Even experienced gardeners are not protected from fatal mistakes in the process of growing seedlings.
To avoid beating yourself up over the meager harvest you get from your plot, make sure you're doing everything right.
1. If the plants are starved of light, you will not grow strong seedlings, but pale giants.
Without 12-hour lighting, the stems stretch out, the leaves become smaller. Phytolamps with a red-blue spectrum solve the problem, but their absence is a reason to postpone sowing until later.
2. The window sill often becomes a place where thermal disasters occur.
Sharp changes between day and night temperatures weaken the immune system. Ventilation in frost, overheating from the radiator are typical reasons for the death of sprouts.
3. A crushed field instead of a bed leads to the dense crops beginning to compete for light and nutrition.
Picking at the 2-3 leaf stage saves the situation, but injures the roots. Sowing in separate containers eliminates stress.
4. Protect your "softies" from shock therapy. A sudden transition from a room to open ground destroys up to 30% of plants.
Hardening begins 10-14 days before planting, gradually increasing the time of “walks” in the fresh air.
5. Finally, the process of picking in the hands of many vegetable growers becomes a fine line between life and death.
Don't risk transplanting with bare roots - keeping the soil ball speeds up adaptation. Seedlings in individual cassettes avoid this procedure, saving energy for growth.
These nuances, unnoticeable at first glance, determine the fate of the future harvest. Correcting them means giving the plants a chance to reveal their potential.
