To get a crop for envy to neighbors, it is necessary to be able to properly carry out picking tomato seedlings. Doing this is necessary on time, because lost time or vice versa early transplantation will not help growth, but on the contrary - will slow the development of seedlings.
Why do you need seedling seedlings?
Not everyone, especially novice farmers, it is clear why the picket seedling tomatoes and how to properly do it if necessary. This is required in order to give young plants a new powerful impetus for the development of the root system. After all, at a certain moment, the nutrient density of the soil where the seeds were planted falls, the volume of the capacity is already insufficient for the full branching of the roots, which means that it's time to improve the growing conditions for future tomatoes.
It is noticed that as soon as the plants changed their cramped apartment to a spacious house, the ground part literally becomes stronger, greener and healthier. This means that the picking was carried out correctly, without damage to the root system and seedlings, received an excellent stimulus for intensive growth.
Terms of pickling tomato seedlings
The most important in the pick is its timely conduct. After all, if you make it very early, when the only root is weak, then the backlog in growth is guaranteed, and this is not what is expected from the pick. The same is true with a late transplant. The root system has grown, the plants intertwined and traumatism ensured.
For stunted and medium-sized tomatoes, one pick is laid, which should be carried out for 10-12 days, or as experienced gardener from the moment of the appearance of a pair of real leaves. If this time is missed, then the roots are more injured.
The second pickling of tomato seedlings is carried out for tall varieties , and it must be done three weeks after the first. Deviations in one or another side are permissible in 1-2 days, but not more.
Is it possible to grow seedlings of tomatoes without picks?
Some of us remember how mothers or grandmothers grew seedlings on window sills in wooden boxes without any picking and planted adult plants already in the garden, having an excellent harvest. Yes, it is possible to grow tomatoes in this way, but for this, they will need to be sown in rows sparingly, and after the emergence of the shoots, break through, leaving room for the development of the root system in width.
Rules for pickling tomato seedlings
Before you start picking, you must carefully water the containers with seedlings. But this should not be done immediately before the transplant, but the day before it. In this case, the soil will be moderately moist, and the roots will not come off when they are taken out of the ground with a lump of soil.
In order not to damage the root system, it is necessary to seize as much of the earth as possible. It will be convenient to do this with a teaspoon or an ice cream stick. The capacity in which the plant is transplanted must be at least half a liter if one transshipment is planned. In the soil, an appropriate hole is made, into which an earthen lump with roots is lowered. It is necessary to gently compact the soil around the plant with your fingers, without pressing too hard. After picking, the plants are watered the next day.
Picking overgrown tomato seedlings
Sometimes it happens that the spring is too long, it's still cold outside to plant tomatoes in the open ground, and the seedlings are already like a dense forest and continue to grow actively, stretching in length. In this case, stopping its growth until warm days will help the picking with shortening of the central spine by two-thirds.
The fact is that any damage to the root system requires a certain time to restore, during which the ground part is delayed in growth, which is required in this case.