Why you need foil when growing seedlings: a trick that amazes with its simplicity

25.01.2023 16:41

What troubles do not haunt gardeners from the moment of sowing seeds for seedlings. This is poor germination of seeds, diseases, stretching of seedlings.

However, most often we have to deal with the stretching of seedlings or their curvature towards the window. We will tell you how to solve these problems.

Lack of sunlight is not good for future bushes. Regular baking foil will help in this regard.

To preserve every ray of sunlight, you need to equip the seedlings with foil sides - on all sides except the one adjacent to the window. The height of the sides should be 20-50 cm.

What is the benefit?

1. It cannot be said that the foil creates a greenhouse effect in the seedling thickets, but the temperature is noticeably higher than if the bushes were growing in the open.

Seedling
Photo: © Belnovosti

2. Thanks to the light reflected from three sides, the seedlings no longer become crooked or stretch out in the sun.

3. Gardeners no longer have to turn over each cup or heavy box to give the bushes the desired growth direction.

By the way, it is not necessary to use foil, which will have to be glued to a rigid base to build a frame. A simpler solution is to use penofol. This foil insulation is sold in any hardware store.

It is durable and can be used for the same purpose for many years. Another nice thing is that penofol will protect your plantings from drafts.

Igor Zur Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor