January provides gardeners with the opportunity to begin sowing. Both ornamental and vegetable crops can be sown.
Even eggplants can be sown for seedlings in the first month of 2024. But you need to have an idea of what to do with the seedlings later and where to put them.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to sow eggplant seedlings in January so that every seed sprouts.
Eggplant is a capricious and stubborn vegetable, so in addition to experience, it would be useful to pay attention to the recommendations of the lunar calendar.
Lunar calendar
As for the best days for sowing this crop, pay attention to the following dates.
You can sow safely during the period from January 14-15, 18-20, and also January 23-24.
It's better to wait on the 11th, 25th and 27th.
Tricks
In addition to the fact that you will have to prepare clean plastic cups or peat pots, remember about preparing the seeds.
Before sowing, seeds are soaked in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate, after which they are washed in running water.
Gardeners also advise soaking the seeds in aloe juice. It acts as a growth stimulant.
Next, the seeds are placed in the soil to a depth of 0.5 mm, the containers are covered with film and put away in a warm place with an air temperature of at least 28 degrees.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
