How to grow aubergines and seedlings in the home?

Many farmers say that they are blue with their favorite vegetables, but they do not know how to grow eggplants on their garden orchard. The first thing to do is determine their varieties. Not all varieties can be grown on their own plot. It is recommended to grow independently the varieties of eggplant F1 "Behemoth", F1 "Baikal", etc. However, it is not enough just to choose the grade of aubergines. After all, you still need to know how to properly grow seedlings seedlings.

Eggplant seedlings are grown on average about two months. From this it follows that seeds for seedlings must be sown immediately after the end of winter. They are sown in pre-disinfected soil, since the land infected with pests can cause the death of seedlings. The soil for eggplant seedlings is best prepared independently, and not taken ready straight from the garden.

To prepare the land for seedling, it is necessary to make a landing mixture, which includes sawdust (one part) and three parts of peat. If sawdust could not be obtained, then they can be replaced with sand or perlite, taken in the same proportions. In some cases, peat may turn out to be acidic, so it must be neutralized with hydrated lime. Neutralization should be carried out until the acid-base balance reaches pH 5.5.

In peat itself, there are no nutrients, so that seedlings in such soil grow well, the soil should be fertilized. This is done by introducing those mineral fertilizers, which contain trace elements useful for seedlings. In principle, for cultivation of seedlings of eggplants, the soil will also be suitable, with mineral fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate added to it . However, in this case, the substrate will not be a homogeneous mass.

And how to grow eggplants in boxes? In principle, this method is practiced quite often, but here it must be borne in mind that even if careful pruning is carried out, a part of the seedling roots will be lost forever. Therefore, it is best to pre-seed the seeds in plastic cups. And the soil in them should not be condensed. If this condition is neglected, the earth will not be saturated with oxygen and the seeds may or may not rise at all, or the sprouts will develop very poorly.

Eggplant seeds should be laid out in the center of the plastic cup, gently sprinkled with water, covered with previously prepared substrate and covered with PVC film. That seeds sprouted faster, it should develop at a temperature of not less than twenty-five degrees.

When the first shoots appear, glasses with seedlings should be put on a bright place. If this is not done, the young shoots will simply stretch out. After the appearance of the first real leaf eggplant can be transplanted into more capacious pots, the diameter of the neck of which will be ten to fifteen centimeters. To transplanted seedlings are well established, it must be put in a shaded place for a couple of days.

Well, how to grow eggplants properly without watering them at all? I must say that they often water the seedlings exclusively with water. Without watering when growing young shoots can not do, but it is better to do this with a solution of fertilizers at room temperature.

If you start watering the seedlings with water, a strong overmoistening of the soil begins, and this can lead first to decay, and then to complete death of the roots. But also to overdry the soil, too, is not worth it, because this too can damage the roots.

We told you how to grow eggplants, or rather, seedlings at home. But grown sprouts can be planted on the garden in the open ground only after the last spring frosts pass.

I know how to grow eggplants, you can provide your family with tasty and useful blue.