How to Grow Strong Tomato Seedlings: They Won't Outgrow or Stretch Out - Advice for Summer Residents
The basis of the future harvest is strong seedlings. To grow such, you need to sow on time and transplant the seedlings into a greenhouse or garden bed on time.
But in addition to the exact calculation, you need to take into account the conditions in which the seedlings will grow and strengthen on the windowsill.
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told how to grow strong tomato seedlings.
First, after the seedlings appear, you need to remove the film from the container and turn on the backlight for 3-4 days.
Secondly, you need to reduce the air temperature by 5 degrees and return to the previous value after 3-4 days.
Thirdly, in the first 30 days after emergence, the seedlings are illuminated for 14-16 hours a day. After that, it is reduced to 12 hours.
Fourthly, make sure that the difference between day and night air temperatures does not exceed 3-5 degrees.
Fifthly, indeterminate varieties are planted to the depth of half the hypocotyl, and the stem of determinate varieties is planted to the depth of the cotyledon leaves.
These are all the tricks that will help you grow healthy tomato seedlings.
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