Of all the problems that plague vegetable crops that begin their lives on the windowsills of city apartments or houses, the most common is a lack of sunlight.
Because of this, the seedlings begin to stretch. We will tell you with which crops this happens more often and how to deal with it.
Of all the plants that settle on windowsills for several months, tomatoes are the ones that like to stretch out first.
There are almost no such problems with peppers and eggplants, and all because they grow more slowly under the same conditions. In this case, not only additional lighting but also picking helps.
Picking
This is one of the features of tomatoes, which are capable of putting out additional roots from the stem, sprinkled with moist soil. They say that you can go deep down to the cotyledons or first leaves.
As the plant grows, add soil to the cup with the seedlings, which allows the plant to develop a powerful root system.
Peppers and eggplants
Unfortunately, the above scheme does not work in this case. The stem of these crops may rot due to excess soil.
Important! After picking, it is better to forget about fertilizing for 2 weeks. Then complex additives containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are used.
If the seedlings are weak, then at this stage it is better to use organomineral fertilizers or additives that contain more phosphorus and potassium than nitrogen.
