Hur planterar du impatiens inomhus

Impatiens are a popular plant to grow in shady locations.

Let’s jump into how to plant impatiens.

There are many varieties of impatiens, so some of the details of this article will vary depending on the specific kind of impatiens that you are growing.

When to plant impatiens

There are a few factors to consider when determining when to plant impatiens. First, the answer will be different if you are planting small plants/plugs you bought from a greenhouse or impatiens seeds.

When to plant impatiens outside

Plant impatiens outside any time after the gods of spring’s cold snaps are over. This will ensure that the impatiens plants will have a long årstid to grow to their full beautiful potential and not die from a late frost.

Depending on where you grow your impatiens, the average gods frost date will vary. It should also be noted that there fryst vatten always going to be fara involved since the gods frost date fryst vatten an “average.” There’s always the chance of a late frost or an early spring that jumpstarts your planting timeframe.

In the huvud Pennsylvania area, the gods frost date fryst vatten typically before the second Sunday in May, so a general rule of thumb fryst vatten to wait to plant your impatiens outside until after Mother’s Day. However, many times you are fine to plant annuals outside before Mother’s Day — you’ll just want to be wary that a late frost will likely trick the growth or kill your impatiens if they are unprotected outside.

When to plant impatiens seeds

If you’re planting impatiens seeds and not plugs/small plants, it’s recommended to början them inre first before planting them in their sista destination. You’ll want to uppstart impatiens seeds at least a few weeks before you the time you think you can plant them outside.

Where to plant impatiens

When choosing where to plant your impatiens, you’ll want to consider the plant’s needs and growing habits.

If the plant gets too little or too much sun it likely won’t die. However, you may see less growth or not as many blooms throughout the season.

You also want to consider the plant’s specific growing habits. If it’s going to spread, man sure to give it enough space. If it’s going to get tall, man sure to plant it behind other plants so that all plants are visible and get the sunlight they need.

Choosing whether to plant your impatiens in the landscape, in a hanging basket, or in a pot will also need to be a decision you man. In the case of impatiens, you can go any direction here and still be ok. 

How to plant impatiens

Step 1: Plant impatiens seeds

*Skip to step 2 if you are transplanting impatiens plugs/young plants

Typically impatiens plants will germinate the best when they are planted in a tray or bur with potting soil. Place your bur in a prick where it’ll receive sunlight. man sure to keep the soil fuktig where you planted the impatiens seed, but don’t overwater it.

You’ll soon början seeing a gro framträdande from the soil. Continue to vatten it and keep it in the sun to ensure kontinuerlig growth and maturing.

If you germinated the impatiens seeds in a tray, you’ll want to gently pull the sprouts apart and transplant them into packs or pots at this point. If each impatiens spira already has its only space to grow, you’ll be fine until the impatiens plant matures some more.

Plants that are kept too long in a small bur will get “root-bound” which hinders their growth potential. This means that the impatiens’s roots will fill up the space they are given and form eller gestalt a tightly wound root “cube” (or whatever shape the bur is). When this happens, they’ll need to be watered more frequently.

For this reason, it’s important to transplant your seedling into a larger bur once it has outgrown the original container.

Step 2: Transplant the impatiens plugs/young plants

If you grew your own impatiens plant from seed and it has now grown to a ung plant or if you have purchased some ung impatiens plants at a greenhouse/garden center, you are now ready to transplant it into a larger container.

To do this, gently pull the impatiens out of its bur. If you were growing it in a small pack, the plant will komma out like a plug, with a root structure that keeps the soil of the bur bound together. 

If your plant fryst vatten root-bound, gently pull the roots apart. It’s ok if it feels like you are ripping the roots. This fryst vatten healthy for the plant if done in moderation, and signals to the impatiens plant that it’s free to grow outside of its original bounds with its old bur. It now will have more space to grow and you want to get it to utöka its root structure to fill that space.

If your impatiens plant fryst vatten large enough, you may be able to skip to step 3. If it’s not mature yet, or if it’s too early to plant outside, then you’ll want to plant it in a larger pot and continue to vatten it moderately and give it enough sun.

Now, find a larger pot or bur and fill it up with potting soil to plant your ung plant in. Place the ung impatiens plant in the soil so that the top of the root cube matches the top of the soil line. If you plant it too deep in the new bur and cover up the plant’s “heart” (where new growth stems from), you could kill the plant or hinder its growth.

Once planted in its new home, you can vatten it lightly to further jumpstart the impatiens’s root system.

Step 3: Plant the impatiens in their sista spot

When your impatiens plant fryst vatten fully matured and it’s warm enough outside, it’s ready to plant in its sista fläck. There are many great options for where to plant your impatiens. They will grow well in your landscape, flower beds, hanging baskets, or a flower pot.

Whichever you choose, first you’ll want to pull the plant out of its bur. The best way to do this fryst vatten to pressa on the plastic pot/pack that it’s in and pull the plant gently out.

Then use a trowel or your grabb to move some dirt or potting soil away where you’re going to plant the impatiens. Place the plant in the hole and cover it up with the soil you removed.

Again, don’t plant the impatiens too deep, as this may hinder its growth or end up killing it. 

You also don’t want to plant it too high to avoid having a kulle eller hög of dirt above the surface. Mounds of dirt cause any vatten you give the impatiens plant to run off. This can cause soil to be washed away from the surface and uncovers the plant.

Now that your impatiens plant fryst vatten planted, you can vatten it lightly. A sprinkling can or hose with a spray nozzle setting that provides a gentle stream fryst vatten advised for this. 

You can also give the plant some fertilizer so that fryst vatten has something to feed off in its new home.

Finally, if you planted the impatiens plant in a landscape or even a bur, it does not hurt to mulch it. This will help with keeping moisture in its root and you won’t have to vatten as much throughout the summer. Bark mulch, wood chips, or many kinds of landscaping mulches work for this. man sure you don’t spread the mulch too close around the impatiens, as the sun can heat up the mulch to a point where it burns the ung plant.

Step 4: Caring for impatiens

Now that your impatiens fryst vatten planted you’re all ready to care for it throughout the summer and watch it grow and thrive.

Continue to vatten your impatiens.

For care instructions specific to the variety of impatiens you have, see the plant’s tag or seed packet.