How to plant tomato seedlings

Tomatoes are undoubtedly one of the most common vegetables in our gardens. At the end of winter, every amateur gardener thinks about how to plant tomato seedlings so that they grow up quickly and develop well and with the arrival of warm days it could be planted ready-made in the ground. Strong seedlings are the key to a rich harvest.

To grow decent seedlings, you first need to prepare tomato seeds. Immerse the seeds in a 5% sodium chloride solution for 5 minutes. Those seeds that float up are not suitable for planting, the rest must be washed under running water. Then tomato seeds should be disinfected in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes and rinsed again under running water.

Now you can start germinating your seeds. To do this, they are placed in a cotton napkin moistened with water for 2-3 days in a warm place, after which the seeds in a napkin are placed in the refrigerator on the lower shelf. This is necessary for hardening future seedlings. Now the seeds can be planted in boxes for germinating the seedlings themselves.

But how to plant tomato seedlings? In the box, the seeds will sprout from the ground and when several leaves appear on it, the plants are picked, i.e. transplanted into separate cups or boxes, where they will be more spacious. In this case, the main root can be pinched off by 1/3 for the development of a more powerful root system. After transplanting, the seedlings are well watered. Further, the seedlings should be grown at a temperature of +20 degrees, gradually bringing them to fresh air on a balcony or in a greenhouse.

When the seedlings reach a height of 15-30 cm and there will already be 6-10 leaves on it, then you can safely plant it in a permanent place. As a rule, by this time, young tomato plants will be 60-70 days old.