Sowing a tomato seedling: how to sop andwhat to do after picking The success of picking tomatoes – in ourhands!

Pick or transfer seedlings to other containers with pinching
the central root is produced in order to strengthen the root
seedling system. This operation allows the seedlings to gain strength to
the time of planting tomatoes on a permanent place.

Pick – remove 1/4 of the bottom of the central
root to enhance the development of lateral roots. Usually, produce
dive seedlings once, but tall tomatoes before landing on
a permanent place must be transplanted into a larger container
size.

The optimum picking time for seedlings is immediately after formation on
plants 2-3 true leaves. Picking tomatoes
allows:

• Create a comfortable environment for plants to quickly
develop;

• Choose the healthiest and strongest seedlings;

• Remove weak, damaged and diseased plants.

On the seedlings of tomatoes, the third true leaf is formed in 10
days after the appearance of seedlings. For the first time, the days of plants are still very
a weak root system and they initially need a minimum
amount of space in the box.

Just as the plants start growing for root growth and
vegetative mass will require suitable conditions. One of
most important conditions – sufficient for the rapid development of the volume of land,
the free space of honey by individual seedlings also has
great importance.

They allow the seedling to develop with a short stem (seedlings are not
will be drawn out), and with a powerful (branched root
system).

Seedlings up to 10 days of age have a small spine, which
It is very difficult to properly transplant, and even more so to hold
picking

Restoring the root system of a weak plant strongly
will be delayed, and seedlings will lag behind in development. If you tightened with
picking up to 15 days of age, you will find in the box tightly
twisted roots of seedlings that divide without damage
almost impossible.

Pulling a seedling, you will inevitably tear up the roots of neighboring
plants, it also does not benefit the seedlings and as a result
significantly reduce the future harvest.

Preparing plants for pickling

What you need to know to picking tomato seedlings brought them
favor?

Be sure to conduct a preliminary watering of the boxes with seedlings
(6-10 hours before the picks).

Immediately after watering, you do not need to touch the plants because the soil
immediately heavy after irrigation, the risk increases when picking
break a thin stalk of tomato or severely injure
roots.

Attention! Soil in which will be
Tomatose seedlings are picked, should be the same as the ground,
used for sowing seeds.

Proper picking of tomato seedlings

First you need to prepare:

1. • Tanks for pickled seedlings. Any suitable for this
cups for seedlings – plastic, peat, paper. Often
gardeners use cups from cut plastic bottles.
Peat and paper containers are also often used;
grow seedlings before transplanting plants to a permanent place.
The seedling is simply planted from the pots to the garden, peat or paper
prevent plant roots from growing. Plastic dishes are simply cut.
to extract the root system. Not bad in advance in a glass
fill the drainage material, or you need to provide a hole
to remove excess water accumulated during watering;

2. • Soil for seedlings. Well, if you have the ground,
which you used for sowing seeds. Then when picking you
you will have the ground of the required composition, and you can dive
plants without spending time preparing the ground. Before transfer
plants, re-sanitize the soil.

Necessary tool

For work are required:

• Wooden spatula;

• Tea spoon;

• Suitable peg.

Some gardeners use a toothpick when working, these
devices dig up seedlings.

Before picking you need to check how wet the soil is in
drawers. Pre-prepared pots filled with soil for 2/3
heights. In the middle of the pot make a small depression in it
pour water.

After that, a seedling is dug together with a lump of earth, they are cut off
tap (central) root 1 / 3-1 / 4 length and lower the roots in
prepared and watered hole.

Plant for transplanting need to hold the root
the lump of earth, due to this minimizes the risk of breaking
stalk of tomato.

It is necessary to straighten all the roots, do not allow their bending
when picking Seedlings gently lower into the soil mixture no deeper.
cotyledon leaves. This will enable the plant in short
срок отрастить дополнительные боковые roots. After that compress
soil near the stalk.

Attention! Only water the soil
through the landing hole, it is not necessary to wet the entire surface
soil near the plant. A crust will start to appear due to moisture, which
make it difficult for fresh air to reach the roots.

Try to touch less while picking.
hands to the seedling and its roots. If you can not take sapling for
then wear a cloth glove and take it carefully
plant for leaves, cotyledons are not as important as the edge of the stem.

When picking plants are planted according to the scheme – 8×8 for undersized
and 10×10 for tall varieties of tomato. If the capacity for seedlings
large size, it is better to plant seedlings in a staggered manner, in
In this case, they will be better lit.

Departure after picking

Plants after transplanting need to adapt, and recover,
4-5 days to water it is not necessary. Then we restore the regular
watering, it is best to water the seedlings 1-2 times a week (in
depending on soil moisture).

After the dive of the seedlings you need to start them
feed, for this you can use any complex
formulations.

Feeding should be done with such
frequency:

• Begin feeding in 14-15 days after
picks;

• Repeated dressing is produced two weeks after
first.

Attention! In the composition used for feeding seedlings
the tomato is a necessary high content of sodium and phosphorus for
improve root growth.

Important recommendations:

1. • Do not fall asleep the growth point at the seedling;

2. • Do not sleep through the optimal time for diving, plants
small age quicker and better take root;

3. • Before planting, destroy harmful microorganisms in the soil;
help grow healthy and strong seedlings;

4. • Do not rush to feed the plants, wait a bit and
let the seedlings adapt and settle down. Otherwise, you can burn
удобрениями травмированные roots.

What to do with tomato seedlings, if it stretched?

Not every gardener can properly transplant stretched
seedlings.

This problem is very easy to fix:

• Remove the plants from the ground 2 hours before transplanting. After
This little stalk of tomato will lightly stick and become very flexible and
obedient;

• When transplanting plants to a new pot, you must become privy
stalk arranged in a pot spiral, and so fall asleep soil.

From the stalk through time, new roots will grow, the seedlings will become
much more viable and stronger.

To get excellent planting material, you need to properly
feed tomato seedlings throughout the whole period
cultivation.