Stored properly before planting in the garden bought seedlings of flowers and shrubs

Now in stores a large variety of different seedlings of berry bushes, flower crops. If you purchased seedlings of varieties that you have been looking for in the March-April, it is necessary to somehow save before planting in open ground.

Many after buying the bulbs are placed flowers and korneklubni right in the pot to the ground, but it often happens that they are lost, and not waiting for the landing on the flower bed. How to properly keep the seedlings (flowers, berries and ornamental shrubs) that are purchased in stores in March-April, or even earlier?

What to do with seedlings after purchasing?

First of all, you should get a sapling from the box and inspect it. Usually the roots tightly wrapped film material, and the shoots are already blooming young leaves.

Should be chosen in gardening store or supermarket with small seedlings, shoots unawakened.

If they are longer than 15-20 cm, it means that the plant entered the stage of awakening. And with the purchase of these plants will have to plant them in a pot and keep on the glassed-in balcony, where the temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius.

After the purchase, at home, remove the wrapper (often this food film).

A little straighten roots, because they're pressed.

Then you need to place the seedling in a plastic bag and put in a box. At the bottom it is necessary to pour a little moistened soil, peat mixture (coconut, and can use the substrate). This will be the so-called temporary Prikope.

Now the roots will breathe. Should sprinkle them with earth to the root collar, and evenly distribute the package. The moisture in the package will remain for a long time.

Seedling can just leave the package with the ground. But the box is saved form, and it is more convenient.

Watering plants and compacts the soil does not need to Bedding to seedling did not consider this procedure for landing, you just need to watch out for moisture.

You can put on the gazebo or on a cool window sill, but it is necessary pritenit plant, to avoid direct sunlight.

seedlings also acquired that have not yet entered the stage of awakening, you can put in the fridge on the bottom shelf. There, the plants can be up to 2 months. There also can be placed and bulbous.

3-4 days before planting (which is usually in the middle zone of the end of April or beginning of May) in a flowerbed or cooked hole seedling should stand in this package with the land on the street (in the shade), that it has adapted to the new conditions. Otherwise the plant may get burned.

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