To grow a good harvest of cucumbers and tomatoes, it is necessary to properly prepare the planting material. Usually these vegetables are grown in seedlings. Tomato seeds are planted in February-March, and cucumbers in April. Before that, it is advisable to temper them and let them hatch. This technology allows you to get strong seedlings that are resistant to many diseases.
It is necessary
- - The soil;
- - seeds;
- - fertilizers;
- - water;
- - shovel;
- - watering can.
Instructions
Step 1
Pour the seeds out of the bags and let them breathe for one or two days at a temperature no higher than 15 degrees. Then wet the damp cloths, wrap the seeds in them, leave in a warm place to germinate. Be sure to make sure that the fabric does not dry out. As a rule, cucumbers hatch on the 3-5th day, tomatoes - on the 6-7th.
Step 2
Prepare containers and soil for seedlings. Better to take ceramic or plastic utensils designed for indoor plants. But you can plant seedlings in boxes, as well as - one liter packets of juice or kefir turned over on their side. Be sure to make through holes in the bottoms - with their help, excess moisture generated during irrigation will come out. Fill crates or containers with garden soil. If you are using land from your backyard, mix it in equal proportions with compost soil and add 1-2 g of double superphosphate for each kilogram of soil.
Step 3
Water the soil so that it is damp through and through. Plant the hatched seeds about 2 to 3 cm apart. Cover the boxes with plastic wrap and place in a moderately warm place for 2-3 days. Check the cucumbers and tomatoes over time. If shoots have appeared, the film must be removed, and the plants must be rearranged in a bright place. But young shoots also do not like direct sunlight, it is better to observe the light balance.
Step 4
Dive cucumber seedlings at the 2nd true leaf stage. Tomatoes should be planted after the formation of the 3rd leaf. Agrotechnics of seedling care comes down to feeding with humic fertilizers every 2 weeks before planting in the ground, timely watering and loosening.
Step 5
Dig up the beds, if you haven't done this since autumn - apply organic fertilizers. Remember that tomatoes don't like fresh manure, while cucumbers are more tolerant of it. Along with digging, add 10 g of double superphosphate for each sq. M. beds on which tomatoes will grow and 5-7 g of urea for cucumbers. If necessary, provide for covering structures. This is especially important for regions where there is a threat of May frosts. And for the Northwest, it is important to grow cucumbers and tomatoes only through greenhouses and greenhouses.
Step 6
Plant the seedlings at a distance sufficient to nourish and light one plant. It depends on varietal characteristics and averages 50-60 cm. Further care of vegetable crops consists of watering, loosening, weeding and dressing. After a month, it is advisable to apply complex mineral fertilizers, and approximately in the middle of the growing season - to feed with infusion of fermented weeds. Cucumbers and tomatoes need tying, as well as pinching of lashes and cutting of "stepchildren" - extra shoots. If you follow the agricultural practices of these vegetable crops, the harvest will not keep you waiting.
