There are general recommendations for caring for seedlings. Among others, there is a point - picking.
What this is and why it is needed, novice vegetable growers sometimes do not guess and entrust the fate of their harvest to advisers. And advisers often forget to remind that there is an exception to every rule.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, explained in which cases picking can cause harm.
What a picking
In short, this is the transplantation of a sprout that has developed 2 full leaves and 2 cotyledons.
The plant is planted from the common container into a separate container 2-3 weeks after the emergence of seedlings, but not later.
One of the mandatory conditions is pinching the main root when picking. It is pinched by a third so that the root system develops.
Without pinching, it is not picking that occurs, but a simple transplant (transshipment).
Picking is useful
Picking only brings positive results when growing tomato, strawberry and cabbage seedlings.
Of the ornamental crops, you can transplant lobelia and petunia.
You can't dive
Unlike tomatoes, which after picking produce a dense crown, picking can simply ruin pepper seedlings.
This agricultural technique should not be used when growing peppers and eggplants.
In general, unnecessary replanting is contraindicated for them, so they are immediately planted in a separate container.
Cucumbers, squash, melons, pumpkins, and decorative mallows, columbines, and poppies are also not transplanted.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
