In gardening and gardening, not only the rules of planting, the quality of the soil, the requirements for watering, pruning, and so on are important. The quality of planting material is a cornerstone, a pledge of good germination and, as a result, a rich harvest. And the seeds of tomatoes are not an exception. To ensure that your beds are full of lush bushes with ripe tomatoes at the end of the season, tomato seeds should be processed before sowing.
What is the purpose of processing the tomato seeds before planting? The fact is that this procedure allows us to strengthen the metabolism that occurs in the seeds. In this case, you can suppress and pathogenic substances, which in the future can intensify. In addition, presowing treatment of tomato seeds allows to speed up their germination and make it simultaneous. Growing from the treated seed material plants are resistant to negative external factors, please early yields.
Seed treatment by soaking
Soaking tomato seeds before sowing is a common practice for gardeners. First, the inoculum is hand-picked, removing damaged, deformed and too small seeds. Then the selected material is soaked in water or a 2% solution of ammonium nitrate . After 10-15 minutes, the seeds that have fallen to the bottom of the container are removed, washed with running water and dried well. Surprising seeds are often discarded, but not always they are bad. We recommend that they be disposed of in a separate container. What if they get up?
Seeds of tomatoes can be kept in water, passing through it air. This agrotechnical technique is called bubbling. For each culture, the bubbling time is different. So, for seeds of tomatoes it is enough 12-18 hours. By the way, bubbling can be carried out not only just before planting. If a month before you plan to sow the seeds, soak them in water with the addition of fertilizers, then the processed planting material will not lose its properties before planting.
Chemical treatment
Before planting, soaking tomato seeds can also be carried out in solutions of chemicals. But remember, washing after such treatment should be very thorough! So, prepare a twenty percent solution of hydrochloric acid, heated to 38-45 degrees, and immerse in it seeds of tomatoes. After half an hour we throw them back in a colander and rinse them thoroughly with running water. It remains to dry the seeds, and you can start planting.
Today, a variety of preparations for presowing treatment are on sale. Good results are obtained by soaking in heteroauxin, growth activators .
Heat treatment
To process tomato seeds with temperature is cheap, simple and effective. Place the planting material in a container and fill with water, the temperature of which varies between 52-55
Warm air is also an effective procedure for the seeds. Place the tomato seeds in the oven, heated to 50-55 degrees, for two days. Then soak for 20 minutes the planting material in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate, and dry.
Having given time and attention to the issue of preseeding the planting material, you can grow tomato bushes on your site, which will be covered with juicy, ripe and incredibly tasty fruits.