site chosen for sowing the seeds. Allow the soil bed to drain-away the excess water. Dig-up the fertilized soil bed with your hands. Every planting hole should be about 3-mm deep. Ensure that you maintain a minimum distance of about 8 inches between the holes. Fill each hole with gazania seeds and cover it with the dug-up soil. Lightly, clamp upon the moist soil.

Watering & Mulching

Watering the gazania seeds once, every week is sufficient. These plants need a moist soil but without any waterlogging. While watering, ensure that you water the plants slowly, letting the soil bed dry before spraying it again. Once the seedlings begin to sprout, weekly watering can be further slowed down to watering every 8-to-10 days. You can also mulch the seedlings to ensure that the soil retains its moisture and drains well. Use organic compost for mulching young gazanias.