Seedlings in snails - secrets of growing seedlings by a new method

An incredible way, when growing seedlings in snails, frees the truck farmers from using massive boxes on the windowsills, cluttered rooms. This is a new and original method to get strong sprouts, save space in the room and soil for germination.

Growing sprouts in snails

The method of planting seedlings with a cochlea helps with their own hands to make facilities for sowing seeds. An inexpensive design, occupying a minimum of space, allows you to fit on one window-sill all the crops that previously filled all the windows, balcony and loggia. Snails are called small convolutions of improvised materials that pass air well. They occupy a small area and simplify the cultivation of plants before the period of their diving into individual plastic pots.

Seedlings for seedlings

The production of a snail for seedlings is made from materials that are sold in any construction or hardware store. Creating a design does not require physical strength, special skills or tools. To do this, you need to find a convenient workplace in advance and disassemble the technology in detail. Seeds for germination are prepared in the usual way - the substandard is rejected by pre-soaking, disinfected, fertilized with stimulants of growth .

What can you make a cochlea for seedlings?

The first step is to select the material for the cochlea for seedlings. The polypropylene substrate for the laminate (polystyrene or foamed polyethylene) from the building store is best for this. It does not get wet, it "breathes well", that is, it passes the air necessary for the roots, through its transparent structure the roots of young seedlings can be clearly seen, and the process of their development can be observed. The porous substrate creates a warm climate inside the cochlea that promotes the progression of the shoots.

To plant seedlings in snails, the following materials are needed:

1. Transparent container with low edges (there will be a snail in it).
2. Substrate for laminate (waterproof, porous and soft material).
3. Tweezers (needed if the seeds are small).
4. 2 clerical rubber bands, adhesive tape (serve as fixatives).
5. Cellophane package (serves as a cap for a snail, maintains a moist microclimate).
6. Soil (in accordance with the culture, which is supposed to be sown).
7. Seeds (disinfected 20-30 minutes in a solution of potassium permanganate, after soaked in " Epin " - biostimulant growth for plants for several hours).

The size of the cochlea for seedlings

The height of the cochlea for seedlings (width of the substrate strip under the laminate) is 12-15 cm - slightly wider than a roll of toilet paper. The length can be cut at your own discretion, the diameter of the future snail will depend on it. According to experience, vegetable farmers are advised to make a construction of this size so that it is placed in a small plastic cup in which it will stand. The recommended length of the strip is 1-1.5 m. It is easier to take care of such a snail.

How to plant seedlings in a snail?

Seeding of seeds for seedlings in a cochlea resembles the preparation of baking - a roll with stuffing. It is necessary to prepare a table for work and to show through to the process:

1. Having spread a strip of a substrate on a table the narrow party to itself, on it it is necessary to spread out a ground in regular intervals and slightly to press it with a shovel. The height of the earth layer is 1.5-2 cm.
2. The strip is carefully twisted into a roll starting at the edge. With one hand holding the cochlea the second one must be poured and compacted the earth and again all twisted. The process is repeated until the length of the strip ends.
3. The edges of the cochlea are fastened with scotch tape.
4. A ready snail is placed vertically. On the lower part of the dress cellophane bag.
5. The earth in the cochlea is tamped slightly and falls asleep, spilled by a solution of Fitosporin.
6. On the surface of the soil distributed seeds.
7. Above all the turns once again need to be shed by Phytosporin.
8. Seeds are sprinkled with a loose moist soil of 1.5-2 cm thick.
9. On the snail is put on a cellophane bag and fixed with an elastic band over the roll. It is convenient to put the structure in a plastic container. Place it necessary for germination in the warmest place (but not on the battery).

How to care for seedlings in snails?

After planting, it is important to ensure proper care of seedlings in the cochlea:

1. Like any seedling, seedlings in snails need light and watering.
2. As soon as the first shoots appear (a pair of young leaves - a loop), the cellophane should be removed from the roll so that the seedlings do not stretch.
3. At this time, the design should be rearranged to a bright spot, so that the seedlings in the cochlea receive a sufficient amount of light.
4. Sometimes weeds grow in the ground - they need to be manually removed.

How to water the seedlings in the cochlea?

It is important to know how to properly water the seedlings in snails, because each seed has a layer of soil small and the roll dries quickly, and lack of moisture affects the growth and development of plants badly. To water the cochlea it is necessary to moderate and constantly, carefully to watch, that on a surface of a ground the crust or a mold was not formed. The procedure is very simple - from a teapot or watering can with a thin spout, you must carefully spill all the turns of the structure.

How to pick a sprout from a snail?

The advantage of growing sprouts in rolls is that they can be transplanted. Picks sprouts from the cochlea is made when from the lower edge of the root the elongated rootlets of planted plants become visible, which means that the root system of the seedlings has become stronger. On the seedling itself, 3-4 present sheets should be formed by this period. If not all plants have grown - it does not matter, the most developed ones can be got from a roll, the rest can be rolled again to grow. How to pick a sprout from a snail:

1. Carefully roll the roll on the table.
2. Spray plenty of water from the spray gun.
3. Wait a little while the water soaks the earth. From a moist soil, seedlings with roots are very easily removed and not damaged - they just need to be pulled slightly over the upper part.
4. Each sprout is put in a separate plastic cup.
5. 10 ml of the preparation Fitosporin is diluted in a bucket of water. Each glass is poured into the solution by dipping. So the land in the tank is completely impregnated with a disinfection liquid.
6. You can pick up seedlings in "diapers" - individual bags for each seedling from cellophane (size 18x27) or cut from the same substrate. They swaddle like diapers, hence the name.

Since the snail is a relatively new technology, some gardeners do not rush to picking when growing seedlings. They enable the shoots to form a powerful horse system and build a strong leaf apparatus. In this case, when planting, the seeds are planted with a greater distance between themselves. With the appearance of the first few leaves, the roll is unwound, the earth is poured and again twisted, sending to the growing. Such powerful sprouts transplant transfer more painlessly and easily.

What kind of seedlings can be grown in snails?

The new method of obtaining seedlings shows good results and becomes very popular among truck farmers. You can grow vegetable seedlings in a snail, as well as ornamental crops, flowers. With her help you can get the sprouts of the following plants:

• cucumbers;
• bow;
• pepper;
• eggplant;
• tomatoes;
• strawberries;
• delphinium;
• Strawberry;
• cabbage;
• zucchini;
• flower crops - petunias, delphinium, marigolds.