In order to provide yourself with strong and healthy seedlings, you need to properly take care of the planting material.
Therefore, it is extremely important to take care of two main factors on which seed germination depends.
What are the main points?
The quality of the seeds themselves
Try to carefully examine the seed packet when buying - high-quality planting material should be as fresh as possible, advises Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", landscape designer and agronomist.
However, sometimes even expired seeds show good germination, if we are talking about planting zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, melons and watermelons. In all other cases, it is important to use material with good expiration dates.
Monitor the room temperature
Many gardeners pay attention to the quality of the soil and lighting, but forget about another important factor - temperature. If the air is colder than 15-16 degrees, the seeds may simply disappear.
Therefore, at the very least, it is worth ensuring a comfortable temperature.
Pepper is the most heat-loving. In order to sprout quickly, the vegetable requires as much as 28 degrees. If the temperature is lower, you will have to wait longer for the shoots.
But basically, seeds need a temperature of 20 degrees for zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, and 25 degrees for eggplants.
