Tomato pickling is an important stage in the cultivation of seedlings

The only way to get a crop of thermophilic plants (especially with a prolonged vegetative period) in the Central Russia is to grow most of the vegetable and flower crops through seedlings. Traditionally, this way grown Solanaceae - tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, petunia. Get a strong, healthy, hardy seedlings - it's not an easy task. First of all, prepare a suitable soil. If you use land from your garden, be sure to treat it against pests and pathogens, otherwise your fragile seedlings will not survive. The purchased soil is already etched, so it is not necessary to disinfect it.

Before sowing, treat the seeds with growth stimulants - so you will get fast and amicable shoots.

But here appeared the first sprouts, the first cotyledonous leaves. If you sowed tomatoes in a common box (and most often it happens, pumpkin cucumbers, patissons are most often planted in separate peat pots), then in the phase of the first and second real leaf plants need to be planted - to dive. Pikirovka plants - the crucial stage of growing seedlings. Inexperienced farmers often are interested in how to pick up seedlings. Why do it at all? Is it not better not to disturb tender plants? Picking tomatoes usually slows the growth of plants for 6-8 days, so it is important to correctly transplant the seedlings in individual pots, without harming them.

Picking tomatoes is an excellent opportunity to cull sick, weak, twisted plants. Choose only the strongest and strong seedlings for transplantation into a separate container.

Before transplanting, water the plants (but not excessively). Fill the pots with prepared soil, make in it grooves, roughly corresponding to the root system of your seedlings. Taking plants for the stem, shorten the roots a little (not more than a third). Then place the roots in the pot, making sure that they do not break and not crumple. Picking tomatoes is carried out with the deepening of the seedling to the cotyledonous leaves; After that, compact the soil in the pot. Then, pour the soil and sprinkle the plant with water. You can add "Epin" - it will help to remove "transplant" stress.

So, at first glance, picking tomatoes - it's simple, but it has some subtleties. So, after the picking, be sure to increase seedling lighting; The air temperature is useful to reduce a little - so you will create favorable conditions for your green pets. Do not "pour" seedlings - this can lead to the appearance of various fungal diseases ("black leg"). If your seedlings are very stretched, use special fertilizers that increase the growth of the underground part of the plants (root system) or perform a secondary pick. Do not pick up pepper seedlings - these plants tolerate transplant very badly, so once again they are not disturbed.

Take care of growing seedlings responsibly, choose the best seeds, soil, planting tanks - so you will achieve the best results.