Cabbage seedlings in the greenhouse are easy to grow, you need to carefully prepare the soil, seeds and start planting. If you follow all the rules of cultivation, you can get a delicious vegetable crop.
- Soil preparation
- Seed preparation
- Seeding and growing rules
- Growing seedlings
- Care seedlings
- Hardening of plants
- Conclusion <
Growing cabbage seedlings in the greenhouse
Preparing the soil
The resistance of the seedlings to pests and diseases depends on how the soil will be prepared for planting in the fall. The turf is mixed with humus equal parts, add 100 g of ash for each 10 kg of soil received. In some cases, the turf is changed to peat.
It is recommended to use breathable and fertile soil.
Seed preparation
Growing cabbage seedlings in a polycarbonate greenhouse, as in an ordinary greenhouse, implies the use of prepared and processed seeds. Before planting, they must be warmed up – add seeds to water at 50 ° C and hold for 20 minutes, then send to cold water for 5 minutes. Before sowing, this is done to combat fungal diseases.
Sowing and growing rules
It is possible to grow cabbage seedlings in a greenhouse of a different ripening period, while you should understand the time frame for planting seed:
- early ripening – it is recommended to sow from March to mid-April;
- mid-ripening – during April;
- late-ripening – should be planted before May.
Growing seedlings
Seedlings need to be dived
In a greenhouse, cabbage is grown in seedlings at a distance tion of 15-20 cm, with recesses up to 3-5 cm. Furrows for planting are watered, seeds are laid out in them and covered with soil. Planted varieties of vegetables need to be given signs so that there is no confusion.
Sprouts that have appeared should be weeded. The seedling covers an area of 2 × 2 cm. After 2 weeks, the picking is done according to the 3 * 3 scheme, after another 2 weeks the seedlings are moved to pots and glasses 5 * 5 cm in size.
Growing cabbage seedlings in a polycarbonate greenhouse is possible under the conditions:
- auxiliary lighting (electroluminescent lamp);
- measured watering (no droughts and oversaturation with moisture);
- most favorable temperature to strengthen the seedlings (15-17 ° C in the daytime, 8-10 ° C in the night).
Seedling Care
It is possible to grow cabbage seedlings in an unheated greenhouse, using auxiliary heaters to maintain the desired temperature.
Fertilizers are used to grow seedlings in the greenhouse: the first potash top dressing is carried out a week after the pick; the second (2 times stronger than the first) – in two weeks; the third – a couple of days before transplanting from the greenhouse.
After the first full leaf appeared, pest treatment should be carried out, after the fourth leaf on the plants add soil, peat, small sawdust. After weeding, the grown seedlings are watered. The development of plants is positively influenced by their treatment with growth activating preparations.
Hardening of plants
For growing seedlings in a greenhouse, hardening is characteristic, which allows plants to remain persistent after planting and give super harvest. Initially, the temperature in the greenhouse remains at a level of at least 15 ° C all day. In warm weather, plants open for 15 minutes, with each week increasing this time by another 10 minutes. At night, the temperature remains at least 8 ° C, the window remains open for ventilation, during the day the plants are fully open for several hours.
To accelerate the process of adaptation of seedlings to the conditions of open land, you need to feed it with natural potash fertilizer – ash a day before planting. The seedlings will be hardened and ready for transplanting into the open ground.
Conclusion
To grow cabbage seedlings in an unheated greenhouse or out of polycarbonate is possible only subject to special rules. So it is important to take the time to select high-quality seed material and the rules for sowing.Watering and pricking will also bring results and help the sprouts survive not very comfortable conditions.
