Planting tomatoes for seedlings

Almost everyone who has the opportunity grows tomatoes. It is not only a tasty and healthy vegetable, but also an integral part of many delicious dishes. Every gardener has his favorite varieties of tomatoes and stocks up on their seeds on time, sometimes collecting them with his own hands, sometimes buying them in a store. The first step in growing this wonderful vegetable is planting tomatoes for seedlings. It is usually produced back in March. Before sowing seedlings, it is useful to hold them for 15 minutes in a solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection and treat them with Epin to speed up germination.

Usually, planting tomatoes for seedlings is carried out in mini-greenhouses, which are now sold in stores, or in special boxes, which are then covered with plastic film to create a greenhouse effect. Soil for sowing is now also rarely prepared independently; it is easier to buy special soil for seedlings in the store. But if this is not possible, then mix garden soil with humus and add sawdust. Make holes in the wet soil about 1.5 cm deep at a distance of a couple of centimeters from each other. Place a seed in each hole and cover it with soil.

The seedlings will sprout unevenly, but in a week all the seeds will have sprouted. Now you can remove the polyethylene, open the greenhouse and install artificial lighting so that the seedlings do not stretch. For the same purpose, the temperature is maintained at 14-16 degrees. A month later after plant germination should dive. The plant is carefully removed from the ground, about a third of its root is cut off and planted in separate containers. The root is shortened to develop a fibrous root system. When picking, the plant is usually planted up to the very cotyledons to compensate for the elongation of the seedlings and to enable the formation of new roots.