Substrate for seedlings with their own hands from sawdust

Erected in the country building of wood, there are a lot of sawdust left, sorry to throw. I heard somewhere that you can use sawdust to get seedlings. Tell me how to make a seedling substrate out of sawdust with your own hands?

With the approach of spring, gardeners, gardeners think about the issue of growing tomato seedlings, cucumbers, peppers, cabbage and other crops. Hot time is approaching at the florist. After all, many people prefer seedlings grown with their own hands. With proper planting and care home seedlings in many ways superior to the purchase.

When growing seedlings, the second most important issue, after selecting seeds, is the selection of a quality substrate( or soil).The stores offered a huge selection of it, but an inexpensive substrate for seedlings can be made with your own hands from sawdust.

Advantages and disadvantages of the substrate of sawdust

The substrate of sawdust is used for germinating seeds. After all, sawdust is much better to pass air and moisture, and this means that ideal conditions will be created for the development of a powerful root system for future seedlings. In addition, it is easy to transplant seedlings from sawdust without causing damage to it.

The only disadvantage of such a substrate is that seedlings are grown in it until a certain point. At the stage of germinating seeds sawdust simply indispensable. But when the first true leaflets appear on the seedlings, the seedlings need to be transplanted.

This is due to the fact that sawdust does not contain any nutrients. They will not be able to fully replace the soil or soil mixture. Shoots in sawdust grow using stocks of nutrients embedded in the seed. After germination, the seeds of his own vitamin reserves are exhausted, and for further growth, seedlings are transplanted into nutrient soil.

How to germinate seeds in a substrate of

sawdust Before planting seeds, sawdust is pre-moistened. Then do the following:

1. Pour a layer of sawdust into a suitable container( container, pot or box).
2. Plant seeds.
3. Pour the second layer of sawdust on top, but make it thinner - just to cover the seeds. This is necessary so that the seeds do not dry out. The second layer can not be done, but then it will be necessary to constantly( every day, and even more often) control the moisture of the seeds.
4. Cover the container with sawdust with a plastic bag( without closing it completely) and put it in a warm place with an air temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. For this fit a warm battery.

For the substrate use rotten sawdust.

With the advent of the first shoots, move the container to a cooler place and remove the bag from it. Carefully, in order not to damage the seedlings, pour a layer of nutritious soil on top of the sawdust( 0.5 cm thick).If necessary, seedlings are additionally highlighted.

As soon as the seedlings form the first true leaves, they are transplanted into the prepared soil in separate pots. Sawdust can also be used to prepare seedlings, but already mixed with sand in the ratio of 6: 4.Or make a universal soil mixture, which is suitable for growing most crops. To do this, mix one part of sawdust with the following components:

• with one part of lowland peat;
• one piece of humus;
• two pieces of land.

Add 40 g of complex fertilizer to the prepared substrate.

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