2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
On the eve of the next sowing season, it can be difficult for a sophisticated gardener to resist not to acquire many new interesting varieties of vegetable crops. And often the hands do not reach the next experiment, and the seeds remain lying until the next season. Meanwhile, seed germination becomes lower, germination energy decreases. And for such fallen bags before sowing, it is imperative to carry out measures to increase germination and reanimate the potential inherent in them
Are you bubbling seeds?
You can increase seed germination by different methods. One of these is the bubbling of seed. An alternative method of bubbling is to soak the seeds, but its disadvantage is that the seeds do not have access to air, and this negatively affects their quality. Therefore, a more effective method is to immerse the tube in a vessel to soak, through which the air pressure will be supplied to the water.
Those who are engaged in the cultivation of parsley, dill, celery, anise, carrots, fennel, parsnips, caraway seeds, it is well known that their seeds germinate at times rather poorly. The explanation for this is the content of essential oils in the seeds, which delay germination. But this problem can be eliminated just by bubbling, since in warm water, under the influence of circulating air currents, the seeds are freed from essential oils.
Several varieties of vegetable seeds can be bubbled at the same time. To do this, they are placed in separate cotton bags and immersed in the bottom of one container. Large seeds can be wrapped in cheesecloth and tied with thread.
Folk and modern ways of awakening seeds
Cloth bags are also useful for returning to life and awakening very old seeds. In addition, for this you need two jars - with hot and cold water, it is better if it is thawed. The pouch is alternately immersed in each vessel for approximately 5 seconds, starting with hot water. You need to do 5 approaches, and then remove the seeds from the bag and spread them out to dry before further procedures.
The presence of pots with aloe in the homes of many gardeners is not surprising to anyone. And the point here is not only the love of indoor floriculture, but also the valuable medicinal properties that are used in relation to plants. The trick is that aloe juice is a great growth stimulant. And if for fresh seeds it is enough to dilute the raw materials with water in a 1: 1 ratio, then for stale specimens, a pure concentrate is used. The only caveat is that you cannot squeeze juice from freshly cut leaves. They need to be allowed to lie down for a day or two in the refrigerator or basement, wrapped in cotton cloth.
If there is no aloe in the house, it's okay. Even in the apartments of modern high-rise buildings, every housewife will surely have a handful of onion peels. Raw materials are brewed with 0.5 liters of boiling water. This infusion also serves as a good stimulant.
Private house owners carefully collect useful raw materials such as ash. Her water infusion - 1 tbsp. spoon for 0.5 liters of water - within a day it will turn into a wonderful composition for pre-sowing seed treatment.
And, of course, if, for various reasons, folk methods do not suit you, it is useful for old seeds to undergo treatment with a modern growth stimulant. For these purposes, Epin is well suited.
Treatment with any stimulant is usually carried out as follows:
1. Seeds are wrapped in gauze or several layers of bandage.
2. Placed in a bowl and watered with a stimulant so that the liquid covers the tissue.
3. Leave the seeds in a warm place.
4. Make sure that the gauze does not dry out.
5. As they germinate, the seeds are selected and sowed.
To prevent the fabric from drying out, the bowl can be covered with polyethylene. The strongest plants will be those that grow from the seeds that hatch first.
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