A few tips for anti-pulling seedlings

Last year, despite good lighting, tomato seedlings have grown over time. Will you advise what drugs can be used to treat the seedlings so that they do not stretch? I would like to avoid such mistakes this season.

A good harvest largely depends on the quality of the seedlings. Most gardeners prefer to grow it on their own, because home seedlings are in many ways superior to purchased ones - they are stronger and more resistant to diseases. However, it often happens that, for certain reasons tomato seedlings and other vegetables begins to stretch. This is due to irregularities in plant care.

How to prevent pulling?

The situation, of course, is not pleasant, but it can be corrected. Today there are many drugs that are used specifically to inhibit the growth of seedlings, the so-called retardants. As a result of watering or spraying the plants with the prepared solution, the growth of shoots and deciduous mass slows down. There is a redistribution of nutrients with their further direction on the development of the root system.

When choosing retardants, you should carefully study the instructions, as they can be dangerous.

Experienced gardeners advise to process the seedlings so that they do not stretch out, with drugs such as:

• Athlete;
• Stoprost.

These brands are widely known as they do an excellent job of pulling seedlings and help to return the seedlings to their previous appearance. In addition, they are practically safe for humans and bees.

Seedling processing by the Athlete

The athlete drug is designed to control the growth of seedlings, as well as to improve the quality and quantity of the crop and prevent diseases... As a result of the Athlete's treatment of seedlings, they reduce the growth rate in height and begin to actively form the root system. The main shoot gets thicker and the leaves grow in size. In addition, the composition of the substance stimulates the earlier appearance of ovaries and in larger quantities, which allows increasing the yield by at least 30%.

The use of the drug Athlete must be discontinued 4 days before planting the seedlings.

For watering or spraying seedlings, dissolve 1 ampoule in a liter of water and apply as follows:

1. Seedlings of cabbage. Water at the root, the consumption rate is a liter of solution per 1 sq. m. The number of treatments - at least three with a break per week.
2. Seedlings of pepper and eggplant. Spray or water once at the rate of 50 ml of solution per 1 young seedling with 3 true leaves.
3. Seedling tomato. Water once in the same way as pepper, or carry out 3 sprays. For the first treatment on the leaves, use the solution as for watering. The next two sprays should be carried out with a more concentrated solution, using 0.5 liters of water per 1 ampoule. The frequency of processing is once a week.

After watering the seedlings with Athlete's solution, the next replenishment with plain water can be carried out no earlier than 2 days later, and after spraying - every other day.

Stoprost against pulling seedlings

 

Spraying seedlings with a solution of Stoprost has also proven itself well. To do this, dilute 0.5 sachets of powder in 5 liters of water. This solution is enough to process approximately 70 sq. m. Spraying should be done 2-3 times.

Use of the drug Athlete against pulling seedlings - video