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What you shouldn't do immediately after planting seeds: this mistake is made by many gardeners
11.05.2023 09:37
In the spring, gardeners plant seeds for seedlings or in open ground.
After this, many summer residents face a serious problem: seedlings do not appear for a long time.
The lack of sprouts is often caused by the seed being planted too deep.
This can happen even if the gardener did not lay the seeds to a significant depth.
Why does the seed material end up lower than before? It's all about a mistake that inexperienced gardeners make very often.
A common oversight
After planting the seeds, some gardeners try to water the soil as soon as possible.
It would seem that this action is correct, because the future plant needs a sufficient amount of moisture.
However, watering the soil immediately after sowing is a mistake.
The fact is that it is precisely when a large volume of water enters that the seeds begin to deepen.
As a result, you have to wait a very long time for the shoots to appear. And it’s good if the shoots appear at all.
What should a summer resident do?
Leaving the soil dry is also not a solution. You need to ensure that the soil is moistened, but the location of the seeds does not change.
It is very easy to do this: just replenish the moisture deficit before (and not after) planting the seed material.
It is advisable to carry out the procedure a couple of days before sowing. However, the soil cover can be processed right before planting the seeds. But then you need to spray, not water.
