How to save Tomato seedlings in a greenhouse from Frosts. Just relevant with this Weather

Experienced gardeners, trying to protect the seedlings of thermophilic tomatoes from possible frosts, usually plant them after the threat of their possible return has passed.

But the weather, at times, presents its surprises and, like a bolt from the blue, minus returns temperature, while tomato seedlings are already being mastered at their new place of residence - in greenhouse.

I have had to experience frost returns many times. I confess honestly, in the first year of such a shock, when I was still very young and inexperienced, I could not save tomato seedlings after exposure to low temperatures.

But after that I re-read a lot of scientific literature, talked with a huge number of people, professionally growing tomatoes, and since then I have learned to protect my seedlings, and no frost now she scary.

Moreover, it turns out that the approaching frost can be predicted if you carefully listen to nature. I will be happy to tell you about everything.

Will there be frosts?

Forecasters, as we could see, often give incorrect forecasts, and therefore it is not worth relying entirely on them when growing vegetable crops.

The weather will tell you about the upcoming frosts, if you listen carefully to it. There are a number of folk signs that make it possible to predict the appearance of frosts:

· If in the evening, in clear weather, the air temperature is 4-7 degrees, and at night it became noticeably colder, then the probability of frost is high;

· If the air temperature dropped in the evening, while the weather is cloudless, there is no single breath of wind and no dew is observed on the grass, then most likely there will be a little frost by morning.

General recommendations

· Compliance with the timing of planting seedlings, taking into account the climatic features of the region;

· Thorough preparation of the soil in the greenhouse: the soil must be loose;

· Selection of a variety adapted to specific climatic characteristics;

Only hardened seedlings should be planted in the soil, which are not so afraid of frosts

· Planting seedlings in the soil should be carried out only at a soil temperature of 13-15 degrees.

On the eve of frost: emergency measures

Suspecting an approaching frost to save my tomato seedlings, I install heaters around the perimeter of the greenhouse. Alternatively, heat fans can be used.

But I am still a supporter of the first option, as I always use it. My friends, amateur vegetable growers, when they receive news about the upcoming frost, make small greenhouses in their unheated greenhouse, using a polymer film as a covering material.

In order not to damage the tomatoes, special arcs are installed above the bushes, on which the covering material is installed. It is important to ensure that the greenhouse is closed at night.

The recommendations given will help to predict the onset of frost and take timely measures to ensure the safety of tomato seedlings in the greenhouse.