2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Modern summer residents often grow seedlings in a city apartment. Of course, this option cannot be called wonderful, because it has a lot of disadvantages - a lack of sunlight, dry air and a small space. But in the absence of other options, dealing with these shortcomings is not so difficult. For example, you can humidify the air by placing a jar of water next to the radiators. Well … or use a modern humidifier at home
With this method, you can very quickly and effectively get rid of the problem of dry air. Additional lighting for plants can be created with electric fluorescent lamps. After the sun goes down, you only need to turn them on for a couple of hours.
Limited space is also very easy to deal with. You can build several shelves in a row on the windowsill. In addition, such structures are simply and conveniently removed after the end of the process of growing seedlings in a city apartment.
Summer residents come up with a variety of materials for containers for planting vegetable and flower crops. They can even serve as liter bottles of sunflower oil. The bottom is cut off slightly below the middle part of the bottle. Then the remaining half is turned upside down. Such a container with a tray and a hole that provides a drainage of water creates convenience not only for growing seedlings, but also for loosening the soil (the walls of the bottle located opposite each other are squeezed with fingers).
The issue of choosing containers for growing seedlings in front of many summer residents is very acute. A wooden box is the most popular and convenient type of container for such purposes. Cardboard boxes, cut plastic bottles, dairy bags - there are actually a lot of options. Summer residents and vegetable growers can only choose from them those that are more affordable and acceptable. In the case of choosing plastic bottles, you must first take care of creating special holes for water drainage. At the same time, containers made of wood or cardboard do not need such manipulation. In specialized stores, you can find many options for seedling containers, which are made from humus and peat. In this form, the plants are then conveniently transplanted into open beds.
It is noteworthy, but some gardeners who grow vegetables on their plot plant amaranth next to them. The seeds of such a culture are suitable for making medicinal oil. Amaranth sprouts are also beneficial for the human body. Not all types of plants can be grown at home, which can then be planted on the site itself. Only strong and stable seedlings can please with a plentiful and high-quality harvest at the end of the year.
In city apartments, all summer residents grow the same types of vegetable crops. Typically, these include cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, squash and cabbage. The initial stage of growing any seedlings is the selection of the necessary seeds. Then you can start preparing for their sowing.
Preparation, first of all, consists in organizing a place for landing. You also need to prepare the equipment necessary for growing seedlings. Thus, the summer resident will need boxes made of wood or plastic, containers for seedlings, watering cans, pallets, air humidifiers, lamps for artificial lighting, fertilizing components and containers for irrigation.
By the way, you need to remember that seedlings can only be watered with settled water. It must be remembered that if a soil with saturation of humus and peat is required, then it must be prepared long before planting (even in the autumn season). The rest of the features depend on the type and type of crops grown. Most often, the composition of the soil has such a content - forty percent of sand and thirty percent each of humus and ordinary earth.
A much larger volume of sand will need to be taken in the case of cabbage growing. Also, among the requirements for the soil for growing seedlings, it is necessary to note the nutritional value and fertility of the earth, its air permeability and the ability to absorb and retain water well inside. You can find soil mixtures for growing a variety of vegetable crops in specialty stores, but many gardeners prefer to prepare them themselves.
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