How to Water Cabbage Seedlings Properly: A Mistake That Can Deprive a Summer Resident of a Harvest

05.01.2024 14:53

Cabbage seedlings, like any other young plant preparing for transplantation, need water.

Therefore, the sprouts need to be watered periodically.

Unfortunately, many summer residents make a gross mistake, due to which the seedlings turn out weak.

After transplanting into open ground, such a plant will be vulnerable to various diseases. The risk of crop loss in this case will be very high.

An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told how to properly water cabbage seedlings, and named a mistake that should never be repeated.

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A common mistake of summer residents

Many gardeners water cabbage seedlings with cold water. This is a gross mistake, which will most likely result in weakening of the plant.

By the way, watering sprouts with liquid at room temperature is also not quite the right thing to do. It is desirable that the temperature indicator be a couple of degrees higher.

If the gardener waters the seedlings with moderately warm and settled water, then the chances of getting strong seedlings will be maximum.

Earlier it became known what experienced gardeners do if the branches of a pear tree curl.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti