Growth stimulants for tomato and pepper seedlings: how to grow good seedlings at home

Every spring, most gardeners begin pleasant chores - it is necessary to plant and grow seedlings.

The most popular is the cultivation of tomatoes and peppers - fruits, which are full of vitamins and nutrients.

Next, and talk about how to grow good seedlings of tomatoes and peppers?

Growing seedlings for open ground (greenhouses)

Start with the fact that growing and sowing seeds for tomato and pepper seedlings is best to start no earlier than Aprilif you plan to land them in open ground. In the winter months, the days are very short, and the plants receive little light for growth and further development. It will be necessary to use additional lighting, and this is not always convenient.

Seedlings best sown in separate pots - so more likely to grow high-quality and strong plants. After planting in the ground pots need to be covered and put in a warm place, because the seeds so better sprout and have time to get stronger.

Next, find out when to plant tomato seedlings and peppers and what kind of care is needed?

Peppers picking

It must be said that peppers do not like too much attention to their root system, so it is better to plant each sprout in a separate pot.

However, not everyone has this opportunity.

The best time for a dive is a period when the plant has about 6 leaves, it is then that it becomes crowded in one pot.

IMPORTANT! If time does not conduct a picking, the plants will overshadow each other. And the crop can not get.

Picking tomatoes

Tomatoes are diving after the appearance of two true leaves. The best is considered 10-15 days after the appearance of the first shoots.

Stages of picks:

Prepare a container. It should be high, have a hole at the bottom, resistant to watering.
Fill the container with soil.
Take a small scoop and pick them very carefully seedlings, then get it out of the box, trying not to hurt the roots.
Seed off the main root of the seedling slightly below.
Replant each plant in a separate container, compact the ground.
Sprinkle with settled still water.

ATTENTION! Pepper seedlings should not be planted deep in the ground, unlike tomato seedlings, since they can rot.

By the time of planting in the greenhouse or open ground, seedlings should reach the age of 2 months. Basically planting can be carried out since May 10.

Growth stimulators for tomato and pepper seedlings

The use of stimulants plays a big role in gardening, because it allows you to grow a bountiful and high-quality crop.

The following types of stimulants are used:

Epin. With this drug, the percentage of heavy metals and nitrates is reduced, increases disease resistance, weather conditions. Increases the growth of yield, speed of ripening fruits, growth of seedlings.

Mode of application:

1 ampoule must be diluted in 5 liters of water;
Spray the solution of the plant immediately after breeding. A lot of spray is unnecessary, the drug is effective in small doses.

You can soak the seeds and process the seedlings. Does not harm people and animals. Cons - can not be used together with potassium permanganate, preparations of organic origin.

Heteroauxin. Stimulates the development of the root system. Mode of application:

1 tablet needs to be dissolved in 2-3 liters of warm water.
It is necessary to water the seedlings immediately after disembarkation, and the next time - after 15 days.

Regular use will allow accelerated growth of the roots. Minuses - toxic, work better with gloves, then wash hands thoroughly.

Radifarm. Provides intensive development of roots. Mode of application:

Dilute 200-250 ml of product in 100 liters of water.
Water the soil in 2 weeks.

Biostim. Complex of phytohormones of plants of natural origin. Thanks to him, the seeds germinate faster, the seedlings become strong. Mode of application:

Dilute 1 ml of the product in 1 liter of water.
It is brought into the soil with a sprayer or a watering can at the rate of 1 liter per 5 square meters of seedlings.

Cornevin. With this stimulant seedlings well take root in the ground, less sick, grow stronger.

Mode of application:

1 gram of Kornevin is diluted in a liter of water.
Water at the rate of 60 ml per 1 sapling of tomatoes or peppers.
You can also dust the roots of seedlings with Kornevin without dissolving them in water.

Minuses - toxic, dangerous to humans, it is necessary to work with it in rubber gloves, a gauze bandage and a dressing gown.

Can I do without picks?

Some vegetable lovers grow sprouts beautifully without picking. This has its drawbacks - picking touches the root system of plants and can damage it. Heavily damaged seedlings can even rot.

To avoid picking each plant must be planted in a separate, individual cup.

You can use boxes with partitions that do not allow seedlings to intertwine with each other and impede further growth.

As the seedlings grow, the soil needs to be added, moderately watering.Tomatoes and tomatoes without picking can be planted in open ground with the appearance of 2 inflorescences and 4-5 leaflets.

Growing peppers and tomatoes at home and up to the final product

Just imagine how pleasant it is to feast on fresh vegetables, picked from your own windowsill or balcony! But it is quite possible.

Tomato varieties most suitable for growing houses:

Balcony miracle;
Bonsai;
Florida Petit;
Pinocchio.

Similarly, pepper varieties:

Yarik;
Watercolor;
Treasure Island;
Dwarf;
Etude;
Carat.

How to grow seedlings of peppers and tomatoes at home? At home growing seedlings are not placed in open ground, but in a large flower pot or box.

The pot must be taken at least 3-5 liters in volume. At the bottom is placed a drainage layer, and then the ground. When the first flowers appear, the temperature in the room should be at least 20 degrees. On the tomatoes and peppers should get the sun's rays.

Flowers will need to be pollinated artificially., taking a soft little brush and transferring pollen to the pistils. This procedure is best done in the early morning.

How to water the seedlings of tomato and pepper at home? Watering is carried out in the evening, warm settled water. Pepper flowers are pollinated by themselves.When ripe fruits need to be removed in time, leaving 4-5 on the plant. It is very important that there are no drafts on the window sill or balcony.

Whatever way of growing tomatoes and peppers you choose, we want to get a wonderful harvest and enjoy the fruits of your labor in plenty! If you properly care for the plants, then you will definitely succeed.

REFERENCE! Learn about different methods of growing peppers: in peat pots or pills, in open ground and even on toilet paper. Learn the cunning method of planting in a snail, as well as what diseases and pests can attack your seedlings?