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How to Grow Stocky Pepper and Tomato Seedlings: The Secret is in Proper Fertilizing
23.03.2023 09:00
Updated: 14.04.2023 20:16
You don’t have to be an agronomist to grow stocky seedlings of heat-loving crops from the nightshade family – tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.
Summer residents value not very tall seedlings of vegetable crops, but with dense, thick legs. This is the first sign of proper care.
Such seedlings take root better, bloom earlier and produce an excellent harvest.
Today you can buy a wide variety of fertilizers, from mineral and organic to biological products.
In addition to these, there are also folk supplements. And it is believed that the most effective option of them is pharmacy iodine.
Why do seedlings need iodine?
This element is necessary for young and growing plants, which at first actively need nitrogen. Iodine helps to normalize the processes responsible for the absorption of important nutrients.
How to feed seedlings
Both young shoots and already taller shoots are fed after picking. During the time after picking and before transplanting into the ground, seedlings can be fed with iodine only once.
To prepare the solution, you need to dissolve 1 drop of iodine in 1.5 liters of water.
The seedlings are watered using a syringe or a teaspoon.
If you feed after picking, prepare a solution of 1 drop of iodine per 1 liter of water. Consumption is 2 tablespoons per root.
