How to fertilize young seedlings for active growth?

There is no consensus on the need to feed seedlings. Someone is sure that it is better not to do this before planting in a greenhouse or open ground. At home, the plant needs to be watered and maintained at the correct temperature. Sometimes this is not enough: the foliage withers and changes color, the growth of the bush slows down. To avoid these signs, you need to feed the seedlings. The introduction of organic and mineral dressings is allowed.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes can be found in almost every summer cottage. Even inexperienced gardeners try to grow them. To multiply your favorite variety and get a decent harvest, you need to take care of growing strong seedlings.

The seeds are planted in a special soil mixture:

• land from the garden (you cannot use the soil from the place where potatoes grow);
• humus;
• calcined sand;
• wood ash;
• chalk powder.

To make seeds more likely to germinate, they can be soaked in water. After 1.5 days, the first shoots will hatch. However, some gardeners advise sowing seeds directly into the ground. They are confident that the seedlings will grow stronger and stronger. Seeds are sown in early or mid-March (sometimes even in early April). Good soil and the right temperature can help keep the seedlings healthy. To ensure a bountiful harvest and vigorous growth, plants should be fed.

Top dressing is done in 4 stages.

1. The first feeding can be done after the development of the third leaf. It is necessary to use combined mineral fertilizers with a high nitrogen content. Agricola 3 is a fertilizer for better growth of the root system and aboveground parts. In addition to nitrogen, the fertilizer is rich in potassium and phosphorus.
2. The second dressing is applied to the ground 12 days after the pick (transplant). It is advisable to use nitroammophos... The main components of the fertilizer are potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen. 1.5 tsp. the granules are dissolved in 5 liters of water. Plants need to be watered with half a cup per sprout.
3. The third feeding is applied on the 26th day (completely similar to the second feeding).
4. The last feeding is necessary when the tomatoes reach two months of age. If the seedlings do not develop well, they need nitrogen. If the green mass is sufficiently developed, you need to focus on phosphorus and potassium. Prepare a nutritious cocktail. Dissolve a full tablespoon of wood ash and half a tablespoon of superphosphate in 5 liters of water. Under each bush, 100 ml of solution is applied.

Advice

If the color of the foliage acquires an unnatural shade (purple, yellow, brown), emergency feeding with the missing minerals is necessary.

Eggplant

Eggplants love moisture and oxygen. Seedlings do not grow well and grow slowly. The seeds are sown in February. Plants should be regularly and moderately watered and fertilized as needed. Until the moment of planting in the ground, 3 feeding is carried out.

1. Nitrogen fertilizers will help seedlings quickly develop root systems and greenery. After the appearance of the first sheet, you need to add "Uniflor growth" in accordance with the instructions.
2. In order for the root system to develop faster, you can add the Living Force solution on the 10th day after the pick.
3. 3 days before planting the plants need to be fed with ecogel Agricola... This will allow the seedlings to take root quickly.

Pepper

Pepper grows in almost every country house. The process of growing pepper seedlings is similar to growing tomatoes. The pepper should be kept warm, watered moderately, and nutritious. "Correct" seedlings will yield a decent harvest.

Unlike tomatoes, pepper seeds are best germinated. They are tightly similar, so disembarkation is done in mid or late February.Pepper seedlings love to present "surprises". Strong healthy bushes can decay overnight. Timely and correctly selected top dressing will allow the pepper to grow better and form a harvest in the future.

How to feed peppers for fast growth?

1. The first feeding can be done when the bush releases the first full-fledged leaf. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of urea (carbonic acid amide) in 10 liters of water. It is rich in nitrogen and potassium. Water the plants carefully (no more than 100 ml per bush). 10 days after this procedure, the bushes must be dived into larger pots or boxes.
2. So that the bushes are not oversaturated with minerals, the second feeding is carried out 21 days after the first. The composition of the solution is identical. Before watering the peppers, sprinkle a thin layer of wood ash on the soil in the crates.
3. The third and last feeding of seedlings is carried out 7 days before transplanting into the ground. If the seedlings grew slowly, nitrogen-containing fertilizers should be applied. By the time of planting in the soil, the plant should have a strong root system. For this, the bushes must be fed with phosphorus. Ideal for feeding is double superphosphate.

Cucumbers

Cucumber seedlings grow very quickly. Seeds should be planted a month before planting in the ground. Germinating sprouts should be watered sparingly so that they do not stretch out and weaken. If the cucumber seedlings begin to grow poorly and wither, the root system does not have enough oxygen. The soil must be loosened for better air permeability.

Top dressing of cucumbers before planting must be done twice.

1. For better growth, any fertilizer with a high nitrogen content is used as the first top dressing. The event is held after the appearance of the first full-fledged leaf on the lash.
2. The second feeding needs to be treated more scrupulously. To prepare the solution, you will need one and a half liters of water, 3 tbsp. l. wood ash, 10 g of potassium nitrate and 5 g of double superphosphoric acid. A complex of microfertilizers ("Master", "Sizam", "Oracle") can be added to the solution. The mixture is applied 10 days before planting the cucumbers in the open ground or in the greenhouse.

According to this scheme, you can feed zucchini and zucchini.

The ability to plant seeds directly into open ground is only presented in warm regions. In most cases, gardeners need to prepare strong seedlings in advance. She needs optimal conditions for development and growth: the right temperature, good mineralized soil and timely fertilization.