Thanks to everyone who left comments on the article "When to Sow Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant Seedlings." But there are a lot of them, so I transfer them to a separate page. None of your messages will be lost!
Thank you Elena. Glad you find the information useful. Of course, the winter here (2014-2015) is not quite normal - November, December are relatively warm, and even without snow. Now, some weather sites scare severe frosts. I never sowed salad before winter. I always chose February warm days for this. Today, only a carrot has been sown. And then it’s only a small patch (the first half of December) - just “itching” to do something at the cottage ... I think that you did everything right by covering the salad with a film. If frost does not jump over the border minus 10-12 degrees, then the salad should survive. It is best if there is a small air space between the film and the salad so that the film does not touch the leaves. And it would be ideal first to cover the lettuce crops with a spanbond (no thinner than 30), and on top another film. The film on top is only if there is a threat of severe frost, below minus 12 degrees.
I plant seedlings in peat tablets, peat pots with purchased land, and just in plastic cups with purchased land too. Tanks can be larger, such as a cover from cakes - it all depends on my material capabilities.
Yes, I agree, agricultural technology for growing seedlings does not really depend on containers. All the difference is whether a pick is needed or not. Well, also the volume, the frequency of irrigation is different. And the timing of planting depends on the growing conditions. In the greenhouse - it’s possible early, and open ground - it all depends on the weather.
Last year, my seedlings outgrew precisely because of the weather - April was cold. Late planting did not particularly affect tomatoes and eggplants. But the peppers did not like it. It seems to me that pepper harvest would be better if I planted it on time.
I usually sow cucumbers with seeds in open ground. Grew up (weave on the ground) - Phoenix variety. And with a primitive trellis - varieties, or rather, hybrids like Herman, Masha, etc. Phoenix is a very productive and drought tolerant variety, I plant it every year. And I try to sow cucumbers on trellis in partial shade - the open sun before lunch and the shadow after. But with cucumbers in recent years, I’m worried not only about whether they’ll burn, they won’t burn, but more than that - what kind of junk or not will attack them.
I have been living here for three years (Krasnodar Territory), I just can’t guess the timing of sowing. Previously, lived far away - Siberia. A year ago, in January, I sowed pepper seeds !!! 😳 Today planted part of tomatoes, peppers on February 23. Thank you very much for the interesting article.
I'm glad that the information came in handy.
Thank you Natalia! Tips just in time.
I'm glad the tips came in handy
In Siberia, they advise sowing tomatoes for seedlings no earlier than March 20, because otherwise the seedlings do not have enough sun, it stretches out, becomes thin. And we sow eggplant or pepper no earlier than February.
It turns out interestingly that you propose to plant heat-loving eggplants in open ground before tomatoes! And besides, April 14th! We wouldn’t mislead people!
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Oh, lucky as the Krasnodar Territory, such a detailed article when sowing tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, and even with the calendar, it is a pity we do not have such a wonderful gardener!