In March, you can begin to prepare seedlings for the summer garden. What plants and how to plant correctly in order to get a good harvest and a beautiful garden in summer?
Flowers for seedlings in March
There are flowers that it is better to start preparing from the first half of spring. It takes time to prepare for moving to the garden.
Petunia
Step-by-step instruction:
- Put the seeds on the ground in a pot.
- Spray with water to moisten the soil.
- They pull it with a film so that the seeds are warm. The temperature should be between + 22 ... + 26 ° C. Keep until seeds germinate.
- After germination, the temperature is lowered to + 19 ° C and the film is removed. In order not to dive seedlings, you can plant in glasses.
- They are planted in the ground in the period May 27 or June 5.
Dahlias
Step-by-step instruction:
- Sow in light, moistened soil.
- Spray the ground periodically.
- After 3 sheets appear, they are thinned out and sent to a room with a temperature of at least + 21 ° C.
- Planted in the first half of June.
Did you know? This beautiful flower was named after a botanist from Sweden. In the XVIII century it was brought to Spain and there people hoped that they could add it to food. But later it turned out that they can be eaten, but they are not tasty.
Echinacea
Step-by-step instruction:
- Seeds are placed in soil to a depth of 0.5 cm.
- Cover with sand and spray. The first leaves appear after 4 weeks or more, at a temperature of + 15 ° C.
- Transferred to the garden in the second week of May.
Sowing vegetables
The first to prepare vegetables in early March, which will take more time to prepare. It also includes vegetables that can survive the cool time.
Pepper
Step-by-step instruction:
- Seeds are pickled.
- Soaked for 48 hours and dried.
- In universal soil flooded with water, seeds are placed to a depth of 1.5 cm.
- Sprinkle with earth on top, wrap it with foil, and put it in a warm place.
- After the first sprouts, daylight is given 12 hours a day. The main thing is not to go too far with water.
- Planted in 3-3.5 months.
Cucumbers
Step-by-step instruction:
- Seeds are placed in a solution of permanganate to harden them for half an hour.
- Rinse with warm water and put in a moistened cloth for germination for two days, at a temperature of at least + 15 ° C.
- Soil - 1: 1: 1 (peat, sawdust with humus, turf land)
- Store at + 28 ° C and drop off after two weeks in the garden.
- They recommend immediately planting cucumbers in half-liter pots. Soak the ground with water, put a seed and sprinkle with 3 mm of earth on top.
In Egypt, during burial, cucumbers were equated with valuable gifts and they were put in the graves of the pharaohs. So they expressed their respect.
Eggplant
Step-by-step instruction:
- Blue seeds are prepared, just like pepper seeds.
- Soil - humus 4 parts, peat 2 parts and sawdust 1 part.
- Pour boiling water, cool and put liter pots on the floor. At a depth of 1 cm, 3 seeds are laid and covered with a plastic film.
- After germination, the weak are removed and planted after 2 months.
A tomato
Step-by-step instruction:
- The seeds are disinfected, germinated in a napkin and planted in soil treated with potassium permanganate and aged 1 day.
- In each cup, to a depth of 2 cm, plant 2 seeds and cover with a film. Keep in a warm place.
- A week later, when the sprouts are already visible, they are placed in a bright place with a temperature of no more than + 18 ° C.
- Every day, at least 12 hours, kept under the light. If there is no sun, use lamps.
- Disembarkation:
- early grades - 1.5 months;
- mid-season - 2 months;
- late - 3-3.5 months.
Bow
Step-by-step instruction:
- The earth is poured with a height of 10 cm, and a seed 1 cm deep.
- 1 cm of land above.
- Cover with a film and spray with warm water.
- After 3 weeks, the seedlings and the film can be removed.
- Water as usual, and plant at the end of May.
Cabbage
Step-by-step instruction:
- Seeds are heated in hot water.
- Rinse in potassium permanganate, dry, and then sow in boxes to a depth of 2 cm at a distance of 3 cm from each other.
- Before this, the soil is poured with boiling water, loosened and sprinkled with ash.
- The boxes are covered with a film, kept at a temperature of + 20 ° C until germination, then transferred for 7 days to a temperature of + 10 ° C, and then again at + 20 ° C. And so on until the first leaflet.
- They are maintained until planting with lamps and planting is done depending on the variety.
At first glance, everything seems simple and it’s enough to create conditions pleasant for seeds, but you need to understand that only following all the recommendations will give you the opportunity to get an excellent harvest in the summer and cover the garden with beautiful flowers.