Buying tomato seedlings from intermediaries can not be sure that the season will be able to gather a good harvest. Powerful green plants do not guarantee that the bush will be a lot of the ovaries. To protect themselves from possible failure if to choose seeds. If the seedlings are growing tomatoes at home, you should observe the rules of planting, picking, planting in open ground and so forth.
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The choice of seeds and their preparation for sowing
Tomatoes come in 3 types:
- precocious or early (average period of ripening - 90-100 days);
- is middle (110-120 days);
- late (up to 140 days).
Seed variety should be selected taking into account when the planned harvest. From the choices made will depend on the time of sowing. When buying goods in the seed store is necessary to look at the issue date. In products, which more than 2 years, will be a low percentage of germination.
On the packaging is further indicated the average gestation period and estimated date of planting seeds. They still want to add about a week on the germination and 3-5 days to adapt the plant (after transplanting in the open ground).
Before sowing seeds in the need to disinfect the aqueous solution of manganese (2g chemical element 250 ml of fluid). They are wrapped in gauze and the segment dipped in pink solution. After 20-30 minutes, the seeds should be washed with water and leave to dry.
Increase the percentage of germination will help advance germination. Paper napkins, moisten with water and put in a jar or saucer. Laid on top of the seeds and cover with a damp cloth still 1. Dishes are sealed with a cap or plastic film is tightened (to prevent drying out). heat accelerate the germination process. For this reason, the dishes with seeds put near a heat source such as a radiator.
3-5 days hatched seeds are selected for planting. The rest can be discarded. From those seeds that hatch later, do not expect a good harvest.
Growing seedlings
For planting the seeds is recommended to purchase a special primer. If used with land suburban area, it must first be decontaminated potassium permanganate. For planting, you can use a large container (when the seedlings will have to dive), or cups.
In the large containers is better to plant tomatoes of varieties (to avoid confusion). Containers filled with soil, moisturize and at an equal distance (1.5-2 cm) make a pencil hole. They laid out the seeds and sprinkle on top of the dry substrate. Plant seeds close to impossible. Dense planting will lead to poor ventilation seedlings. Plants will interfere with each other to grow. Also increases the likelihood of various diseases such as blackleg.
The container is covered with a lid or tighten the film and give it near a heat source. When the seedlings appear, it will be necessary to put the seedlings closer to the light. To plants are not stretched, they need 12 hours of light a day. Provide additional lighting can be a lamp. Watering is carried out by spraying. Before picking is not fertilized. The room temperature must be about + 18 ° C.
The pick is carried out when the plants have 2 true leaves. In order not to damage the root system, the seedlings are transplanted with a spoon. After the pick, you can spend the first feeding. The second time fertilize in 10-12 days. You can use the fertilizer complex, adhering to the recommended proportions of the manufacturer.
Before sowing in plastic cups is necessary to make a drainage hole. At the bottom poured eggshells or expanded clay and then filled with a glass substrate. Primer watered, and then using a pencil doing well (depth of 1-1.5 cm). It spread a 2-3 seed to sprinkle dry substrate and moisturize with an atomizer. Glass tighten the film and put in a warm place. At 100% germination, leave only one culture, and delete the rest.
When the plants appear 6-8 real leaves and the trunk is strong, they will be ready to transplant to a greenhouse or open field.
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