Preparing seeds for planting

seedling planting time depends on many factors: the climate, from where the plant will grow (in the greenhouse or outdoors), what is the ripening period (early or late grade). Usually calculate the timing of planting, based on the recommended age seedlings for planting in the ground.

Here's a little cheat sheet that will help determine the beginning of the sowing:

• early-ripening tomatoes - 40-50 days;
• Mid-tomatoes - 55-60 days;
• tomato late-ripening - 70 days;
• sweet pepper - 50-65 days;
• eggplant - 45-60 days.

Do not forget to add these terms to the time of seed germination:

• Tomatoes - 4-6 days;
• sweet pepper - 12-15 days;
• Eggplant - 8-10 days.

Knowing these terms, it is easy to calculate the terms of sowing of a particular culture. So, if you plan to plant the seedlings in the greenhouse pepper in early May, then sow the seeds for seedlings should be in mid-February.

MarinaSN (User FORUMHOUSE):

With cucumbers can play. Part of the plant used, and some - a couple of weeks later. Then last fruition, and notIt will be a single large number of cucumbers that do not know what to do.

supplementary lighting It reduces the time of growing seedlings.

Anmik (User FORUMHOUSE):

60 days if no supplementary lighting, supplementary lighting allows you to grow the exact same seedlings 40 days, tested two seasons.

If you do not take this into account, you can create a big problem. So, Anmiksowed the seeds of tomatoes on 5 March to mid-April, seedlings vymahala seven plates and cups with seedlings began to fall to the 25th of April.

Anmik:

I had for the first time in his life to plant seedlings on April 25 in an unheated greenhouse, and in May we sometimes at night to -10 degrees. Namuchalis saving seedlings throughout May.

Speaking of cups for seedlings - they need not be small. The fact that the roots of all the filling capacity, seedling starts hard to keep growing. A growing need is already in the garden - at the stage of seedlings is much more important than a good root development. The ground stubby plants with extensive root catching up with the "giants" in a few days.

Watering seedlings better through the tray, then the soil will not be exact mold on top, and the root system develops better with this method.

Seedlings in the Moscow

In recent years, many gardeners have started to grow seedlings in the rolls, this method has another name "seedlings in the Moscow".

The rolls can be both soaked and germinated seeds,

and adding land to grow seedlings to the first true leaves.

Subsequently, plants dive on one piece into individual rolls with the land, the land must periodically pour.

Untwist the roll, it is possible to pour the ground bottom, top or side. Usually, only one bedding at all times.

Plants are in this form before transplanting into the ground.

Advantages of this method:

• Space saving - already a big seedlings "sitting" on the three pieces in one cup;
•  saving soil;

•  primordia formed longer lateral roots. By the time of planting in the soil root system of the beam than the seedlings from the cups;
•  easier watering.

soil preparation

To the ground for planting many gardeners impose increased demands. Those who are not satisfied with the purchase soil, preparing the land themselves. For example, here is a part of: a mixture of tofov + ground from under the nettles + long-rotted manure spills Baikal sifted and stored in black sacks, 2 weeks in the heat, then cold. Promorozhennaya recommended to heat the ground - shed with hot water. "Proklevyshi" or dry seeds sown in the soil is still warm.

Strictly speaking, all these dances around the ground redundant. Prior to the first true leaf consumption of minerals from the soil the plant is minimized.

On the germination of soil quality is not affected at all.

A further need or a substrate with "mineral water", or the soil in which all of this is contained.

Anmik:

I am preparing a substrate for seedlings - soak coconut fiber (7 liters) was added to 3 liters of peat and 2 cups of vermicompost. Sometimes even without peat, vermicompost alone more then 3 cups. Substrate loose, not seedling collapses, power prior to landing enough. At the end of fed humates K.

What soak seeds

Purchased colored seeds from good manufacturers have already been processed, they do not need to be soaked, but experienced gardeners often still do. What for? The fact that this procedure is killing several birds with one stone:

•  to determine the germination of seeds: good sink at once; those that do not drown in an hour, probably not germinate;
•  while soaking seed disinfection takes place: "Who knows where they are grown, and that there a number of years";
• stimulates seed gives a good start seedlings.

A strong solution of potassium permanganate slows germination, so if you are sprouted seeds potassium permanganate, the solution should be weak, a little pink, and seeds it should be no longer than 12 hours. Better than potassium permanganate, the result gives Appin (soaked for instructions).

Ira15071966 (FORUMHOUSE User):

I always soak in HB101, 2 drops on the glass of a small (30 grams.) Keep the night, and then the water, and seeds - in the ground. Seedlings excellent rises 100%, does not hurt, of cooling after landing did not even notice.

Some gardeners like FORUMHOUSE soak the seeds in a solution of melt water in half the juice of aloe; Both components of this cocktail - natural stimulants. Aloe is better to take a large bush (sheet of not less than seven). Soaked for 5-10 hours. And before you soak the seeds, aloe leaf must lie a week in the refrigerator for fermentation.

Most often, the seeds are germinated in the cotton pads, folded in half. On the disk is written with a ballpoint pen number (the same number written on the bag of seeds). The main thing - do not give too germ germinate. You can germinate seeds in peat tablet: soak, cut in half lengthwise, to plant the seed literally a matter of days, and once, not buried, put in a cup. Before planting, make sure to remove or at least cut the cloth.

If the hand is packed, you can not germinate, and soaked seeds. For example, here is a great way.

If the seeds are nothing soaked, landing can be used Zircon, 4 drops in a glass (with a saturation seed not will burn and disinfect the soil): moisten the soil, put the seed on top again moisten.

Le-To (User FORUMHOUSE):

In general, I soaked my three seeds hot peppers in the mix of forumskih tips: pink solution of potassium permanganate on the basis of melt water. Land spill Zirconia.

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