Spring is approaching and the streets are gradually starting to turn green. Someone independently grows it from seeds, while others buy it ready-made.
For growing seedlings, daily watering is not enough. We need to take care of plants and monitor their health. In this article you will find 5 tools for growing healthy seedlings.
Greenhouse seedling rack
Growing seedlings in a house requires a lot of space in the sunlight. In order not to clog the window sills with plants, a greenhouse rack is suitable for you. A mini-greenhouse made of a tubular frame and durable polyethylene provides seedlings with the necessary microclimate and retains solar heat inside. If you want to ventilate it, then it will be enough for you to unfasten the lock on a polyethylene protection.
In the greenhouse-shelving there are shelves on which you can put seedlings of any shape and size. The case made of metal tubes allows folding the greenhouse to a smaller size for convenient storage in the house. The greenhouse rack allows you to grow several beds of seedlings at home throughout the year.
Aerosad
Aerosad - This is an electrical device that is designed to accelerate the cultivation of grains. It consists of two containers. Seeds are placed in one of them, and water is poured into the second. The container with seeds is placed on top of the container with water and covered with a transparent lid. The device is plugged in and the compressor saturates the water with oxygen bubbles. Thus, the humidity inside the device increases. The suspension inside the balloon allows the seeds not to stale and not to spoil due to excess moisture. When the device is working, you need to monitor the water level in it and add to the desired indicator.
Phytolamps
Seeds need to be planted at the end of February, but most often the weather does not give the plants a sufficient dose of sunlight and they sprout or wilt poorly. To solve this problem, a phytolamp is suitable.
Phytolamps are divided into two types:
- Fluorescent
- LED
The first type gives good light and is safe to operate. The second type is more universal: it meets all the needs of different types of plants, due to the fact that this lamp has LEDs of different spectra. The lamp is easy to use. Just remember that it needs to be installed at a safe distance from seedlings - from 25 to 40 cm between the plant and the device. The light from the lamp should fall from top to bottom, like sunlight.
Peat Cassettes
Pressed peat pots and trays are the best seed utensils. The porous structure of peat cassettes gives plant roots 24-hour access to oxygen and moisture. When the peat cells begin to decompose, they will provide the seedlings with additional nutrition. You can transplant the seedlings in open ground in the same peat cassettes. Thus, the roots are not injured during transplantation and environmentally friendly peat decompose in the ground, while enriching it with useful substances.
Mini seeder
Small seed grains are easier to plant with a mini seeder. The purpose of this device is to evenly distribute the seeds during planting, giving out each seed for one well. In stores you can find two types of mini-seeders: a transparent syringe and a cup with a nose and a lid. The first type is for seeds of a certain size, and the second type has holes for different sizes of seeds.
Stimulants
In addition to tools to accelerate the growth of seedlings, natural beneficial stimulants will help you, which are easy to prepare at home yourself.
The most popular stimulants among experienced summer residents:
- from nettle;
- from aloe;
- from willow;
- from onion peel;
- from Kombucha;
- based on dried mushrooms;
- based on egg yolk;
- based on honey;
- based on hydrogen peroxide.
With the help of tools, growing seedlings will be much easier. Natural stimulants will help to accelerate the growth of seedlings and make their roots stronger and more resistant to open ground.
